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    1. Dawrin letter

      I Read Dead People’s Mail: Mysteries of the Darwin Letter

      • Date: June 28, 2016
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: How a 30-year old theft was solved, but one mystery remained.

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    3. A man in a suit and hat stares directly at the camera, holding a fish and a net. Trees and a body of water is visible in the background.

      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website

      • Date: January 29, 2019
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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    5. Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927), paleontologist and fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian (1907-1927), stands viewing the Grand Canyon.

      Oh Beautiful - The Grand Canyon

      • Date: January 8, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Slideshow of historic images of the Grand Canyon from the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections.

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    7. Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website

      • Date: October 4, 2018
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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    9. Blog Post

      Discoveries Don’t Happen in an Armchair

      • Date: November 27, 2018
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: The 19th century was a transformative time for the natural sciences. New discoveries didn't just happen in an armchair. Scientists adventured into unfamiliar territory by land and sea on expeditions, and their new findings fed new theories. Groups like the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences formalized America's place

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    11. A man sits at a desk in an office. Papers and books are stacked on desks in the office.

      Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2022

      • Date: July 21, 2022
      • Description: We're highlighting a few topics explored by Smithsonian Institution Archives researchers this summer.

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    13. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA2009-4133.

      Science Service, Up Close: A Meeting Of Minds

      • Date: April 7, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: A rare meeting of the scientific minds at the 92nd Annual British Association Conference in 1924, captured by Science Service journalist Watson Davis.

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    15. Washington Monument, c. 1920-1924, by Martin A. Gruber.

      Many Happy Returns to the Washington Monument!

      • Date: October 22, 2013
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: The Washington Monument marks its 125th anniversary on October 9, 2013.

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    17. A man sits at a desk on which large bones sit. An animal skeleton is hanging on the wall.

      The Mammoth Task of Creating a Fossil Hall at the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 6, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Before you head to “Deep Time,” opening this weekend at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, learn about how Smithsonian’s fossil collection was initially formed and exhibited.

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