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  1. Screenshot of “The Endangered Song Project” website as it existed on April 22, 2014. The website is maintained by the National Zoological Park and was launched in observance of Earth Day 2014.

    Web Archiving Update, October 2014

    • Date: October 7, 2014
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A progress report on the Archives' most recent two years of web archiving.

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  3. A sloth in a basket holds a woman's finger.

    The Substitute Mother

    • Date: January 20, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright

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    The Enid A. Haupt Garden

    • Date: January 20, 2015
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A look at the Enid A. Haupt Garden as it was established in 1987.

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  7. A handwritten map. On a square box are tiny, labeled circles. The paper is dated 1992.

    Love a Tree (Every)Day

    • Date: May 16, 2019
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: On Love a Tree Day, the Archives discusses the Smithsonian's dedication to trees throughout the world.

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  9. Record Player, National Museum of American History, 1986.3096.27.

    There Are Records and Then There Are Records

    • Date: April 12, 2016
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Records, not to be confused with albums, are defined as information created or received during the course of business.

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    Mothers Day Inspiration

    • Date: May 9, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Get ready for Mother's Day with these images of Smithsonian staff and their families caring for young animals.

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    Paper vs. Electronic: The Not-So-Final Battle

    • Date: April 10, 2014
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The question of which is better - paper or electronic records - doesn't have a simple answer.

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    Just what is an archives, anyway?

    • Date: October 5, 2010
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: This month, the Smithsonian Institution Archives, along with many other archives across the Smithsonian and around the nation, will be celebrating American Archives Month. The purpose of this celebration is "to raise awareness about the value of archives and archivists." We write a lot about what an archivist does on this blog, but, for those of you who don't know and are

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    Keeping Organized for a Less Stressful Tax Season

    • Date: April 26, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Taxes, by Mat Honan, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0 Generic."][/caption] Chances are that, if you live in the United States, you've recently filed your taxes. For most, filing tax returns is a dreaded task, even when you expect a refund. Doing taxes requires a lot of time and energy, and often results in some

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  19. A sketch of an exhibit floor plan that notes measurements of objects and panels.

    Adventures in Time and Space: Exhibition Records

    • Date: October 25, 2018
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Transferring, processing, and describing exhibition drawings pose significant challenges to the archival workflow.

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  21. Lined paper with black ink writing and a drawing of a map at the bottom.

    The Arctic Adventures of Neal Griffith Smith

    • Date: December 21, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Today is the first day of winter. Not ready for the cold weather? It could always be worse. Ornithologist (and future tropical biologist) Neal Griffith Smith once wrote in his journal:"Still pensil [sic]. Well, I've got time and temperature to write. Just sharpened the pensil with a snow knife. We are parked smack in the middle of Southampton [Island] in a bloody windstorm. It

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