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    1. Black and white high school yearbook picture of Marie Louise Clogher.

      Forging a Legal Path: Marie Malaro

      • Date: September 18, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Marie Malaro, 1933-2018, entered law in 1957 when few women were admitted to the bar, and then taught generations of museum professionals how law and ethics applied to their work every day.

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    3. A Quest for the First Asian Employee

      • Date: May 10, 2012
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: A search for the first Asian employee at the Smithsonian leads to Kuang-zung Tung.

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    5. A group of people hold up “welcome” signs at an entrance of the National Museum of American History.

      We Apologize for the Inconvenience: Shutting Down the Smithsonian

      • Date: November 14, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: In 2019, the Smithsonian faced the repercussions of the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, but the institution is no stranger to the dreaded furlough.

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      Link Love: 11/19/2010

      • Date: November 19, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Ever heard of The Impossible Project? When Polaroid announced they would stop production of instant film, these folks saved the last Polaroid production plant in the Netherlands, and started to develop new instant film with a small team of former Polaroid employees. Check out some shots of Smithsonian museums taken by Aaron Dunn and created with the fruits of their labor. What

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    9. Curator of Paleontology Division Charles Lewis Gazin looks on as vertebrate paleontology preparators Norman Boss (center) and Arlton Murray (right) prepare a giant sloth skeleton in the Vertebrate Preparation Lab for exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History, 1940s. Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. MNH-37289B.

      Arlton C. Murray, Smithsonian Employee Who Became a Creation Scientist

      • Date: December 26, 2013
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: The search to prove/disprove the office story of Arlton C. Murray, the Smithsonian employee who became a creation scientist.

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    11. Close-up photograph of Peggy A. Loar.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Peggy A. Loar

      • Date: April 14, 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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      Tichkematse—A Great Favorite at the Smithsonian

      • Date: November 25, 2021
      • Description: A forerunner of today’s efforts to decolonize and Indigenize American museums, Tichkematse was one of the first Native American employees at the Smithsonian Institution. His work with natural history and anthropological collections continue to inspire Native and non-Native museum professionals nearly 150 years later.

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    15. Letter with letterhead of the United States National Museum in light blue, body of letter written in black ink.

      Archival Fingerprints - Meredith Smith Diggs

      • Date: October 21, 2021
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Meredith Smith Diggs was employed at the Smithsonian in different capacities and was closely associated with the second Secretary of the Smithsonian, Spencer Fullerton Baird. Through Diggs' correspondence we can get a small glimpse of his life and work at the Smithsonian.

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      Link Love: 7/9/2010

      • Date: July 9, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="194" caption="Painting found in Yale Art Gallery's storage, Attributed to Diego Velázquez, The Education of the Virgin (detail shown), ca. 1617–18. Oil on canvas. Yale University Art Gallery."][/caption] Golly gee—sometimes some pretty incredible things are found in museum storage [via @museumnerd]. I worked peripherally on MIT’s

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    19. A woman in a white polo holds up a certificate that reads:

      Women in the Office of Protection Services

      • Date: March 12, 2019
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: In 1974, women joined the Smithsonian security force and they have been rising through the ranks ever since.

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    21. 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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    23. A woman stands in front of a glass case with dresses on mannequins.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Anthea M. Hartig

      • Date: May 15, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Dr. Anthea M. Hartig, Elizabeth MacMillan Director, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, became the first woman to ever lead the museum in 2019. She oversees more than 250 employees, a budget of $40 million, and 1.8 million objects. #Groundbreaker

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