Results for "Smithsonian Summer Showdown (Website)"
Talking and Doing About Emergency Preparation
- Date: May 1, 2012
- Creator: Sarah Stauderman
- Description: Every May 1 is a chance to do one thing about Emergency Preparation; here’s how the Smithsonian Institution Archives is doing it.
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The Flying Tigers and the Smithsonian
- Date: June 9, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Have you ever wondered why museums choose the exhibition topics they do? These are the kinds of questions that the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ historic records of exhibitions can sometimes help us answer. An idea could stem from the personal interest of a curator, reflect an institution’s holdings, be inspired by comments from a visitor, or be designed around a specific
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That's a Wrap! - Showcasing the Archives Through Video
- Date: August 29, 2013
- Description: When I first applied for an internship at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, I admittedly did not know much about it. For my internship, I was asked to make a video that would explain to the general public what the Archives was, as well as what resources it could offer them. On my first day here I was told that the Archives held the records and history of the Smithsonian
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Welcome Back: It’s Almost Like Riding a Bike
- Date: July 28, 2022
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: We are getting back into the swing of things at the office while working with removable media.
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Do you remember . . . ?
- Date: August 26, 2010
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Link Love: 5/20/2011
- Date: May 20, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="288" caption="Owney Embarks on his Makeover, photo courtesy of National Postal Museum, Pushing the Envelope blog."][/caption] Owney the Railway Mail Service dog is about to undergo conservation to improve his appearance and will be tweeting about the whole process on his very entertaining Twitter feed. You all know about our passion
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Donkeys and Alpacas and Cows Oh My!
- Date: May 12, 2011
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Silver Fox Rabbit at the Kid's Farm, 2008, by Meghan Murphy, National Zoological Park. "][/caption] Five years in the making, the Kid's Farm at the National Zoological Park opened in June 2004.
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Made You Look!!!
- Date: July 8, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_7261" align="alignleft" width="430" caption="Advertisement on Fifth Avenue in New York City, 2010, Photo courtesy of Marvin Heiferman."][/caption] You’ve probably noticed, in recent years, that in order to attract shoppers’ attention retail establishments have been filling both exterior and interior display spaces with big, colorful, and evocative
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Digital Video Preservation: Further Challenges for Preserving Digital Video and Beyond
- Date: August 16, 2011
- Description: As one can expect, the complexity of digital video provides a few more factors to track and assess when compared with analog moving image counterparts in the archive.
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2022
- Date: April 28, 2022
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!
Hot Topix in Archival Research During a Pandemic
- Date: July 9, 2020
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!
Capturing Change
- Date: October 22, 2019
- Description: Forests change over time, and so do the approaches of organizations that seek to protect them.