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  1. Unlocking the Vault

    • Date: February 28, 2013
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives manages the cold storage vault at the National Museum of American History where approximately 3 million negatives are stored.

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  3. A military pension card for Harrison Lomax. He filed in Virginia and is listed in the class

    Harrison Lomax: Smithsonian Employee, Civil War Veteran, Husband, Father

    • Date: September 1, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: As a laborer at the Smithsonian from 1882 until his death in 1918, Harrison Lomax served the Institution’s top leaders. A letter in our collections that he wrote to Secretary Samuel P. Langley is an example of the ways in which African American employees advocated for themselves in order to earn promotions and raises.

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    See Here: 1/17/2011

    • Date: January 17, 2011
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  7. Lonnie G. Bunch III stands in an office in front of a cluttered bookshelf.

    Goodbye, 2019. Hello, 2020!

    • Date: December 31, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2020, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2019.

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  9. Letter - Mary Agnes Chase to Albert Spear Hitchcock, July 5, 1935.

    The Other Side of Mary Agnes Chase

    • Date: March 19, 2015
    • Description: Mary Agnes Chase is known for her extensive contributions to the study of grasses, but who was Mary Agnes Chase? Why is her private life so shrouded in mystery, and how can we find out more.

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  11. Watercolor drawing of the profile of a tortoise.

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Winter 2021

    • Date: January 7, 2021
    • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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    See Here: 10/20/2010

    • Date: October 20, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Actor Gene Kelly (l.) while being filmed at National Museum of American Historys After the Revolution exhibit on December 4, 1985 for a 90-minute production called American Treasure - A Smithsonian Journey, that was to air in March, 1986, 1985, by Jeff Tinsley, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution

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    Photo Sleuth: When the Evidence Doesn’t Add Up

    • Date: May 14, 2013
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: What happens when you have information about a historic photograph that is contradictory? How do you decide what information is correct? Check out how one historian grapples with these mysteries.

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    Going Back to the Smithsonian’s Future

    • Date: February 8, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Today on The Bigger Picture, we are highlighting the anniversary of the 1927 Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian which brought together people from across the country – scientists, academics, politicians, and private citizens – to advise on the future role of the Smithsonian. For this, we bring you a piece from Smithsonian Archives Program Assistant Lisa Fthenakis,

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  19. From the field notebook of Robert H. Gibbs, Jr.

    Scientific Snack Breaks: Picnics in the Field Books

    • Date: July 13, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: Go on a picnic through the field book collection, with a look at scientific snack breaks.

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  21. Opening reception for exhibit Sesame Street: The First 20 Years at National Museum of American History.

    Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? It's at the Smithsonian!

    • Date: June 1, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: Take a trip back to Sesame Street and the Smithsonian's ten year exhibition about the show in 1979.

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    See Here: 5/25/2010

    • Date: May 25, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="419" caption="An exhibit of rocks and minerals in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, The exhibit includes Balls of Brecciated Marble from Japan in the middle case and other samples of rocks and minerals in the other cases next to it, 1900s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian

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