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USNM Curators Annual Report - Graphic Arts, 1889 - 1890
What would you collect if you were building your own collection of materials relating to the graphic arts? Would you include Japanese chromoxylography or wood block printing? Curator S. R. Koehler describes the progress his section of the United States National Museum is making in building a comprehensive collection and making it available to the public. Join other digital volunteers and learn more about the work of the Museum in its early days.
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USNM Curators Annual Report - Graphic Arts, 1891 - 1892
Summarizing the work of the Graphic Arts Section of the United States National Museum for 1891-1892, curator S. R. Koehler was concerned that museum managers might undervalue the section's accomplishments. Help us transcribe his report and learn how he handled this situation.
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USNM Curators Annual Report - Graphic Arts, 1896 - 1897
No matter which organization you are in, when funding is scarce sacrifices must be made. Help us transcribe Honorary Curator S. R. Koehler's reply when asked to submit his annual report.
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USNM Curators Annual Report - Materia Medica, 1890 - 1891
By 1891, the United States National Museum had entered its second decade. Its curators have consistently submitted annual, and sometimes more frequent reports to the Director of the Museum describing the work of their various sections. The Materia Medica Section continues its work to seek out new acquisitions, review collections proffered by other individuals or nations, conduct experiments, and present the growing collection in a way that the public and the medical profession could learn from its contents while being sensitive to the differing depths of interest. Join other volunteers to transcribe the 1890 - 1891 report of the Materia Medica Section.
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USNM Curators Annual Report - Materia Medica, 1891 - 1892
The curators of the Materia Medica Section of the United States National Museum had shepherded their collections through rapid growth over the first decade of the Museum by the time this annual report is filed. Responsibility for filing annual and sometimes more frequent reports has shifted between curators James Flint and Harold Beyer. For 1891 - 1892, the responsibility was passed to William S. Dixon of the U. S. Navy. Join other volunteers to transcribe the 1891 - 1892 report of the Materia Medica Section.
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USNM Curators Annual Report - Materia Medica, 1892 - 1893
How you might go about sharing the wealth of information you and your colleagues had worked for years to develop? In the 1892 - 1893 annual report of the Materia Medica Section of the United States National Museum, the curator outlines options the section is considering for the Director of the Museum. Join other volunteers to transcribe the 1892 - 1893 report of the Materia Medica Section.
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USNM Curators Annual Report - Materia Medica, 1893 - 1894
One strategy for staying on top of rapid growth is standardization. Every group gets asked the same questions, and well-constructed questions provide a reliable means of assessing the activity of the organization as a whole. For the Materia Medica Section of the United States National Museum, 1894 saw the introduction of a questionnaire format for the Curators Annual Report. Please join us in transcribing this report.
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USNM Curators Annual Report - Materia Medica, 1894 - 1895
If you were a museum director, what might you make of a curator's annual report that amounts to a handful of brief sentences? Help us transcribe the Materia Medica Section's 1894 - 1895 annual report to the Director of the United States National Museum.
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USNM Curators Annual Report - Materia Medica, 1895 - 1896
Are you the kind of person who like a challenge? When someone tells you there's no way to learn more about a subject, do you respond by searching for new ways to approach it, persisting until you find a way? Join our volunteers in transcribing the Materia Medica Section's typed annual report for 1895 - 1896 to see how they responded to a similar situation.
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USNM Curators Annual Report - Materia Medica, 1896 - 1897
If you ran a museum, what would you make of a very short annual report from one of the divisions of your museum? If you asked specific questions and did not get much information back, would you wonder if you were asking the right questions or wonder if they were working on projects and publications that took more than a year to complete?. Help us transcribe the Section's 1896 - 1897 annual report to the Director of the United States National Museum as part of the full set the Materia Medica curators' annual reports.
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USNM Curators Annual Report - National Gallery of Art, 1912-13
Ten permanent accessions, comprised of oil paintings and pastel drawings: a few of the many pieces that would become the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection of 43,000 artworks. Go back to the beginnings of the Smithsonian's interest in art--and see how this world-renowned collection began--with this set of 1912-13 curator's reports from the National Gallery of Art. What was then called a National Gallery eventually became the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Join other digital volunteers and help transcribe this fascinating report for future art historians!
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USNM Curators Annual Report - National Gallery of Art, 1915-16
Did you know that the famous Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland, which opened in 1970, had its start more than 50 years earlier? And the origins of that bridge began with an exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Gallery of Art! The exhibition on bridge designs was one of many that was held in 1916--see what else went on display that year with this set of 1915-16 curator's reports from the National Gallery of Art! The gallery eventually became the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Join other digital volunteers and help transcribe this fascinating report for future art historians!
