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  1. A letter from Waldo Schmitt Jr. to his father, 1925.

    Care Package from Home

    • Date: July 11, 2017
    • Creator: Charles Zange
    • Description: A look at letters from home that the Smithsonian's Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt received while traveling on expeditions in 1925.

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  3. Kensington stone, Record Unit 95 - Photograph Collection, 1850s - , Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 38110a.

    Hot Topics in Archival Research

    • Date: June 10, 2014
    • Creator: Mary Markey
    • Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    Link Love: 5/29/2015

    • Date: May 29, 2015
    • 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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  7. Color photograph of a handheld field notebook opened, and displaying a sketch of a rural landscape.

    Exhibiting the Smithsonian Institution Archives: A Look Back

    • Date: May 15, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_13754,size=400,center]When people think of a Smithsonian exhibit, they probably don’t think of one filled with documents from an archives! A piece of paper doesn’t grab your attention from across the room, as the Fénykövi elephant or Chuck Berry’s car do. But on closer inspection, handwritten scraps have fascinating stories to tell. They can be

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  9. 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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  11. 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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    A Tongue-Twisting New Photo App

    • Date: December 23, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="331" caption="14th Street and Broadway, NYC (man with goggles), 1947, by Louis Faurer, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of anonymous donors, 2007.40.61 "][/caption] Earlier this month, Google introduced the Beta and Android-based version of the new and, for some, startling photo-based search feature they’ve calling Google Goggles.

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    Creating a Digital Smithsonian

    • Date: September 28, 2010
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_8323" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Smithsonian employees attend the 2010 Smithsonian Digitization Fair. Photograph by Michael Barnes."][/caption] For two days in mid-September, Smithsonian Institution employees gathered for a digitization fair to share ideas and hear about some neat projects. Even those who work here are impressed by

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    We Have New Tags!

    • Date: March 5, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="Summer Youth Employment Program, July 1964, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Call No.: AC0618.004.0001801."][/caption] You may have noticed that we have sorted out our tags

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  19. Link Love: 7/23/2021

    • Date: July 23, 2021
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a biweekly 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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  21. Ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Alice Cunningham Fletcher

    • Date: October 5, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher (left), contributor to the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, was one of the 1st female ethnologists, a founding member of the American Anthropological Association, and the 1st female president of the American Folklore Society. #Groundbreaker

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  23. A photo slide of a man sitting at a desk.

    Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

    • Date: January 12, 2021
    • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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