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  1. Rediscovering Historical Perspectives: A Newspaper Update on World War II

    • Date: November 11, 2014
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: In honor of Veteran's Day we talk a look at how a recently discovered newspaper illustrated how information was spread/kept secret during World War II.

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  3. A close-up view of a parchment sheet, covered closely with black ink writing. A passage is highlighted in yellow, “Estate at Studley and Calne and other Places in the County of Wilts[hire].”

    Tracing Inheritance in the Hungerford Deed

    • Date: September 24, 2020
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: The Hungerford Deed split an inherited estate between two sisters—but what do we know about those properties? We’ve dug deep into one of them here.

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  5. Slight damage on a piece of paper. There is a section of brown, dotted coloring on the parchment.

    I.D. This! Parchment

    • Date: November 21, 2019
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: For the next installment in our I.D. This! series, learn about parchment and how we identify it in our collections.

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  7. The top half of a yellowed parchment sheet is shown, covered densely with dark brown ink. A passage is highlighted in yellow, reading “She the said Henrietta Maria Walker by virtue and in pursuance of the Power and Authority reserved and given to her in and by the said recited Indenture of Release and Settlement of the thirteenth of July One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine and of all and every other Power and Powers Authority and Authorities to her belonging in her vested”.

    Enduring Mysteries of the Hungerford Deed

    • Date: December 3, 2020
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Much has been learned and uncovered about the Hungerford Deed—but what is still out there to learn? Dig in with us to explore a few of these unanswered questions!

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  9. 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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  11. A Conservator Abroad: Paper Conservation in Japan

    • Date: November 16, 2017
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Nearly two years ago, I first heard of a course on the conservation of Japanese paper co-organized by ICCROM, the cultural heritage arm of UNESCO, and the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (also known in Japanese as “Tobunken”). Over three weeks, the course offered a first-hand look at the traditional Japanese conservation techniques, materials, and

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  13. Checking the contents of the boxes against the finding aid to ensure all materials are accounted for.

    Project SEARCH Comes to the Archives

    • Date: June 16, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: This spring, the Archives welcomed Heather Weiss, a Project SEARCH intern, and as her time with us comes to an end, we wanted to highlight her accomplishments.

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  15. Langley with His Aerodrome.

    Collegial, Yet Cautious: the Wright Brothers and Samuel P. Langley

    • Date: December 15, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: A look at the relationship between Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley and the Wright Brothers during the sometimes contentious race to achieve flight.

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  17. The damaged nudibranch field book

    Coming Soon to the Transcription Center: Department of Invertebrate Zoology

    • Date: November 15, 2016
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: See what’s in store for the Transcription Center from the invertebrate zoology collections!

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  19. Diagram of Solomon Brown photograph housing showing construction process. Image by William Bennett.

    Home Sweet Housing: Creating a Unique Enclosure for a Historic Photograph

    • Date: November 24, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Finding a unique housing solution to preserve a historic photograph, detailing the history of one of the Smithsonian's earliest employees.

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  21. View from the grounds of a cathedral. A few people wander around the lawn outside of the structure.

    Field Books Go to Oxford!

    • Date: October 23, 2018
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: See how our conservation staff are sharing treatment ideas with colleagues across the world.

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    Conserving Harper’s Three-for-One Field Book

    • Date: August 24, 2017
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Though a large part of our collections are flat—that is, they are unbound materials as opposed to bound, three-dimensional objects—a significant group of our holdings do live in bindings and book structures (some of my previous blog contributions have dealt with books, but none with as great a degree of intervention). Treating a field book became more complicated—and more

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