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    SIA Acc. 06-003, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Subcontracts and Procurement Department, Proposals, Quotations, and Bids, 1991-2001

    • Date: 1991 1991-2001
    • Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Subcontracts and Procurement Department
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007002, Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887, Spencer F. Baird Papers, 1833-1889

    • Date: 1833 1833-1889
    • Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 96-093, Smithsonian Institution Assistant Provost for the Arts and Humanities, Records, 1989-1995

    • Date: 1989 1989-1995
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Provost for the Arts and Humanities
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007433, Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954, Ruel P. Tolman Collection, 1909-1964

    • Date: 1909 1909-1964
    • Creator: Tolman, Ruel P. (Ruel Pardee), 1878-1954
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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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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  11. Blog Post

    Science Service, Up Close: The “Porcupine” Letters

    • Date: October 17, 2019
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: A 1936 exchange of letters about the prickly porcupine preserves both a contemporary scientific debate and the wit and wisdom of a young Utah girl with a beloved pet.

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  13. Off with their Heads?: Matchbooks in Archives

    • Date: May 2, 2013
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: The conservator considers potential damage to and from matchbooks in collections.

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  15. Two-page spread of a booklet containing broadcast information for “The World Is Yours” and a history of Thomas Davenport. A black and white drawing of a track with a motor appears at the top middle of the right-hand page.

    The World Is Yours: Unheralded American Inventors

    • Date: November 17, 2020
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Did you know that Joseph Francis invented the first metal life-saving boat? Or that Gail Borden invented the process for creating condensed milk? Neither did I until I heard The World Is Yours episode titled “Unheraled American Inventors,” which originally aired on April 4, 1937.Where most of the episodes I’ve listened to begin with the host walking up to two people while they

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  17. Webpage

    WWII: Staff Supporting the War Effort

    • Date: June 27, 2016
    • Description: When the men and women of the Smithsonian heard the call to duty in World War II, they again took up the call as they had during World War I. Secretaries Charles G. Abbot and Alexander Wetmore provided leadership that brought the Smithsonian’s resources to the aid of the nation, while safeguarding its primary mission: the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Once again,

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    William Temple Hornaday: Saving the American Bison

    • Date: September 14, 2012
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Smithsonian Gardens

    • Date: September 4, 2018
    • Description: During debates about the Smithsonian’s founding, the idea of using James Smithson’s bequest for a botanic garden was included in several drafts of the bill considered by Congress. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore commissioned America’s preeminent landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing to design plans for the National Mall, including grounds around the Smithsonian Castle,

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    SIA Acc. 98-185, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Office of Special Events, Records, 1982-1983

    • Date: 1982 1982-1983
    • Creator: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Office of Special Events
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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