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  1. Black and white photo of Marjorie B. Illig, presenting a book to Jule Henry as Eleanor Roosevelt looks on.

    Science Service, Up Close: Journalists, Cancer Research, and Public Education

    • Date: March 6, 2018
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Cancer, James T. Patterson observed in The Dread Disease, serves as a powerful metaphor in American culture, where the malady mirrors the “manifestation of social, economic, and ideological divisions” in modern life. In the decades since publication of Patterson’s book, medical research has made great strides in methods of detection and treatment. But the challenge for science

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    Maria Mitchell and the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 14, 2018
    • Description: On the evening of October 1, 1847, while using a small telescope on the roof of the family home, Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) spotted a comet where one had not been before. Word of this achievement spread quickly through the scientific community. The American Journal of Science declared her “the first American entitled to the honor of the original discovery of a comet.” Some

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    What is a Primary Source?

    • Date: September 24, 2012
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Getting Your Due, Samuel Pierpont Langley

    • Date: November 28, 2017
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: It can be so frustrating to put great effort into something, and then to have your work and achievements called into question. I can't begin to imagine how frustrated Samuel Pierpont Langley was in 1903. By that time, he had spent over forty years studying astrophysics and aerodynamics. His work on astronomically-derived time measurement in the late 1860's is the heart of the

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    Mary Anna Henry Image Gallery

    • Date: September 21, 2012
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    SIA Acc. 01-082, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Office of Public Affairs, Publicity Records, circa 1970-1996

    • Date: 1970 1970-1996 circa 1970-1996
    • Creator: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of Public Affairs
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 99-159, Smithsonian Institution Office of Special Events and Conference Services, Event Files, 1987, 1992-1994

    • Date: 1992 1992-1994 1987, 1992-1994
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Events and Conference Services
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Torch 07/1965

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1965 Box 1 Folder 7

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    SIA RU000455, National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Office of Public Programs, Audiovisual Records, circa 1979-1985

    • Date: 1979 1979-1985 circa 1979-1985
    • Creator: National Museum of American Art. Office of Public Programs
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 18-243, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Exhibits Design Division, Exhibition Records, 1991-2011

    • Date: 1991 1991-2011
    • Creator: National Air and Space Museum. Exhibits Design Division
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Louise Daniel Hutchinson

    • Date: August 22, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Louise Daniel Hutchinson (1928-2014) was founding Research Director at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, now the Anacostia Community Museum, and was a pioneer in both oral and community history. #Groundbreaker.

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    National Zoological Park

    • Date: April 14, 2011
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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