This accession consists of the Smithsonian Consortia website as it existed on July 7, 2017. The Consortia advance knowledge across disciplines to solve critical global issues of our time, referred to as the "Grand Challenges." The website includes information about the Consortia and its projects as well as information about related events, ...

This accession consists of Storify accounts maintained by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Storify allows users to combine content from a variety of social media platforms to create a single story. Units often use boards in Storify to document or summarize ...

This accession consists of the blog of the Biodiversity Heritage Library Consortium (BHL) as it existed on April 21, 2017. BHL is a consortium of major natural history, botanical, and research libraries that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the literature of biodiversity held in their collections as a part of a global "biodiversity ...

This accession consists of 17 Google+ accounts maintained by units throughout the Smithsonian Institution as they existed between March 6 and April 18, 2017. Google+ is a third-party social networking site used for interacting with the public and promoting the Institution's activities, exhibitions, and research. Due to technical issues, s...

This accession consists of a website, a blog, and an online exhibition maintained by the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). The primary NMAI website, crawled on July 5, 2017, includes information about the museum as well as its exhibitions, collections, programs, and professional training opportunities. It also includes educationa...

This accession consists of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project website as it existed on July 5, 2017. The Project's mission is to rescue and establish assurance colonies of amphibian species that are in extreme danger of extinction throughout Panama. The National Zoological Park and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ...

This accession consists of the "Rogers Archaeology Lab" blog, maintained by the Department of Anthropology, as it existed on August 15, 2017. The blog is written by a research group led by archaeologist and curator J. Daniel Rogers. The blog shares stories about their research, collections, and professional activities as well as current e...

The Elayne Zorn Collection measures 11 linear feet and contains thousands of photographic objects including negatives, slides and prints. The collection material spans the years of Zorn's professional and student activity in the fields of anthropology and Latin American studies from around 1975 until 2010. The material in this collection reflects Zorn's long association with the community in Taquile, Peru which led up to the publication of her book, Weaving a Future, in 2004. Zorn also spent a significant amount of time conducting field research in Andean communities in Bolivia examining the relationships between tourism and textiles. Zorn's additional professional activities included serving as a textile collector and expert advisor for museum collections and exhibitions as well as performing academic duties at the University of Central Florida.

The papers of painter and educator Edwin Ambrose Webster measure 2.2 linear feet and date from 1821 to 1968. Found within the papers are biographical material; business and personal correspondence; writings; teaching and research files, including information on Webster's participation in the 1913 Armory show; printed material; artwork; and photographic materials of Webster, his family and friends, and his work.

The research material of Connecticut artists and authors Nelson and Henry C. White, measures 4.5 linear feet and dates from circa 1851-1961. The bulk of the collection consists of Nelson C. White's correspondence, writings, and research, primarily related to J. Frank Currier and Abbott Handerson Thayer, and referencing Thomas Wilmer Dewing. Also found are the correspondence, writings, and research files of Nelson's father, Henry C. White, primarily relating to Dwight W. Tryon. Research files include artist correspondence, writings and notes, printed material, photographs of the artists, and photographs of artwork and exhibition installations.