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      “Smithsonian Station”: The Metro Station that Almost Wasn’t

      • Date: July 5, 2016
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: A station for the Metro, Washington DC’s subway system, was eliminated from early plans but protest by the Smithsonian ensured it would be built.

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    3. Portrait of a woman wearing a nurses uniform that includes a small, white hat. A white building with tall columns is in the background.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Verdine J. Frederick

      • Date: July 21, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    5. National Zoo reproductive biologist JoGayle Howard holding black-footed ferret kits, an endangered species, c. 1997.

      Smithsonian Optimism for the Blue Planet

      • Date: April 27, 2017
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: An overview of the history of environmental conservation activities at the Smithsonian, since its founding in 1846.

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    7. Black and white image of Austin Clark sitting at his desk, which is covered in piles of papers and marine life specimens.

      “Muse of Scientific Literature”: Leila Forbes Clark

      • Date: March 13, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: In honor of Women’s History Month and the 50th anniversary of Smithsonian Libraries, let’s learn about Leila Gay Forbes Clark (1887-1964), the second woman to direct the Smithsonian’s library. She was beloved by the researchers she worked with (really loved in one case….) and began the restructuring of the many small libraries across the Smithsonian.

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      The Saint Augustine Monster

      • Date: August 18, 2010
      • Creator: Mary Markey
      • Description: What was the Saint Augustine Monster? According to Wikipedia, it was a globster—“an unidentified organic mass that washes up on the shoreline of an ocean or other body of water.” This great-grandaddy of globsters kept cryptozoologists speculating and scientists testing for a century—and a piece of it lives at the Smithsonian. The St. Augustine monster was discovered by two

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      Color History with the Smithsonian Recap!

      • Date: April 5, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, over 30 volunteers showed up at the National Museum of the American Indian to write minority women into digital history during a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in honor of Women's History Month. On the to-do list were artists, educators, activists, Smithsonian employees, the first Chinese-American female dentist, and the African-American woman who

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    13. The Normal Rock Creek by William H. Holmes

      William Henry Holmes

      • Date: November 29, 2016
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: The multi-talented William Henry Holmes contributed to the Smithsonian as an artist, explorer, geologist, archeologist and museum director.

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    15. 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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      Earth Day

      • Date: April 19, 2012
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In September 1989 the Smithsonian sponsored a discussion between scientists and journalists about how the media can responsibly report on environmental issues.

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    19. Portrait photograph of Evangelestia-Dougherty. Trees are in the background.

      Smithsonian Names Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty Director of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

      • Date: October 6, 2021
      • Description: On October 5, 2021, the Smithsonian announced that Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty will be the new director of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, effective Nov. 6.

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      Remembering Robert McCormick Adams, Secretary 1984-1994

      • Date: January 29, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10199,size=500,center]Robert McCormick Adams (1926-2018) served as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1984 to 1994. He succeeded S. Dillon Ripley who had overseen a period of remarkable expansion from 1964 to 1984. Dr. Dr. Robert McCormick Adams (1926-2018) served as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1984 to 1994. An

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      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website

      • Date: April 9, 2020
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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