Description: May 11 is the anniversary of establishment of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). That 1976 legislation further ratified the influence of scientists on national policy, positioning them to provide ready advice to the President.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="255" caption="Astrophysicist and fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1928-1944) Charles Greeley Abbot sitting in a chair with printouts of solar observations connected to a Oatmeal container, c. 1960s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 186, Folder 2,
Description: In honor of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, the Archives takes a look back at the exhibition, "From Bentō to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai’i."
Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="In a 1989 videotaping session, Secretary Adams welcomes visitors to the Smithsonian, The segment ran in the Smithsonian Institution Building Information Center theater, Lee Woodman, producer in the Office of Telecommunications, directs the camera crew, 1989, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="Secretary Robert McCormick Adams and distinguished guests--former Secretary of State James Baker, left, former President George Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush--enjoy a visit to the Samuel P. Langley Theater at the National Air and Space Museum in 1992, by Carolyn Russo, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: With the help of digital volunteers, we will make over a century’s worth of Smithsonian Board of Regents Meeting Minutes searchable, via the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="416" caption="Secretary Charles D. Walcott, Date unknown, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 23 Folder 19, Negative Number:2002-12185."][/caption]