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    1. Michael Pahn, Media Archivist, National Museum of the American Indian.

      Who's Answering Your Questions

      • Date: October 16, 2012
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: Meet the people who will be answering your questions about your personal archives from 10-5, today, October 17th, 2012.

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    3. Black and white image of Austin Clark sitting at his desk, which is covered in piles of papers and marine life specimens.

      “Muse of Scientific Literature”: Leila Forbes Clark

      • Date: March 13, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: In honor of Women’s History Month and the 50th anniversary of Smithsonian Libraries, let’s learn about Leila Gay Forbes Clark (1887-1964), the second woman to direct the Smithsonian’s library. She was beloved by the researchers she worked with (really loved in one case….) and began the restructuring of the many small libraries across the Smithsonian.

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    5. Archives Technician Deborah Shapiro.

      Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

      • Date: February 28, 2017
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: An introduction to our new Archives Technicians.

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    7. Blog Post

      You Asked, We Answered: Taking Care of Your Own Archives

      • Date: October 28, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    9. B&W photograph of Island with markers showing Eniwetok and Perry Islands

      Travel to the Tropics, Archives-style!

      • Date: January 30, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Travel with us to the Galapagos and the Marshall Islands as we launch some warm-weather scientific field books, diaries, and correspondence. While it’s not very wintery in Washington D.C., we’re hoping this will offer an escape to those entering the long remaining months of snow, sleet, and ice. And if you’re avoiding the cold, what a better way to spend your time than helping

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    11. Variety of record formats that are commonly found in archives.

      Some Archival Career Advice

      • Date: April 26, 2012
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Commonly asked questions and answers about becoming an archivist.

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    13. Adelia Gates—Flower Painter or Botanical Illustrator?

      • Date: March 31, 2011
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    15. A gray line drawing on a white field depicts four views of a box: at top left, a view from above showing the document and a support tube in the lower tray of the box; at bottom left, a cross-section view of the same; at top right, a cross-section view of the box lid, showing a pressure plate occupying the lower two-thirds of the lid; at bottom right, a view from below of the same, looking up into the lid and showing an area removed from the pressure plate to avoid damaging the wax seal.

      Happy birthday, Hungerford Deed!

      • Date: July 28, 2020
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Join us for a celebration of the Hungerford Deed on its 233rd birthday.

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    17. A close-up view of a parchment sheet, covered closely with black ink writing. A passage is highlighted in yellow, “Estate at Studley and Calne and other Places in the County of Wilts[hire].”

      Tracing Inheritance in the Hungerford Deed

      • Date: September 24, 2020
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: The Hungerford Deed split an inherited estate between two sisters—but what do we know about those properties? We’ve dug deep into one of them here.

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    19. Blog Post

      Check!

      • Date: June 29, 2010
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="344" caption="Fremont Davis (1915-1977) was a staff photographer for Science Service, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970."][/caption] It's always satisfying to put a big check mark next to a completed task, and this month

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      Link Love: 11/1/2013

      • Date: November 1, 2013
      • 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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    23. Aerial view of Barro Colorado Island at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 86-10915.

      The Legend of the Beer Machine

      • Date: September 30, 2014
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: Oktoberfest is here! So sit back relax and learn about a Smithsonian beer legend!

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