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      Looking Smithson’s Gift Horse in the Mouth

      • Date: July 28, 2015
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Today, James Smithson’s bequest to found the Smithsonian is considered a wonderful event, but in 1835 when it was announced, many Americans responded negatively. Why did they look his gift horse in the mouth?

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    3. Link Love: 2/22/2019

      • Date: February 22, 2019
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    5. Black and white photograph of a village with various structures on a hilltop.

      Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2021

      • Date: July 8, 2021
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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      100 Years of the Natural History Building

      • Date: June 17, 2010
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="U.S. National Museum, May 3, 1917, seen from the National Mall, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 45, Box 79, Folder: 10, Neg. SIA2009-2203."][/caption] As part of my work as the historian for the history of the Smithsonian, I’ve been working for the past year on

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    9. Dorothea Dix: Mental Health Reformer and Civil War Nurse

      • Date: March 29, 2012
      • Description: A profile of Dorothea Dix, a Civil War nurse and advocate for the mentally ill.

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    11. Diana of the Tides’ vibrant colors are reminiscent of paintings by Maxfield Parrish. Diana’s creator John Elliott knew Maxfield and his father Stephen from visits to the artists colony in Cornish, New Hampshire. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Archives.

      Diana of the Tides: A Sensation of Her Time

      • Date: January 25, 2011
      • Description: This post originally appeared on the National Museum of Natural History's blog, Unearthed.Who would think that behind the west wall of NMNH's paleontology hall is a painting of a goddess that created a sensation when installed in 1910? Some of you who visited the museum fifty years ago may remember the captivating Diana of the Tides as she surveyed the hall.Diana was painted

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    13. Blog Post

      Broadcasting Live from the Sun...

      • Date: November 22, 2016
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: A look at fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot's work into solar energy.

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      Broadcasting Live from the Sun...

      • Date: November 22, 2016
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: A look at fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot's work into solar energy.

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    17. 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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    19. Langley with His Aerodrome.

      Collegial, Yet Cautious: the Wright Brothers and Samuel P. Langley

      • Date: December 15, 2015
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: A look at the relationship between Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley and the Wright Brothers during the sometimes contentious race to achieve flight.

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