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    1. Tamar stands in front of the doors of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives office. The sign reads: Smithsonian Libraries in the glass. The doors are gold. Tamar is wearing a long black and white dress, a statement necklace, and black tights.

      An Interview with Director Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

      • Date: February 4, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives recently welcomed Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty as our inaugural director. Join us as we get to know the new leader of our organization!

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      Collections in Context

      • Date: March 22, 2010
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12311,size=250,right]Walking into the rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History one immediately comes face to face with the Fénykövi Elephant (also affectionately known as Henry). Taken at a glance, the African elephant is impressive and imposing, standing over guests to a tune of 13 feet and 2 inches when measured at the shoulder. The Fénykövi

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    5. Plymouth Rock Piece, 1620, Photo: Harold Dorwin.

      Link Love: 11/25/2011

      • Date: November 25, 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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      Looking Wayback on the Smithsonian’s Sesquicentennial

      • Date: August 10, 2020
      • Description: The Smithsonian marked its 150th birthday with a huge celebration and special website in 1996.

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    9. In a series of four negative images, men and women are pictured clapping and speaking.

      Spreading a Little Kindness Here at Smithsonian

      • Date: November 13, 2018
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Couldn’t we all use a little more warmth and kindness in the world? For World Kindness Day, we’re highlighting acts of kindness by Smithsonian employees that were featured in the staff newsletter, "The Torch."

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      Creating a Digital Smithsonian

      • Date: September 28, 2010
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_8323" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Smithsonian employees attend the 2010 Smithsonian Digitization Fair. Photograph by Michael Barnes."][/caption] For two days in mid-September, Smithsonian Institution employees gathered for a digitization fair to share ideas and hear about some neat projects. Even those who work here are impressed by

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    13. Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2019

      • Date: December 26, 2019
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been researching recently, and you’ll get into some

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      Live Blogging from the Smithsonian Archives Fair!

      • Date: October 22, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_9678" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="View of the Archives Fair setup, October 22, 2010."][/caption] We are going to be live blogging from the Smithsonian Archives Fair this morning and profiling all of the activities that will be going on today. Stay tuned throughout the day to see what's going on. [caption id="attachment_9680"

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      An Intern’s Perspective on Preserving Scrapbooks and Conserving Blueprints

      • Date: August 30, 2018
      • Description: Preservation intern discusses working with oversize materials in the Archives collection, including information on the creation of custom enclosures, surface cleaning of blueprints, and humidification.

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    19. Robert Ridgway Bird Head Drawing #121, 1870s; Drawing

      Open Access: Put a Bird On It

      • Date: February 24, 2020
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: In alignment with SI's newly launched Smithsonian Open Access, Smithsonian Institution Archives has designated over 2000 items as open access!

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    21. A group of people hold up “welcome” signs at an entrance of the National Museum of American History.

      We Apologize for the Inconvenience: Shutting Down the Smithsonian

      • Date: November 14, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: In 2019, the Smithsonian faced the repercussions of the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, but the institution is no stranger to the dreaded furlough.

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    23. An older man sits at a booth as people wait in line. Banners are visible. They read: Why do research?; What is conservation?; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and Frog Voices.

      Festival of American Folklife 1996: Working at the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 2, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: At the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian staff and volunteers conducted oral history interviews with colleagues about their memories of working for the Smithsonian. To celebrate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, we’re sharing clips from three of those interviews.

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