Results for "Smithsonian Collections Blog"
What a Groovy Idea! A Pan-Institutional Survey of Audiovisual Collections
- Date: April 21, 2016
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: In celebration of Preservation Week 2016, here’s a brief overview of surveys and their role in preservation, as well as a look into an audiovisual survey currently taking place right here at the Smithsonian.
Fitting Unusual Collections into Standard Boxes
- Date: April 23, 2019
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: In celebration of Preservation Week, we’ll take a look at a recently created custom housing for a fragile fabric-covered box found within Accession 18-009.
Perplexing Panoramas: Taking Charge of Housing Oversized Collections
- Date: September 1, 2016
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: With the ongoing reorganization of the map cases at the Archives, collections containing panoramic photographs, drawings, and maps require unique housing that provides adequate support when storing and handling.
Volunteer Spotlight: Joan Gilder
- Date: April 24, 2018
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: Joan Gilder has been a volunteer with the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Preservation Team for two decades, and has worked to treat many of our collections in order to increase their lifespan and improve access. She has been an invaluable asset to the Archives since she first began, and we are thrilled to share a little more about her story.What did you do before you began
Looking Towards the Future: An Audiovisual Preservation Readiness Assessment
- Date: July 23, 2019
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has been spending a lot of time looking at our audiovisual preservation practices. Check out the results from our recent assessment!
Here at the Smithsonian: Art Conservation
- Date: January 26, 2021
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: Check out these two newly-available clips from Here At The Smithsonian!
Miscellaneous Adventures into Standard Forms at the Smithsonian
- Date: September 5, 2017
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: For the next installment of “Miscellaneous Adventures,” we’ve taken a dive into blank standardized forms once used at the Smithsonian, found in Record Unit 65, Smithsonian Institution Chief Clerk, Forms, Circulars, Announcements, 1846-1933, Box 14, Folder Miscellaneous Forms – Assorted. And these forms are certainly assorted! The contents range from memorandum forms to
Pennywise Preservation: Oversized Prints and Drawings
- Date: December 13, 2016
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: Providing suitable housing for collections can sometimes be cost-prohibitive. When the Archives received a large collection of oversized drawings, a cost-savings approach had to be employed while still achieving an appropriate housing strategy for long-term preservation.
When Digital Print Met Water
- Date: March 26, 2020
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: What happens when your digital prints get wet and why is this important? Answers below!
A Look into NCFA Exhibition Posters
- Date: October 24, 2017
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has undergone many name changes over the years. One of these – the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) – was in use from 1937 to 1980. During this time, the NCFA underwent several exciting changes. After years of being housed in multiple locations and several failed attempts to build a permanent building, the collection moved to
Emergency Preparedness: Because There May Come a Day…
- Date: May 3, 2016
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: When disaster strikes your collections, it can be stressful, especially if you’ve neglected that emergency preparedness plan. MayDay is the perfect time each year to revisit preparedness, salvage, and recovery plans, and here are a few keys things to make sure you include to aid in your disaster response.
Revisiting the Magnificent Enterprise
- Date: March 20, 2018
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: In honor of Women’s History Month, we’d like to revisit an important and inspiring exhibition circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in 1961. “The Magnificient Enterprise: Education Opens the Door” was a photographic exhibition based on the 100 years of higher education for women. Sponsored by Vassar College in observance of its