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1. Authority Record/EAC

   Agency history, 1971-

   • Date: 1971 1971-
   • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Office of Visitor Services

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   The Life Work of Smillie

   • Date: July 15, 2014
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: There is a remarkable figure in the Smithsonian’s history that doesn’t get much of the spotlight; Thomas W. Smillie. He served as the Smithsonian’s first official photographer from 1870 until his death in 1917, and additionally became the Smithsonian’s first photography curator in 1896. Smillie amassed a collection of photographic equipment starting with the purchase of the

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   Letter Dated June 14, 1899

   • Date: September 18, 2012
   • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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7. Blog Post

   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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   A Hungerford Property History of Women’s Rights

   • Date: March 25, 2021
   • Creator: William Bennett
   • Description: We’ve learned so much about the specific women of James Smithson’s family though the Hungerford Deed—but what can it tell us about women’s rights in the eighteenth century?

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    United States National Museum, 1881-1911

    • Date: June 20, 2013
    • Description: The history of the United Stats National Museum from 1881-1911.

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    Website Search Tips

    • Date: February 29, 2012
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: Here are some tips to finding collection information on our website.

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15. Blog Post

    See Here: 5/11/2010

    • Date: May 11, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="329" caption="Photograph of the Samuel P. Langley commemorative statue at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, in 1915, Langley was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1906, and pioneer in astrophysics and aerial navigation, c. 1915, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print,

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    Exploration of the Southern Continent

    • Date: April 4, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_13396,size=150,left]Much of the Smithsonian's early natural history collections came from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. The fourth Annual Report (1850) discusses several Latin American expeditions, in particular the exploration of islands near Nicaragua by Ephraim G. Squier, who served as U.S. charge d'affaires

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19. Finding Aid

    SIA Acc. 17-230, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Aeronautics Department, Exhibition Records, 2011-2016

    • Date: 2011 2011-2016
    • Creator: National Air and Space Museum. Aeronautics Department
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Hot Topics in Archival Research: Summer 2017

    • Date: July 6, 2017
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: What does the Smithsonian Institution Archives collect? We say we hold records about the history of the Smithsonian and its people, programs, research, and activities. But this answer doesn’t quite do justice to the breadth and depth of our holdings.The reference team fields around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been researching recently, and you'll get into

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    Captain Isidor Edward Rittenburg (left) presents the Dr. Samuel M. Burka Award to Dr. Donald A. Gordon (right)

    • Date: 1961

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