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      Link Love: 8/5/2011

      • Date: August 5, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: The Freer Sackler Gallery’s efforts to make their large collection of squeezes (paper molds that capture the inscriptions of ancient monuments) into an easy-to-use Web resource received a nice write-up on The Atlantic’s Tech blog [originally posted on the Smithsonian Collections Blog]. David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, talks about “balancing access and

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    3. A man and woman stand in front of four exhibit cases of coins and paper currency.

      The Rich Legacy of Elvira Clain-Stefanelli

      • Date: March 18, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Though small in stature, Elvira Clain-Stefanelli was a force to be reckoned with at the Smithsonian, where she earned the role of the first executive director of the National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection.

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    5. 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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    7. Washington Monument grounds ceremony at which Charles Lindbergh was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, 1927.

      Science Service, Up Close: “Charlie Is My Darling” — Lindbergh in Washington, June 1927

      • Date: February 2, 2017
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: On June 11, 1927, 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh, and his plane Spirit of St. Louis, arrived back in the United States, and Washington, D.C. threw a party.

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    9. Black and white photo of a young Margaret Collins sitting at a lab bench with a microscope in front of her.

      Margaret Collins: Scholar, Civil Rights Activist, and Mentor

      • Date: March 27, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: During this Women’s History Month, the Smithsonian Transcription Center has been highlighting projects from women around the Smithsonian. Among these women is Margaret Collins, a pioneering scientist and civil rights activist. While her fieldwork has been written about previously, that is clearly just one part of a full and distinguished career.Collins’ interest in science

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    11. "The whole Smithsonian was like one big family . . . "

      • Date: March 12, 2013
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: For forty years, Miss Helena Weiss kept the Smithsonian running smoothly as a clerk, stenographer, director of the Office of Correspondence and Documents, and Registrar. When she retired, her position was divided into seven separate jobs.

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    13. Title and many subtitles about death of Hall in the New York Herald.

      Wait. Did That Really Happen? Potential Poison on the Polaris

      • Date: August 13, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: We thought our work was done when a social media follower helped us identify our popular “unidentified male model” as German naturalist Emil Bessels. Then we discovered he may have murdered his captain during the 1871–73 Polaris Expedition.

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    15. Alice Paul Memorial March in Washington, D.C.

      Alice Paul Memorial March

      • Date: March 26, 2018
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Alice Paul Memorial March in Washington, D.C.

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    17. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives logo with the sunburst.

      Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

      • Date: December 8, 2020
      • Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

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    19. Fern on Graduation Day, 1952, Rathe Family Collection.

      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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      Doris Holmes Blake and the Fight for Women’s Right to Paid Employment

      • Date: May 3, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: How the marital status provision of the 1932 Economy Act impacted one Smithsonian scientist.

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      Roxie Laybourne: A Bird of Many Feathers

      • Date: March 24, 2016
      • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
      • Description: A brief biographical sketch of Roxie Laybourne, an Ornithologist who specialized in feather identification and pioneered the field of forensic ornithology.

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