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   Welcome to Smithsonian History on Our New Website!

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

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   Searching the Archives’ Collections

   • Date: October 25, 2011
   • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
   • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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   Navigating Treatment of the Dawson Map

   • Date: May 7, 2019
   • Creator: William Bennett
   • Description: Our treasures can pose significant—and often unexpected—challenges, like when a map has been attached to a hotel linen. See how our staff tackled a complex intervention in progress!

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   Fern P. Rathe: Navigating the Lab and the Skies

   • Date: December 17, 2013
   • Description: An update on the life and career of chemist and pilot Fern P. Rathe, featured in the Women in Science Wednesday post on July 17, 2013.

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   Camping Out, Smithsonian-Style

   • Date: June 10, 2021
   • Creator: William Bennett
   • Description: See how Smithsonian scientists have always been willing to do what is needed to further their research—including camping in all conditions!

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    A New Perspective from the Field Book Project

    • Date: October 18, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We just launched a new set of images on Flickr Commons documenting the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey.

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    Link Love: 9/10/2010

    • Date: September 10, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="168" caption="Canna indica L., identified by P.J.M. Maas & H. Maas, Cusco, Peru, National Museum of Natural History, Botany Department, Catalog Number: 1998001."][/caption] The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Botany Department just added over 1,300 images to the Smithsonian Collection Search Center! Some gorgeous

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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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    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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    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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    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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