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    The Smithsonian's 165th Anniversary

    • Date: August 10, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Exactly 165 years ago today, legislation establishing the Smithsonian Institution was passed by the US Congress and signed into law by President James K. Polk. From today’s perspective, it seems like a “no-brainer” to accept a generous bequest from a little-known Englishman named James Smithson and create an institution in his name. But from the perspective of that era, the

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  3. Dawrin letter

    I Read Dead People’s Mail: Mysteries of the Darwin Letter

    • Date: June 28, 2016
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: How a 30-year old theft was solved, but one mystery remained.

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    Exploring the National Parks

    • Date: August 1, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: August is National Parks Month, but the Smithsonian has celebrated the National Park Service for decades! Enjoy a selection of national parks images from the Archives' collection.

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  7. Fleeing from the ruined city--California St., from Stockton to Ferry Tower, San Francisco, California, 1906, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, neg. no. 13496.

    The Smithsonian Seismological Institute

    • Date: August 26, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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    Science Service, Up Close: White House Science Advisors, from Roosevelt to Nixon

    • Date: May 11, 2017
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: May 11 is the anniversary of establishment of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). That 1976 legislation further ratified the influence of scientists on national policy, positioning them to provide ready advice to the President.

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  11. Diplodocus on display among other mammals on display.

    Archives Puzzles: Piecing Together the Diplodocus

    • Date: October 26, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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    Archives Puzzles: You’ve Got Mail

    • Date: September 28, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: This season, have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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  15. black and white illustration of 2 sloths, one walking on 4 legs, one on two legs gripping tree branch with tongue out

    New Website: The Mischievous Megatherium Club!

    • Date: February 6, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: "It is five o’clock, when the Megatherium takes its prey, that the most interesting characters of the animal are seen. Then it roars with delight and makes up for the hard work of the day by much fun and conduction." Folks at Home, February 17, 1863, Robert Kennicott[edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=250,left]Not only is this beast intriguing as a specimen, but it is the

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    Coming into Focus

    • Date: October 1, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_2376" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="blurredvision, by Flickr user Paul Denton Cocker."][/caption] According to the National Eye Institute, more than 3 million Americans are blind or have vision so poor that everyday tasks become extremely difficult. Interestingly, according to a recent article by Pam Belluck in The New York Times, a new

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  19. Color image of computer hard drive.

    A Day for Electronic Records

    • Date: October 10, 2017
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Today is the day to shine the spotlight on electronic records, as Oct 10 marks the sixth Electronic Records Day.Sponsored by the Council of State Archivists (CoSA), this day is “to raise awareness among state government agencies, the general public, related professional organizations, and other stakeholders about the crucial role electronic records play in their world.” CoSA

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    Earth Day

    • Date: April 19, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: In September 1989 the Smithsonian sponsored a discussion between scientists and journalists about how the media can responsibly report on environmental issues.

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  23. Two screenshots of websites of the Freer Sackler Gallery. The top is set in a white background and appears to be in a simpler, perhaps older version of the website than the one below it, which is set in a black background and more modern design.

    Searching and Using Web Archives

    • Date: April 9, 2019
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: There are many ways to find and use archived web collections.

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