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  1. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 88-020, Walkinshaw, Lawrence H, Lawrence H. Walkinshaw Papers, 1930s-1980s

    • Date: 1930 1930-1980 1930s-1980s
    • Creator: Walkinshaw, Lawrence H.
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007249, Scudder, Samuel Hubbard 1837-1911, Samuel H. Scudder Papers, 1879-1903 and undated

    • Date: 1879 1879-1903 1879-1903 and undated
    • Creator: Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  5. Authority Record/EAC

    Agency history, 1896-

    • Date: 1896 1896-
    • Creator: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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    Inter-American Cooperation

    • Date: April 18, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_7144,size=200,right]During construction of the Panama Canal at the start of the century, many laborers died of malaria and yellow fever. To find ways to control the diseases, North American biologists came to the isthmus of Panama. Some of these scientists were so impressed by the diversity of the natural environment that they later

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    Maria Mitchell and the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 14, 2018
    • Description: On the evening of October 1, 1847, while using a small telescope on the roof of the family home, Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) spotted a comet where one had not been before. Word of this achievement spread quickly through the scientific community. The American Journal of Science declared her “the first American entitled to the honor of the original discovery of a comet.” Some

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  11. Blog Post

    Science Service, Up Close: "Stealth Authors" and An Appreciation of Honesty

    • Date: March 24, 2015
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: "Stealth Authors" and an appreciation of honesty when it came to women writers of science in the early 20th century.

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  13. Blog Post

    Flickr Visitor Profile: Penny Richards

    • Date: May 29, 2009
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_680" align="alignleft" width="159" caption="Flickr member, Penny L. Richards"][/caption] I work with people across the Smithsonian to add photos to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons photostream. Occasionally, something stands out in the daily summary of comments and tags I receive. Sometimes, it’s an exchange between Flickr members sparked by a single

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  15. Blog Post

    An Intern’s Guide on How to Digitize a Field Book

    • Date: August 14, 2018
    • Description: What is a field book and how do you digitize one? These were the first two questions I asked when I came on board at the Archives as the Summer 2018 Field Book Project Digitization Intern. During the course of my internship, I discovered the answer to both questions and learned a lot about digitization practices and standards at the Smithsonian.According to the Biodiversity

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  17. Spencer and Mary Baird sit in chairs and Lucy Baird stands behind her father.

    Lucy Hunter Baird: Much More Than a Devoted Daughter

    • Date: March 5, 2020
    • Description: Lucy Hunter Baird did not shy away from her father’s towering legacy in American science, she embraced it. As the only child of Spencer Fullerton Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lucy Baird developed a passion for her father’s discipline of ornithology (the study of birds) and strove to chronicle his extraordinary life in a biography. Although she was

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  19. Color photograph of volunteer Joan Gilder siting in a preservation lab.

    Volunteer Spotlight: Joan Gilder

    • Date: April 24, 2018
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: Joan Gilder has been a volunteer with the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Preservation Team for two decades, and has worked to treat many of our collections in order to increase their lifespan and improve access. She has been an invaluable asset to the Archives since she first began, and we are thrilled to share a little more about her story.What did you do before you began

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    The Smithsonian in Latin America Today

    • Date: April 18, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish]Smithsonian scientific interchange with Latin America continues in the depth and breadth demonstrated by the historical record. The tradition of collegial relationships across the Americas derives new meaning from concerns over the responsible stewardship of the earth's natural resources. In Belize, the National Museum of Natural History leased a small island

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    Arts and Industries Building

    • Date: April 14, 2011
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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