This accession consists of records that document the administration and activities of the Smithsonian Photography Initiative (SPI). Records cover the creation of SPI
and its history, funding, and creative projects. Materials include correspondence, meeting notes, reports, funding and project proposals, exhibition materials, budgets, brochures,
and news clippings. Some materials predate the establishment of SPI and were created under the International Art Museums Division.
At First Sight: Photography and the Smithsonian (Monograph) 2003
Extent:
2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Brochures
Clippings
Compact discs
Floppy disks
Digital images
Electronic records
Black-and-white photographs
Color photographs
Date:
2001-2008
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of materials compiled by the Smithsonian Photography Initiative (SPI). SPI was established in 2001 to develop a model for making Smithsonian
Institution (SI) photographs more accessible and visible to the public. It collected images from SI museums and other units for use on its websites. In addition, these materials
were also used in the creation of the book "At First Sight: Photography and the Smithsonian." SPI became part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives in 2009.
Materials include correspondence, background information, brochures, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Some materials are in electronic format.
Astride Two Worlds: Technology and the American Civil War (Monograph : 2016)
Un Tejido Magico: El Bosque Tropical de Isla Barro Colorado (Monograph : 2016)
Images of America: A Panorama of History in Photographs (Monograph : 1989)
Dedication of the Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution (Monograph : 1964)
Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (Monograph : 1924)
Kind Regards of S. G. Brown: Selected Poems of Solomon G. Brown (Monograph : 1983)
A Primer to Endangered Species Law: Obtaining Federal Permits for Specimens Protected by Endangered Species Law (Monograph : 1993)
Bylaws of the Board of Regents and Charter Provisions of the Smithsonian Institution (Monograph : 1989)
Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the National Museum of History and Technology (Monograph : 1978)
The Era of Experiments and the Age of Wonder: Scientific Expansion from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries (Monograph : 2015)
At First Sight: Photography and the Smithsonian (Monograph : 2003)
An Ecologically Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Flora at the Chesapeake Bay Center for Field Biology, with Keys (Monograph : 2016)
Summit on the Museum Preservation Environment (Monograph : 2016)
Extent:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Books
Serials (publications)
Date:
1924, 1964-2016
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of a reference set of publications from the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, plus older publications issued by Smithsonian Institution
Press and Smithsonian Books. Materials include books and serial publications.
