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Director John Gray shares the joyful moments and lessons learned in opening a new wing

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
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Published Date:
Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:57:45 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
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National Museum of American History
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edanmdm:posts_e2ffa6ff7516f354eb099ee6f409df7a

Jimmy Carter's solar vision

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
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Published Date:
Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:37:37 -0400
Topic:
American History  Search this
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O Say Can You See?
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National Museum of American History
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edanmdm:posts_e5003bfeaa9b9bfca79bda0409253851

Hot Topics in Archives Research

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Interviews
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Published Date:
Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:00:00 +0000
Topic:
Archive  Search this
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The Bigger Picture | Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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edanmdm:posts_eadacb61f673da20d35024c1ebd6b535

Celebrating a misunderstood math miracle: Logarithms turn 400

Creator:
National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
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Published Date:
Mon, 12 May 2014 07:45:00 -0400
Topic:
American History  Search this
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O Say Can You See?
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edanmdm:posts_f1387729050de66fc1f0b2eb9938f8c1

Greenback : the almighty dollar and the invention of America / Jason Goodwin

Author:
Goodwin, Jason 1964-  Search this
Physical description:
321 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2003
Topic:
Dollar  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_716836

Who invented the computer? : the legal battle that changed computing history / Alice Rowe Burks ; foreword by Douglas Hofstadter

Author:
Burks, Alice R. 1920-  Search this
Physical description:
463 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
Topic:
Computers--History  Search this
Computers--Patents  Search this
Patent suits  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_715680

Did New Orleans Invent the Cocktail?

Creator:
Smithsonian Magazine  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
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Published Date:
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:32:06 +0000
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Data Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
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edanmdm:posts_fc33b10b6f9f11f5b82a4e31b9f2ab71

Exploring religion in early American history

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National Museum of American History  Search this
Type:
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Smithsonian staff publications
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Published Date:
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:00:34 +0000
Topic:
American History  Search this
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William Stimpson and the Smithsonian’s First Aquarium

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this
Type:
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Smithsonian staff publications
Conversations and talks
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Published Date:
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:00:00 +0000
Topic:
Archive  Search this
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The Bigger Picture | Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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edanmdm:posts_f28d31d3612fe4b81eb57aaba6da9022

Q&A with Aliki van der Kruijs, Designer

Creator:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
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Published Date:
Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:07:11 +0000
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Data Source:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_ccd3ad2f8dc1b265e3cae16df6e7640f

Who invented the teenagers? / Wole Soyinka

Author:
Soyinka, Wole  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1965
Topic:
Teenagers  Search this
Youth  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .D79
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1049901

Kiln furniture re-invention for enhanced ceramic production in Nigeria : a PhD studio art final thesis exhibition / Eweka, Kennedy Jude

Title:
Ceramic kiln furniture by Kennedy J. Eweka : exhibition catalogue
Designer:
Eweka, Kennedy Jude  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Egonwa, Osa  Search this
Writer of introduction:
Ogwu, Grace N.  Search this
Host institution:
Delta State University (Delta State, Nigeria) Department of Fine and Applied Arts  Search this
Subject:
Eweka, Kennedy Jude  Search this
Physical description:
24 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
2015
21st century
Topic:
Ceramic industries--Equipment and supplies  Search this
Ceramics--Research  Search this
Pottery, Nigerian  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1051915

Kay WalkingStick : an American artist / general editors, Kathleen Ash-Milby and David W. Penney

Editor:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Penney, David W.  Search this
Author:
WalkingStick, Kay Paintings Selections  Search this
Host institution:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
WalkingStick, Kay  Search this
Physical description:
207 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2015
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1055010

Bodylore / edited by Katharine Young

Author:
Young, Katharine Galloway  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Folklore
Date:
1993
©1993
Topic:
Human body--Social aspects  Search this
Human body--Symbolic aspects  Search this
Human body  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1056310

How to fly a horse : the secret history of creation, invention, and discovery / Kevin Ashton

Author:
Ashton, Kevin  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 314 pages ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2015
Topic:
Creative ability--History  Search this
Inventions--History  Search this
Success--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1057960

Eye of the beholder : Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the reinvention of seeing / Laura J. Snyder

Author:
Snyder, Laura J.  Search this
Subject:
Vermeer, Johannes 1632-1675 Knowledge Science  Search this
Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van 1632-1723  Search this
Physical description:
432 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Netherlands
Delft
Date:
2015
17th century
Topic:
Art and science--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1058315

Yayoi Kusama : inventing the singular / Midori Yamamura

Author:
Yamamura, Midori  Search this
Subject:
Kusama, Yayoi Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Date:
2015
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1047392

Inventing Marcel Duchamp : the dynamics of portraiture / edited by Anne Collins Goodyear, James W. McManus ; with additional essays by Janine A. Mileaf, Francis M. Naumann, Michael R. Taylor

Title:
Dynamics of portraiture
Author:
Goodyear, Anne Collins  Search this
McManus, James W. 1942-  Search this
Mileaf, Janine A  Search this
Naumann, Francis M  Search this
Taylor, Michael R. 1966-  Search this
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this
Subject:
Duchamp, Marcel 1887-1968  Search this
Physical description:
319 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Portraits
Date:
2009
C2009
20th century
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
Artists  Search this
Art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_923601

The invention of ancestral asen

Author:
Bay, Edna G  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Skertchly, J. A (J. Alfred) Travels  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Benin
Date:
2008
Topic:
Asen  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Fon court art  Search this
Call number:
NK8289.6 .B388 2008
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_912117

Lincoln the inventor / Jason Emerson

Author:
Emerson, Jason 1975-  Search this
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 111 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
19th century
Topic:
Presidents  Search this
Inventors  Search this
River boats--Patents--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_914823

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