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      What’s in a Name? The Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: June 16, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: On June 16, 2006, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum changed its name for the third time, signaling a renewed focus on local Black history and beyond.

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    3. Preservation Week is April 27 to May 3, 2014. May Day is a time to reflect and do something to better prepare for emergencies at your archives, library, museum, historical society, or preservation organizations.

      What is the PRICE of Emergencies on Cultural Heritage?

      • Date: May 1, 2014
      • Creator: Sarah Stauderman
      • Description: In honor of MayDay – Do One Thing for Emergency Preparedness, 2014, here is an item of interest about a new group at the Smithsonian called Preparation and Response in Collections Emergencies (PRICE) and resources on Incident Command in emergencies for cultural heritage organizations.

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    5. Close-up photograph of Peggy A. Loar.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Peggy A. Loar

      • Date: April 14, 2021
      • 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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      Emergency Preparedness: Because There May Come a Day…

      • Date: May 3, 2016
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: When disaster strikes your collections, it can be stressful, especially if you’ve neglected that emergency preparedness plan. MayDay is the perfect time each year to revisit preparedness, salvage, and recovery plans, and here are a few keys things to make sure you include to aid in your disaster response.

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    9. Mutchler stands in front of an exhibit space at NMNH.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheila Mutchler

      • Date: March 31, 2021
      • 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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      Gender Discrimination at the Smithsonian Institution

      • Date: August 6, 2019
      • Description: A complete history of the Smithsonian Institution includes stories of employment discrimination. Here is one woman who demanded change.

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    13. The Archives Staff Kept Austin Weird at SAA 2019

      • Date: August 20, 2019
      • Description: This summer, members of the Archives staff packed their bags and headed to the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) and Society of American Archivists (SAA). When they returned, they refected om the most useful sessions and what topics they're looking for in the future.

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    15. Mary S. M. Gibson, January 1954, Frank J. Gilloon Agency, Record Unit 267: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Records, 1881, 1895-1976, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      Women in Humanities

      • Date: March 3, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: To kick off Women's History month, a look at some of the women in humanities represented in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections.

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    17. A woman wearing glasses and a lab coat takes a photo of a museum object in a laboratory.

      Elisabeth West FitzHugh, a Driving Force in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Scientific Research

      • Date: July 6, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Learn about FitzHugh’s over 50-year career in conservation science at the Smithsonian.

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    19. Alice Paul Memorial March in Washington, D.C.

      Alice Paul Memorial March

      • Date: March 26, 2018
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Alice Paul Memorial March in Washington, D.C.

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    21. A man and woman stand in front of four exhibit cases of coins and paper currency.

      The Rich Legacy of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli

      • Date: March 18, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Though small in stature, Elvira Clain-Stefanelli was a force to be reckoned with at the Smithsonian, where she earned the role of the first executive director of the National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection.

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      The man, the myth, the lens

      • Date: May 17, 2010
      • Creator: Susannah Wells
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_6524" align="alignright" width="220" caption="Linsey Scott, Intern, and Michael Barnes, Photographer, from the Center of Scientific Imaging and Photography stand in front of the freshly remounted world-record Black Marlin that was caught in 1953 using 130 pound test line by Alfred C. Glascock, Jr."][/caption] I had the recent opportunity to sit down

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