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    1. Bird observations recorded by Alexander Wetmore in Wisconsin, 1901.

      Alexander Wetmore: Observing the Making of a Scientist

      • Date: January 5, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: On National Bird Day, a look at the long and illustrious ornithology career of Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore.

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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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    5. Nephtyidae polychaetes

      Spooky, Scary Page Frights!

      • Date: October 13, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: This October cultural institutions around the world will be getting a little spooky and scary for Page Frights, a month-long look at our creepiest collection finds.

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    7. Color photo of three staff members standing in the collections processing lab

      Career advice from our Preservation Coordinator

      • Date: May 1, 2018
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: This is post is part of our series on career advice for the aspiring archives professional. Each edition features information and career advice from a different member of the Smithsonian Institution Archives team, regarding what they do, how they got here, and how you can too. Don’t be afraid to let us know who you might like to hear from next!What is preservation? This is a

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      Hindsight is 20/20: Revisiting Paper Treatments From Twenty Years Ago

      • Date: April 28, 2011
      • Description: This post is written in honor of Preservation Week, April 24–30, 2011. In celebration of this week, preservation specialists around the world will bring attention to the preservation work going on in their institutions, and inspire action to preserve collections in libraries, archives, museums, and communities. [caption id="attachment_12654" align="aligncenter" width="432"

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      Science Service, Up Close: John Clavon Norman, Jr. – Pathbreaking Cardiac Surgeon and Researcher

      • Date: August 23, 2018
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_395101,size=300,left]When Harvard Medical School distributed these photographs of John Clavon Norman, Jr., M.D. (1930-2014) to news services in the 1960s, Dr. Norman was at an exciting stage of his career. The young physician had already made quite a journey, but there would be even more paths to blaze. He had been born in West Virginia to parents who

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