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  1. Portrait photograph of Evangelestia-Dougherty. Trees are in the background.

    Smithsonian Names Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty Director of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

    • Date: October 6, 2021
    • Description: On October 5, 2021, the Smithsonian announced that Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty will be the new director of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, effective Nov. 6.

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    The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian

    • Date: January 9, 2018
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.

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    SIA RU009596, Conservation Research Center, National Zoological Park Oral History Interviews, 1992-1999, 2004-2005

    • Date: 1992 1992-2005 1992-1999, 2004-2005
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  7. Samuel Pierpont Langley and the Personal Equation Problem

    • Date: April 12, 2018
    • Description: The term “personal equation” came into use in the 19th century as scientists found that observers have inherent biases: some anticipate events, and some report events after they have occurred. Recognition of the problem led to a spate of personal equation instruments: some measured biases of this sort, and some reduced the effect of personal errors. Most of these

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    SIA Acc. 84-137, Smithsonian Institution Office of Exhibits Central, Exhibition Scripts, 1970-1982

    • Date: 1970 1970-1982
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 05-104, Smithsonian Associates, Audiotapes, 2002-2004

    • Date: 2002 2002-2004
    • Creator: Smithsonian Associates
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007124, Fitch, Asa 1809-1879, Asa Fitch Notebooks, circa 1827-1872

    • Date: 1827 1827-1872 circa 1827-1872
    • Creator: Fitch, Asa, 1809-1879
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007315, Carus, Julius Victor 1823-1903, Julius Victor Carus Photograph Album Collection, circa 1854-1902 and undated, with related materials to 1953

    • Date: 1854 1854-1902 circa 1854-1902 and undated, with related materials to 1953
    • Creator: Carus, Julius Victor, 1823-1903
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

    • 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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    Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden

    • Date: November 27, 2017
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391596,size=250,left]Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, a geologist and original Megatheria, was an eccentric club member, according to Robert Kennicott. Hayden’s early life began in Westfield, Massachusetts on September 7, 1828. Hayden’s parents, Asa Hayden and Melinda Hawley, were a somewhat troubled pair. His father, an alcoholic, passed away when Hayden

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    National Museum of American History

    • 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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    SIA Acc. 04-060, Smithsonian Institution Office of Exhibits Programs, Exhibition Records, circa 1960-1971

    • Date: 1960 1960-1971 circa 1960-1971
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Programs
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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