Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services"

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   The Life Work of Smillie

   • Date: July 15, 2014
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: There is a remarkable figure in the Smithsonian’s history that doesn’t get much of the spotlight; Thomas W. Smillie. He served as the Smithsonian’s first official photographer from 1870 until his death in 1917, and additionally became the Smithsonian’s first photography curator in 1896. Smillie amassed a collection of photographic equipment starting with the purchase of the

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   Ask an Archivist: Bring Your Questions October 29th

   • Date: October 28, 2013
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: Ask Smithsonian conservators and archivists questions about your personal collection on Facebook, Tuesday, October 29th.

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   Ch-ch-ch-changes, 2015 edition!

   • Date: November 5, 2015
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: It is with sadness that I report that Mitch Toda is stepping down as the blog coordinator. Since 2011, Mitch Toda has been the man behind-the-scenes making sure everything runs smoothly. As a staff archivist, he works daily with the records he takes in from Smithsonian museums and offices such as the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Office of

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   Link Love: 3/10/2017

   • Date: March 10, 2017
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: 2017 Women's History Month edition!Explore the changing role of female artists with Europeana. [via Europeana Twitter]The Smithsonian's Latino Center is accepting applications for their 2017 Young Ambassadors Program for graduating high school seniors! [via Smithsonian's Office of Fellowships and Internships]You can help transribe Phyllis Diller's joke file from the

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   Play Our New Game! “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem”

   • Date: July 4, 2017
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: We are pleased to launch a new live-play mystery based on the Megatherium Club, an actual group of young naturalists who lived in dormitories in the Smithsonian's Castle. Geared toward teen visitors (you must be 13 years or older to play), “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem” runs July 8th-Aug. 27th, with limited timeslots daily. Spend an hour with your

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    You Asked, We Answered: 2015 Ask an Archivist

    • Date: November 10, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: On Thursday, October 22nd, four of our archivists/conservators were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fifth year hosting

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    click! photography changes everything: FINAL CALL FOR ENTRY

    • Date: November 19, 2009
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_3281" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Encouraging Curiosity for Man and Animal, Photograph courtesy of Zac Henderson."][/caption] About a year ago, we asked you to reflect on the ways photography has changed your life. We heard from Ellen Hyatt, an English teacher in South Carolina, who uses photographs to inspire her student’s creative writing

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    Link Love: 4/20/2018

    • Date: April 20, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: When Mickey Mouse was used in war propaganda. [via National Museum of American History]NASA is on the search for new planets. [via BBC]The Initiative for Open Citations is attempting to make an open repository of citations. [via Boing Boing]Benjamin Franklin's papers are now online at Library of Congress. [via LOC blog]Service training for DC police officers — a visit to the

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    Link Love: 10/7/2016

    • Date: October 7, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Art-inspired pumpkins. [via Hyperallergic]Gif's turned art. [via Wired]Our neighbor, the National Gallery of Art, just reopened their beautiful east wing and it has a stunning blue friend. [via Washington Post]Loved the Renwick Gallery's Wonder exhibit? You can now experience it in VR! [via DCist]The powerful symbolism in Nat Turner's bible. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Nashville

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    Crafting the Archives Way!

    • Date: December 8, 2010
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: I’ve been inspired by the snowflakes Wilson A. Bentley photographed through a microscope in the late 1800's ever since I first saw them in the Archives. Bentley donated 500 of his photographs to the Smithsonian in 1903 (you can read more about them in a post by Archives colleague, Courtney Esposito). The images capture nature at its most creative, mathematical, and elegant.

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    Link Love: 12/19/2014

    • Date: December 19, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: On New Years Day 2015, the 44,000 works of art in the Smithsonian’s Freer | Sackler collection will be available online. [via WAMU] Dumpster diving! The National Museum of American History added a copy of the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Atari 2600 game found in a landfill to their collection. [via O Say Can You See, National Museum of American History]The grand re-opening of

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    American History, 50 Years of Exhibits

    • Date: May 15, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A collection of images documenting some of the National Museum of American History's exhibits since its opening 50 years ago.

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