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    1. Smithsonian Resident Research Associate Dr. Jorge Santiago-Blay.

      Understanding growth in insects: Dyar’s Law revisited

      • Date: March 21, 2017
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: How Smithsonian entomologist Harrison Dyar's field notes, now available on the Smithsonian Transcription Center, are improving present-day research done by Smithsonian Resident Research Associate Dr. Jorge Santiago-Blay.

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      A History of Celebrating the Insect Zoo

      • Date: August 23, 2011
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: When you think of the National Museum of Natural History, what comes to mind are probably inanimate things—rocks and dinosaur bones, cultural objects, and stuffed animals. But did you know that the museum has a collection of live insects? Today is the 35th anniversary of the opening of the permanent installation of the Insect Zoo, though the Zoo actually began as a temporary

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    5. Portrait photograph of a woman wearing a necklace of of Brazilian beetles set in gold.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Virginia Beets

      • Date: December 11, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Virginia Beets was instrumental in the early years of the National Museum of American History as an Administrative Officer, 1963–73, and Registrar, 1973–83. She initially joined the Smithsonian as a secretary in the Division of Insects at the National Museum of Natural History in 1949. #Groundbreaker

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    7. Image of a woman holding a book in front of a sign that reads: JUST PUBLISHED. An image of the book she is holding is on the sign.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Elaine R.S. Hodges

      • Date: March 13, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Elaine R.S. Hodges, scientific illustrator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1965–1996, made drawings of insects and other organisms that were frequently used by Smithsonian scientists. She was a founder of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and edited the Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration (1989). #Groundbreaker

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    9. Portrait of Arthur Wilson Stelfox.

      Arthur Wilson Stelfox: Another Gift from the United Kingdom

      • Date: July 23, 2020
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: With a large personal collection of specimens, Arthur Wilson Stelfox took steps to ensure his work will go on for decades to come.

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    11. Book opened to show two pages. The lefthand page is blank and the righthand page contains the beginning of an article titled “Address of Norman J. Colman before the Missouri Editors and Publishers’ Association.”

      Not Your Average Scrapbook

      • Date: November 3, 2020
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: A scrapbook isn’t always a collection of photographs and memorabilia. For C.V. Riley, it was a place to keep articles.

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    13. Cockroach Kitchen, Dynamics of Evolution Hall, 1979, photographic print, Accession 13-125 - National Museum of Natural History, Office of Education, Exhibition Records, 1978-1979, 1995-1996, 2003, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. no. 87-7526.

      The Cockroach Kitchen

      • Date: October 29, 2013
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A cockroach covered kitchen illustrated population potential in a National Museum of Natural History exhibit.

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    15. An older woman sits at a desk. A lizard is resting on her shoulder but seems to blend in with her sweater.

      Doris Holmes Blake and Her Natural History

      • Date: March 21, 2019
      • Creator: Tatiana Swann
      • Description: Doris Holmes Blake's devotion to her passion for entomology made her a treasure to natural history and the Smithsonian Institution.

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    17. Eucosma ragonoti barnesiana Dyar, 1903, Collected by Harrison G. Dyar, National Museum of Natural History.

      The Impossible Case of Harrison G. Dyar

      • Date: May 12, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Starting tomorrow through next week, we will be digging into the life of entomologist Harrison Gray Dyar (1866-1929). Dyar was honorary custodian of the Smithsonian's United States National Museum's collection of Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, etc.) for more than thirty years. As a scientist, Dyar was noted for his work concerning mosquito-borne diseases. He also developed a

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    19. A man and woman move trays in a laboratory. The woman is closer to the camera and it’s clear that the tray holds insect specimens.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sally Ann Brady

      • Date: March 30, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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      Link Love: 9/21/2012

      • Date: September 21, 2012
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    23. A Fish Story

      • Date: April 18, 2013
      • Creator: Ginger Yowell
      • Description: The United States Navy often consulted staff at the Smithsonian Institution when naming their submarines after fish.

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