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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Elisabeth Gantt

    • Date: September 27, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Molecular geneticist and distinguished professor, Dr. Elisabeth Gannt, was a research associate at the Smithsonian's Radiation Biology Laboratory where she studied algae photosynthesis, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996 when only 5 percent of the members were women. #Groundbreaker

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    I'm Falling for You

    • Date: February 14, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: You may not think to look to archives for love stories, but there is indeed romance found amongst the diaries, letters, and other assorted collections. Whether it's an anonymous poem sent to the Smithsonian's first Secretary's daughter, Mary Henry (rumored to be from this handsome crew), or the tale of botanist Dr. Florence E. Meier (1902-1978) who worked in the Radiation

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  5. Bethune Gibson, head conservator for the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, set standards for anthropological conservation, and along with her team, conserved nearly 18,000 objects in 12 years. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Bethune Gibson

    • Date: December 9, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Bethune Gibson, head conservator for the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, set standards for anthropological conservation and along with her team, conserved nearly 18,000 objects in 12 years.

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  7. Conservator Carolyn Rose (left) was head of the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, was thesis advisor for over 30 students, and received the 1992 Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award for outstanding contributions to the American Institute for Conservation.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Carolyn Rose

    • Date: December 16, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Conservator Carolyn Rose (left) was head of the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, was thesis advisor for over 30 students, and received the 1992 Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award for outstanding contributions to the American Institute for Conservation.

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  9. Marguerite Roby, Photograph Archivist, Smithsonian Institution Archives

    Ask an Archivist: Bring Your Questions October 29th

    • Date: October 28, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Ask Smithsonian conservators and archivists questions about your personal collection on Facebook, Tuesday, October 29th.

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    Ask an Archivist: Bring Your Questions Thursday, October 22

    • Date: October 15, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: In honor of Archives Month, it’s time for the Smithsonian’s annual Facebook Q&A where the public can ask questions about preserving and organizing their own collections!

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    Making Sense of Data That’s Linked and Open

    • Date: June 23, 2011
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: If you are a regular reader, or someone who works for a museum, library, or archive, you intimately understand the difficulty in managing big collections. If you’re not in this world, you do understand how hard it is to manage family photographs, a collection of email love letters, or the folder tucked in the bottom of your closet with old college papers. When you multiply

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