Results for "University of Missouri--St. Louis"
Sneak Peek 10/8/2018
- Date: October 8, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Bureau of American Ethnology exhibit featuring "Basketry of the American Indians" at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-16402.
Link Love: 10/12/12
- Date: October 12, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
- Blog Post
Let Freedom Ring?
- Date: April 20, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_564" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Taft Voting, by Bain News Service, publisher, 1912, Library of Congress, LC-B2- 2442-16"][/caption] It’s against the law to photograph certain things, at certain times, in certain places. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently reported that a photograph of an election ballot in a mayoral race—showing the name
Sneak Peek 1/22/2018
- Date: January 22, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Cast and skeleton of blue whale (sulphur-bottom whale) at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, MNH-16459.
Sneak Peek 4/16/2018
- Date: April 16, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Department of Geology exhibit featuring casts of the Peary meteorites and a cast of the Bacubirito meteorite at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-16397.
The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 1 of 2: The Photographer Behind the Lens
- Date: September 3, 2019
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In a world drowning in images, where we swipe past photos of friends, relatives, and selves in mere seconds, a set of remarkable portraits taken in the 1910s and 1920s by Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) deserve more considered attention. Sometimes, his subjects appear immersed in work, surrounded by microscopes, beakers, or stacks of books, as if unaware of the photographer.
The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 2 of 2: Who and How, and Why It Matters
- Date: September 10, 2019
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: The historical legacy of amatuer photographer Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) is far greater than was acknowledged at the time, because of both who he photographed and how he set up the images.
Television and the Smithsonian: The Allure of Objects
- Date: October 15, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Television often uses museum artifacts to impart reality within illusion, but the real objects retain their power and relevancy.
Making the Most of Vacation Memories
- Date: June 24, 2014
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Summer means family vacations and making memories. Here are some ideas for before and during the trip.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 5/13/2011
- Date: May 13, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Six children play on the sculpture "Uncle Beazley," the 25 foot long replica of a triceratops, placed on the Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1976, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder: 23, Negative Number:
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
- Date: October 13, 2020
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
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!