Results for "Smithsonian at the Capitol (Video recording)"
The Failed Zeckendorf Plan
- Date: November 19, 2013
- Description: During planning of the future National Museum of American History, Webb and Knapp attempted to move it off the Mall into Southwest Washington.
Many Happy Returns to the Washington Monument!
- Date: October 22, 2013
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The Washington Monument marks its 125th anniversary on October 9, 2013.
The Path Taken and the Role of Mentors
- Date: November 15, 2012
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Oral history interviews sometimes reveal the central role that a mentor can play in the life of a young person, changing the road taken in that person’s life.
- Blog Post
Breaking Ground and Blessing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
- Date: September 21, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: On September 28, 1999, representatives of dozens of tribes from across the hemisphere gathered on the National Mall for the groundbreaking of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. On the overcast morning, several hundred people packed under three tents during a ceremony that featured blessings from the four cardinal directions. After the ceremony, some
Link Love: 6/21/2019
- Date: June 21, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Missing Manuscripts, Burning Banners, and a “Matter of Heart”
- Date: September 20, 2018
- Description: Curator Keith E. Melder's efforts to create the first permanent exhibit on African American history at the National Museum of American History was successful, but its journey faced difficulties and hatred from the public.
Is that you, John Quincy Adams?
- Date: February 20, 2012
- Creator: Kirsten Tyree
- Description: In honor of President’s Day, the Smithsonian Institution Archives shares letters from President John Quincy Adams from our collections.
Link Love: 2/1/2013
- Date: February 1, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Science Service, Up Close: Radio Extends the Audience, Inauguration Day, 1925
- Date: January 19, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: President Calvin Coolidge's second inauguration in 1925 reaches an audience of millions, thanks to a new technological innovation--the radio.
Science Service, Up Close: “Charlie Is My Darling” — Lindbergh in Washington, June 1927
- Date: February 2, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: On June 11, 1927, 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh, and his plane Spirit of St. Louis, arrived back in the United States, and Washington, D.C. threw a party.
- Blog Post
The Wedding Story
- Date: December 31, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="275" caption="Miss Gloria Smith (Wedding) Deluxe Wedding Album, June 24, 1956, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Call No. 0618.278439. "][/caption] When I read Laurie Lambrecht’s recent
A Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse
- Date: May 24, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.