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  1. Geologist Sharon Purdy, Center for Earth and Planetary Sciences at the National Air and Space Museum, investigates the geology and geomorphology of landforms on Mars that were formed and (or) modified by surface water. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Sharon Purdy

    • Date: September 30, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Geologist Sharon Purdy, Center for Earch and Planetary Sciences at the National Air and Space Museum, investigates the geology and geomorphology of landforms on Mars that were formed and (or) modified by surface water. #Groundbreaker

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  3.  The first African American female elevator operator and museum technician at the National Museum of Natural History, Sophie Lutterlough, tirelessly worked to restore and classify thousands of myriapoda and tick specimen. #Groundbreaker

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sophie Lutterlough

    • Date: May 4, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The first African American female elevator operator and museum technician at the National Museum of Natural History, Sophie Lutterlough, tirelessly worked to restore and classify thousands of myriapoda and tick specimen. #Groundbreaker

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    Quick Tips for Preserving Your Family’s Past

    • Date: November 26, 2019
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: As the holiday season approaches, here are a few quick tips on some preservation strategies for your family’s treasures.

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    Link Love: 7/15/2016

    • Date: July 15, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A cook's delight: 3000 vintage cookbooks now available on the Internet Archive. [via Open Culture]A growing online archive of Vernacular Typography. [via Hyperallergic]18th century toilets beget treasures! [via Huffington Post]Space travel plans? You can download the code that took America to the moon from GitHub. [via Quartz]Museums on my bucket list; Japan's museum for

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    OUCH: Scary Pictures of Broad Daylight

    • Date: April 30, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Waikiki, No.

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  11. Holiday table with silver utensils and star-shaped cake

    Link Love: 12/30/2016

    • Date: December 30, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: One of the oldest photo archives, the George Eastman House, recently published a quarter million photos online. [via Hyperallergic]A groundbreaking astrophysicist, Vera Rubin, who confirmed the existence of dark matter, died at 88. [via NPR]How NOT to preserve a digital archive. [via Preservica]What does Star Wars have to do with digital preservation? The Data Formats of Star

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  13. Wine Label from Spain

    Link Love: 8/5/2016

    • Date: August 5, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Help transcribe wine labels for the University of California, Davis, to contribute to the understanding of the post-Prohibition wine industry. [via Hyperallergic]Getty hired its first semantic architect, Rob Sanderson, who will work on their open culture initiatives. [via Iris]A hidden Degas portrait revealed by a particle accelerator! [via NY Times]The California Academy of

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  15. Violent Rabbits Found in Medieval Manuscripts

    Link Love: 6/3/2016

    • Date: June 3, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Yikes, who knew bunnies could be so vicious? [via Colossal]A previously unpublished story by Langston Hughes was found in the Yale Archives. [via New Yorker]Now that's dedication: A WWI soldier finished his PhD dissertation in the trenches. [via Open Culture]Bad news for the cultural heritage sector; a UN report showing climate change is putting World Heritage Icons at risk.

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    Link Love: 12/31/2010

    • Date: December 31, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="324" caption="Stereo Images (Precipitating Snow) obtained using a Low Temperature Scanning Electron Microscope (LT-SEM) that is located in the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in the Electron Microscopy Unit, Beltsville Maryland, Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture."][/caption] We have old-school photos of snow at the

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  19. Alma Whiffen Barksdale (1916-1981) worked as a mycologist at The Upjohn Company, where she discovered cycloheximide, an anti-fungal agent widely used on golf courses and cherry orchards.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Alma Whiffen Barksdale

    • Date: September 10, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  21. Zoologist Ann Haven Morgan (1882-1966) was the author of Fieldbook of Ponds and Streams (1930) and Animals in Wonder (1939) and was known for her contributions to environmental conservation.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Ann Haven Morgan

    • Date: May 7, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  23. Bertha Parker Pallan [Cody] (1907-1978) is considered one of the first female Native American archaeologists. She hosted a television program with her husband, Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999), explaining Indian history and folklore.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Bertha Parker Pallan

    • Date: January 8, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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