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    1. A man and woman stand in front of four exhibit cases of coins and paper currency.

      The Rich Legacy of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli

      • Date: March 18, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Though small in stature, Elvira Clain-Stefanelli was a force to be reckoned with at the Smithsonian, where she earned the role of the first executive director of the National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection.

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    3. A tray of bumble bees from the National Museum of Natural History’s bee collection awaits digitization. The Smithsonian Transcription Center will allow virtual volunteers to help transcribe important data found on each specimen’s tag. This data will help scientists studying declining bee populations in North America. By John Gibbons, 2014, Smithsonian Institution.

      Link Love: 8/15/2014

      • Date: August 15, 2014
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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      ATMs & Virtual Wallets—What Did We Do Before Them?

      • Date: August 28, 2012
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: How money was transferred in the 19th century before the era of the ATM.

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    7. How Many Objects does the Smithsonian Have?

      • Date: January 25, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12123,size=250,left]It is a simple answer really: We counted. From 1978 to 1983, the Smithsonian undertook a comprehensive inventory of its collections. It was the first time the Smithsonian had ever tried to count each object in its collections and it was a massive task. Over five years, staff from every museum and research center spent thousands of

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    9. Red and white pamplet with two small photographs of people on wooden ski lifts on each side of it. Text reads

      Slide Digitization Goes Stereo

      • Date: August 7, 2018
      • Creator: Charles Zange
      • Description: Stereo slides present unique challenges for digitization. Here are a few tips for documenting your collection.

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    11. GIF of someone navigating the introduction page of the web exhibition. It includes a graphic of photographs of people in black-and-white and a portrait painting of James Smithsonian in color.

      Introducing Smithson to Smithsonian

      • Date: August 10, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: As the Smithsonian geared up to celebrate its 175th anniversary, the Libraries and Archives decided to revisit the online exhibition From Smithsonian to Smithsonian, created a quarter of a century ago. Today, on the Smithsonian’s birthday, we are pleased to celebrate the launch of a new, refreshed and greatly expanded web exhibition, Smithson to Smithsonian.

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    13. Oil based portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt profile wearing a blue suit and tie, signed Secretary Roosevelt.

      Remembering the Exhibitions Celebrating the Centennial of FDR's Birth

      • Date: January 28, 2021
      • Description: In 1982, the Smithsonian Institution paid homage to the birth of the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born January 30, 1882, through six new exhibits.

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      Now that you're unstuck...

      • Date: November 17, 2010
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    17. Students who volunteered as subjects in the George Washington University “Sleeplessness Test,” August 14-16, 1925. Left to right: Louise Omwake, Katherine Tait Omwake, Thelma Hunt, and Alice Haines.

      Science Service, Up Close: The Sleeplessness Study, Part 1 - Insomniacs

      • Date: August 18, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.

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    19. Auto polo (LOC), by Bain News Service, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915.

      Link Love: 3/9/2012

      • Date: March 9, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    21. Sidedoor Season 2: if these bones could talk

      Sidedoor Podcast: Megatherium Club

      • Date: June 22, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=250,left]A staff-favorite story in the Smithsonian’s history is that of the Megatherium Club — a revolving group of young naturalists who made the Castle their temporary home in between expeditions to the outer reaches of the United States. Who could not be intrigued by this photo of the Club where they look to be sharing a joke, or a plan?

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    23. Samuel F. B. Morse's Daguerreotype Equipment, 1888, by Thomas Smillie, SIA RU000095 [10625].

      The Life Work of Smillie

      • Date: July 15, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: There is a remarkable figure in the Smithsonian’s history that doesn’t get much of the spotlight; Thomas W. Smillie. He served as the Smithsonian’s first official photographer from 1870 until his death in 1917, and additionally became the Smithsonian’s first photography curator in 1896. Smillie amassed a collection of photographic equipment starting with the purchase of the

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