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  1. James Smithson as an Oxford Student, 1786, by James Roberts.

    James Smithson at Oxford

    • Date: September 12, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_6861,size=300,right] Some students look forward eagerly to the new school year; others dread the end of summer and the long year ahead. How did the Smithsonian’s founding donor, James Smithson (1765-1829), feel about school? Smithson attended Oxford University in England from 1782 to 1786, receiving a Masters of Arts degree in chemistry and mineralogy.

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  3. Architectural History of the Smithsonian Institution Building, 1846

    Architectural History of the Smithsonian Institution Building, 1846

    • Date: 1846-1970

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  5. Finding Aid

    SIA RU000531, Cooper-Hewitt Museum Department of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records, 1973-1992

    • Date: 1973 1973-1992
    • Creator: Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Exhibitions
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  7. Fleeing from the ruined city--California St., from Stockton to Ferry Tower, San Francisco, California, 1906, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, neg. no. 13496.

    The Smithsonian Seismological Institute

    • Date: August 26, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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    SIA RU000470, Smithsonian Institution Contracts Office, Records, 1953-1990

    • Date: 1953 1953-1990
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Contracts Office
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 03-001, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary Counselor to the Secretary for Community Affairs and Special Projects, Program Records, 1990-2001

    • Date: 1990 1990-2001
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Counselor to the Secretary for Community Affairs and Special Projects
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 13-241, Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships, Program Records, 1965-2011

    • Date: 1965 1965-2011
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Fellowships and Internships
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 12-062, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Office of the Director, Subject Files, 1960-2005

    • Date: 1960 1960-2005
    • Creator: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Office of the Director
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 09-049, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Department of Education, Program Files, c. 1989-1997

    • Date: 1989 1989-1997 c 1989-1997
    • Creator: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Department of Education
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  19. Blog Post

    A Sense of Place

    • Date: February 24, 2011
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_11498" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Out of The Depths, or, the Triumph of the Cross by Nellie Arnold Plummer. AHC 2003.0025.1, in its custom clamshell box after full conservation (inset: before treatment condition), Courtesy Nora Lockshin and Anacostia Community Museum."][/caption] The Smithsonian Institution Archives will be

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  21. Document

    Torch 12/1967

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1967 Box 1 Folder 12

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  23. A Window into the Grand Tour: Traveling in the Style of James Smithson

    • Date: December 4, 2012
    • Description: A new exhibition offers a chance to explore the world of Grand Tour travel in the late eighteenth century, similar to that experienced by the Smithsonian’s own founding donor, James Smithson.

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