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  1. Adopt-a-Book save-the-date promo graphic. The background is a painting of purple flowers. The Smithsonian Libraries and Archives logo is on the left. The right includes the text: Save the dates Adopt-a-Book Salons.

    Welcome to the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Adopt-a-Book Program

    • Date: March 10, 2022
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: We all have the opportunity to support the Smithsonian—come see how the Libraries and Archives Adopt-a-Book program offers a chance to do so.

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    Revisiting the Construction of the Freer Gallery of Art

    • Date: September 29, 2016
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Some new insights from the construction records of the Freer Gallery of Art, celebrating 100 years since groundbreaking.

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  5. One of the enlargements following treatment and mounting. Photo by Michael Barnes.

    Re-mounting the American Bison

    • Date: February 25, 2016
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: One of our recent projects, these photographic crayon enlargements, associated with founder of the National Zoo William Temple Hornaday, were made on sensitized paper that was then adhered to a linen “canvas” stretched around wooden frames. The paper had become brittle, and handling at some point in the past led to a number of punctures and tears through both the paper and the

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  7. An attendee at “Don’t Rock the Cradle” examines magnetic strapping in the marketplace. Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2015.

    Preserve It While You Use It: Collections Care in Action

    • Date: April 28, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: It’s Preservation Week - see what conservation staff at the Smithsonian Institution Archives are doing to contribute to preservation-mindedness.

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  9. View from the grounds of a cathedral. A few people wander around the lawn outside of the structure.

    Field Books Go to Oxford!

    • Date: October 23, 2018
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: See how our conservation staff are sharing treatment ideas with colleagues across the world.

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  11. A man in a gray hooded sweatshirt bends over a textile-mounted piece of art on paper; he is pressing a heated metal spatula against a piece of white insulating paper to soften heat-sensitive paper as a mending technique. The art on paper is supported on a clear acrylic board suspended between two white tables.

    Some Conservator Career Advice

    • Date: July 11, 2019
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: So you want to be a conservator? In this continuation of our series on career advice, one of our conservators shares some advice for those looking to explore the professional field of cultural heritage conservation.

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    The National Park that Never Was

    • Date: August 25, 2016
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: This month marks the centennial of the National Park Service—learn about one that was planned but never built.

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  15. Side-by-side of damaged papers, with folds and tears, and recently treated papers in good conditions.

    Decision-making and Digitization: Triaging Mass Treatment Options

    • Date: February 18, 2020
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Choosing the right treatment method can be a challenge—especially when mass interventions are needed on a tight deadline.

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  17. A printed map, marked with red and brown inks, is unfolded showing the entirety of its information. A photographic target is at left.

    Navigating Treatment of the Dawson Map

    • Date: May 7, 2019
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Our treasures can pose significant—and often unexpected—challenges, like when a map has been attached to a hotel linen. See how our staff tackled a complex intervention in progress!

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  19. A group of men and women surround a table in a glass-walled room, listening to a man in a blue shirt describe a parchment document visible on the table in front of him.

    A Tale of Three Contracts

    • Date: September 5, 2019
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: An exciting new accession sheds light on James Smithson’s family history and fortune.

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