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      SIA RU007228, Chapelle, Howard Irving, Howard Irving Chapelle Papers, 1969-1975

      • Date: 1969 1969-1975
      • Creator: Chapelle, Howard Irving
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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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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    5. Samuel F. B. Morse's Daguerreotype Equipment, 1888, by Thomas Smillie, SIA RU000095 [10625].

      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      SIA RU009562, Robert K. Enders Oral History Interviews, 1976

      • Date: 1976
      • Creator: Enders, Robert K. (Robert Kendall), 1899-1988, interviewee
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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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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      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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      An International Exploring Expedition

      • Date: April 4, 2017
      • Description: [view in Spanish]The first international scientific expedition sponsored by the United States circumnavigated the globe between 1838 and 1842, gathering natural history collections so vast they were estimated to weigh 40 tons. The U.S. Congress resolved to preserve these artifacts "collected at the expense of the government...Information about the first international

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      SIA RU000383, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Armed Forces History, Records, 1926-1930, 1954-1988

      • Date: 1926 1926-1988 1926-1930, 1954-1988
      • Creator: National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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