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    Arts and Industries Building

    • Date: September 12, 2013
    • Description: The Arts and Industries Building (A&I) was designed by two Philadelphia architects: Adolph Cluss and Rudolph Schulze. It first opened in 1881 as the United States National Museum, the Smithsonian’s first building dedicated solely to the research, care, and display of collections. After the natural history collection moved into its own building in 1910, the Arts and Industries

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  3. First Presentation of the American Welding Society’s Lincoln Gold Medal

    Science Service, Up Close: Honors and Honorees

    • Date: August 4, 2016
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: A selection from thirty years of engineering and scientific awards from the Science Service biographical morgue.

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  5. Blog Post

    Archives on View: National Portrait Gallery’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition

    • Date: September 7, 2017
    • Creator: Charles Zange
    • Description: The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (NPG) will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2018. Ahead of next year’s festivities, NPG unveiled an exhibition commemorating its May 1968 opening. The Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) provided several pieces for this gallery, including a photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s dedication speech on May 3rd. Check out the full

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  7. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 05-059, Multhauf, Robert P, Robert P. Multhauf Papers, 1947-2004 and undated

    • Date: 1947 1947-2004 1947-2004 and undated
    • Creator: Multhauf, Robert P.
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    All-American Compromise

    • Date: February 16, 2017
    • Description: Laying the Foundations: Early Schools of ThoughtWith few national institutions on which to model their thinking, many Americans built their plans for the Smithsonian around the notion of a national university.The debate moved quickly from, Should we create a national university? This page describes the 1838-1846 debates about what form the Smithsonian Institution should take.

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    SIA Acc. 09-243, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Community and Constituent Services Department Professional Outreach, Traveling Exhibition Records, 1971, 1977-1978, 1987-1988, 1995-2007

    • Date: 1971 1971-2007 1971, 1977-1978, 1987-1988, 1995-2007
    • Creator: National Museum of the American Indian. Community and Constituent Services Department. Professional Outreach
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  13. Lepidoptera, 1918, 1918, Smithsonian Field Book Project, SIA RU007125.

    Lepidoptera, 1918

    • Date: 1918 1918 1918
    • Creator: Heinrich, Carl, 1880-1955

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    Torch 04/1978

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1978 Box 1 Folder 4

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    Smithsonian in Popular Culture | Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    • Diary no. I [1], November 14, 1927 to January 29, 1928

      Diary no. I [1], November 14, 1927 to January 29, 1928

      • Date: 1927-1928 19271114 19280129
      • Creator: Graham, David Crockett

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      WWII: Staff Supporting the War Effort

      • Date: June 27, 2016
      • Description: When the men and women of the Smithsonian heard the call to duty in World War II, they again took up the call as they had during World War I. Secretaries Charles G. Abbot and Alexander Wetmore provided leadership that brought the Smithsonian’s resources to the aid of the nation, while safeguarding its primary mission: the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Once again,

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    • Title and many subtitles about death of Hall in the New York Herald.

      Wait. Did That Really Happen? Potential Poison on the Polaris

      • Date: August 13, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: We thought our work was done when a social media follower helped us identify our popular “unidentified male model” as German naturalist Emil Bessels. Then we discovered he may have murdered his captain during the 1871–73 Polaris Expedition.

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