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  1. New York World's Fair Map

    Walt Disney's Progressland

    • Date: July 21, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: The Walt Disney designed--and General Electric sponsored--look at America’s figurative and literal electric future, Progressland, wowed visitors at the 1964 World’s Fair--and elements of it exist today in both Disneyland and Disney World theme parks.

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    Wartime in Washington—Mary Henry on the First Manassas

    • Date: July 21, 2011
    • Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will feature posts related to the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. On July 21, 1861, the First Battle of Manassas raged just thirty miles southwest of Washington DC and the Smithsonian Institution Building that housed Secretary Joseph Henry and his family.

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    Welcome Back: It’s Almost Like Riding a Bike

    • Date: July 28, 2022
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: We are getting back into the swing of things at the office while working with removable media.

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  7. Adopt-a-Book save-the-date promo graphic. The background is a painting of purple flowers. The Smithsonian Libraries and Archives logo is on the left. The right includes the text: Save the dates Adopt-a-Book Salons.

    Welcome to the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Adopt-a-Book Program

    • Date: March 10, 2022
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: We all have the opportunity to support the Smithsonian—come see how the Libraries and Archives Adopt-a-Book program offers a chance to do so.

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    What’s Bugging Us

    • Date: May 27, 2021
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: The Brood X cicadas are here, which inspired us to see what buggy treats we have in the archives.

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    What’s in a Name? Uncovering Early Women Computers

    • Date: December 3, 2019
    • Description: We’re uncovering names of some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.

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  13. Wishing you a Trivial New Year!

    • Date: January 4, 2018
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: Happy National Trivia Day! January 4th is the perfect day to break out all those endless bits of knowledge stored in your noggin and share them with others. As for the history of National Trivia Day, it's thought that the creation of the game Trivial Pursuit in 1979 sparked the beginning of our fascination with trivia, and everythinge else is history, as they say. To feed our

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  15. If Wilbur Wright was to compose his letter to the Smithsonian Institution.

    You’ve Still Got Mail

    • Date: April 19, 2011
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  17. Hupa basket, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer.

    Accession Records: Not Just Interdepartmental Paper Piles

    • Date: August 11, 2011
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  19. A sketch of an exhibit floor plan that notes measurements of objects and panels.

    Adventures in Time and Space: Exhibition Records

    • Date: October 25, 2018
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Transferring, processing, and describing exhibition drawings pose significant challenges to the archival workflow.

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  21. No. 40. Crew member preparing plant specimens for Smithsonian, off the east coast of Greenland, 1936. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 007231, Image no. SIA2012-0660

    Another Milestone Met: Reminiscing about the Field Book Project and Looking Forward

    • Date: February 21, 2019
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: The intense efforts that started the Field Book Project and have kept it in high gear are slowing down to a sustainable pace. After almost ten years, grant funding for the Field Book Project has drawn to a close, but there is still plenty more to look forward to that will benefit researchers for years to come.

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  23. Giant Panda researcher Devra Kleiman records Hsing-Hsing's vocalizations.

    The Archival Legacy of Devra Kleiman

    • Date: May 25, 2010
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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