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    Check!

    • Date: June 29, 2010
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="344" caption="Fremont Davis (1915-1977) was a staff photographer for Science Service, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970."][/caption] It's always satisfying to put a big check mark next to a completed task, and this month

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    Link Love: 5/27/2011

    • Date: May 27, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    The Star Spangled Banner, an American Icon

    • Date: July 4, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Happy Fourth of July! On Independence Day, flags are flown across the nation. The Smithsonian has many versions of the American flag in its collections, the best known being the Star Spangled Banner. But, do you know its history, and how it came to the Smithsonian? The Star Spangled Banner is a huge 15-star, 15-stripe garrison flag, 30 feet by 42 feet, made in 1813 by Mary

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  7. Black and white image of African American woman holding her baby, looking out the window.

    Link Love: 4/13/2018

    • Date: April 13, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: What's changed, and hasn't — the Fair Housing Act 50 years later. [via National Museum of American History]A 1749 book, The Governess, advocated for female literacy when the literacy rate was 40% in England. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The Library of Congress has archival materials of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and records on historical Supreme Court cases now

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  9. Lonnie G. Bunch III stands in an office in front of a cluttered bookshelf.

    Goodbye, 2019. Hello, 2020!

    • Date: December 31, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2020, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2019.

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  11. Three teens examining a hidden message on a pencil in front of gothic doors.

    Well-played!

    • Date: August 29, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Castle halls were alive with adventure this summer! From July 7th to August 27th, we piloted a live game for teens, The Mystery of the Meghatherium Club: Mayhem and Mustaches. A look at some of the early feedback received on the Smithsonian's pilot of a history game, "The Mystery of the Meghatherium Club: Mayhem and Mustaches."

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  13. Emma Wolman interned at the Smithsonian Institution Archives in 2009. Photo courtesy of Emma Wolman.

    Where Are They Now?

    • Date: May 20, 2014
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives catches up with former interns.

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  15. Effie Kapsalis pictured with Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Effie Kapsalis

    • Date: December 20, 2022
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Digital strategist Effie Kapsalis was dedicated to building bridges between Smithsonian collections and audiences. In a Smithsonian career spanning nearly twenty years, Effie mobilized her colleagues to share more diverse stories, break down barriers to access, and fight for gender and racial equity in the cultural heritage sphere. Sadly, we lost Effie on December 11, 2022.

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  17. Page that includes a coloring page featuring an exhibit space at the US National Museum. A humpback whale and cast is featured at the center.

    Color Our Collections 2021

    • Date: February 4, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Stuck inside and looking for a fun activity? Color the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives collections!

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  19. Moonwatch volunteers tracking satellites, 1965, in Pretoria, South Africa for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Moonwatch Network, one of more than 100 teams worldwide.

    Thank you, Volunteers!

    • Date: April 23, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since the beginning. As our historian Pamela Henson likes to say, we have always relied on the kindness of strangers. A blog post in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month 2015. Includes a list of Smithsonian crowdsourcing projects that volunteers can participate in.

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    Records and Information Management Month: The Librarian

    • Date: April 28, 2010
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A clause in the last will and testament of English scientist James Smithson eventually led to his estate being left to the United States "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” There was much debate as to what constituted such an establishment, but many of the proposals

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    See Here: 12/6/2010

    • Date: December 6, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Image of a wall case displaying specimens from the Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee, Arizona, The case, part of the Exhibits Modernization Program, is located in the Hall of Gems and Minerals in the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, 1958, by Unidentified photographer,

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