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    Photo Sleuth: When the Evidence Doesn’t Add Up

    • Date: May 14, 2013
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: What happens when you have information about a historic photograph that is contradictory? How do you decide what information is correct? Check out how one historian grapples with these mysteries.

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    “Dependent upon the Kindness of Strangers”: Volunteers and the Smithsonian

    • Date: April 10, 2012
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: An overview of the contributions volunteers have made at the Archives and across the Smithsonian.

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  5. National Zoo reproductive biologist JoGayle Howard holding black-footed ferret kits, an endangered species, c. 1997.

    Smithsonian Optimism for the Blue Planet

    • Date: April 27, 2017
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: An overview of the history of environmental conservation activities at the Smithsonian, since its founding in 1846.

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    Dependent on the Kindness of Strangers: Smithsonian Volunteers

    • Date: April 19, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12022,size=250,left]Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since its earliest years. The Institution has always been “dependent on the kindness of strangers.” Volunteers make tremendous contributions to Smithsonian operations every day in virtually every corner of the globe. The Smithsonian's paid staff of some 6,000 employees is

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  9. Shark Attack Tracks

    • Date: August 8, 2013
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Research on shark attacks began at the National Museum of Natural History in 1958 when the Shark Research Panel was formed to track attacks and develop shark repellents.

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    Folklife Festival 2011: Smithsonian-Peace Corps Environmental Program

    • Date: July 7, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be held from June 30 to July 4 and July 7 to 11, 2011 on the National Mall. Read more about the history of the Folklife Festival here. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year, the Peace Corps is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an Executive Order authorizing the Peace Corps to

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    Civil War Reconnaissance Takes Flight

    • Date: June 18, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  15. Secretary G. Wayne Clough at Smithsonian Staff Picnic, 2008.

    Engineering a Smithsonian for the 21st Century

    • Date: December 18, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: As the twelfth Smithsonian Secretary, G. Wayne Clough, retires, historian Pamela Henson looks back on his impact on the Smithsonian in 6 ½ short years – creating a positive dynamic, fostering environmental responsibility, and stimulating collaborations across the Institution.

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  17. Did the Curator Really Do It? Popular Culture at the Smithsonian

    • Date: August 1, 2013
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: How has the Smithsonian been portrayed in popular culture – fiction writing, movies and television, over the last 160 years and has its popular imaged changed?

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    Remembering Robert McCormick Adams, Secretary 1984-1994

    • Date: January 29, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10199,size=500,center]Robert McCormick Adams (1926-2018) served as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1984 to 1994. He succeeded S. Dillon Ripley who had overseen a period of remarkable expansion from 1964 to 1984. Dr. Dr. Robert McCormick Adams (1926-2018) served as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1984 to 1994. An

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  21. How Many Birds Have You Seen Today?

    • Date: January 5, 2012
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: The Christmas Bird Count was begun in 1900 by the Audubon Society. Many Smithsonian staff have participated in it in the decades since then.

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    Family Memories at Thanksgiving

    • Date: November 23, 2010
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: What better time to capture family memories and stories than when you and your relatives gather to celebrate Thanksgiving? For the past several years, several organizations have encouraged families to listen to one another and record family history over the Thanksgiving weekend. StoryCorps, for example, has launched The National Day of Listening. So put down that pumpkin pie

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