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  1. Hypsometer sketch featured in a book.

    Joseph Henry Hypes Hypsometers

    • Date: October 29, 2019
    • Description: Although initially skeptical about the effectiveness of the hypsometer, Secretary Joseph Henry soon recognized the value of the instrument, which he discovered from his colleagues in the scientific field.

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  3. Hot Topics: From Extinct Monsters to Carousels

    • Date: January 8, 2013
    • Creator: Mary Markey
    • Description: A quarterly overview of research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  5. Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2019

    • Date: December 26, 2019
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been researching recently, and you’ll get into some

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  7. Black and white half-plate daguerreotype of a woman seen from the chest up, image is in a black frame

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2018

    • Date: May 22, 2018
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: This is the latest post in our "Hot Topix" series. In each quarterly edition we show you what the reference team has been up to, and bring you some of the more notable inuqires we have received.Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch

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    The Smithsonian and the Solar Eclipse

    • Date: August 8, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: The Smithsonian has a history of eclipse-ready public programming! How the Smithsonian has worked with the public in 1972, and today, to help visitors view eclipses safely.

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  11. Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2018

    • Date: December 27, 2018
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: We highlight a few topics explored this fall by researchers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  13. Black circular device with a tape measure and description cards below it.

    The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian

    • Date: January 9, 2018
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.

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  15. A man and woman stands outdoors in a rocky area. Both are holding the golf clubs and the woman is preparing to take a swing.

    Margaret Sordahl, Collecting Flora and Fauna at a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Station

    • Date: December 2, 2021
    • Description: We’re taking a glimpse into the work and life of Margaret Sordahl and other women at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory stations around the world.

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  17. Link Love: 8/30/2013

    • Date: August 30, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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  19. Smithson’s Crypt in Genoa, Italy, Prematio Studio Fotographico (Genova, Italy), 1897, Smithsonian Institution Archives, negative # 82-3195.

    Happy Birth Year, Mr. Smithson

    • Date: November 17, 2015
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: 2015 is the 250th anniversary of James Smithson’s birth. Although we don’t know the day of his birth, this year we are celebrating his birthday.

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  21. A woman wearing gloves and a man work with a wooden tool on a desk.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Janice Stagnitto Ellis

    • Date: September 16, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Since 2009, Janice Stagnitto Ellis has been the senior paper and book conservator at Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Between 1992 and 1999, Ellis worked as a senior book conservator at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. In her current role at the Museum, Ellis supervises the day-to-day operations of the Paper Conservation Lab. She is responsible for the

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  23. Someone holds up the program for the symposium. The ceiling at the Kogod Courtyard is visible in the background.

    Recapping "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study"

    • Date: December 24, 2019
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: Last week, on December 17 and 18, folks from across the Smithsonian and the public gathered to listen, learn, and discuss at "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study," a two-day symposium, organized by the American Women’s History Initiative. Presenters celebrated women working at the Smithsonian and explored how they represent the broader experience for

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