Results for "What in the World (Television program : 1977)"
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Almost here … World Migratory Bird Day 2019!
- Date: May 9, 2019
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: While only two years old, World Migratory Bird Day is just one of the latest evolutions in conservation awareness. Related celebrations go back more than twenty-six years and draw on over a century of research.
The World is Yours: Smithsonian on the Radio
- Date: June 8, 2017
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian's "The World is Yours" series was one of the most successful educational radio programs of of the 1930s.
It's National Radio Day and The World Is Yours
- Date: August 20, 2020
- Description: This National Radio Day, we’re taking a look (and listen) back to a few recent blog posts that have featured clips from episodes of Smithsonian’s first radio program, The World Is Yours.
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Hey You, Get Off Of My Cloud!
- Date: June 16, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Link Love: 4/8/2011
- Date: April 8, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="198" caption="Screenshot from music video "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson, Shows use of anti-gravity leaning patent, Courtesy of Wikipedia."][/caption] Umm, this definitely wins the award for my most favorite new discovery in an archive. How did Michael Jackson do that off the hook lean in his dance in “Smooth Criminal”? Apparently
Travel to the Tropics, Archives-style!
- Date: January 30, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Travel with us to the Galapagos and the Marshall Islands as we launch some warm-weather scientific field books, diaries, and correspondence. While it’s not very wintery in Washington D.C., we’re hoping this will offer an escape to those entering the long remaining months of snow, sleet, and ice. And if you’re avoiding the cold, what a better way to spend your time than helping
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Archiving a Dream
- Date: December 7, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Traditionally, when families gather for end-of-the-year holiday events, reminiscences are shared, new photos and videos get made, and/or old snapshots, home movies, and memories resurface. And while most family narratives are revisited in intimate settings, around kitchen tables or in living rooms, a handful may reach broader audiences, through one set of circumstances or
The Good Wife
- Date: September 28, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
There Are Prizes . . . and There Are Winners
- Date: March 6, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Nobel prizes are not the only rewards for work improving public health and making the world a better place.
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Lisa Stevens: The Inspiring Career of the “Panda Lady”
- Date: September 1, 2020
- Description: Known lovingly by the public as the “Panda Lady,” Lisa Stevens cultivated a rich thirty-year career at the National Zoological Park as the senior curator of mammals.
Adventures in Adopt-a-Book
- Date: April 21, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Hear from Archives staff about some of the items up for “adoption” at the 2022 Adopt-a-Book salons and what makes them so special.
What Our Experts Want You to Know About Preservation
- Date: April 29, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: For Preservation Week, our team answered our burning, often ignorant questions about their biggest challenges, what they consider when treating objects, and beyond.