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    What’s in a Name? The Anacostia Community Museum

    • Date: June 16, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: On June 16, 2006, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum changed its name for the third time, signaling a renewed focus on local Black history and beyond.

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  3. A man and woman stand in front of four exhibit cases of coins and paper currency.

    The Rich Legacy of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli

    • Date: March 18, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Though small in stature, Elvira Clain-Stefanelli was a force to be reckoned with at the Smithsonian, where she earned the role of the first executive director of the National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection.

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  5. Two women work in a lab. Gilligan is working closest to the camera and is looking directly into the lens. She is wearing white gloves. The woman in the back has her head down and is wearing a white lab coat and white gloves.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Eliza Gilligan Lenz

    • Date: October 20, 2021
    • 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.

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  7. Portrait photograph of Mariah Wahl. She has shoulder-length hair and is wearing a dark-colored top. She is standing in front of a door.

    Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

    • Date: September 14, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.

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  9. Edith Mayo, wearing a white or cream-colored pantsuit, holds a 1910s suffrage banner at a parade.

    Revisiting The Right to Vote

    • Date: October 29, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: With the election only days away, we’re taking a look back at The Right to Vote at Smithsonian’s National Museum of History and Technology, 1972–74.

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  11. Digital contact sheet that includes 12 photographs of Jones standing in front of the Smithsonian Castle. He is wearing a suit. He looks directly toward the camera and slightly off into the distance in various photographs.

    The Life and Legacy of Alphonso Lorenzo Jones

    • Date: February 17, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Alphonso Lorenzo Jones joined the Smithsonian in 1924 as a mechanic. He retired 41 years later as the chief of the Institution’s duplicating office.

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  13. Interior view of the Arts and Industries Building when 1876: A Centennial Exhibition was on display.

    Archives Puzzles: A Centennial Celebration

    • Date: December 28, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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  15. Alt: Nora shows a crowd of people small objects on display on a table.

    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.

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  17. Secretary Ripley stands beside the model and children climb around on top.

    The Dino Detours of Uncle Beazley

    • Date: June 8, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before Uncle Beazley, the popular life-size model of a triceratops, made its way to its final destination at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, he stopped at a couple other destinations around the Institution.

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  19. Close up photograph of Motley.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sabrina Lynn Motley

    • Date: July 7, 2021
    • 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.

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    Wait. Did That Really Happen? Snake Smashin’

    • Date: April 4, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Explore what happened in 1969 when a man brought a hatchet and butcher knife to Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to attack a display of snakes.

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  23. An older man sits at a booth as people wait in line. Banners are visible. They read: Why do research?; What is conservation?; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and Frog Voices.

    Festival of American Folklife 1996: Working at the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 2, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: At the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian staff and volunteers conducted oral history interviews with colleagues about their memories of working for the Smithsonian. To celebrate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, we’re sharing clips from three of those interviews.

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