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    1. Twitter conversation at the Smithsonian Transcription Center to clarify some questions about transcription.

      Increasing Access: The Smithsonian Transcription Center

      • Date: August 28, 2014
      • Description: How the projects are selected for inclusion in the Smithsonian Transcription Center and how the digital volunteers who contribute their work help make collections accessible.

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      Too Many to Count

      • Date: September 24, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Untitled, by Thomas Smillie, c. 1890, Smithsonian Institution Archives."][/caption] One of the things people often want to know about photography at the Smithsonian is, “How many photographs do you have?” with the quick follow-up, “Have you counted all of them?” No one knows for certain, but statistical sampling suggests

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    5. 1963 March on Washington, 1963, by Jim Wallace, Smithsonian Institution Archives

      Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

      • Date: August 31, 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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      Documenting a Life of One’s Own

      • Date: March 24, 2022
      • Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.

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    9. Buddha draped in robes

      17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)

      • Date: August 10, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!

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    11. Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe at age 19, wearing her Cartier engagement ring (part of the sale). Photograph courtesy of Sotheby’s.

      James Smithson and “The Duchess”: The Sotheby’s Sale of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe’s Property

      • Date: May 27, 2015
      • Description: As a remarkable auction of artifacts of a bygone aristocratic world takes place, we look at a surprising connection between Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe and the Smithsonian’s founding benefactor, James Smithson

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    13. Oil based portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt profile wearing a blue suit and tie, signed Secretary Roosevelt.

      Remembering the Exhibitions Celebrating the Centennial of FDR's Birth

      • Date: January 28, 2021
      • Description: In 1982, the Smithsonian Institution paid homage to the birth of the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born January 30, 1882, through six new exhibits.

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    15. The broken joint and damaged headcap needed significant attention before the volume could be scanned safely. Courtesy of William Bennett.

      Minute by Minute: Preparing Board of Regents Records for Digitization

      • Date: September 10, 2015
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Take a look behind the scenes at the Archives as conservation staff prepares one of our important collections for digitization.

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    17. Anailah Funchess, Camilia Bell and Efeh Ibojie (L-R) discuss the treatment plan for SIA Acc. 16-179, Field notes, Xalapa and Chiapas, Mexico, 2001, with Ben Conklin (R). Image no. SIA-CONS_20220801_20

      Coffee, tea or mold?

      • Date: September 29, 2022
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: We’re lucky that our interns love coffee, because for this summer’s final project, I selected Russell Greenberg’s Field notes, Xalapa and Chiapas, Mexico, 2001 for a full conservation treatment. If you’ve not had your morning cup yet, you may be wondering why we celebrate his work on National Coffee Day. Dr. Greenberg was an ornithologist, founder and director of the

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    19. Hearing The World Is Yours

      • Date: May 14, 2020
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Take a listen to clips from an episode of The World Is Yours.

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    21. Three circular graphite drawings, one typewritten note, and one annotated handwritten note. First drawing is of a torch with text: James Smithson 1765-1965 circling it. Second drawing is of James Smithson with text: James Smithson Bicentennial 1765-1965 circling it. Third drawing is of the sunburst with text: James Smithson 1765-1965 circling it. Typewritten note: suggested designs to be incorporated into all printed matter connected with the bi-centennial. Designer says medal design too complicated

      Goodbye, 2020: Working Through a Different Kind of Year

      • Date: December 31, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Despite so many setbacks this year, Archives staff has continued to serve our researchers.

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    23. Slight damage on a piece of paper. There is a section of brown, dotted coloring on the parchment.

      I.D. This! Parchment

      • Date: November 21, 2019
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: For the next installment in our I.D. This! series, learn about parchment and how we identify it in our collections.

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