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  1. Three Cheers for Embedded Metadata

    • Date: February 28, 2012
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Metadata is a helpful tool. When you have embedded metadata, all the better when trying to figure out what something might be.

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    Swingin’ and Swayin’ in the Archives

    • Date: August 12, 2010
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  5. Wishing you a Trivial New Year!

    • Date: January 4, 2018
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: Happy National Trivia Day! January 4th is the perfect day to break out all those endless bits of knowledge stored in your noggin and share them with others. As for the history of National Trivia Day, it's thought that the creation of the game Trivial Pursuit in 1979 sparked the beginning of our fascination with trivia, and everythinge else is history, as they say. To feed our

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  7. A man in a suit and hat stares directly at the camera, holding a fish and a net. Trees and a body of water is visible in the background.

    Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website

    • Date: January 29, 2019
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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  9. An illustration of the Children’s Room in the Smithsonian Castle. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1901. Smithsonian Libraries.

    Knowledge Begins in Wonder: The Design Behind the Smithsonian Children’s Room

    • Date: March 1, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: The history of the Smithsonian’s Children’s Room, a project led by Smithsonian Secretary Langley and famous interior designer Grace Lincoln Temple.

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    Photographic Opportunity

    • Date: December 10, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="172" caption="The Steiner Ambrotype, June 18, 1857, by Unidentified photographer, Ambrotype, National Air and Space Museum, Image ID: 2001-5358. "] [/caption] [caption id="" align="alignright" width="190" caption="First Launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 24, 1950, by U.S. Air Force, Gelatin silver print, National Air and Space

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    Mary Vaux Walcott’s Wild Flowers

    • Date: March 26, 2015
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: In the 1920s, Mary Vaux Walcott published five volumes of her wildflower drawings and donated the proceeds to the Smithsonian.

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  15. The Smithsonian in Wartime web exhibit

    Smithsonian in Wartime – A New Web Exhibit!

    • Date: August 9, 2016
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Announcing a new web exhibit exploring the Smithsonian’s role in the nation’s war efforts.

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  17. Torres-Carmona leans on a yellow box that reads: SITES.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Michelle Torres-Carmona

    • Date: September 22, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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  19. An urn sits in a grassy area. It sits on a pedestal. The base is surrounded by a wood fence.

    Archives Puzzles: yUrn-ing for Spring Weather

    • Date: March 22, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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    James Smithson, c. 1765–1829

    • Date: June 27, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: On June 27, 1829 James Smithson passed away in Genoa, Italy. His remains were later to rest in the Smithsonian Institution Building.

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  23. Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

    • Date: October 5, 2021
    • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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