Description: This is a summary of the Smithsonian Institution Archives' 3rd Wikipedia edit-a-thon on the scientific field books in the Archives’ collections
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
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
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
Description: Kjell Bloch Sandved worked as a photographer for the National Musuem of Natural History for 32 years and his Photographic Files captured the Museum’s staff at work in 1975.
Description: A Smithsonian Institution Archives volunteer discusses a Triceratops video collection that also relates to his work at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Description: People everywhere are helping the Smithsonian Institution Archives make more of its collections deeply accessible through helping transcribe field books, journals, and diaries in our collections.
Showing results 37 - 48 of 411 for Smithsonian's NMNH Local Edition (Blog)