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      SIA Acc. 19-056, National Museum of American History (U.S.), Website Records, 2018

      • Date: 2018
      • Creator: National Museum of American History
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      Great Durnford Manor

      • Date: August 6, 2021
      • Description: Great Durnford Manor is one of the largest and most sought-after properties described in the Hungerford Deed. In the division of lands, it was awarded to Elizabeth Macie, James Smithson’s mother. Despite battling for years to obtain the manor, Macie sold it to an acquaintance within four years instead of keeping it in the family to pass on to her sons.1 The parish of Durnford

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    5. Presentation of Edward W. Browning Achievement Award

      Presentation of Edward W. Browning Achievement Award

      • Date: 1971 October 27, 1971
      • Creator: Harrell, Alfred

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    7. At the 1946 Perkin Medal Award dinner (left to right): Roy Arthur Hunt; Francis Cowles Frary; Francis J. Curtis; and Marston Taylor Bogert

      At the 1946 Perkin Medal Award dinner (left to right): Roy Arthur Hunt; Francis Cowles Frary; Francis J. Curtis; and Marston Taylor Bogert

      • Date: 1946

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      SIA Acc. 22-127, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department, Grant Award Files, 2016-2022

      • Date: 2016 2016-2022
      • Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA Acc. 18-162, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department, Grant Award Files, 2001-2014

      • Date: 2001 2001-2014
      • Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA Acc. 22-061, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department, Grant Award Files, 2008-2021

      • Date: 2008 2008-2021
      • Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    15. Black and white photo of Marjorie B. Illig, presenting a book to Jule Henry as Eleanor Roosevelt looks on.

      Science Service, Up Close: Journalists, Cancer Research, and Public Education

      • Date: March 6, 2018
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Cancer, James T. Patterson observed in The Dread Disease, serves as a powerful metaphor in American culture, where the malady mirrors the “manifestation of social, economic, and ideological divisions” in modern life. In the decades since publication of Patterson’s book, medical research has made great strides in methods of detection and treatment. But the challenge for science

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    17. Chemist Wanda Margarite Kirkbride Farr (b. 1895] sitting in lab. She was Director of the Cellulose Laboratories of the Chemical Foundation, at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers, New York, doing pioneering work on cellulose synthesis and plastids. She was known for the use of photographs and motion pictures in her research.

      Hats Off to Women in Science!

      • Date: January 15, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A nod to the hats of women in science in honor of National Hat Day.

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      Studley House

      • Date: August 6, 2021
      • Description: Studley House was one of the most important and desirable properties mentioned in the Hungerford Deed and ultimately was awarded to Henrietta Maria Walker. Strangely, neither Studley House nor its counterpart, Great Durnford Manor, are listed in the schedules of properties parceled out to each sister, but it is clear from the records that Walker received Studley and Elizabeth

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      Lonnie G. Bunch III, 1952-

      • Date: September 10, 2019
      • Description: Lonnie G. Bunch III (b. 1952) became the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution on June 15, 2019.Bunch is the first African American and first historian to be appointed to the role. Best known as founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture from 2005 to 2019, Bunch has had a long career with the Smithsonian. He was raised in New

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    23. Brassia caudata (Orchidaceae) watercolor by Regina O. Hughes, c. 1980, National Museum of Natural History, Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Plate # 641.

      “Angels Can Do No More”: Regina Hughes’ Contributions as a Botanical Illustrator

      • Date: March 10, 2016
      • Description: This post discusses the contributions of Regina Hughes, a botanical illustrator, to the National Museum of Natural History.

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