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      Growing a National Museum – the Curators’ Annual Reports

      • Date: May 19, 2016
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: The United States National Museum Curators’ Annual Reports will be added to the Smithsonian Transcription Center, beginning the first week of June.

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    3. Click on the image to download a printable PDF of the holiday card.

      Happy Holidays (and a free card) from the Archives

      • Date: December 12, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Happy Holidays 2011 from the Smithsonian Institution Archives and the Smithsonian's Field Book Project, with a free printable card featuring penguins from our collections.

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    5. Facing Adverse Conditions While Collecting in the Field

      • Date: July 31, 2012
      • Description: David Crockett Graham's field books depict how he faced many adverse conditions while collecting specimens in China.

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      A Well Engineered Photograph

      • Date: November 20, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Construction of the Pension Building, Designed by Montgomery Meigs, c. 1883, by Unknown photographer, Albumen print, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Image ID: AFS 182."][/caption] One of the first collections that I encountered during my travels through the photography collections of the

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      Let us know what you think about the new Smithsonian Commons

      • Date: July 13, 2010
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_7367" align="aligncenter" width="417" caption="Slide from Mike Edson, the Smithsonian's head of Web and New Media Strategy, Slideshare presentation on the Smithsonian Commons."][/caption] Just recently, the Smithsonian released a prototype of the Smithsonian Commons—a new part of the digital plan at the Smithsonian that aims to stimulate “learning,

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    11. Portrait of Cynthia Chavez Lamar. Her hair is shoulder-length and she had bangs. Her top is black and gray. Her arms are crossed and she is smiling toward the camera. She is wearing a silver necklace with a turquoise stone at the center.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar

      • Date: January 26, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Last week, Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar was named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Chavez Lamar has worked at the Museum throughout her career, from an internship in 1994 to her current role as acting associate director for collections and operations. Between 2000 and 2005, she was an associate curator, leading the work on “Our Lives,” one of

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      Staff Pick from the National Museum of the American Indian

      • Date: December 11, 2009
      • Description: To mark American Indian Heritage Month this year, staff members from the Photo Archive at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), filled us in on the history of the collections recently made available on the NMAI Collections Search website. As a follow-up, they are sharing their personal favorites from the archive. Today we hear from Lou Stancari,

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      News Releases & Fact Sheet

      • Date: August 1, 2011
      • Description: Press releases and facts about the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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    17. A photo of Mary Woodard Lasker (1900-1994).

      There Are Prizes . . . and There Are Winners

      • Date: March 6, 2012
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Nobel prizes are not the only rewards for work improving public health and making the world a better place.

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      Link Love: 9/21/2012

      • Date: September 21, 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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    21. Image of yellow pencils at different stages of sharpening on mechanical belt.

      Link Love: 1/19/2018

      • Date: January 19, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: These photos just make you want to write solely in pencil. [story on one of America's last pencil factory via NY Times]It's hard to believe the Flickr Commons, a space in Flickr for archival photo collections, is 10 years old. [via Library of Congress]Scientists, including a fellow from our National Museum of Natural History, Ligiane Moras, have identified two new species of

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    23. 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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