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  1. Letterhead from Professor Thorndike Saville, Associate Professor of Sanitary Engineering, stating that they never have, nor will, register women in the engineering department.

    Link Love: 6/9/2017

    • Date: June 9, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Ouch — the Society of Women Engineers has a collection of rejection letters sent to women attempting to gain entry to engineering programs. [via Atlantic]A new discovery of 300,000 year old remains of Homo sapiens shows that our species evolved in multiple locations on the African continent. [via NY Times]iNaturalist.org is launching an app that will help you identify plants

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  3. Link Love: 12/7/2012

    • Date: December 7, 2012
    • 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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  5. Two graphics of one large and one small folder. The color of the top of the folder is small but the lower later reveals a map.

    World of Maps Project - Preventive Conservation Actions

    • Date: February 26, 2019
    • Description: Explore our interns’ new techniques for preservation of maps at NMNH: a map transportation tool, a rehousing plan, and training for volunteers.

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    National Museum of American History

    • Date: April 14, 2011
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp

    • Date: February 14, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp, Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, oversees the museum's social and cultural dimensions of spaceflight collection, and wrote a book about early women in space programs which won the 2004 Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature. #Groundbreaker

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  11. Tojin ja-odori no zu / Chinese dragon dance, [between 1850-1900], Chadbourne Collection of Japanese Prints, Library of Congress [LC-USZC4-10363].

    Link Love: 6/23/2017

    • Date: June 23, 2017
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.

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  13. The Runaway, 1958, is an example of Rockwell's photorealism. (Norman Rockwell Ar

    Link Love: 1/4/2013

    • Date: January 4, 2013
    • 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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  15. U.S. service members raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan, on Feb. 23, 1945.

    Link Love: 5/6/2016

    • Date: May 6, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Marines are investigating a possible case of mistaken identity in the iconic WWII Iwo Jima photo. [via NPR]The little known history behind Cinco de Mayo. [via Smithsonian Magazine]A short film on the Smithsonian's incredible whale skeleton collection. [via Hakai Magazine]The Prelinger Archives has published 6600 public domain films to the Internet Archive! [via Open Culture]A

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    Field Book Project Highlights Scientific Exploration with New Flickr Commons Photos

    • Date: November 17, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  19. Sharon Jones' Birthday Party

    Link Love: 5/13/2016

    • Date: May 13, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Calling all history sleuths! The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History needs your help identifying . [via Smithsonian Magazine]Smithsonian Folkways has acquired the voluminous Arhoolie Records collection of blues, gospel, Cajun and Mexican folk music. [via NY Times]Did you miss the launch of the new rights statement framework for cultural heritage organizations

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  21. Salvador Dali, New York, 1947, by Irving Penn, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist. Copyright © The Irving Penn Foundation.

    Link Love: 7/10/2015

    • Date: July 10, 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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  23. Portrait of Ann M. Seeger

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ann M. Seeger

    • Date: December 21, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Ann M. Seeger, curator emeritus, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, managed the chemistry and biological sciences collection, and is an expert in science education apparatus and balances and weights.v#Groundbreaker

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