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    Hindsight is 20/20: Revisiting Paper Treatments From Twenty Years Ago

    • Date: April 28, 2011
    • Description: This post is written in honor of Preservation Week, April 24–30, 2011. In celebration of this week, preservation specialists around the world will bring attention to the preservation work going on in their institutions, and inspire action to preserve collections in libraries, archives, museums, and communities. [caption id="attachment_12654" align="aligncenter" width="432"

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  3. Aerial photograph of the National Mall with the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt covering the four blocks west of the U.S. Capitol Building.

    Hot Topics in Archival Research, Fall 2022

    • Date: November 3, 2022
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields thousands of questions per year.

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  5. A man sits at a desk in an office. Papers and books are stacked on desks in the office.

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2022

    • Date: July 21, 2022
    • Description: We're highlighting a few topics explored by Smithsonian Institution Archives researchers this summer.

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  7. The Mystery of the Undated Postcards

    • Date: July 23, 2013
    • Description: Revamping our online postcard exhibit poses the challenge of dating unused postcards. Here’s how I have hunted down clues to solve the mystery!

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  9. Green book cover with gold writing.

    A New Solution for an Old Scrapbook

    • Date: November 14, 2017
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: The Archives recently received several scrapbooks created by Elizabeth C. Reed during her husband's tenure as Director of the National Zoological Park (NZP). These scrapbooks contain information about noteworthy events and consist mostly of newspaper clippings gathered from newspapers around the country. Anyone who's attempted to preserve scrapbooks can tell you it's a bit of

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  11. Blog Post

    “Dear Sir”: Letters to the Smithsonian, 1948-1971

    • Date: August 21, 2018
    • Description: In 1956, Helena M. Weiss received a letter asking for information about “how to capture them, also how to raise them… what to put them in, also what to feed them.” Interestingly, the letter-writer neglected to specify what he or she meant by “them,” leaving Weiss only to guess what exactly the inquiry was referring to. From 1948 to 1956, Weiss was Chief of the Office of

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  13. An aerial view from the southwest of the Smithsonian Institution Building, 1993.

    Animals Behind the Castle: The Department of Living Animals

    • Date: July 18, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Before Congress created the National Zoo, the Smithsonian's Department of Living Animals kept it’s collection of animals behind the Castle.

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  15. Scan of a black and white forest fire prevention poster featuring the head of Smokey the Bear

    Bearly Survived to become an Icon

    • Date: May 27, 2010
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: Some of you may recall the symbol of the United States Forest Service fire prevention program, Smokey Bear. Perhaps I am dating myself, however I distinctly recall posters and television commercials between Saturday morning cartoons depicting the almost human looking bear wearing his park ranger hat and blue jeans, with shovel in one hand and stern finger pointed with the

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  17. Videohistory interview at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1990.

    Born Digital - Video Recording in the 21st Century

    • Date: October 5, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  19. Blue-tinted cyanotype of a statue in the middle of a lake. A large, beautiful building is in the background.

    Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

    • Date: October 13, 2020
    • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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  21. Detail of severe ink corrosion on RU 53, vol.32, p. 369, 09/23/2015. Courtesy of Laura Dellapiana

    Further Research in the Conservation and Preservation of Letterpress Copybooks

    • Date: January 26, 2016
    • Description: Postgraduate Fellow Laura Dellapiana presents new research outcomes for stabilization of letterpress copybooks with significant damage.

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  23. Taking a sample of mold.

    Conserving Archival Collections Suffering from Fungal Attack

    • Date: July 26, 2016
    • Description: This summer Visiting Professional Laura Wahl had the chance to learn more about how to respond to the problem of mold residues found on archival materials. The Smithsonian Affiliations’ Visiting Professionals Program allowed her to spend time at the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ conservation lab researching this topic.

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