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  1. Link Love: 8/23/2019

    • Date: August 23, 2019
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  3. Students who volunteered as subjects in the George Washington University “Sleeplessness Test,” August 14-16, 1925. Left to right: Louise Omwake, Katherine Tait Omwake, Thelma Hunt, and Alice Haines.

    Science Service, Up Close: The Sleeplessness Study, Part 1 - Insomniacs

    • Date: August 18, 2015
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.

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    The Smithsonian's 165th Anniversary

    • Date: August 10, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Exactly 165 years ago today, legislation establishing the Smithsonian Institution was passed by the US Congress and signed into law by President James K. Polk. From today’s perspective, it seems like a “no-brainer” to accept a generous bequest from a little-known Englishman named James Smithson and create an institution in his name. But from the perspective of that era, the

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  7. A Quest for the First Asian Employee

    • Date: May 10, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: A search for the first Asian employee at the Smithsonian leads to Kuang-zung Tung.

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  9. Ross Island, Antarctica. Alexander Stevens, chief scientist and geologist looks south. Hut Point Peninsula in the background. Cellulose nitrate processed sheet film negative, found in Captain Scott's 1911 expedition base, Cape Evans, Antarctica, by Antarctica Heritage Trust conservators. Photo by Ernest Shackleton's Ross Sea Party, 1914-1917.

    Link Love: 1/3/2014

    • Date: January 3, 2014
    • 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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  11. Link Love: 5/24/2013

    • Date: May 24, 2013
    • 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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    In Her Own Image

    • Date: March 30, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    The Star Spangled Banner, an American Icon

    • Date: July 4, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Happy Fourth of July! On Independence Day, flags are flown across the nation. The Smithsonian has many versions of the American flag in its collections, the best known being the Star Spangled Banner. But, do you know its history, and how it came to the Smithsonian? The Star Spangled Banner is a huge 15-star, 15-stripe garrison flag, 30 feet by 42 feet, made in 1813 by Mary

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  17. Five people standing on a stage, one of which is holding a framed award.

    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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  19. Perros Dingo (Dingo Dogs), 1960s. Illustrations from the Barcelona Zoo Guide Book.

    International Travels of the Australian Canis Dingo: Part I

    • Date: June 13, 2017
    • Description: The cultural history of the Australian dingo and the species’ connection to the National Zoo.

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  21. Rocket Row, Arts and Industries Building

    Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

    • Date: June 9, 2016
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: A before-and-after look at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Mall.

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  23. The Prophet, newsletter of the Smithsonian African American Association, Volume 1, Issue 1, Accession 99-016, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Image no. SIA2016-008658.

    Smithsonian African American Association

    • Date: February 9, 2016
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: The Smithsonian African American Association was formed in 1989 and was an assembly of the Institution's employees who have organized to project a united voice, to have an impact upon pan-institutional policies that affect African Americans, and to convey these concerns to the Smithsonian Administration.

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