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    1. Disk Diving: A Born Digital Collections Survey at the Smithsonian

      • Date: September 13, 2012
      • Description: Details of a physical inventory/survery that is ongoing at the Smithsonian. The project is focused on finding and documenting born digital items at different archival units.

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    3. Short GIF of zooming in on an otter image, next to a painting of a man.

      Some more IIIF-y Collections

      • Date: May 30, 2019
      • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives begins to further implement the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF).

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    5. Unknown Mill

      So, What is it?

      • Date: June 21, 2016
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: In the process of scanning glass plate negatives, how do we determine what each image is when it comes with so little information attached?

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    7. Staff from the Archives Nationales d'Haiti and the CSBC.

      Archives Conservation in Haiti, Part 1

      • Date: December 13, 2011
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: This is the first of two posts on the Archives' conservators’ work with the Smithsonian’s Haiti Cultural Recovery project, which works to rescue and safeguard objects damaged by the 2010 earthquake.

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      The Smithsonian and the Solar Eclipse

      • Date: August 8, 2017
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: The Smithsonian has a history of eclipse-ready public programming! How the Smithsonian has worked with the public in 1972, and today, to help visitors view eclipses safely.

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    11. Leech jars, as seen at the New York Academy of Medicine. Courtesy of Nora Lockshin. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

      Leeches ’n Labels

      • Date: October 29, 2015
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: Terrifying tips for marking on museum objects lurks within our annual Halloween themed post.

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      The Flying Tigers and the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 9, 2011
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Have you ever wondered why museums choose the exhibition topics they do? These are the kinds of questions that the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ historic records of exhibitions can sometimes help us answer. An idea could stem from the personal interest of a curator, reflect an institution’s holdings, be inspired by comments from a visitor, or be designed around a specific

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    15. Collection of black and white negative contact sheet of images from the celebration of the Hillwood donation.

      Toasting to the Museum that Never Was

      • Date: January 14, 2021
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: A brief look at the Smithsonian’s almost acquisition of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Hillwood Estate

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    17. Color photograph of the National Postal Museum building taken from across the street.

      The National Postal Museum Still Delivers After 25 Years

      • Date: September 25, 2018
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: 25 years ago the National Postal Museum first opened its doors to the public.

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      Come Talk to Us Today on Twitter for Ask Archivists Day!

      • Date: June 9, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: As we mentioned earlier this week, today is AskArchivists Day on Twitter. Starting at 9 am EST, and until 5 pm EST today, Smithsonian expert archivists, will be answering all of your questions about archivists, archiving, and archival collections.Come on over to the Smithsonian Twitter feed, and ask a question by adding @Smithsonian and the hashtag #AskArchivists to your

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    21. Snowflake Study, 1890, by Wilson A. Bentley, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      The Smithsonian's Top 6 Archives Myths

      • Date: October 26, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: The top five myths about the archives at the Smithsonian Institution.

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    23. An illustration of the Children’s Room in the Smithsonian Castle. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1901. Smithsonian Libraries.

      Knowledge Begins in Wonder: The Design Behind the Smithsonian Children’s Room

      • Date: March 1, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: The history of the Smithsonian’s Children’s Room, a project led by Smithsonian Secretary Langley and famous interior designer Grace Lincoln Temple.

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