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    Volunteers and the Smithsonian: A History

    • Date: April 5, 2011
    • 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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  3. Rolled documents that need to be flattened.

    A Health Resort for Paper

    • Date: February 5, 2013
    • Creator: Kirsten Tyree
    • Description: Here is an example of humidifying and flattening rolled documents in the conservation lab.

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    "Day With(out) Art”: A Brief History at the Smithsonian

    • Date: November 30, 2017
    • Description: DAY Without ArtSince 1989, December 1 has been observed as Day Without Art, coinciding with World AIDS Day.December 1 is the Day Without Art, coinciding with World AIDS Day. Join us as we explore how the Smithsonian has “celebrate[d] the lives and achievements of lost colleagues and friends.”

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  7. Star Symbol memorandum, August 30, 1968. Record Unit 319: National Collection of Fine Arts, Publication Editor, Departmental Records, 1967-1970, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Design + Archives: Star Search

    • Date: January 26, 2017
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Searching through the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections to find our who designed the star logo for the National Collection of Fine Arts.

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  9. Design for National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2010.

    An Intern Learns from Those Who Came Before

    • Date: August 16, 2016
    • Description: A brief tale of a Smithsonian summer internship and the experience, knowledge, and change that ensued.

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  11. Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2018

    • Date: December 27, 2018
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: We highlight a few topics explored this fall by researchers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    A Living Exhibition

    • Date: July 19, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution has long been known for both its original research and its exhibitions. But, it was not until 1980 that the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first exhibited an on-going active research project, the world's first indoor living coral reef.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_7411,size=450,center]In the late 1960s, when NMNH paleobiologist Walter H. Adey

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  15. Cover of sheet music for the Transit of Venus.

    Marching Our Way to the Smithsonian

    • Date: November 6, 2018
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Sure, you’ve heard of famed composer John Philip Sousa. But did you know that Sousa composed a march just for the Smithsonian?On November 6, 1854, the “March King” John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. With roots in Southeast Washington near the Marine Barracks, where his father played trombone in the United States Marine Band, it should have been of no surprise to

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  17. Two screenshots of websites of the Freer Sackler Gallery. The top is set in a white background and appears to be in a simpler, perhaps older version of the website than the one below it, which is set in a black background and more modern design.

    Searching and Using Web Archives

    • Date: April 9, 2019
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: There are many ways to find and use archived web collections.

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  19. “Christmas Among the Soldiers,” The National Republican, December 28, 1861, page

    Hope for the Holidays: A Civil War Season in DC

    • Date: December 22, 2011
    • Description: First hand account of Mary Henry, daughter of Joseph Henry, about what Washington DC was like during the holidays in the time of the Civil War.

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  21. Large book resting on a table. It is open to a page.

    Thinking Outside the Smithsonian Institution Archives

    • Date: July 2, 2019
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: There are many smaller archival conferences to learn about new tools and projects.

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    Treasuring the Past in the Present

    • Date: August 4, 2010
    • Description: When I was preparing to begin my internship at the Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA), I wasn’t quite sure what I would be doing. I knew that I would be working in the Institutional History Division (IHD), and I knew that I would be helping to prepare oral history interviews to be sent off for transcription. During my senior year as an undergraduate student, I had dealt

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