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  1. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Hearing the Unheard: the Smithsonian and the Riots of 1968

    • Date: September 20, 2016
    • Description: The riots following King’s assassination in 1968 transformed Smithsonian’s relationship to black history and culture.

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  3. Stereoview showing a piece of mummy cartonnage (wrappings) painted with hieroglyphics, from Saqqara, Egypt, at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2018

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

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    Introducing: A Tale of Two Sisters: The Hungerford Deed and James Smithson’s Legacy

    • Date: August 10, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: To commemorate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary on August 10, 2021, the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is launching a web exhibit that sheds new light on English chemist James Smithson’s gift to found the Smithsonian.

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  7. Alt: Nora shows a crowd of people small objects on display on a table.

    What Our Experts Want You to Know About Preservation

    • Date: April 29, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: For Preservation Week, our team answered our burning, often ignorant questions about their biggest challenges, what they consider when treating objects, and beyond.

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  9. Screenshot of the Vaccines and US archived website that shows a banner noting it was archived August 5, 2021.

    Another Year of Collecting Online History

    • Date: March 31, 2022
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Changing museum hours and new websites meant another busy year for Smithsonian website archiving.

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  11. What’s not to love about slideshows?

    • Date: February 10, 2010
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Link Love: 10/20/2017

    • Date: October 20, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: You can help the Smithsonian produce a 9 CD Hip Hop & Rap Anthology in a newly launched Kickstarter, and if you kick in $100 or more, you'll get a digital-only track! The material in the anthology was produced with an advisory board comprised of members of the hip-hop community including artists Chuck D, MC Lyte, Questlove and 9th Wonder. [via billboard]The Smithsonian

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    Passwords and Paper Printouts: Preserving the Electronic Records of the Devra Kleiman Papers

    • Date: July 28, 2011
    • Description: In the course of my internship at the Smithsonian Archives’ Digital Services Division I’ve worked with myriad digital records, converting both new material and past accessions into formats that can be more easily preserved. But the most exciting part of my time here came when I was given my very own accession, the Devra G. Kleiman Papers, to work on. My task was to copy all of

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  17. Volunteer Petrina Foti with the NMAH Computer Collections

    Volunteer Appreciation: Petrina Foti

    • Date: April 11, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: We celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month by recognizing Petrina Foti, whose work contributes to our oral history collections.

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    It Pays to Be Free

    • Date: March 25, 2010
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Bus Seats, by Adam Gerard, Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License"][/caption] I took a stroll at lunch today since it’s that time of year again when the magnolia trees bloom in the Smithsonian Castle’s Enid Haupt Garden. It’s important to catch it before a rain or a big breeze snatches

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  21. Black and white photo of a young Margaret Collins sitting at a lab bench with a microscope in front of her.

    Margaret Collins: Scholar, Civil Rights Activist, and Mentor

    • Date: March 27, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: During this Women’s History Month, the Smithsonian Transcription Center has been highlighting projects from women around the Smithsonian. Among these women is Margaret Collins, a pioneering scientist and civil rights activist. While her fieldwork has been written about previously, that is clearly just one part of a full and distinguished career.Collins’ interest in science

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  23. Now You See It, Now You Don't - The Foucault Pendulum at the National Museum of American History

    • Date: November 8, 2018
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: In honor of the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays, a look inside the Foucault pendulum that used to hang at the National Museum of American History.

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