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    A Tale of Coffee and Collecting

    • Date: November 30, 2010
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Archives are often used by genealogists to create their family histories. Often it's a tedious process that can involve many repositories throughout the country or even the world, but the final product can be fascinating. Take, for instance, Melbourne ("Mel") Romaine Carriker's Vista Nieve: The Remarkable True Adventures of an Early Twentieth Century Naturalist and His Family

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  3. From the field notebook of Robert H. Gibbs, Jr.

    Scientific Snack Breaks: Picnics in the Field Books

    • Date: July 13, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: Go on a picnic through the field book collection, with a look at scientific snack breaks.

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  5. Harry Houdini, c. 1920, by Unidentified photographer, National Portrait Gallery,

    Houdini Escapes the Smithsonian

    • Date: December 26, 2011
    • Description: Harry Houdini visits Aleš Hrdlička at the National Museum to get measured and declines giving his remains to the Smithsonian.

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    A Peek into an Electronic Records Archivist’s Toolbox

    • Date: November 29, 2011
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Open source tools, CERP, JHOVE, DROID, Heritrix, for electronic records archivists to use in preserving digital files like WAV, PST, websites, and email.

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  9. Takashi and Kumi Sugiura smile at one another as they hold up art and fabric.

    Smithsonian Spotlight: Takashi Sugiura

    • Date: May 5, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Between 1953 and 1980, Japanese conservator Takashi Sugiura restored and mounted Japanese works at the Freer Gallery of Art.

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  11. Staff of the Bureau of International Exchanges, 1891.

    The Poetry of Solomon Brown

    • Date: April 19, 2016
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: We celebrate National Poetry Month with a look at one of the Smithsonian’s resident poets, Solomon G. Brown.

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  13. Letter from S. M. Huddleson, M.D. to Mr. J. Bundy, Superintendant of the Freer Gallery of Art. Dated February 9, 1924. Accession 02-027: Freer Gallery of Art Superintendent of Construction, Correspondence, 1913-1936, Smithsonian Institution Archives. Image no. SIA2015-006882.

    Miscellaneous Adventures: Odd Job Requests

    • Date: June 2, 2015
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Miscellaneous Adventures - Odd Job Requests at the Freer Gallery of Art.

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  15. A man in a gray hooded sweatshirt bends over a textile-mounted piece of art on paper; he is pressing a heated metal spatula against a piece of white insulating paper to soften heat-sensitive paper as a mending technique. The art on paper is supported on a clear acrylic board suspended between two white tables.

    Some Conservator Career Advice

    • Date: July 11, 2019
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: So you want to be a conservator? In this continuation of our series on career advice, one of our conservators shares some advice for those looking to explore the professional field of cultural heritage conservation.

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    Aww: Cute Baby Animals and Other Field Book Surprises

    • Date: May 25, 2017
    • Creator: Mignonette (Mig) Dooley Johnson:
    • Description: Snapshots of cute baby animals, taken during the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies in 1937.

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    Broadcasting Live from the Sun...

    • Date: November 22, 2016
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: A look at fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot's work into solar energy.

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    Broadcasting Live from the Sun...

    • Date: November 22, 2016
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: A look at fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot's work into solar energy.

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  23. Exterior of the original Corcoran Gallery of Art (now Renwick Gallery) designed by architect James Renwick, Jr. The c. 1930s image shows the building when it served as the U.S. Court of Claims.

    Revisiting Renwick

    • Date: January 27, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: While closed for renovations, here is a look at some historic images of the Renwick Gallery on the anniversary of its opening to the public.

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