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    SIA Acc. 20-099, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Exhibition Records, 1997-2004

    • Date: 1997 1997-2004
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  3. Letterpress Copybooks

    Records, 1879-1908

    • Date: 1879 1879-1908
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology

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    Torch 04/1974

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1974 Box 1 Folder 4

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  7. Rube Goldberg and wife Irma interacting with the machine exhibits and attendees riding a bicycle. Photographs being taken of Goldberg sitting near his cartoons speaking to the press. Also, dinner table seating with the Goldbergs, Smithsonian Institution Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and NMHT Director Daniel Boorstin.

    Do It the Hard Way, Like Rube Goldberg

    • Date: November 24, 2020
    • Description: Rube Goldberg, the subject of a 1970 exhibition at the National Museum of American History, produced thousands of drawings and comic strips, as well as, films, photographs, and over-the-top machines. A true celebrity in his time, Goldberg set standards in political cartooning and contributed to the development of thousands of extravagant and entertaining contraptions that have

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    97105 Smih Text.pdf

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      SIA RU007153, Clayton, Henry Helm 1861-1946, Henry Helm Clayton Papers, 1877-1949 and undated

      • Date: 1877 1877-1949 1877-1949 and undated
      • Creator: Clayton, Henry Helm, 1861-1946
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA Acc. 19-028, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Office of Education and Visitor Experience, Program Records, circa 1980-2016

      • Date: 1980 1980-2016 circa 1980-2016
      • Creator: National Portrait Gallery. Office of Education and Visitor Experience
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA Acc. 00-051, Smithsonian Institution Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, Grant Records, 1990-1995

      • Date: 1990 1990-1995
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    • Science Service director Watson Davis with General Motors' Thomas Midgley Jr, 1936.

      Science Service, Up Close: Patent Parades, Silk Purses, and Snake Bite Remedies

      • Date: March 30, 2017
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Everyone loves a parade – especially one followed by a banquet. When scientists and politicians met in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1936, to celebrate the centennial of the U.S. patent system, they listened first to a conventional program of speeches. Then, in the afternoon, Science Service director Watson Davis arranged something different: a “Research Parade” featuring

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    • Secretary G. Wayne Clough and Smithsonian Historian, Pam Henson, 12/4/2014

      And the award goes to...

      • Date: December 30, 2014
      • Creator: Anne Van Camp
      • Description: The Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service was created in 1964 and is the highest honor given to Smithsonian staff for exceptional service over a long period of time. On December 4, 2014, Secretary G. Wayne Clough presented this award to Pam Henson for a lifetime of exceptional service to the Smithsonian Institution. She began her career here in 1973 and has been in

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    • Blog Post

      Looking Smithson’s Gift Horse in the Mouth

      • Date: July 28, 2015
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Today, James Smithson’s bequest to found the Smithsonian is considered a wonderful event, but in 1835 when it was announced, many Americans responded negatively. Why did they look his gift horse in the mouth?

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      Torch 09/1967

      • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1967 Box 1 Folder 9

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