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    SIA RU009540, Ella B. Howard Pearis Oral History Interview, 1986

    • Date: 1986
    • Creator: Pearis, Ella B. Howard., interviewee
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU009538, John Kinard Oral History Interview, 1987

    • Date: 1987
    • Creator: Kinard, John, 1936-1989, interviewee
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  5. Letter with letterhead of the United States National Museum in light blue, body of letter written in black ink.

    Archival Fingerprints - Meredith Smith Diggs

    • Date: October 21, 2021
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Meredith Smith Diggs was employed at the Smithsonian in different capacities and was closely associated with the second Secretary of the Smithsonian, Spencer Fullerton Baird. Through Diggs' correspondence we can get a small glimpse of his life and work at the Smithsonian.

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  7. Blog Post

    Tichkematse—A Great Favorite at the Smithsonian

    • Date: November 25, 2021
    • Description: A forerunner of today’s efforts to decolonize and Indigenize American museums, Tichkematse was one of the first Native American employees at the Smithsonian Institution. His work with natural history and anthropological collections continue to inspire Native and non-Native museum professionals nearly 150 years later.

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    Jesse Walter Fewkes

    • Date: April 4, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_arc_290975,size=200,left]Born in Newton, Massachusetts, his scientific career is divided into two distinct research fields and time periods. The first deals with marine zoology and the last with anthropology. Fewkes received a Ph.D. in marine zoology from Harvard in 1877, and was curator of lower invertebrates at the Museum of Comparative

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  11. Doodles sketched by John F. Kennedy, 1961.

    Art in the Margins: John F. Kennedy's "Doodles in Dimension"

    • Date: November 10, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: President John F. Kennedy's doodles were given a new dimension by local Washington, D.C. sculptor Ralph M. Tate and the Anacostia Community Museum.

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  13. Ice skaters on Rock Creek on the grounds of the National Zoological Park, c. 1905, Record Unit 95 - Photograph Collection, 1850s- , Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. No. MAH-15760

    Hockey Weekend Across America

    • Date: February 27, 2014
    • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
    • Description: To honor this year's Hockey Weekend Across America, we highlight some hockey related material from the Archives and the Smithsonian.

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    50 Years of Folklife

    • Date: June 29, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10193,size=175,left]Fifty years ago the Smithsonian embarked on a new venture to bring the culture on display in the museum to life with the first Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Then called the Festival of American Folklife, it set out to show that the crafts shown inside museums are also still alive and well across the country.

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    SIA RU009603, African-American Exhibits at the Smithsonian Oral History Interviews, 1999, 2001

    • Date: 1999 1999-2001 1999, 2001
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 13-244, National Zoological Park (U.S.) Office of Public Affairs and Communications, Audiovisual Recordings, circa 1972-2011

    • Date: 1972 1972-2011 circa 1972-2011
    • Creator: National Zoological Park. Office of Public Affairs and Communications
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    150 Years Ago: Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

    • Date: April 14, 2015
    • Description: In New York City when he heard of Lincoln’s assassination, Secretary Joseph Henry returned to Washington for the president’s funeral.

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    Naturalist of the Americas: Alexander Wetmore

    • Date: April 18, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_6874,size=185,left]Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and avian paleontologist, was the Smithsonian's sixth Secretary (1945-1952). As a young biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey, Wetmore conducted extensive fieldwork in Latin America. He spent 1911 in Puerto Rico studying bird life, and later traveled through South

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