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    1. Pink backpack, field notes notebooks, microphone, audio recorder, and guides on recording oral histories

      Link Love: 6/29/2018

      • Date: June 29, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The University of North Carolina at Chapel wants to make archiving more accessible with Archivist in a Backpack. [via Hyperallergic]The Field Book Project wrapped up May 31 with a contribution of 517,000 pages of field books to the Biodiversity Heritage Library and Internet Archive! [via BHL Blog]Some lessons learned from archiving Lubalin's Radical 60's magazines. [via AIGA's

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    3. Bretzfelder works on an exhibit space diorama in an office. She is wearing bold, round, black glasses. She is holding up a piece of the diorama to examine.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborah M. Bretzfelder

      • Date: March 9, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    5. Bridget Shea leans back in a theater seat. Caption: Bridget Shea was the manager of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Samuel P. Langley IMAX Theater and the Albert Einstein Planetarium, 1992–97, and manager of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater, which she also helped design, 1997–2000. Shea supervised the operations of the theaters and prioritized accessibility services, such as closed captioning and audio descriptions. #Groundbreaker

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Bridget Shea

      • Date: March 4, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Bridget Shea was the manager of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Samuel P. Langley IMAX Theater and the Albert Einstein Planetarium, 1992–97, and manager of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater, which she also helped design, 1997–2000. Shea supervised the operations of the theaters and prioritized accessibility

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    7. urban street scape with barber shop, candy shop, and African Americans walking the street

      Link Love: 5/11/2018

      • Date: May 11, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum looks at the history of rapid change in Washington D.C., the ensuing inequality, and neighborhood activism with A Right to the City. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Check out the newly released 2018 National Design Award winners from the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt. [via Architect Magazine]There may be a developing love story at our

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      Link Love: 11/3/2017

      • Date: November 3, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The comical infographic of the week that's hitting a nerve with electronic records archivists! [via xkcd]Our National Museum of the American Indian is asking the public to submit design ideas for a memorial honoring American Indian military service. [via Navy Times] The oldest museum of African American culture, the DuSable Museum, was founded by Margaret Taylor-Burroughs in

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    11. Link Love: 12/9/2016

      • Date: December 9, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: An Archivists' call-to-action, in song, from the Society of American Archivists, and Garrison Keeler. A new exhibit from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum examines clothing waste. [via Hyperallergic]The first curator of Media and Performance Art, Mark Beasely, was appointed at the Hirshhorn. [via Artnet]A new book is out about the team of Harvard female "computers"

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    13. Link Love: 4/29/16

      • Date: April 29, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Cardboard architectural landmark cathouses; sacrilege or awesome? [via Design Boom] Prince's Paisley Park to become a museum. [via Hyperallergic]The bison is set to become America's national mammal. Learn how the Smithsonian helped save the American bison. [via Washington Post]A new online archive from the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore Uprising 2015 Archive Project,

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      Link Love: 6/3/2011

      • Date: June 3, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="186" caption="Waistcoat, France, 1790, Silk embroidery on silk plain weave, linen back, 60 x 50 cm (23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.), Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf, Photo: Steve Tague, Courtesy of the Cooper-Hewitt

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      The Mischievous Megatherium Club: After Hours

      • Date: December 14, 2017
      • Description: The creation and design of the Smithsonian Institution Building, commonly known as the “Castle”, is no mystery; however, the stories of some of the early individuals involved in the formation of the Smithsonian’s collection are less commonly known. We need to ask who collected the specimens and produced research on the objects that visitors now see when they enter Smithsonian

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    19. Red heart, left image is shown with pixels, right image on blue background is smooth and contemporary.

      Link Love: 5/4/2018

      • Date: May 4, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: The story of the first emoji which can be found in the Museum of Modern Art's collection. [via AIGA Eye on Design]U.S. National Archives is celebrating former first Lady and women’s rights advocate, Betty Ford, with new resources and citizen archivist activities where you can learn more about her life! [via NARA]Use this app, Native Land, to learn about the indigenous history

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    21. What the iconic Windows XP “Bliss” wallpaper photo looks like before and after Commodore 64 conversion.

      Link Love: 5/8/2015

      • Date: May 8, 2015
      • 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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      Link Love: 8/9/2019

      • Date: August 9, 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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