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  1. The Mars Rover Spirit took this sublime view of a sunset over the rim of Gusev Crater, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) away. Taken from Husband Hill, it looks much like a sunset on Earth—a reminder that other worlds can seem eerily familiar. Sunset and twilight images help scientists to determine how high into the atmosphere the Martian dust extends and to look for dust or ice clouds. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Texas A&M/Cornell.

    Link Love: 1/10/2014

    • Date: January 10, 2014
    • 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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    “Smithsonian Station”: The Metro Station that Almost Wasn’t

    • Date: July 5, 2016
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: A station for the Metro, Washington DC’s subway system, was eliminated from early plans but protest by the Smithsonian ensured it would be built.

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  5. Diplodocus on display among other mammals on display.

    Archives Puzzles: Piecing Together the Diplodocus

    • Date: October 26, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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  7. Charles Jones, “Vegetables, Bean Runner”

    Link Love: 10/28/2016

    • Date: October 28, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Beautiful 19th century images of vegetables found at a flea market, by Charles Jones. [via Hyperallergic]Saving Langley Research Center's records, and in turn, American aviation history. [via NASA]The Smithsonian National Museum of American History's Archives Center and Libraries has acquired Jane and Michael Stern's ephemera from their foodie roadtrips. [via O Say Can You

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  9. Observations taken from 9 p.m. August 3th to 2 a.m. August 9, 1872 in Holt County, Missouri, of an aurora. Detailed, timed observations on a single sized document in purple ink.

    The Increase and Diffusion of Data

    • Date: October 19, 2021
    • Description: Research has been at the core of Smithsonian’s mission from the beginning, and sharing that research—through activities like publishing papers and data—is still key to fulfilling that mission for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.”

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    The Archives’ Hidden Women

    • Date: March 15, 2018
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9246,size=500,center]THE BIGGER PICTURE's “Wonderful Women Wednesday” series profiles the female curators, directors, and research scientists who have risen to prominence in their careers at the Smithsonian.These stories of broken glass ceilings are fascinating, but they barely scratch the surface of the Smithsonian’s female workforce through the

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  13. Happy Birthday, Smithsonian Magazine!

    • Date: April 21, 2015
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A look back at the first issue of Smithsonian Magazine for its 45th anniversary.

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    Research at the Archives: Finding Grasses for the South

    • Date: May 26, 2011
    • Description: As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Museum of American History, I’ve spent months in the Smithsonian Institution Archives researching a book tentatively titled, Not Naturally a Grass Country: Environment, Plant Genetics, and the Quest for Agricultural Modernization in the Humid World. It’s largely a story about global attempts to replace one form of agriculture—the

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  17. Enola Gay, by Dane Penland, National Air and Space Museum

    Recent Acquisition - Records from Martin Harwit, Director, NASM, 1986-1995

    • Date: April 24, 2014
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Looking at a recently acquired collection records created and maintained by former National Air and Space Museum director, Martin Harwit, that relate to the Enola Gay, its exhibition, and the controversy that ensued.

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  19. Curator Claudia Kidwell

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Claudia Kidwell

    • Date: September 21, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator Claudia Kidwell, Smithsonian's National Museum of History and Technology (now American History), started as an intern in 1961, became Curator of Costume after finishing her degree, and Acting Director of the entire museum in 1979!

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  21. View of an exhibit, titled

    Archives Puzzles: 100 Years of the Smithsonian

    • Date: November 23, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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    Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives’ Website

    • Date: January 18, 2018
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collections to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.New Finding Aids Online: A group of collections documenting the field work of scientists who worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology:

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