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      A Champion for Libraries and Archives: Ching-hsien Wang

      • Date: May 26, 2022
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In their efforts to document the history of computing at the Smithsonian, volunteers are interviewing former staff to preserve their stories and experiences. Ching-hsien Wang was a force that helped libraries and archives make their collections accessible online and here are some early excerpts from our interview with her.

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      Smithsonian Names Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty Director of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

      • Date: October 6, 2021
      • Description: On October 5, 2021, the Smithsonian announced that Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty will be the new director of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, effective Nov. 6.

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      Link Love: 4/3/2015

      • Date: April 3, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website

      • Date: October 15, 2019
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.

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    9. Blue-tinted cyanotype of a statue in the middle of a lake. A large, beautiful building is in the background.

      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

      • Date: October 13, 2020
      • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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    11. Secretary Clough visiting field site at Machu Picchu, Peru, 2011

      Link Love: 5/4/2012

      • Date: May 4, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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      Microfilm Reels in the 21st Century

      • Date: June 20, 2019
      • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
      • Description: A brief history on the invention and implementation of microfilm and our acquisition of a new, modern microfilm reader/scanner that enables us to provide digital access to and enhance the quality of SIA’s microfilm collections.

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    15. Untouched school chalkboards from 1917. Courtesy of Oklahoma City Public Schools.

      Link Love: 6/12/2015

      • Date: June 12, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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      Link Love: 10/9/2015

      • Date: October 9, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    19. Neither There nor There, 2005, by Siebren Versteeg, computer program output to 2 LCD screens, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 07.35.

      Handling Digital Assets in Time-Based Media Art

      • Date: February 20, 2014
      • Description: Handling Digital Assets in Time-Based Media Art at the Smithsonian Institution

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    21. Portrait of Arthur Wilson Stelfox.

      Arthur Wilson Stelfox: Another Gift from the United Kingdom

      • Date: July 23, 2020
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: With a large personal collection of specimens, Arthur Wilson Stelfox took steps to ensure his work will go on for decades to come.

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      “Ding” Darling’s Ducks and What’s Good for the Earth

      • Date: May 7, 2020
      • Description: Throughout his twenty-five years as a Science Service journalist, Frank Thone maintained an active correspondence with fellow scientists and conservationists. His letters in the Smithsonian Institution Archives both preserve his wit and offer a glimpse at the informal networking that helped shape how Americans perceived the natural world.

One of Thone’s correspondents was a

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