Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Office of Protection Services"

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   Link Love: 9/2/2016

   • Date: September 2, 2016
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: Archives pay tribute to Gene Wilder. [via University of Iowa Libraries]A behind-the-scenes look at the Academy Film Archives' efforts to save historic films...and the task is enormous. [via NY Times]The director who's making history on 9/24 with the opening of our National Museum of African American History and Culture, Lonnie Bunch. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Speaking of the

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   Link Love: 5/25/2018

   • Date: May 25, 2018
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has a new show on the history of silhouettes, a pre-photography method for capturing an individual's likeness. [via Artsy]"How To File Catalogs" and more Office 101. [via Smithsonian Libraries]What do archives look like before they come to clean boxes and folder arrangement? Yikes. [via Cambridge University Library Special

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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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   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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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Pamela Henson

    • Date: September 6, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Smithsonian Institution Archives historian and American University professor, Dr. Pamela Henson, has managed the Smithsonian's oral history program recording important moments in Smithsonian history since 1974, and received the Smithsonian Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service in 2014. #Groundbreaker

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    Smithsonian Digitization Update

    • Date: April 14, 2009
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Even if you have visited the Smithsonian in person, you probably don’t know that it’s comprised of 19 museums and 9 research centers. You can’t see it all by visiting the Mall in Washington D.C. since there are museums in New York and research centers in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Panama. Each museum and research center researches and collects around different topics, from

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    Link Love: 5/20/2016

    • Date: May 20, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: SPOILER ALERT! The Getty Museum is summarizing Game of Thrones episodes each Monday on Tumblr. (via Mental Floss)The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has openly released their patent and trademark datasets to developers. (via Info Docket)Daunting - "Archiving a Website for Ten Thousand Years." (via Atlantic)The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery now has a

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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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    Women's History Month: Celebrating 6 years!

    • Date: March 4, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Follow along with the Smithsonian Institution Archives as we celebrate Women's History Month!

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    Celebrate Our Fifth Annual Women's History Month!

    • Date: March 5, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We're launching new images and blog post to celebrate Women's History Month.

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