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      Battle for the Castle

      • Date: November 15, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    3. Portrait of William Jervis Hough, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1845-1847, Record Unit 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 2002-32241.

      Legislative Logjam to Kitchen Sink

      • Date: May 22, 2014
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: In the spring of 1846, after years of debate, the legislative logjam over what the Smithsonian would be was finally broken with compromise legislation by New York Congressman, William Jervis Hough.

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    5. Mary S. M. Gibson, January 1954, Frank J. Gilloon Agency, Record Unit 267: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Records, 1881, 1895-1976, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      Women in Humanities

      • Date: March 3, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: To kick off Women's History month, a look at some of the women in humanities represented in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections.

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      The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part I

      • Date: June 7, 2011
      • Creator: Mary Markey
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    9. A man and woman stands outdoors in a rocky area. Both are holding the golf clubs and the woman is preparing to take a swing.

      Margaret Sordahl, Collecting Flora and Fauna at a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Station

      • Date: December 2, 2021
      • Description: We’re taking a glimpse into the work and life of Margaret Sordahl and other women at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory stations around the world.

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    11. Soviet soil scientist and geologist Vladimir Vasilievich Gemmerling, Director, Soil Department of the Fertilizer Institute, Moscow State University. He was an official delegate to the First International Congress of Soil Science, Washington, D.C., June 1927, and is shown on board an excursion boat. Accession 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives, image no. SIA2008-1869.

      Science Service, Up Close: A Slow Boat Down the River

      • Date: June 18, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Watson Davis photographed visiting scientists on a June 1927 Potomac River boat trip to Mount Vernon.

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      Lisa Stevens: The Inspiring Career of the “Panda Lady”

      • Date: September 1, 2020
      • Description: Known lovingly by the public as the “Panda Lady,” Lisa Stevens cultivated a rich thirty-year career at the National Zoological Park as the senior curator of mammals.

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      Controversy in the “Castle”

      • Date: November 10, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      Flickr Visitor Profile: Penny Richards

      • Date: May 29, 2009
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_680" align="alignleft" width="159" caption="Flickr member, Penny L. Richards"][/caption] I work with people across the Smithsonian to add photos to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons photostream. Occasionally, something stands out in the daily summary of comments and tags I receive. Sometimes, it’s an exchange between Flickr members sparked by a single

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      Smithson’s Bequest to London’s East End

      • Date: October 23, 2014
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: When James Smithson wrote his will on October 23, 1826, he made several bequests to people before adding the contingent clause that created the Smithsonian Institution. One bequest was to a resident of London’s notorious East End.

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      Scientists Arrive in Dayton...and Find a Mansion

      • Date: July 11, 2011
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    23. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives logo with the sunburst.

      Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

      • Date: December 8, 2020
      • Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

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