Results for "Smithsonian National Associate Regional Events Program"
Festival of American Folklife 1996: Working at the Smithsonian
- Date: June 2, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: At the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian staff and volunteers conducted oral history interviews with colleagues about their memories of working for the Smithsonian. To celebrate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, we’re sharing clips from three of those interviews.
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Location! Location! Location!
- Date: July 6, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Conserving Archival Collections Suffering from Fungal Attack
- Date: July 26, 2016
- Description: This summer Visiting Professional Laura Wahl had the chance to learn more about how to respond to the problem of mold residues found on archival materials. The Smithsonian Affiliations’ Visiting Professionals Program allowed her to spend time at the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ conservation lab researching this topic.
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.
An Intern Learns from Those Who Came Before
- Date: August 16, 2016
- Description: A brief tale of a Smithsonian summer internship and the experience, knowledge, and change that ensued.
Preserving Smithsonian World, The First Steps
- Date: May 21, 2019
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: As a result of a generous grant, the Archives will soon catalogue and rehouse around 1,750 at-risk audiovisual media related to Smithsonian World.
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19th-Century Marine Life’s Role in the 21st Century
- Date: January 25, 2011
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: December 27, 2016
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives Reference Team handles an average of around 6,000 queries per year, and if you us what people have been researching at the Archives recently, you'll get some pretty interesting responses. Although not comprehensive, here's a snapshot of the diverse range of information encompassed by the history of the world's largest museum complex!
Talk Story: Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
- Date: May 18, 2021
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A look back at the history of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in honor of Asian Pacific American heritage Month.
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
- Date: October 5, 2021
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
Smithsonian Spotlight: Carmen E. Turner
- Date: February 20, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: How does one climb from working as a clerk typist to being appointed second-in-command at the Smithsonian? Meet Carmen Turner.
“Ding” Darling’s Ducks and What’s Good for the Earth
- Date: May 7, 2020
- Description: Throughout his twenty-five years as a Science Service journalist, Frank Thone maintained an active correspondence with fellow scientists and conservationists. His letters in the Smithsonian Institution Archives both preserve his wit and offer a glimpse at the informal networking that helped shape how Americans perceived the natural world. One of Thone’s correspondents was a