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    Unlocking the History of the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute

    • Date: October 9, 2018
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: A couple of months ago, a few members of the Archives staff went out to the Smithsonian Conversation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, to collect some records that are being accessioned into our collections. One of the items we were given on this trip was a book detailing the facilities located on the property in Front Royal prior to it being used by the

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  3. 2 men in a field on wooden platform with telescope with one man peering up into the telescope.

    2017 Top Blog Posts

    • Date: December 19, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: It's interesting to look back and see what resonated with you, our readers, this past year. Clearly, we along with many of you were fascinated by the solar eclipse of 2017 that was viewable from many parts of the U.S. Three of the top 10 were about solar eclipses. You also were captivated by our efforts to bring more attention to women in science. Three of the posts have to do

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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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  7. The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Spring 2016.

    Viewing the Smithsonian in a Different Way

    • Date: January 31, 2017
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: The Smithsonian Architectural History and Historic Preservation office serves as curator of the Smithsonian buildings.

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  9. Fishing nets and a Giant Octopus hang from the ceiling of the Fisheries Exhibit in the U.S. National Museum.

    Fishing for Collections at the U.S. National Museum

    • Date: December 10, 2019
    • Description: Spencer F. Baird and George Brown Goode used their diverse, and sometimes quirky, contacts from the U.S. Fish Commission to fill exhibit cabinets in the U.S. National Museum.

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  11. The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878!

    • Date: June 28, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9592,size=200,left]Did you know the Smithsonian was an early adopter of the telephone? In June of 1878, a system of electronic bells and telephones was installed throughout the Smithsonian Castle. The system connected several workrooms and offices to provide instant communications within the building. At that time, there were only 187 telephone lines

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    Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

    • Date: February 7, 2019
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.

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    Science Service, Up Close: Before DNA Made Them Famous - Crick, Wilkins, and Watson

    • Date: February 27, 2018
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391843,size=300,center]By the 1960s, Science Service had been acquiring photographs of scientists, obscure as well as famous, for over four decades. Portraits of Edison or Einstein were always in demand, but experience had also shown that bright, accomplished young people might someday be awarded a major prize or make a discovery deemed

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  17. The ceremonial key received by Secretary Skorton.

    Welcome Secretary Skorton!

    • Date: October 20, 2015
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution welcomes it’s thirteenth Secretary, David J. Skorton with an installation ceremony.

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  19. Keeping in Touch

    • Date: January 10, 2012
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: Frances Escherich commuting with Secretary Abbot through Rock Creek Park to the Smithsonian.

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  21. Portrait of William Jervis Hough, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1845-1847, Record Unit 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 2002-32241.

    Legislative Logjam to Kitchen Sink

    • Date: May 22, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: In the spring of 1846, after years of debate, the legislative logjam over what the Smithsonian would be was finally broken with compromise legislation by New York Congressman, William Jervis Hough.

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  23. Archives Technician Deborah Shapiro.

    Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

    • Date: February 28, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: An introduction to our new Archives Technicians.

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