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Coming Soon! Our New Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative
- Date: April 13, 2021
- Description: We’re excited to announce a new Smithsonian initiative to support the preservation of Smithsonian audiovisual collections!
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Rediscovering Elizabeth’s Smile
- Date: November 18, 2010
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Where to Begin? Determining Founding Dates in ForestGEO’s Global Network of Research Plots
- Date: April 21, 2020
- Description: Behind the seemingly objective certitude of a date lies an argument about what counts.
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Posing a Thoughtful Question….and Answers (Action, Direction)
- Date: December 17, 2019
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: Excited to research at the Archives, but don’t know where to start? Below are a few tips about details you should include in your inquiry that will help us help you.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ellen Alers
- Date: April 7, 2021
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- 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.
Love Thy Neighbor's Mug Shot
- Date: September 17, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Link Love: 9/15/2017
- Date: September 15, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.
The Life Behind the Smile
- Date: December 1, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Link Love: 12/20/2013
- Date: December 20, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
How Gloria Steinem Inspired Change at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 2, 2021
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: In December 1978, Gloria Steinem met with the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council (SIWC) to advise the group on carrying out the work of change at the Smithsonian and to broaden members’ understanding of the women’s movement. As described by attendees, the conversation was “dynamite…great…wonderful.” One member expressed her surprise at finding Steinem so agreeable;
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For It's One, Two, Three Strikes You're Out...
- Date: July 17, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="237" caption="This is America...Keep it Free!, Dorothea Lange, 1942, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Archives Center."][/caption] More cameras in more places. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the installation of red light cameras and the controversy surrounding their use that’s continuing to spread
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To have and to hold (snap) . . .
- Date: December 30, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="392" caption="Miss Gloria Smith (Wedding) Deluxe Wedding Album, June 24,1956, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Cellulose acetate photonegative, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Call No. 0618.278269."][/caption] If events are heavily promoted as being once-in-a-lifetime