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  1. The Education of George C. Wheeler - Part III

    • Date: February 7, 2013
    • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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  3. Secretary G. Wayne Clough and Smithsonian Historian, Pam Henson, 12/4/2014

    And the award goes to...

    • Date: December 30, 2014
    • Creator: Anne Van Camp
    • Description: The Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service was created in 1964 and is the highest honor given to Smithsonian staff for exceptional service over a long period of time. On December 4, 2014, Secretary G. Wayne Clough presented this award to Pam Henson for a lifetime of exceptional service to the Smithsonian Institution. She began her career here in 1973 and has been in

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  5. Wishing you a Trivial New Year!

    • Date: January 4, 2018
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: Happy National Trivia Day! January 4th is the perfect day to break out all those endless bits of knowledge stored in your noggin and share them with others. As for the history of National Trivia Day, it's thought that the creation of the game Trivial Pursuit in 1979 sparked the beginning of our fascination with trivia, and everythinge else is history, as they say. To feed our

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    19th-Century Marine Life’s Role in the 21st Century

    • Date: January 25, 2011
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Roxie Laybourne: A Bird of Many Feathers

    • Date: March 24, 2016
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: A brief biographical sketch of Roxie Laybourne, an Ornithologist who specialized in feather identification and pioneered the field of forensic ornithology.

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  11. A Quest for the First Asian Employee

    • Date: May 10, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: A search for the first Asian employee at the Smithsonian leads to Kuang-zung Tung.

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  13. The Prophet, newsletter of the Smithsonian African American Association, Volume 1, Issue 1, Accession 99-016, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Image no. SIA2016-008658.

    Smithsonian African American Association

    • Date: February 9, 2016
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: The Smithsonian African American Association was formed in 1989 and was an assembly of the Institution's employees who have organized to project a united voice, to have an impact upon pan-institutional policies that affect African Americans, and to convey these concerns to the Smithsonian Administration.

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  15. Three circular graphite drawings, one typewritten note, and one annotated handwritten note. First drawing is of a torch with text: James Smithson 1765-1965 circling it. Second drawing is of James Smithson with text: James Smithson Bicentennial 1765-1965 circling it. Third drawing is of the sunburst with text: James Smithson 1765-1965 circling it. Typewritten note: suggested designs to be incorporated into all printed matter connected with the bi-centennial. Designer says medal design too complicated

    Goodbye, 2020: Working Through a Different Kind of Year

    • Date: December 31, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Despite so many setbacks this year, Archives staff has continued to serve our researchers.

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    The Smithsonian’s First Woman Employee: Jane W. Turner, Librarian

    • Date: March 27, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Jane Turner was the first paid female employee at the Smithsonian, eventually becoming the Smithsonian’s Librarian.

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  19. Laboratory Interior, Beaufort, 1904, by Unknown photographer.

    The Broad Mission of the Division of Inquiry

    • Date: January 26, 2012
    • Description: An examination of logbooks in the Smithsonian Institution Archives reveals the multiple ways that the Division of Inquiry in the United States Commission of Fish performed scientific work at marine laboratories in the early 20th century to fulfill their expansive mission statement.

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  21. Black circular device with a tape measure and description cards below it.

    The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian

    • Date: January 9, 2018
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.

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  23. Specimen card from the Presidential Cruise of 1938.

    The Oval Office meets the Castle: Presidents at the Smithsonian

    • Date: November 8, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: The Smithsonian Castle sits just over a mile away from Washington D.C.’s most notable address,1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We are more than just a short walk away from the White House, however—we are directly tied to it and its occupants. Not only does the Smithsonian collect the history of United States Presidents (including, yes, Lincoln’s top hat and even the hair of a few

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