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  1. Close-up photograph of Claudine K. Brown.

    Remembering the Work of Claudine K. Brown

    • Date: March 23, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: In a 1991 issue of the Prophet, the Smithsonian African American Association’s newsletter, Claudine Kinard Brown called on staff to support Black museums across the country.

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    OPA-1447

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      SIA Acc. 16-255, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Mineral Sciences, Curatorial Records, 1940-2006

      • Date: 1940 1940-2006
      • Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Department of Mineral Sciences
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      Brave New Museum

      • Date: March 11, 2010
      • Description: Computer science researchers at the University of Washington and Cornell University have announced a new system of powerful graphics algorithms that will create three-dimensional renderings of buildings, neighborhoods, and potentially even entire cities. Fittingly the inventors went for the gold and named the system PhotoCity. Like its precursor, Microsoft’s Photosynth, the

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    • Lopez stands in a line of three men and one woman. She and four other people are holding up a folder.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ida Lopez

      • Date: January 12, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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      SIA Acc. 19-015, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Mineral Sciences, Correspondence, 1981-1992, 2001-2004

      • Date: 1981 1981-2004 1981-1992, 2001-2004
      • Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Department of Mineral Sciences
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA RU000271, Smithsonian Institution Office of Environmental Sciences, Records, 1965-1973

      • Date: 1965 1965-1973
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Environmental Sciences
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    • Color scan of a pamphlet cover with black text.

      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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    • Seven volunteer standing shoulder-to-shoulder in a reading room.

      #MCN50 Conference Next Week

      • Date: November 7, 2017
      • Creator: Charles Zange
      • Description: Behind the archivists, technicians, and specialists of the museum field are an abundance of organizations that network ideas, connect professionals, and present new strategies to broaden the impact of museums (American Alliance of Museums, Society of American Archivists, etc.). Many associations focus on specific aspects of this dynamic field and help to push museum practice

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    • The Education of George C. Wheeler - Part III

      • Date: February 7, 2013
      • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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      • Barbour, Wortman, and Gidley on paleontological expeditions, 1900-1935.

        Link Love: 9/16/2011

        • Date: September 16, 2011
        • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
        • Description: Wired Science has great coverage of our recent “Field Book Lantern Slides” Flickr Commons set, complete with more information from the Smithsonian’s Thomas Jorstad, who works in the paleontology department at the National Museum of Natural History. Yeek! A Dust Archive (for real!) [via Marguerite Roby, SIA].

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