Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Office of Interdisciplinary Studies"

 
Showing results 481 - 492 of 729 for Smithsonian Institution. Office of Interdisciplinary Studies
  1. MayDay 2016 logo

    Emergency Preparedness: Because There May Come a Day…

    • Date: May 3, 2016
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: When disaster strikes your collections, it can be stressful, especially if you’ve neglected that emergency preparedness plan. MayDay is the perfect time each year to revisit preparedness, salvage, and recovery plans, and here are a few keys things to make sure you include to aid in your disaster response.

  2.  
  3. A small dog sits in front of a computer.

    Roam if You Want to....Roam Around the World

    • Date: May 13, 2021
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: It has officially been 426 days since the Smithsonian Institution (including the Archives) first closed its doors. Many may be wondering….how does an archivist, especially one who deals directly with photographs or photographic negatives, continue to work from home for over a year? Well, my friends, I will give you a brief glimpse into some of the work I have been able to

  4.  
  5. Tamar stands in front of the doors of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives office. The sign reads: Smithsonian Libraries in the glass. The doors are gold. Tamar is wearing a long black and white dress, a statement necklace, and black tights.

    An Interview with Director Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

    • Date: February 4, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives recently welcomed Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty as our inaugural director. Join us as we get to know the new leader of our organization!

  6.  
  7. Blog Post

    Welcome to the Gallery of Horrors! (Enter if you dare!)

    • Date: October 31, 2012
    • Description: Conservators present horrible things that have happened to perfectly good archives, using images in a Flickr slideshow.

  8.  
  9. 2 visitors observe large head-shaped sculpture with horizontal bands and projection of older visitor

    Link Love: 12/15/2017

    • Date: December 15, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Artist Mathew Mohr has created a 14-foot interactive sculpture that creates projections of visitor's faces! [via Colossal]The Library of Congress has added 64 films for free streaming to their National Film Registry. [via Info Docket]Conservators are using light in the form of Reflectance Transformation Imaging to find Isaac Newton's doodles on the walls of childhood home.

  10.  
  11. Tree O'Donnell and Mike Friello of Office of Exhibits Central provide a fiberglass and pigmented polyester resin facial to Uncle Beazley

    Sneak Peek 5/6/2019

    • Date: May 6, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Tree O'Donnell and Mike Friello of Office of Exhibits Central provide a fiberglass and pigmented polyester resin facial to Uncle Beazley, a 22-foot long replica of a dinosaur triceratops, 81-6787-23A.

  12.  
  13. Cover - The Torch, November 1956, Record Unit 371 - Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Happy Thanksgiving from the Archives!

    • Date: November 27, 2014
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Happy Thanksgiving from the Archives!

  14.  
  15. Charles Eames sketch for carousel pavilion, Record Unit 99 - Office of the Secretary, Records, 1964-1971, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Design + Archives = Eames and the Mall Carousel

    • Date: January 30, 2014
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: When Secretary Ripley commissioned Charles Eames to design a structure to enclose the carousel on the Mall.

  16.  
  17. Link Love: 7/12/2013

    • Date: July 12, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

  18.  
  19. The Secret Treasure Vault that Might Have Been

    • Date: September 20, 2012
    • Description: During World War II, a plan to build a secret collections vault under a memorial to Oliver Wendell Holmes in Washington, DC.

  20.  
  21. A woman speaks at a podium, labeled

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Nancy J. Bechtol

    • Date: February 26, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Nancy J. Bechtol has supervised all facilities engineering and management needs across the Smithsonian as director of Smithsonian Facilities since 2012. Previously, Bechtol was the director of Smithsonian Gardens, 1995–2002, and director of the Office of Facilities Management and Reliability, 2002–2012. #Groundbreaker

  22.  
  23. A military pension card for Harrison Lomax. He filed in Virginia and is listed in the class

    Harrison Lomax: Smithsonian Employee, Civil War Veteran, Husband, Father

    • Date: September 1, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: As a laborer at the Smithsonian from 1882 until his death in 1918, Harrison Lomax served the Institution’s top leaders. A letter in our collections that he wrote to Secretary Samuel P. Langley is an example of the ways in which African American employees advocated for themselves in order to earn promotions and raises.

  24.  
Showing results 481 - 492 of 729 for Smithsonian Institution. Office of Interdisciplinary Studies

Pages