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    A Tale of Two Sisters

    • Date: August 4, 2021
    • Description: Why would an English chemist donate his fortune to the United States, a newly formed country he had never visited? We will likely never know exactly why in 1826 James Smithson chose to bequeath more than half a million dollars to create the Smithsonian Institution.

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    Jeannine Smith Clark

    • Date: August 24, 2016
    • Description: Jeannine Smith Clark began forty seven years of involvement with the Smithsonian working as a volunteer docent at the National Museum of Natural History in 1968. Since then, she has served on the influential Smithsonian Women’s Committee and was appointed to the Board of Regents, where she served from 1983 to 1994. Jeannine Smith Clark worked with the Smithsonian for 47 years

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  5. An L-shaped stacked stone and mortar house with a slate roof and white-painted sash windows sits amidst a grassy expanse. A lichen-covered stacked stone wall separates the front garden from pastureland.

    Walking in the Footsteps of Hungerfords

    • Date: September 15, 2022
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Readers of The Bigger Picture will be familiar with the Hungerford Deed, a 1787 property contract dividing a lucrative land inheritance between the mother and aunt of the Smithsonian’s founding donor, James Smithson. Over the last three years I have been able to take a deep dive into the content of the Deed and strengthen our understanding of Smithson’s choice to leave his

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    SIA Acc. 85-204, Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction, Project Files, 1975-1984

    • Date: 1975 1975-1984
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 15-179, DeVorkin, David H. 1944-, David H. DeVorkin Papers, 1987-2010

    • Date: 1987 1987-2010
    • Creator: DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007073, Dall, William Healey 1845-1927, William Healey Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927

    • Date: 1839 1839-1927 1839-1858, 1862-1927
    • Creator: Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007073, Dall, William Healey 1845-1927, William Healey Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927

    • Date: 1839 1839-1927 1839-1858, 1862-1927
    • Creator: Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 18-238, Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs, News Releases, 1966-2009

    • Date: 1966 1966-2009
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Alexander Wetmore, 1886-1978

    • Date: April 14, 2011
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  19. Black and white photograph of a baby two-toed sloth in a basket holding the finger of its caretaker.

    A (Brief) History of Sloths at the Smithsonian

    • Date: October 20, 2020
    • Creator: Jessica Scott
    • Description: …in which a member of the Archives staff turns her passion for sloths into a mission to research their history at the Smithsonian Institution.

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    SIA Acc. 05-016, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Office of the Director, Subject Files, 1968-2001

    • Date: 1968 1968-2001
    • Creator: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Torch 01/1977

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1977 Box 1 Folder 1

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