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      Getting Your Due, Samuel Pierpont Langley

      • Date: November 28, 2017
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: It can be so frustrating to put great effort into something, and then to have your work and achievements called into question. I can't begin to imagine how frustrated Samuel Pierpont Langley was in 1903. By that time, he had spent over forty years studying astrophysics and aerodynamics. His work on astronomically-derived time measurement in the late 1860's is the heart of the

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        2002-10623

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          Hindsight is 20/20: Revisiting Paper Treatments From Twenty Years Ago

          • Date: April 28, 2011
          • Description: This post is written in honor of Preservation Week, April 24–30, 2011. In celebration of this week, preservation specialists around the world will bring attention to the preservation work going on in their institutions, and inspire action to preserve collections in libraries, archives, museums, and communities. [caption id="attachment_12654" align="aligncenter" width="432"

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            “Fair Women Seeking Secrets of Plant and Animal Phenomena”

            • Date: March 3, 2020
            • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
            • Description: Exploring news coverage of women’s work in the sciences at the Smithsonian in the early twentieth century.

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          • Black and white image of Harry Walters, Navajo male, holding a blanket in a museum collection storage area.

            Harry Walters - Director of the Diné College Museum, 1973-2008

            • Date: July 30, 2020
            • Creator: Mitch Toda
            • Description: Before becoming the Director of the Diné College Museum in Arizona, Harry Walters spent three months at the Smithsonian learning techniques for the care and handling of artifacts, including their identification, description, conservation, storage, and exhibition.

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            Archives Puzzles: The Scale of the Whale

            • Date: February 22, 2021
            • 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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          • Portrait of a woman wearing a nurses uniform that includes a small, white hat. A white building with tall columns is in the background.

            Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Verdine J. Frederick

            • Date: July 21, 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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            Aug 28 Anacostia Neighborhood Museum Welcomes Visitors from Togo | Smithsonian Institution Archives

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              Archives Puzzles: National Camera Day Flashback

              • Date: June 28, 2021
              • 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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