Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Press"
Science Service, Up Close: Honors and Honorees
- Date: August 4, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: A selection from thirty years of engineering and scientific awards from the Science Service biographical morgue.
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The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part 2
- Date: July 12, 2011
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Sneak Peek 6/24/2019
- Date: June 24, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Spencer Crew, while director of National Museum of American History, at press event for opening of "Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s" exhibition, April 2001, by Jeff Tinsley, SIA Acc. 11-009, 2001-3004-37.
Some Creepy Crawly Recipes in Time for Halloween
- Date: October 30, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Just in time for Halloween, more insect recipes found in the Archives.
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Controversy in the “Castle”
- Date: November 10, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Hide and Seek
- Date: December 9, 2010
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: [caption id="attachment_10342" align="alignleft" width="228" caption="Miss Willey Glover DeNis, (1879-1929), Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA2008-0987."][/caption] At the Archives, we often run across images that have minimal information associated with them. Sometimes it’s a number or a name (usually incomplete) or a year. It is rare to find a beautifully complete
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Adventures in the Morgue
- Date: March 16, 2009
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this is the second in a series of installments from Smithsonian Institution Archives staff highlighting women in science photographs. We will post portraits of women science here throughout the month. In a 1930s movie about hotshot newspaper reporters, you might hear the star (Jimmy Cagney, probably) yell
The Nation's Refrigerator
- Date: May 15, 2012
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Children's art is put on exhibit throughout the country through the help of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.
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New Scopes Trial Photos on the Flickr Commons
- Date: July 8, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Caroline Newman
- Date: October 23, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Caroline Newman, Executive Editor, Smithsonian Press, 1989–2008, brought many popular Smithsonian titles into publication. She also managed relationships with outside publishers seeking partnerships with the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker
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The “Enigmatic” First Artist-In-Residence at the Smithsonian
- Date: June 7, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Late 2015, the beta version of the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab, a new digital platform providing access to digital resources across the Smithsonian alongside tools for teachers and students, launched. I was delighted to see a related social media update hinting at some of the discoveries to be had with the Learning Lab, one of which showed Saul Steinberg drawings on Smithsonian
Celebrating the Smithsonian Latino Center
- Date: September 17, 2020
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Documenting the history, programs, and activities of the Smithsonian Latino Center through the capture of their websites and their other online sites.