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      Smithsonian Scientists at Work

      • Date: April 20, 2017
      • Description: [view:sia_slideshow==75408]Scientific research has been integral to the Smithsonian, from its founding to today. The Smithsonian's founder, Englishman James Smithson, saw in the U.S. (according to his biographer, Heather Ewing) "a place of the future" that could support "science and progress for humanity." He believed that scientists were "citizens of the world" and that the

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    3. A group portrait of the members of the 1975 Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council.

      Women Carrying out the Work of Change in the 1970s

      • Date: January 5, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Wonder Woman 1984 features fictional Smithsonian women in science trying to change the world. Let’s examine how real-life women pushed for change at the Smithsonian in the 1970s and created new opportunities for women at work.

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    5. DArcInfo (Digital Archive Information System) provides details about the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ born-digital collections. img src: 202005_DArcinfo.jpg

      The Work Continues While We Are Away

      • Date: May 21, 2020
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Smithsonian archivists are reviewing challenges with sharing born-digital collections.

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    7. Reference form for inquiries and use of collections, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      Many Hands Make Light Work in the Digitization Process

      • Date: September 11, 2014
      • Description: Digitizing collection material at the Smithsonian Institution Archives is a group effort involving interns, volunteers, and staff.

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    9. Field Work and a World War

      • Date: July 12, 2012
      • Description: An examination of some of the field books of Bohumil Shimek, who documented the effects of WWI while doing research in Europe.

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    11. Samuel F. B. Morse's Daguerreotype Equipment, 1888, by Thomas Smillie, SIA RU000095 [10625].

      The Life Work of Smillie

      • Date: July 15, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: There is a remarkable figure in the Smithsonian’s history that doesn’t get much of the spotlight; Thomas W. Smillie. He served as the Smithsonian’s first official photographer from 1870 until his death in 1917, and additionally became the Smithsonian’s first photography curator in 1896. Smillie amassed a collection of photographic equipment starting with the purchase of the

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    13. Close-up photograph of Claudine K. Brown.

      Remembering the Work of Claudine K. Brown

      • Date: March 23, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: In a 1991 issue of the Prophet, the Smithsonian African American Association’s newsletter, Claudine Kinard Brown called on staff to support Black museums across the country.

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    15. John N. Robinson, His Life and Work

      • Date: September 9, 2014
      • Description: I cannot, I feel, have any regrets about my accomplishments. What comes from art will just come. I don’t feel any need to strive. - John N. Robinson One of my favorite parts of working in an archive is the opportunity to immerse myself in other people’s worlds, to learn more about their stories and experiences. One such person I encountered recently was John N. Robinson, a

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    17. Eat more corn, oats and rye products, 1917, by L. N. Britton, U. S. Food Administration, World War I Posters, Library of Congress, LC-USZC4-2975.

      Smithsonian Staff Work Together to Help During World War I

      • Date: July 22, 2014
      • Description: A look at the often forgotten people you can find in archives and what we can learn from them.

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    19. drawing or engravings of bird heads, The bird is black with a white color on its wing. A fuller sketch is in the center and surrounded by three sketches of bird heads.

      Link Love: 4/10/2020

      • Date: April 10, 2020
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: For Draw a Bird Day, Smithsonian Libraries highlights the work of some of the Smithsonian’s youngest scientific illustrators. [via Smithsonian Libraries] [edan-image:id=siris_arc_369082,size=450,center]THE CITY features the archives and museums working to collect documentation of New Yorkers’ experiences during the pandemic. [via THE CITY]The latest in movie recs: historical

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    21. 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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    23. Link Love: 01/15/2021

      • Date: January 15, 2021
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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