Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Quadrangle Museum Project"
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Special Projects Records, 1975-1984
- Date: 1975 1975-1984
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of the Director
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SIA Acc. 96-095, Smithsonian Institution Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, Records, circa 1985-1995
- Date: 1985 1985-1995 circa 1985-1995
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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John Kinard
- Date: August 23, 2016
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14623,size=300,left]Born in 1936 in Washington DC, John Robert Edward Kinard would become the first African American director of a Smithsonian museum at the age of 31. Kinard’s circuitous path into museum work took him from development work in Africa to community organizing on Maryland’s Eastern Shore to a dilapidated theater on Nichols Street in DC’s
Remembering the Work of Claudine K. Brown
- Date: March 23, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: In a 1991 issue of the Prophet, the Smithsonian African American Association’s newsletter, Claudine Kinard Brown called on staff to support Black museums across the country.
Link Love: 2/10/2012
- Date: February 10, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
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15 Organizers Plan National Institution for the Promotion of Science | Smithsonian Institution A
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WWII: Mobilizing for the War Effort
- Date: June 27, 2016
- Description: Just as the Smithsonian rallied around America’s wartime needs in World War I, in World War II the Smithsonian stepped up to the plate to aid the armed services as they mobilized for war. Secretary Charles G. Abbot quickly created the Smithsonian War Committee to facilitate optimizing the Institution’s resources and knowledge for the armed services. As Secretary Charles D.
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Smithsonian in Popular Culture | Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Jul 27 Smithsonian Acquires the National Institute Collections | Smithsonian Institution Archives
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.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jessica S. Johnson
- Date: October 10, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Jessica S. Johnson, Head of Conservation, Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, focuses on conservation of archaeological field objects and helped establish the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary E. Massey
- Date: March 10, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: From 1967 to 1991, Mary E. Massey broke barriers for women at the Smithsonian by demonstrating her skills in spaces typically reserved only for men. Though Massey arrived at the Smithsonian as an elevator operator, by her retirement, she was the building manager for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. In a column reserved for the Smithsonian