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Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: May 2, 2017
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: We highlight a few topics explored this spring by researchers at the Archives.
#MCN50 Conference Next Week
- Date: November 7, 2017
- Creator: Charles Zange
- Description: Behind the archivists, technicians, and specialists of the museum field are an abundance of organizations that network ideas, connect professionals, and present new strategies to broaden the impact of museums (American Alliance of Museums, Society of American Archivists, etc.). Many associations focus on specific aspects of this dynamic field and help to push museum practice
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Hot Topics in Archival Research, Fall 2017
- Date: October 17, 2017
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_383399,size=180,right]Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been
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William Stimpson and the Golden Age of American Natural History
- Date: July 17, 2018
- Description: Ron Vasile teaches AP U.S. History, U.S. History and Anthropology at Lockport Township High School in Lockport, Illinois.We bring to you the story of a dedicated naturalist turned museum pioneer.
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.
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2021
- Date: July 8, 2021
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!
The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part 4
- Date: November 7, 2011
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
A Tale of Three Contracts
- Date: September 5, 2019
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: An exciting new accession sheds light on James Smithson’s family history and fortune.
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2021
- Date: April 8, 2021
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!
Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: June 10, 2014
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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Are You Arty or Hearty?
- Date: May 19, 2011
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: “Are you arty or hearty?” As family legend has it, this hilarious question was asked of one of our family’s old friends upon his arrival at Jesus College, Oxford University in 1932 as a Rhodes Scholar. Well, as the story goes, it turns out that he was hearty and intellectually gifted (physics). And, the same can be said of lots of Smithsonian employees.