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    1. N.G. Morrison in section of new steel bookstacks in library at east end of Great Hall in the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, November 21, 1914.

      Sneak Peek 2/10/2020

      • Date: February 10, 2020
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: N.G. Morrison in section of new steel bookstacks in library at east end of Great Hall in the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, November 21, 1914, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B37A_F10_003.

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      Labor of Love: Art in Hard Times

      • Date: September 4, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_2167" align="aligncenter" width="185" caption="Biddle at work on Society Freed through Justice in the Justice Department Building, Washington, D.C. Photographer unknown. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, 1935-1942. Archives of American Art."][/caption] This Monday, as we observe Labor Day in the midst of a serious economic

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      Unlocking the History of the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute

      • Date: October 9, 2018
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: A couple of months ago, a few members of the Archives staff went out to the Smithsonian Conversation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, to collect some records that are being accessioned into our collections. One of the items we were given on this trip was a book detailing the facilities located on the property in Front Royal prior to it being used by the

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      Save the Silver!

      • Date: September 4, 2012
      • Description: During the Civil War, Solomon G. Brown protected valuables from the approaching Confederate Army.

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      Controversy in the “Castle”

      • Date: November 10, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    11. They say it's your birthday...We're gonna have a good time!

      • Date: August 9, 2018
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Tomorrow is the Smithsonian’s 172nd birthday! So, let’s celebrate with cake through the ages.[view:sia_slideshow==84135]Related ResourcesJames Smithson: Founder of the Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution Archives17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!), The Bigger Picture, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesLooking Smithson’s Gift Horse in the Mouth, The

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      The Smithsonian and Latin America

      • Date: February 15, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9988,size=500,center]While many people view the Smithsonian as a complex of museums in Washington, DC, it began as and still is an international organization devoted to research and education. A look at the Smithsonian Global website reveals where Smithsonian staff can be found today.Since the Smithsonian’s founding in 1846, the Institution has

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    15. A daguerreotype of John Quincy Adams, taken in March 1843.

      Link Love: 8/18/2017

      • Date: August 18, 2017
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • 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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      See Here: 1/12/2011

      • Date: January 12, 2011
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="409" caption="Attending the opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (now known as Anacostia Community Museum), are (left to right): Director John R. Kinard; Mayor of Washington, D.C., September 15, 1967, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9538, John R. Kinard Oral

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      See Here: 4/9/2010

      • Date: April 9, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="362" caption="Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931) sits at a table in the Hollywood Playhouse. She is best remembered for her efforts to transform Washington, D.C. into the nation's cultural capital during the first quarter of the twentieth century, 1927, by Paralta Studio, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession

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      See Here: 4/12/2011

      • Date: April 12, 2011
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="367" caption="A diorama of Andrew Ellicott and his assistant Benjamin Banneker taking a break from surveying the boundaries of Washington, D.C., in "Laying out the Nation's Capital" in the Hall of Physical Sciences, 1966, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95,

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    23. Exterior view of South Shed, looking northeast with Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, in view

      Sneak Peek 5/27/2019

      • Date: May 27, 2019
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Exterior view of South Shed, looking northeast with Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, in view, April 18, 1974, by Richard Farrar, SIA Acc. 11-009, 74-6631.

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