Results for "United States National Museum. Division of Textiles and Medicine"
Stumbling Upon . . . Calvin Coolidge
- Date: December 5, 2013
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: The science and method of conducting research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website
- Date: October 4, 2018
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
A Suffrage Protest at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 4, 2020
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: In 1917, police detectives arrested two suffragists suspected of planning a pro-suffrage demonstration at the United States National Museum.
Celebrating 120 Years of the Smithsonian’s Photographic History Collection
- Date: July 14, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!
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.
A Fish Story
- Date: April 18, 2013
- Creator: Ginger Yowell
- Description: The United States Navy often consulted staff at the Smithsonian Institution when naming their submarines after fish.
Searching for Unicorns
- Date: July 18, 2013
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: The discovery of a folder titled, "Unicorn," in collection at first brings excitement then disappointment as the unicorn in question was a unicorn fish, not the mythical unicorn.
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American History in an Earthenware Teacup
- Date: January 14, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: C. Malcolm Watkins (1911-2001), curator of cultural history at the National Museum of American History, was a pioneer of material culture studies and historic archeology.
Growing a National Museum – the Curators’ Annual Reports
- Date: May 19, 2016
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: The United States National Museum Curators’ Annual Reports will be added to the Smithsonian Transcription Center, beginning the first week of June.
Arlton C. Murray, Smithsonian Employee Who Became a Creation Scientist
- Date: December 26, 2013
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: The search to prove/disprove the office story of Arlton C. Murray, the Smithsonian employee who became a creation scientist.
Smithsonian Open Access-iversary
- Date: February 25, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Take a look at CC0 content we have posted in the year since the Smithsonian Open Access launch!
Summer In The City
- Date: June 27, 2017
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: A before-and-after look at the the entrances and rotundas around the Smithsonian.