Results for "United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development"
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A Peek into an Electronic Records Archivist’s Toolbox
- Date: November 29, 2011
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Open source tools, CERP, JHOVE, DROID, Heritrix, for electronic records archivists to use in preserving digital files like WAV, PST, websites, and email.
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When Lucy Met Bill: A Smithsonian “Meet-Cute”
- Date: February 13, 2020
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: He said, “Have a chocolate. They’re good for librarians.” I said, “I’m not a librarian. I’m an editor.”
Leonard Carmichael, Seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian
- Date: July 7, 2022
- Creator: Tatiana Swann
- Description: Dr. Leonard Carmichael led the Smithsonian Institution through many changes during his tenure as the seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian. He presided over new museums and facility openings, special acquisitions, and exciting exhibitions. Because Carmichael was hired from outside of the Smithsonian, he brought a new perspective, his academic background, and skills to thrust
The Starting Line
- Date: June 19, 2014
- Description: From April 7-18, 2014, JA Pryse was in residence with the Smithsonian Institution Archives fulfilling the Smithsonian Affiliations Visiting Professional Program fellowship awarded in January of this year. Over the information packed two weeks a number of innovative digital processes were gathered which are valuable to the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division’s present
Another Smithsonian Gem
- Date: November 19, 2019
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The Archives also preserves ecological research.
JoGayle Howard: Pioneer in Endangered Species Reproduction
- Date: March 28, 2017
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Theriogenologist JoGayle Howard was a pioneer in the assisted reproduction of many endangered species.
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Saving the Smithsonian’s Web
- Date: August 25, 2011
- Description: This post is an update to Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig's post “Archiving the Smithsonian’s Presence on the Internet” from September 2, 2010. The Smithsonian Institution has had a presence on the Internet for more than sixteen years. It’s come a long way since then. Documenting the Smithsonian’s various websites falls under the purview of the Smithsonian Institution Archives...but how
Remembering the Exhibitions Celebrating the Centennial of FDR's Birth
- Date: January 28, 2021
- Description: In 1982, the Smithsonian Institution paid homage to the birth of the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born January 30, 1882, through six new exhibits.
Queue the Quadrangle - South Mall Transformation
- Date: November 20, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A look at the Quadrangle complex of the Smithsonian that encompasses the Enid Haupt Garden, the National Museum of African Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
Miscellaneous Adventures into Standard Forms at the Smithsonian
- Date: September 5, 2017
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: For the next installment of “Miscellaneous Adventures,” we’ve taken a dive into blank standardized forms once used at the Smithsonian, found in Record Unit 65, Smithsonian Institution Chief Clerk, Forms, Circulars, Announcements, 1846-1933, Box 14, Folder Miscellaneous Forms – Assorted. And these forms are certainly assorted! The contents range from memorandum forms to
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Ready-made Home for a Scimitar Horned Oryx and Przewalski’s Horse
- Date: June 25, 2015
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: When Dr. Ted Reed became director of the National Zoological Park in 1959, he committed himself to carrying out the zoo’s complete set of mandates that included research, education, and conservation of endangered species. All these came together in a new non-public facility, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, founded in 1975 in Front Royal, Virginia.
Board of Regents: Providing Guidance to the Stewards of the National Collections
- Date: September 8, 2016
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: With the help of digital volunteers, we will make over a century’s worth of Smithsonian Board of Regents Meeting Minutes searchable, via the Smithsonian Transcription Center.