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    SIA Acc. 13-305, National Museum of African Art (U.S.), Website Records, 2010-2013

    • Date: 2010 2010-2013
    • Creator: National Museum of African Art
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  3. Caribee stern, Schmitt on port side, 1959. Image SIA2018-109433.

    On Expedition with Waldo Schmitt

    • Date: July 31, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that’s true, some of Dr. Waldo LaSalle Schmitts field books are worth tens of thousands of words.

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  5. Two floppy disks labeled with the ZooArk info. One is from the rhino files and the other is from the tiger files.

    Where Will This Lead? Exhibits, Zoos and Video-dating

    • Date: January 14, 2020
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.

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  7. Where Are Archives Going? Impressions from SAA 2012

    • Date: August 30, 2012
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: Impressions from the Society of American Archivists 2012 Annual Meeting on how archives are transforming themselves in the 21st century.

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  9. Diana of the Tides’ vibrant colors are reminiscent of paintings by Maxfield Parrish. Diana’s creator John Elliott knew Maxfield and his father Stephen from visits to the artists colony in Cornish, New Hampshire. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Archives.

    Diana of the Tides: A Sensation of Her Time

    • Date: January 25, 2011
    • Description: This post originally appeared on the National Museum of Natural History's blog, Unearthed.Who would think that behind the west wall of NMNH's paleontology hall is a painting of a goddess that created a sensation when installed in 1910? Some of you who visited the museum fifty years ago may remember the captivating Diana of the Tides as she surveyed the hall.Diana was painted

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  11. Google Analytics Map Showing Traffic to the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Bl

    Here's Looking at You

    • Date: June 25, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A peek into our metrics program at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  13. The top half of a yellowed parchment sheet is shown, covered densely with dark brown ink. A passage is highlighted in yellow, reading “She the said Henrietta Maria Walker by virtue and in pursuance of the Power and Authority reserved and given to her in and by the said recited Indenture of Release and Settlement of the thirteenth of July One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine and of all and every other Power and Powers Authority and Authorities to her belonging in her vested”.

    Enduring Mysteries of the Hungerford Deed

    • Date: December 3, 2020
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Much has been learned and uncovered about the Hungerford Deed—but what is still out there to learn? Dig in with us to explore a few of these unanswered questions!

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    SIA Acc. 12-559, National Museum of African Art (U.S.), Website Records, 2009-2012

    • Date: 2009 2009-2012
    • Creator: National Museum of African Art
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    WWII: Mobilizing for the War Effort

    • Date: June 27, 2016
    • Description: Just as the Smithsonian rallied around America’s wartime needs in World War I, in World War II the Smithsonian stepped up to the plate to aid the armed services as they mobilized for war. Secretary Charles G. Abbot quickly created the Smithsonian War Committee to facilitate optimizing the Institution’s resources and knowledge for the armed services. As Secretary Charles D.

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    The Bigger Picture - Page 45|Smithsonian Institution Archives

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