Results for "Smithsonian contributions to history and technology"
Re-Prized
- Date: December 9, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Highlight the women scientists in the Archives collections who have broken boundaries to capture the elusive Noble Prize.
Facing our Fears
- Date: October 30, 2018
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: An unusually serious Halloween post in which we dress up to stage a mock recovery from a museum fire.
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.
Embracing the Crowd
- Date: April 15, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: When I started working with museums in 2005, the concept of crowdsourcing was in its infancy. That year, James Surowiecki ‘s book, “The Wisdom of Crowds,” was published and there were tiny experiments in crowdsourcing occurring in the cultural heritage sector. There were hesitations and objections about the whole concept within the GLAM (gallery, library, archive, museum)
Playing Against Type: Women, Science, and Stereotypes
- Date: April 8, 2014
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Even enlightened publications and workplaces can succumb to the fallback position of choosing stereotyped images of female scientists.
Link Love: 7/20/2018
- Date: July 20, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Old school filters. [via Smithsonian Libraries]Progress is being made to find the burned remnants of the last slave ship to reach U.S. soil. [via National Geographic]Meet the Library of Congress reference librarian who helps people research their African American genealogy. [via LOC]You can help transcribe the papers of Civil Rights figure, Julian Bond, with the University of
Jean Louis Berlandier: The Path from Geneva to Mexico
- Date: June 5, 2014
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: A brief narrative on Jean Louis Berlandier, a French naturalist, and one of the first scientists to observe, collect , and document the natural history specimens of southeastern Texas and northeastern Mexico.
Weird and Wonderful: The Surprising Mrs. Hilda Hempl Heller
- Date: May 16, 2013
- Description: A brief look into the life of Hilda Hempl Heller – scientist and enthusiast of life.
Link Love: 06/05/2020
- Date: June 5, 2020
- 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.
Science Service, Up Close: Women in Geology and Paleontology
- Date: March 14, 2019
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: To celebrate Women’s History Month, here are two examples of 20th-century women who applied their education and expertise in geology and paleontology outside traditional university career paths.
Link Love: 2/7/2020
- Date: February 7, 2020
- 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.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Anne Castrodale Golovin
- Date: August 11, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- 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.