Results for "Update"
Writing At Cross Purposes
- Date: June 12, 2012
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Another discovery in the Smithsonian Institution Archives— a letter that takes illegibility to new heights.
Hot Topics: From Extinct Monsters to Carousels
- Date: January 8, 2013
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: A quarterly overview of research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: October 9, 2014
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Topics researched at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
It Suits Me
- Date: September 24, 2013
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Changes in the way Americans dress over 30 years of group photos.
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The Saint Augustine Monster
- Date: August 18, 2010
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: What was the Saint Augustine Monster? According to Wikipedia, it was a globster—“an unidentified organic mass that washes up on the shoreline of an ocean or other body of water.” This great-grandaddy of globsters kept cryptozoologists speculating and scientists testing for a century—and a piece of it lives at the Smithsonian. The St. Augustine monster was discovered by two
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Finding the Thousand Words Behind the Picture
- Date: March 31, 2010
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: You know the old cliché—“A picture is worth a thousand words.” But is it true in every case? A simple portrait from 60 years ago may give some clues to period hairstyle and dress, but none to where the photo was taken or why the person was noteworthy. Sources now available on the internet, such as the Historic newspaper database, Proquest, and even YouTube—give Smithsonian
Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: June 10, 2014
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
The Last of Mr. Lincoln
- Date: October 4, 2012
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: A file in the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ accession records tells the story of an historic piece of Lincoln memorabilia that didn't wind up in the Smithsonian’s collections.
Hot Topics in Archives Research
- Date: October 24, 2013
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: A quarterly overview of research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part I
- Date: June 7, 2011
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Hot Topics in Archives Research
- Date: February 18, 2014
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part 2
- Date: July 12, 2011
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.