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  1. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 15-156, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.), Website Records, 2009-2015

    • Date: 2009 2009-2015
    • Creator: National Air and Space Museum
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Roxie Laybourne: A Bird of Many Feathers

    • Date: March 24, 2016
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: A brief biographical sketch of Roxie Laybourne, an Ornithologist who specialized in feather identification and pioneered the field of forensic ornithology.

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    SIA Acc. 85-098, Watson, George E (George Elder) 1931-, George E. Watson Papers, circa 1960-1980

    • Date: 1960 1960-1980 circa 1960-1980
    • Creator: Watson, George E. (George Elder), 1931-
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Elizabeth Macie

    • Date: August 5, 2021
    • Description: Elizabeth Macie née Elizabeth Hungerford Keate (1728–1800) was the mother of James Smithson. She is the central figure and the driving force behind the events recounted in the Hungerford Deed. Macie was a complex individual, keenly aware of her position in society and continually peering backward toward her paternal family’s heritage while hoping to leverage it for her own

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    Solomon Brown

    • Date: August 19, 2016
    • Description: Born in 1829 to free black parents along the border between Maryland and the District of Columbia, Solomon Galleon Brown would become, at age 23, the first black employee of the Smithsonian. Starting out as a laborer in the Exchange Office, he ultimately became the personal assistant of Spencer Baird, the second secretary of the Smithsonian. By the time of his 1904 retirement,

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  11. Archive It 4.0 Crawl Report

    Archive-It 5.0

    • Date: April 7, 2015
    • Description: Here’s a quick look at the new features in Archive-It 5.0 and how these changes may affect the way you archive the Web.

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  13. A letter from Waldo Schmitt Jr. to his father, 1925.

    Care Package from Home

    • Date: July 11, 2017
    • Creator: Charles Zange
    • Description: A look at letters from home that the Smithsonian's Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt received while traveling on expeditions in 1925.

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    The Challenge of Preserving Digital Architectural Drawings

    • Date: July 27, 2010
    • Creator: Jessica Scott
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_7461" align="aligncenter" width="369" caption="Construction of the National Museum of the American Indian, July 2003, digital photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-012, Box 24, Folder NMAI Construction-July 2003, Folder CD_1, # U.jpg."] [/caption] At the Archives, we’ve recently begun working with some digital files of architectural

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    Colors of photography – digital conservation on faded prints

    • Date: December 18, 2018
    • Creator: Charles Zange
    • Description: A few attempts to roll back the color shift on faded prints from 1955

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  19. Ice skaters on Rock Creek on the grounds of the National Zoological Park, c. 1905, Record Unit 95 - Photograph Collection, 1850s- , Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. No. MAH-15760

    Hockey Weekend Across America

    • Date: February 27, 2014
    • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
    • Description: To honor this year's Hockey Weekend Across America, we highlight some hockey related material from the Archives and the Smithsonian.

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    It’s Our Anniversary…

    • Date: March 2, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="305" caption="Cake, by Daniel Nelson, Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0."][/caption] It’s hard to believe, but it has been two years to the day that THE BIGGER PICTURE has been in existence (note: that rogue January post doesn’t count as it was backdated)! The blog was started by the Smithsonian Photography

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    Mothers Day Inspiration

    • Date: May 9, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Get ready for Mother's Day with these images of Smithsonian staff and their families caring for young animals.

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