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  1. Continental Line Train at Station

    Sneak Peek 1/5/2015

    • Date: January 5, 2015
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Continental Line train at station, circa 1910s, by Unidentified photographer, Glass negative, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. No. 11-006, Image Number: MAH-43362.

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  3. Research at SI Archives

    Sneak Peek 11/13/2017

    • Date: November 13, 2017
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Student in the "Program in Museum Study" offered by the Office of Academic Studies works with Associate Archivist William "Bill" Deiss in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, 73-314-07.

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  5. Click on image to see the full Web version.

    Web-enabling Archive Digital Content

    • Date: May 24, 2012
    • Description: Explaining the role of web developer plays in making archive accessions available via the web.

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  7. Blog Post

    How to get out of a sticky situation!

    • Date: October 22, 2010
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: When Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives archivist, Rachael Woody, was interviewed earlier this week about today's Archives Fair, she mentioned that dental floss can come in handy when it comes to removing photos from magnetic, or more aptly named, "sticky" albums. I for one know that all of my family photos are in "sticky" albums, and from

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  9. Hunting for Watermarks

    • Date: November 29, 2012
    • Creator: Kirsten Tyree
    • Description: In honor of Dard Hunter’s birthday, here’s a sample of watermarks found on our collection of archival documents.

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    The Inhabitants of "Defense Mansion"

    • Date: July 14, 2011
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: This post is the second in a series this month that honors the anniversary of the famous Scopes Trial, held in Tennessee from July 10–21, 1925, and highlights a set of rare and newly digitized photographs, from the Smithsonian Institution Archives, of witnesses at the trial collections, which have been added to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons. In tone, composition, and setting,

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    Candles on the Water

    • Date: February 3, 2011
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_11206" align="aligncenter" width="219" caption="Bells Rock Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, c. 1880s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic negative, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative number: MAH-48182H."][/caption] We recently digitized a series of lighthouse images that led me on a surprising research path.

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    Digital Humanists Dive Into Archives

    • Date: August 3, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Bloggers on The Bigger Picture often describe how, in the course of their work, they come across intriguing archival objects and artifacts that trigger new insights into history. “Hands on” encounters with compelling evidence from the past are thrilling and can be provocative. But so can different sorts of encounters, including those that are driven by data, rather than

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    Volunteers and the Smithsonian: A History

    • Date: April 5, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  19. What to Do When More Than a Few Papers Get Wet

    • Date: May 5, 2011
    • Creator: Sarah Stauderman
    • Description: In honor of the Heritage Preservation organization’s annual MayDay initiative to protect cultural heritage from disasters, the Archives will be highlighting how we deal with emergencies and how you can prepare yourself in a series of blog posts. Throughout the year, the Smithsonian Institution Archives reviews our plans for how we will deal with emergencies in Smithsonian

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  21. Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2020

    • Date: October 15, 2020
    • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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  23. View of a snow-topped mountain. At the center of the photographs is a tree with trimmed branches and no leaves.

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2021

    • Date: April 8, 2021
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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