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    Panoramic Panic! A Sticky Situation, Part 2

    • Date: August 5, 2010
    • Description: This piece is part two in a series of posts about Smithsonian Institution Archives’ (SIA) paper conservator and interns working on stabilizing a 1921 panoramic photo of air mail pilots and crews that is being moved to the National Air and Space Museum’s (NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Also see part 1 and a related post on NASM's blog. [caption id="attachment_7587"

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  3. Portrait photograph of a woman wearing a necklace of of Brazilian beetles set in gold.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Virginia Beets

    • Date: December 11, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Virginia Beets was instrumental in the early years of the National Museum of American History as an Administrative Officer, 1963–73, and Registrar, 1973–83. She initially joined the Smithsonian as a secretary in the Division of Insects at the National Museum of Natural History in 1949. #Groundbreaker

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    6 Questions Answered at the Archives

    • Date: December 27, 2012
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian's new branding campaign, "Seriously Amazing," answers some interesting questions about the Smithsonian.

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    Women's History Month: Celebrating 6 years!

    • Date: March 4, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Follow along with the Smithsonian Institution Archives as we celebrate Women's History Month!

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    Protecting Wildlife in Our National Parks: William Temple Hornaday and the American Bison

    • Date: August 17, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: August is National Parks Month, a time to celebrate the resources that have been preserved across the country for the public. In August of 1916, the US Congress created the National Park Service which today provides access to unparalleled natural beauty and treasured sites in American history.

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    See Here: 1/1/2010

    • Date: January 1, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="Robert W. Mason and Philip C. Ritterbush, Smithsonian administrators, with "Cosumbo," a mountain coatimundi, collected on their mountain-climbing expedition in Colombia, 1969, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit

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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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    Unity for International Migratory Bird Day

    • Date: May 10, 2018
    • Creator: Matt Peterson
    • Description: The theme of this year’s International Migratory Bird Day is unity. The Smithsonian has a longstanding history of commitment to the natural world. No figure in the Institution’s history better exemplifies the theme of unity surrounding migratory species than sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. He knew the importance of the role that birds play in

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    Location! Location! Location!

    • Date: July 6, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Link Love: 1/20/2017

    • Date: January 20, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Inauguration 2017 edition!Bowdoin College unveils rare photograph of President Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inauguration. [via AP]The University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center scores the "Mad Men" archive! [via Info Docket]Harriet Tubman is getting a National Historical Park! Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the

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    The 12 Days of Winter at the Archives

    • Date: December 25, 2012
    • Description: Check out our holiday message from the staff of the Smithsonian Institutiton Archives, including a special guest.

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    Beating Hearts

    • Date: August 11, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: Artists are often among the researchers who comb through archives in search of inspiration and content. A few years back in 2008, an encyclopedic exhibition, Archive Fever, presented at the International Center of Photography in New York, presented works by leading contemporary artists who have made active use of archival images, documents, and methodology to explore the ways

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