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  1. Blog Post

    Documenting a Life of One’s Own

    • Date: March 24, 2022
    • Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.

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  3. Three circular graphite drawings, one typewritten note, and one annotated handwritten note. First drawing is of a torch with text: James Smithson 1765-1965 circling it. Second drawing is of James Smithson with text: James Smithson Bicentennial 1765-1965 circling it. Third drawing is of the sunburst with text: James Smithson 1765-1965 circling it. Typewritten note: suggested designs to be incorporated into all printed matter connected with the bi-centennial. Designer says medal design too complicated

    Goodbye, 2020: Working Through a Different Kind of Year

    • Date: December 31, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Despite so many setbacks this year, Archives staff has continued to serve our researchers.

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  5. A cat and her kittens.

    Staff Check-In: Befriending Kittens, Carving Ducks, and Perfecting the Art of the Biscuit

    • Date: July 14, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Nearly four months into Smithsonian’s extended telework period, we thought it would be fun to share which skills and hobbies have been getting us through this overwhelming time.

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  7. Diary no. 8, August 16, 1929-March 24, 1930

    Diary no. 8, August 16, 1929-March 24, 1930

    • Date: 1929-1930 19290816 19300324
    • Creator: Graham, David Crockett

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  9. Diary no. 10, July 1, 1930-December 23, 1930, 1930, Smithsonian Field Book Project, SIA RU007148.

    Diary no. 10, July 1, 1930-December 23, 1930

    • Date: 1930 19300701 19301223
    • Creator: Graham, David Crockett

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  11. A Conservator Abroad: Paper Conservation in Japan

    • Date: November 16, 2017
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Nearly two years ago, I first heard of a course on the conservation of Japanese paper co-organized by ICCROM, the cultural heritage arm of UNESCO, and the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (also known in Japanese as “Tobunken”). Over three weeks, the course offered a first-hand look at the traditional Japanese conservation techniques, materials, and

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  13. Finding Aid

    SIA RU007191, Suckley, George 1830-1869, George Suckley Papers, 1849-1861

    • Date: 1849 1849-1861 Civil War, 1861-1865
    • Creator: Suckley, George, 1830-1869
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  15. Blog Post

    Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian

    • Date: August 18, 2020
    • Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.

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  17. Black and white photo of Marjorie B. Illig, presenting a book to Jule Henry as Eleanor Roosevelt looks on.

    Science Service, Up Close: Journalists, Cancer Research, and Public Education

    • Date: March 6, 2018
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Cancer, James T. Patterson observed in The Dread Disease, serves as a powerful metaphor in American culture, where the malady mirrors the “manifestation of social, economic, and ideological divisions” in modern life. In the decades since publication of Patterson’s book, medical research has made great strides in methods of detection and treatment. But the challenge for science

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  19. Document

    Torch 08/1958

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1958 Box 1 Folder 8

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  21. Document

    Torch 06/1966

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1966 Box 1 Folder 6

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  23. Buddha draped in robes

    17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)

    • Date: August 10, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!

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