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    Illegible, She Wrote

    • Date: May 16, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="A Penmanship sign was located in Boerum Hill and was painted in 1997. It was a faux billboard created by Jerry Johnson of Orange Outdoor Advertising, Photo by Bosc d'Anjou, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0 Generic."][/caption] A week or so ago, I was looking through documents scanned by the Smithsonian Institution

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  3. Color photograph of a handheld field notebook opened, and displaying a sketch of a rural landscape.

    Exhibiting the Smithsonian Institution Archives: A Look Back

    • Date: May 15, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_13754,size=400,center]When people think of a Smithsonian exhibit, they probably don’t think of one filled with documents from an archives! A piece of paper doesn’t grab your attention from across the room, as the Fénykövi elephant or Chuck Berry’s car do. But on closer inspection, handwritten scraps have fascinating stories to tell. They can be

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  5. Two floppy disks labeled with the ZooArk info. One is from the rhino files and the other is from the tiger files.

    Where Will This Lead? Exhibits, Zoos and Video-dating

    • Date: January 14, 2020
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.

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  7. Two graphics of one large and one small folder. The color of the top of the folder is small but the lower later reveals a map.

    World of Maps Project - Preventive Conservation Actions

    • Date: February 26, 2019
    • Description: Explore our interns’ new techniques for preservation of maps at NMNH: a map transportation tool, a rehousing plan, and training for volunteers.

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    Quick Tips for Preserving Your Family’s Past

    • Date: November 26, 2019
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: As the holiday season approaches, here are a few quick tips on some preservation strategies for your family’s treasures.

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  11. Records Shed Light on How Exhibitions Come to Life

    • Date: May 28, 2013
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Planning a museum or gallery exhibition takes a lot of work as seen through exhibition records that contain images, layouts, object labels, memos, and other important materials.

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    Archiving the Smithsonian’s presence on the Internet

    • Date: September 2, 2010
    • 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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    Records and Information Management Month: The Librarian

    • Date: April 28, 2010
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A clause in the last will and testament of English scientist James Smithson eventually led to his estate being left to the United States "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” There was much debate as to what constituted such an establishment, but many of the proposals

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  17. Lonnie G. Bunch III stands in an office in front of a cluttered bookshelf.

    Goodbye, 2019. Hello, 2020!

    • Date: December 31, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2020, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2019.

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  19. Blog Post

    Our Other, Photographic Selves

    • Date: March 25, 2010
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Ralph Waldo Emerson, between 1860 and 1870, by J. W. Black & Co., Photographic print on carte-de-visite mount, Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer family papers, 1851-1999 bulk 1881-1950, Archives of American Art, Digital ID: 5677. "][/caption] From the beginning, photography upset conventional ideas about the relationship

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  21. A white woman in a blue shirt and blue jeans wearing rings, necklace, and bracelet sits outside on a stone structure.

    Volunteer Spotlight: Julie Goforth

    • Date: April 7, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Get to know Archives volunteer Julie Goforth.

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  23. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 17-167, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records, 2015

    • Date: 2015
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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