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    1. Rafinesque’s drawings of tortoises observed along the Ohio River, 1818.

      Link Love: 4/13/2012

      • Date: April 13, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • 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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    3. Oyster Cannery Workers

      Sneak Peek 2/3/2014

      • Date: February 3, 2014
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Oyster cannery workers surrounded by shucked oyster shells.

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    5. An open book with handwritten notes. The heading on both pages is

      New Year, Same Field

      • Date: January 31, 2019
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Explore the different ways that scientists celebrated New Year’s during field trips abroad.

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    7. War Correspondents

      • Date: July 26, 2012
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Discusses the opening of an exhibit When Time and Duty Permit: Smithsonian Collecting in World War II and the correspondence files that will be displayed.

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    9. Some Creepy Crawly Recipes in Time for Halloween

      • Date: October 30, 2012
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Just in time for Halloween, more insect recipes found in the Archives.

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    11. 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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    13. Physicist Maria Goeppert-Mayer walking in to the Nobel ceremony with King Gustaf Adolf 1963

      Re-Prized

      • Date: December 9, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Highlight the women scientists in the Archives collections who have broken boundaries to capture the elusive Noble Prize.

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    15. A Tasty Bite to Whet the Appetite

      • Date: March 14, 2013
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: British botanist Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (1901-1957), born in Leigh, Lancashire, is best known for her research on the edible seaweed Porphyra laciniata (nori) which is used in sushi.

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    17. Color photograph of volunteer Joan Gilder siting in a preservation lab.

      Volunteer Spotlight: Joan Gilder

      • Date: April 24, 2018
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: Joan Gilder has been a volunteer with the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Preservation Team for two decades, and has worked to treat many of our collections in order to increase their lifespan and improve access. She has been an invaluable asset to the Archives since she first began, and we are thrilled to share a little more about her story.What did you do before you began

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    19. Wild animals of Glacier National Park, 1918. Vernon and Florence Merriam Bailey. Courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library.

      Scientific Sweethearts: Research Couples in the Archives

      • Date: February 11, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: A look at the life and work of husband and wife Smithsonian scientists researching in the field.

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    21. Link Love: 8/30/2019

      • Date: August 30, 2019
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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      “The Nut Lady” Reconsidered

      • Date: March 27, 2009
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Elizabeth Tashjiaan, American painter, 1912-2007, Smithsonian American Art Museum"][/caption]Looking at this photo of artist Elizabeth Tashjian in our new set of portraits of women artists at the Smithsonian Commons on Flickr, it seemed obvious to me that I was looking at a professionally-trained artist, who in fact, won

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