An edition of Engaging Smithsonian objects through science, history, and the arts
(2016)
Engaging Smithsonian objects through science, history, and the arts
by Mary Jo Arnoldi
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Engaging Smithsonian objects through science, history, and the arts
2016, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
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Table of Contents
Material Matters : Ways of Knowing Museum Objects / Mary Jo Arnoldi
James Smithson's Crypt : Smithson's Crypt and the Search for a Proper Memorial / Richard E. Stamm
James Smithson's Remains : A Biological Perspective / David R. Hunt
Thomas Wilfred's Opus 152, "Study in Depth" : An Artist's Experiment with Lighting Viewed by a Historian of Technology / Bernard Finn
Silent Visual Music : Thomas Wilfred's Opus 152, "Study in Depth" / Judith Zilczer
A Not So "Gentle" History : Violent Explosions at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii / Richard S. Fiske
Objectifying Pele as Performance, Material Culture, and Cultural Landscape / Adrienne L. Kaeppler
How to Identify a Stradivarius Stringed Instrument / Gary Sturm and Bruno Frohlich
Violins from the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and Private Collections : A Pilot Comparative Study / Bruno Frohlich and Gary Sturm
The Huey 65-10126 Helicopter : Steed for the "Sky Calvary" / Roger Connor
Huey 65-10126 : A Curator's Journey of Discovery / Peter Jakab
A Central African Throwing Knife : A Throwing Knife through Production and Use / S. Terry Childs
A Throwing Knife in Motion : The Journey from the Congo to the Smithsonian / Mary Jo Arnoldi
The Iron Lung : The Iron Lung in History and Cultural Memory / Katherine Ott
Whatever Happened to the Iron Lung? : Visitor Memories of an Iconic Medical Object / Matthew A. White
Augustus Washington's Portrait of John Brown Augustus Washington : Daguerreotypist of John Brown / Ann Shumard
In the Service of Abolitionism : Augustus Washington's Daguerreotype Portrait of John Brown / Frank H. Goodyear III
The 'Sole' Survivors : The Smithsonian's Ruby Slippers / Dwight Blocker Bowers
The Amazing Ruby Slippers and Their Magical Travels / Ellen Roney Hughes
Collecting a National Tragedy : The National Museum of American History and September 11 / James B. Gardner
A Moment in Time : September 11, 2001: Relevance of the Smithsonian Human Skeleton Collections / Marilyn R. London.
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"A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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