Results for "Smithsonian's NMNH Local Edition (Blog)"
Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Women in Science
- Date: March 14, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: You can participate in our second Wikipedia edit-a-thon with the goal of increasing the representation of women scientists on Wikipedia!
Link Love: 1/20/2017
- Date: January 20, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Inauguration 2017 edition!Bowdoin College unveils rare photograph of President Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inauguration. [via AP]The University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center scores the "Mad Men" archive! [via Info Docket]Harriet Tubman is getting a National Historical Park! Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the
Link Love: 3/10/2017
- Date: March 10, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: 2017 Women's History Month edition!Explore the changing role of female artists with Europeana. [via Europeana Twitter]The Smithsonian's Latino Center is accepting applications for their 2017 Young Ambassadors Program for graduating high school seniors! [via Smithsonian's Office of Fellowships and Internships]You can help transribe Phyllis Diller's joke file from the
Hunting for Elephants in Archives
- Date: February 17, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: I was intrigued to receive a tweet from a digital colleague over at the NY Times pertaining to a family story that could very well be solved at the Archives. I’m continuously surprised at the variety of papers we hold here, but by now, I shouldn’t be given how far-reaching and varied the scope of the Smithsonian has been through history. Back to the story. THE elephant that
Color History with the Smithsonian Recap!
- Date: April 5, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, over 30 volunteers showed up at the National Museum of the American Indian to write minority women into digital history during a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in honor of Women's History Month. On the to-do list were artists, educators, activists, Smithsonian employees, the first Chinese-American female dentist, and the African-American woman who
Link Love: 1/6/2017
- Date: January 6, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: New year edition!2017 public domain graduates! [via Public Domain Review]New Year's goals: champing. [via Atlas Obscura]The not-so-ancient art of diagramming sentences. [via NPR]Hallmark used to bring world renowned artists to the masses. [via Artsy]A parasitic scale insect known as cochineal is behind the "true red" color in ancient art. [via The Iris, Getty]Historian, Free
Link Love: 9/16/2016
- Date: September 16, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Lend a hand to "Wiki Loves Monuments" to improve Wikipedia articles about U.S. historic sites. The Banned Book Handbook, 2016 edition. [via Info Docket]Didn't get tickets to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture Museum opening? You can still attend the surrounding festival featuring The Roots and Public Enemy! [via NY Times]The first
Link Love: 1/5/2018
- Date: January 5, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: New Year's Edition!Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer used a spy camera to capture 19th-century Oslo street scenes! [via Colossal]Let us help you achieve some of your archiving New Year's resolutions; action planning for personal archiving, organizing digital photos, organizing email, and preparing for tax season!9 innovators in the fields of technology, health, education and more
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Link Love: 12/2/2016
- Date: December 2, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Perfect time of year to take a tour of D.C.'s secret gardens, including the Smithsonian's! [via Shakespeare Theatre Company]The State Library of Virginia asked residents for Civil War mementos, and they delivered (and they are now online). [via Centre Daily Times]Hear about the massive undertaking to save wartorn Sudan's archives. [via National Geographic]Cambridge Dictionary
Link Love: 11/25/2016
- Date: November 25, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Thankful edition!Artist Gabriel Dawe makes rainbows. [via Bored Panda]Our Arts & Industries building, the 1st U.S. National Museum, amazes many who visit the National Mall. Learn more about it!Some key things you should know about American Indians from the director of our National Museum of the American Indian. [via Washington Post]Colombian singer Carlos Vives is donating one
Thank you, Volunteers!
- Date: April 23, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since the beginning. As our historian Pamela Henson likes to say, we have always relied on the kindness of strangers. A blog post in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month 2015. Includes a list of Smithsonian crowdsourcing projects that volunteers can participate in.
Link Love: 3/9/2018
- Date: March 9, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: 2018 Women's History Month edition!Little-known Hungarian art deco designer, Ilonka Karasz, has a solo show at the Cooper Hewitt [via Antiques and the Arts Weekly]The New York Times is trying to right the gender imbalance in their obituary archive by adding obits for 15 historic women including activist Ida B. Wells, feminist poet Qiu Jin, and mathematician Ada Lovelace...with