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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Effie Kapsalis
- Date: December 20, 2022
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Digital strategist Effie Kapsalis was dedicated to building bridges between Smithsonian collections and audiences. In a Smithsonian career spanning nearly twenty years, Effie mobilized her colleagues to share more diverse stories, break down barriers to access, and fight for gender and racial equity in the cultural heritage sphere. Sadly, we lost Effie on December 11, 2022.
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The View From Her: Highlights from the Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative
- Date: March 6, 2023
- Description: March 15th, 2023 at 6 pm ET Register via ZoomIn honor of Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating women’s stories in our second AVMPI Presents program. Join us for a screening of audiovisual materials from across the Smithsonian that represent both the spectrum of American women’s history and the diversity of our film and video collections.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 16-244, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Website Records, 2015
- Date: 2015
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Archives
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act Authorizing the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art to construct a building or buildings on the site bounded by Fourth Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Third Street, and Madison Drive Northwest, in the District of Columbia, and making provision for the maintenance thereof
- Date: 1968 07/05/1968
- Creator: 90th Congress, Sess. 2, 1968
- Creator: 90th Congress, Sess. 2, 1968
Link Love: 6/28/2019
- Date: June 28, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
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WWII: Mobilizing for the War Effort
- Date: June 27, 2016
- Description: Just as the Smithsonian rallied around America’s wartime needs in World War I, in World War II the Smithsonian stepped up to the plate to aid the armed services as they mobilized for war. Secretary Charles G. Abbot quickly created the Smithsonian War Committee to facilitate optimizing the Institution’s resources and knowledge for the armed services. As Secretary Charles D.
Link Love: 11/27/15
- Date: November 27, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Who doesn't love giant treasure-troves of historic photographs? Check out some amazing shots from the history of the Field Museum in Chicago. [via Wired]History detective: Researchers in Amsterdam used Google Maps to pinpoint the exact location of the house depicted in Johannes Vermeer's painting, “The Little Street.” [via Hyperallergic]Want to contribute to public history
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Seen From the Edge
- Date: April 6, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Blog Post
A Free Valentine’s Day Card from the Archives
- Date: February 9, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: A free printable archives-inspired card from the Smithsonian Institution Archives to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Notebook kept by Rafinesque on a trip from Philadelphia to Kentucky, 1818
- Date: 1818 18181024 1818
Portrait of Chester Henderson, Upward Mobility Coordinator
- Date: 1975 December 4, 1975
- Creator: Harrell, Alfred
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SIA Acc. 15-249, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Website Records, 2015
- Date: 2015
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
