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    1. International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia in 1971. Credit via NOAA.

      Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time

      • Date: August 2, 2018
      • Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.

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    3. Black and white photo of man wearing military style helmet

      Architect Victor Lundy at the Smithsonian

      • Date: February 1, 2013
      • Description: As the architect Victor Lundy turns 90, we look back at the redwood shade structures he designed in the mid-1960s for the terrace of the new Museum of History and Technology (today the National Museum of American History).

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    5. DArcInfo (Digital Archive Information System) provides details about the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ born-digital collections. img src: 202005_DArcinfo.jpg

      The Work Continues While We Are Away

      • Date: May 21, 2020
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Smithsonian archivists are reviewing challenges with sharing born-digital collections.

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    7. Clipping from EBONY September 1990 issue, page 92 featuring photographs of people at the Field to Factory exhibit installation in Anchorage, Alaska.

      The Women Behind the "Field to Factory" Exhibition

      • Date: October 6, 2022
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: Current headlines about war and the impact of forced migration on women are stark reminders of historic migrations and how women adapted and took on new roles.In 1987, Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration 1915-1940 premiered at the National Museum of American History.

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    9. The Education of George C. Wheeler - Part III

      • Date: February 7, 2013
      • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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    11. A man and woman in beige shirts and pants stand in front of four elephants. Four men are riding the elephants. The man in beige is wearing a hat and binoculars around his neck.

      A Crafty Way to Support the Smithsonian

      • Date: May 14, 2019
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Tracing the history of the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, created in 1966 to raise funds to support the Institution, especially its educational programs.

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      Link Love: 6/17/2011

      • Date: June 17, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: For those of us too young to have understood the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and to those who watched breathlessly as the it came down, this should interest you: an augmented reality app that projects a 3-D rendering of the Berlin Wall at its former site with the help of a smartphone. It was as big as a . . . The US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

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      What’s in a Name? Uncovering Early Women Computers

      • Date: December 3, 2019
      • Description: We’re uncovering names of some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.

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    17. Travelog of 1962-1963 South American trip.

      Transcription Beyond Description: Engaging Opportunities and Weaving Webs of Knowledge

      • Date: June 11, 2013
      • Description: From crowdsourcing transcription to building Wikipedia articles, opportunities abound to weave webs of knowledge with SIA collections.

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    19. Letter with letterhead of the United States National Museum in light blue, body of letter written in black ink.

      Archival Fingerprints - Meredith Smith Diggs

      • Date: October 21, 2021
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Meredith Smith Diggs was employed at the Smithsonian in different capacities and was closely associated with the second Secretary of the Smithsonian, Spencer Fullerton Baird. Through Diggs' correspondence we can get a small glimpse of his life and work at the Smithsonian.

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    21. Black and white photo of Marjorie B. Illig, presenting a book to Jule Henry as Eleanor Roosevelt looks on.

      Science Service, Up Close: Journalists, Cancer Research, and Public Education

      • Date: March 6, 2018
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Cancer, James T. Patterson observed in The Dread Disease, serves as a powerful metaphor in American culture, where the malady mirrors the “manifestation of social, economic, and ideological divisions” in modern life. In the decades since publication of Patterson’s book, medical research has made great strides in methods of detection and treatment. But the challenge for science

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    23. The first page of Margaret S. Collins’ memorial service pamphlet.

      A Legend in Termite Field Biology

      • Date: March 2, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Dr. Margaret S. Collins became a renowned expert in multiple areas of termite zoololgy during her almost 50-year career as a scientist and professor.

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