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    Where in the World Is That Field Book?

    • Date: July 28, 2016
    • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
    • Description: Field books are now on our website. Not only that, but they are becoming full text searchable.

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    Link Love: 12/1/2017

    • Date: December 1, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Surreal, doctored historic images by Nicolas Monterrat. [via Colossal]Europeana announced the winners of the 2017 Gif It Up competition! [via Europeana blog]Chinese researchers are starting the daunting task of digitizing more than 200,000 volumes of Mongolian books and documents, including a rare Mongolian version of the Tibetan Buddhist classic Kangyur from 1720. [via

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  5. Getting started on the Homepage, Smithsonian Transcription Center

    Growing to a Community of Volunpeers: Communication & Discovery

    • Date: July 8, 2014
    • Description: The Smithsonian Transcription Center has grown from individuals to a collaborative community of volunpeers. Here are four ways we see it happening.

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    Link Love: 3/30/2018

    • Date: March 30, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Women's History Month edition, continued!The story of fossil seller and paleontologist Mary Anning (for whom the "She Sells Seashells" rhyme was possibly written), in Peeps. [via The Last Word on Nothing]A look at the WWI Women's Land Army composed of "farmettes" who went outside the home to address the national food shortage. [via LOC Blog]For 25 cents an hour, less than

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  9. Here at the Smithsonian: Trips to the National Zoo

    • Date: October 26, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Watch two recently-digitized clips featuring scenes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in 1982.

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  11. Everything I Own

    • Date: February 6, 2020
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: Some refer to the Smithsonian as "America's Attic." It probably earned this nickname because throughout its history, the Smithsonian has acquired artifacts, relics, paintings, personal collections, and even hair samples related to the Commander in Chief (yes, the National Museum of American History has a collection of presidential hairs!).With Presidents' Day coming up on

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    Highlighting Reference Services on the New Archives Website

    • Date: September 27, 2011
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  15. Botanist Frederick Vernon Coville (1867-1937).

    Contagious Contributions: The Rewards of Asking for Help

    • Date: February 26, 2015
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: Update on the continuing and growing contributions of volunteers at the Smithsonian Transcription Center.

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    New Website: The Mischievous Megatherium Club!

    • Date: February 6, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: "It is five o’clock, when the Megatherium takes its prey, that the most interesting characters of the animal are seen. Then it roars with delight and makes up for the hard work of the day by much fun and conduction." Folks at Home, February 17, 1863, Robert Kennicott[edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=250,left]Not only is this beast intriguing as a specimen, but it is the

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    Link Love: 11/8/2019

    • Date: November 8, 2019
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  21. Adelia Gates—Flower Painter or Botanical Illustrator?

    • Date: March 31, 2011
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    A Short History of Photography from Cigar Box to Cell Phone

    • Date: June 23, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper, copy of the original photo by John Draper, created by Daniel Draper, 1893, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications."][/caption] Imagine that you are the first person to take a photograph. What would you

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