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  1. Page one of The Crossroads exhibit.

    Exhibiting the Enola Gay

    • Date: June 25, 2020
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, controversy surrounded the context in which the Enola Gay was to be displayed.

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  3. Six people smiles for a photograph near a sign that reads,

    Mission: Records Management Panama

    • Date: April 11, 2019
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The Archives describes its approach to records management outreach at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

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    Records and Information Management Month: The Librarian

    • Date: April 28, 2010
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A clause in the last will and testament of English scientist James Smithson eventually led to his estate being left to the United States "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” There was much debate as to what constituted such an establishment, but many of the proposals

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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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    The Flying Tigers and the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 9, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Have you ever wondered why museums choose the exhibition topics they do? These are the kinds of questions that the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ historic records of exhibitions can sometimes help us answer. An idea could stem from the personal interest of a curator, reflect an institution’s holdings, be inspired by comments from a visitor, or be designed around a specific

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  11. 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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  13. Giant Panda researcher Devra Kleiman records Hsing-Hsing's vocalizations.

    The Archival Legacy of Devra Kleiman

    • Date: May 25, 2010
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  15. JoGayle Howard at Dissecting Microscope, 1982.

    JoGayle Howard: Pioneer in Endangered Species Reproduction

    • Date: March 28, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Theriogenologist JoGayle Howard was a pioneer in the assisted reproduction of many endangered species.

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  17. 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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  19. A man and woman watch a small, orange monkey on a branch indoors. A carton of food is hanging on a branch.

    Going Wild with Golden Lion Tamarins

    • Date: July 25, 2019
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: In 1984, the National Zoo began reintroducing golden lion tamarins to the wild resulting in a conservation success.

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  21. Cover of the supplementary material for March of Science, an episode of the radio program The World is Yours, issued January 15, 1940.

    The World is Yours: Smithsonian on the Radio

    • Date: June 8, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The Smithsonian's "The World is Yours" series was one of the most successful educational radio programs of of the 1930s.

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