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Remembering Africa and its diasporas : memory, public history, and representations of the past / edited by Audra A. Diptee & David V. Trotman

Author:
Diptee, Audra  Search this
Trotman, David Vincent 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 384 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Date:
2012
C2012
Topic:
Historiography--Social aspects  Search this
African diaspora--Historiography  Search this
Collective memory  Search this
Historiography  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1013749
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The wages of history : emotional labor on public history's front lines / Amy M. Tyson

Author:
Tyson, Amy  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 224 pages ; 23 cm
Type:
Case studies
Place:
Minnesota
Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling (Minn.)
Date:
2013
Topic:
Historical reenactments--Psychological aspects  Search this
Historic sites--Interpretive programs--Psychological aspects  Search this
Public history  Search this
Acting--Psychological aspects  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1008161
view Joseph Henry's Letter to Thaddeus Lowe (May 28, 1861) digital asset number 1

Joseph Henry's Letter to Thaddeus Lowe (May 28, 1861)

Author:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Subject:
Lowe, T. S. C (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt) 1832-1913  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 2 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 7w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
United States
Date:
May 28, 1861
Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Ballooning  Search this
Funding  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Letters  Search this
Expenditures, Public  Search this
Aerial reconnaissance, American  Search this
History  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-0034 and SIA2012-0035
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13056
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Who owns America's past? : the Smithsonian and the problem of history / Robert C. Post

Title:
Smithsonian and the problem of history
Author:
Post, Robert C  Search this
Subject:
Smithsonian Institution History  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
Topic:
Public history  Search this
Museums--Social aspects  Search this
Museums--Political aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1015029
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A living exhibition : the Smithsonian and the transformation of the universal museum / William S. Walker

Author:
Walker, William S. 1978-  Search this
Subject:
Smithsonian Institution History  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
Topic:
Museum exhibits--Political aspects  Search this
Public history--History  Search this
Cultural policy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1010168
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Federal Government Stops Providing Funds to the Smithsonian

Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Place:
United States
Date:
December 1860
Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic:
National Collections  Search this
Finance  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Federal Government, Relations with SI  Search this
Federal Government  Search this
Expenditures, Public  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12549
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Gay press, gay power : the growth of LGBT community newspapers in America / edited by Tracy Baim ; foreword by John D'Emilio

Editor:
Baim, Tracy  Search this
Author of foreword:
D'Emilio, John  Search this
Physical description:
468 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm
Type:
Newspapers
Place:
United States
Date:
2012
Topic:
Homosexuality--History  Search this
Gays' writings--History and criticism  Search this
Gay press publications--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1040469
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From storefront to monument : tracing the public history of the Black museum movement / Andrea A. Burns

Author:
Burns, Andrea A. 1976-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
Topic:
African Americans--Museums--History  Search this
Historical museums--History  Search this
Public history--History  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1025371
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Channeling the past : politicizing history in postwar America / Erik Christiansen

Author:
Christiansen, Erik 1974-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 302 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
C2013
20th century
Topic:
Public history--Political aspects--History  Search this
History in popular culture  Search this
Mass media and history  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1005291
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Remembering the forgotten war : the enduring legacies of the U.S./Mexican War / Michael Scott Van Wagenen

Author:
Van Wagenen, Michael  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 329 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Mexico
Date:
2012
C2012
Topic:
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Influence  Search this
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Public opinion  Search this
Collective memory  Search this
Public opinion  Search this
Public history  Search this
Relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1007093
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The price of liberty : the public debt of the American Revolution / William G. Anderson

Author:
Anderson, William G. 1945-  Search this
Physical description:
180 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1983
Revolution, 1775-1783
Topic:
Debts, Public--History  Search this
History  Search this
Finance  Search this
Call number:
HJ247 .A63 1983X
HJ247.A63 1983X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_158505
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The Craft of public history : an annotated select bibliography / David F. Trask and Robert W. Pomeroy III, general editors

Author:
Trask, David F  Search this
Pomeroy, Robert W  Search this
National Council on Public History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 481 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Bibliography
Place:
United States
Date:
1983
C1983
Topic:
Historiography--Bibliography  Search this
Archives--Bibliography  Search this
Library science  Search this
Libraries--Bibliography  Search this
Historiography  Search this
Bibliography  Search this
Call number:
Z6208.H5 C73 1983X
Z6208.H5C73 1983X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_163417
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The founders and finance : how Hamilton, Gallatin, and other immigrants forged a new economy / Thomas K. McCraw

Author:
McCraw, Thomas K  Search this
Subject:
Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804  Search this
Gallatin, Albert 1761-1849  Search this
United States Department of the Treasury History  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 485 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2012
Revolution, 1775-1783
1783-1865
Topic:
Finance, Public--History  Search this
Monetary policy--History  Search this
Economic policy  Search this
History  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1004136
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An Act To establish the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, and for other purposes

Author:
93d Congress, Sess. 1, 1973  Search this
Subject:
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration  Search this
Archivist of the United States  Search this
United States General Services Administration  Search this
Librarian of Congress  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 8; Page Numbers: 697-704
Type:
Public Law
Place:
United States
Date:
1974
12/11/1973
Revolution, 1775-1783
Topic:
Anniversaries  Search this
Expenditures, Public  Search this
Finance  Search this
Memorials  Search this
Preservation of materials  Search this
History  Search this
Publisher:
Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_4992
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Berlin International Fishery Exhibition Opens

Subject:
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896  Search this
Berlin International Fisheries Exposition  Search this
United States Fish Commission  Search this
United States Congress  Search this
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Place:
United States
Date:
April 20, 1880
Topic:
Expenditures, Public  Search this
Assistant Secretaries  Search this
Awards  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Ichthyology  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Fisheries--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_621
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Museums and social activism : engaged protest / Kylie Message

Author:
Message, Kylie  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Political History History  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2014
20th century
Topic:
Museums--Social aspects--History  Search this
Exhibitions--Social aspects--History  Search this
Civil rights movements--History  Search this
African Americans--Civil rights--History  Search this
Indians of North America--Civil rights--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1028115
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Embattled memories : contested meanings in Korean War memorials / Suhi Choi

Author:
Choi, Suhi 1971-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 150 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Korea (South)
Date:
2014
Topic:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Monuments  Search this
Memorialization--Social aspects  Search this
Collective memory  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1040239
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Colonial finances in Delaware, by Hon. Richard S. Rodney ..

Author:
Rodney, Richard S (Richard Seymour) 1882-1963  Search this
Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Del  Search this
Physical description:
68 p., 1 l. incl. front., illus., facsims. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Delaware
United States
Date:
1928
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Topic:
Finance, Public  Search this
Paper money  Search this
Money--History  Search this
Call number:
HJ352 .R69
HJ352.R69
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_124193
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The Smithsonian Institution Documents

Author:
56th Congress, Sess. 2, 1901  Search this
Subject:
United States Congress House  Search this
United States Congress Senate  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 1; Page Numbers: 1992
Type:
Concurrent Resolution
Date:
1901
05/11/1900
Topic:
Government publications  Search this
History  Search this
Printing  Search this
Publisher:
Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_4357
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Interpreting historic house museums / edited by Jessica Foy Donnelly

Author:
Donnelly, Jessica Foy 1960-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
C2002
Topic:
Historical museums--Management  Search this
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration  Search this
Dwellings--Conservation and restoration  Search this
Historic sites--Interpretive programs  Search this
Public history  Search this
History, Local  Search this
Cultural policy  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_709014

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