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    A Photographer, Not a Terrorist

    • Date: March 11, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Starting last fall, stories started popping up in the British media and online about photographers who’d been stopped by officials empowered to question and search them if they seemed suspicious or might have some links to terrorism.

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    Muskets Issued to Smithsonian as Civil War Begins

    • Date: April 20, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_496,size=200,left]This month marks the 150th anniversary of the start of one of the most tumultuous periods in American history—the Civil War (view resources from the

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  5. A small dog sits in front of a computer.

    Roam if You Want to....Roam Around the World

    • Date: May 13, 2021
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: It has officially been 426 days since the Smithsonian Institution (including the Archives) first closed its doors. Many may be wondering….how does an archivist, especially one who deals directly with photographs or photographic negatives, continue to work from home for over a year? Well, my friends, I will give you a brief glimpse into some of the work I have been able to

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  7. Close up of 35mm color slides.

    Gaining an Appreciation for the Archives

    • Date: December 7, 2017
    • Description: For the past month, I have been immersed in the complexity that is the world of digital archiving as an intern for the Smithsonian Institution Archives. As a digital preservation intern, I have discovered aspects about archiving that I would have never considered previously, such as the processes required to document accessions, recording information for accessibility and

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    Everything Always Looks Good Through Here

    • Date: February 9, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: John Waters’s 1998 movie Pecker is the coming-of-age story about a young man who can’t stop himself from taking pictures. “Man, everything always looks good through here!” Pecker exclaims, squinting through his viewfinder and throughout most of the film, it does. Photography is all about looking, and when it was time to invite someone to address the subject of voyeurism for

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  11. Slight damage on a piece of paper. There is a section of brown, dotted coloring on the parchment.

    I.D. This! Parchment

    • Date: November 21, 2019
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: For the next installment in our I.D. This! series, learn about parchment and how we identify it in our collections.

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  13. No. 40. Crew member preparing plant specimens for Smithsonian, off the east coast of Greenland, 1936. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 007231, Image no. SIA2012-0660

    Another Milestone Met: Reminiscing about the Field Book Project and Looking Forward

    • Date: February 21, 2019
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: The intense efforts that started the Field Book Project and have kept it in high gear are slowing down to a sustainable pace. After almost ten years, grant funding for the Field Book Project has drawn to a close, but there is still plenty more to look forward to that will benefit researchers for years to come.

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    The Burning of the Smithsonian

    • Date: January 23, 2015
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: One hundred fifty years ago, on January 24, 1865, a massive fire erupted in the west wing of the Smithsonian Castle.

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    19th-Century Marine Life’s Role in the 21st Century

    • Date: January 25, 2011
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  19. 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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  21. Atatürk Bust, San Posta, 23 Temmuz 1931, SALT Research, https://www.flickr.com/photos/saltonline/14482745040/.

    You Asked, We Answered: 2014 Archives Facebook Q&A

    • Date: November 4, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: On Monday, October 27th, four of our finest were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fourth year hosting this event and

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  23. A man sits at a desk on which large bones sit. An animal skeleton is hanging on the wall.

    The Mammoth Task of Creating a Fossil Hall at the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 6, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before you head to “Deep Time,” opening this weekend at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, learn about how Smithsonian’s fossil collection was initially formed and exhibited.

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