Results for "Smithsonian On Demand"
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Introduction
- Date: December 5, 2016
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_8768,size=300,left] The Smithsonian has been the home to creative individuals since its founding in 1846. Scientific illustrators sketched insect wings, taxidermists prepared dioramas of life groups, expedition photographers captured the majestic geology of the American West, and designers arranged objects in exhibit displays.Many of the Smithsonian
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Scientific Leadership
- Date: March 21, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Lost in the Stars? Not Now.
- Date: March 1, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Link Love: 4/9/2010
- Date: April 9, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
The Smithsonian International Exchange Service in World War II
- Date: July 16, 2020
- Creator: Jessica Scott
- Description: While responding to a digitization request, I uncovered the story of how the Smithsonian International Exchange Service (1849-1992) helped rebuild the library collections of Chinese cultural heritage institutions during the Second World War.
Gender Discrimination at the Smithsonian Institution
- Date: August 6, 2019
- Description: A complete history of the Smithsonian Institution includes stories of employment discrimination. Here is one woman who demanded change.
Archives Conservation in Haiti, Part 1
- Date: December 13, 2011
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: This is the first of two posts on the Archives' conservators’ work with the Smithsonian’s Haiti Cultural Recovery project, which works to rescue and safeguard objects damaged by the 2010 earthquake.
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SIA Acc. 17-010, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Subject Files, 1973, 1994-1998, 2000-2015
- Date: 1994 1994-1998 1973, 1994-1998, 2000-2015
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Exhibitions and Weather Conditions at an Exposition
- Date: May 29, 2012
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution’s involvement in the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, California.
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SIA Acc. 14-134, Smithsonian Enterprises, Smithsonian Channel Records, 1997-2010
- Date: 1997 1997-2010
- Creator: Smithsonian Enterprises
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Our Other, Photographic Selves
- Date: March 25, 2010
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Ralph Waldo Emerson, between 1860 and 1870, by J. W. Black & Co., Photographic print on carte-de-visite mount, Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer family papers, 1851-1999 bulk 1881-1950, Archives of American Art, Digital ID: 5677. "][/caption] From the beginning, photography upset conventional ideas about the relationship
What Our Experts Want You to Know About Digitization
- Date: May 19, 2020
- Description: Our digitization experts answer questions about the complicated and time-consuming process of digitizing our collections.