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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Carol Farrington Jopling
- Date: October 28, 2020
- 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.
Link Love: 12/13/2019
- Date: December 13, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Hands On. Hands Off.
- Date: December 14, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Will such things as the Hands History Room ever exist again?
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We Don't Know about You, But We’re Feeling (20)22
- Date: December 30, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Despite another year of telework and limited physical access to our collections, the Smithsonian Institution Archives has continued to serve our researchers and share more of our collections with the public.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dianne van der Reyden
- Date: March 17, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Dianne van der Reyden was a paper conservator at the Smithsonian from 1981 to 2002. She was hired by the National Museum of American History in 1981 and was promoted to senior paper conservator and head of the paper conservation section before transferring to the Smithsonian’s Conservation Analytical Laboratory in 1984. There, van der Reyden was promoted to head of paper
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Valentine’s Day at the Archives: A Blossoming Romance
- Date: February 14, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Nothing brings a couple together like scientific research, right? Celebrate Valentine’s Day by exploring a love so deep, new species were named about it.
Link Love: 01/22/2021
- Date: January 22, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Marching Our Way to the Smithsonian
- Date: November 6, 2018
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Sure, you’ve heard of famed composer John Philip Sousa. But did you know that Sousa composed a march just for the Smithsonian?On November 6, 1854, the “March King” John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. With roots in Southeast Washington near the Marine Barracks, where his father played trombone in the United States Marine Band, it should have been of no surprise to
100 Women in Science in Smithsonian History
- Date: January 6, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Geologist Dr. Ursula Marvin studied Moon rocks from the Apollo missions and meteorites in Antarctica. Throughout her career with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Marvin championed women in science. She delivered lectures about her own experiences as a woman in geology and participated in programing to help advance women's careers. She was likely inspired to support
What Our Experts Want You to Know About Preservation
- Date: April 29, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: For Preservation Week, our team answered our burning, often ignorant questions about their biggest challenges, what they consider when treating objects, and beyond.
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.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Shari Rosenstein Werb
- Date: July 15, 2020
- 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.