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  1. A Tasty Bite to Whet the Appetite

    • Date: March 14, 2013
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: British botanist Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (1901-1957), born in Leigh, Lancashire, is best known for her research on the edible seaweed Porphyra laciniata (nori) which is used in sushi.

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    How Hot Was It At Bull Run?

    • Date: July 20, 2011
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  5. Dawrin letter

    I Read Dead People’s Mail: Mysteries of the Darwin Letter

    • Date: June 28, 2016
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: How a 30-year old theft was solved, but one mystery remained.

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  7. Performance appraisal form, 1933. Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2015-000192.

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    • Date: October 16, 2014
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: A look back at historic performance appraisal forms.

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  9. An American bison stands in the snow. It looks toward the camera.

    Serendipity and Unexpected Connections

    • Date: April 23, 2020
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: Sometimes the research process reveals more than an answer to a single question. This is the story of the Smithsonian bison that inspired the “Buffalo Bill.”

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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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  13. Color scan of a 19th snetury filed notebook opened, showing handwritten notes and a black insect specimen laying on top of the pages.j

    A Taste For Adventure

    • Date: May 3, 2018
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: A couple of months ago, Tony Cohn, host of Smithsonian’s Sidedoor podcast, contacted the Archives about an upcoming episode they were preparing. Sidedoor highlights the unseen or little-known stories about collections at the Smithsonian. The Archives’ work was recently front-and-center of an episode of The Sidedoor Podcast about America’s first food spy.

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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. Curator of Paleontology Division Charles Lewis Gazin looks on as vertebrate paleontology preparators Norman Boss (center) and Arlton Murray (right) prepare a giant sloth skeleton in the Vertebrate Preparation Lab for exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History, 1940s. Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. MNH-37289B.

    Arlton C. Murray, Smithsonian Employee Who Became a Creation Scientist

    • Date: December 26, 2013
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: The search to prove/disprove the office story of Arlton C. Murray, the Smithsonian employee who became a creation scientist.

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