Results for "Steel"
Sneak Peek 2/10/2020
- Date: February 10, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: N.G. Morrison in section of new steel bookstacks in library at east end of Great Hall in the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, November 21, 1914, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B37A_F10_003.
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See Here: 4/16/2010
- Date: April 16, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="344" caption="The original steel plow made by John Deere, Grand Detour, Illinois, in 1838, Date unknown, Photographer unknown, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 41 Folder 1, Negative Number: 91-3683."][/caption]
Art in the Margins: John F. Kennedy's "Doodles in Dimension"
- Date: November 10, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: President John F. Kennedy's doodles were given a new dimension by local Washington, D.C. sculptor Ralph M. Tate and the Anacostia Community Museum.
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What’s in a Word?
- Date: November 20, 2013
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: How can you help the Smithsonian uncover new information about its collections? Try your hand transcribing documents, diaries, and field books at the new Smithsonian Transcription Center.
The Great Escape
- Date: December 27, 2011
- Creator: Ginger Yowell
- Description: Azy was the first orangutan to escape from the O Line at the National Zoo.
Hold on Loosely
- Date: May 28, 2019
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: Whether we love to hate them, or hate to love them, paper clips are a huge part of working in archives. In an attempt to showcase this little contraption, we did a call out to the twitterverse for other archivists to share their collection of paper clips. Needless to say, it was not a disappointment. Now go forth archivists! And remember Clippy will always be there to
Architect Victor Lundy at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 1, 2013
- Description: As the architect Victor Lundy turns 90, we look back at the redwood shade structures he designed in the mid-1960s for the terrace of the new Museum of History and Technology (today the National Museum of American History).
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
- Date: June 9, 2016
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: A before-and-after look at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Mall.
Inappropriate Attachments: When Good Intentions Go Bad! (Gallery of Horrors Part II)
- Date: November 28, 2012
- Creator: Janelle Batkin-Hall
- Description: A highlight of inappropriate paper attachments found in a Smithsonian Institution Archives collection.
Science Service, Up Close: Books, Readers, and Recommendations
- Date: December 3, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Need a new book to read? Look no further than these recommendations from Smithsonian Science Service staff writers during the 1920s and 1930s.
A Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse
- Date: May 24, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Welcome to the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Adopt-a-Book Program
- Date: March 10, 2022
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: We all have the opportunity to support the Smithsonian—come see how the Libraries and Archives Adopt-a-Book program offers a chance to do so.