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  1. Spencer and Mary Baird sit in chairs and Lucy Baird stands behind her father.

    Lucy Hunter Baird: Much More Than a Devoted Daughter

    • Date: March 5, 2020
    • Description: Lucy Hunter Baird did not shy away from her father’s towering legacy in American science, she embraced it. As the only child of Spencer Fullerton Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lucy Baird developed a passion for her father’s discipline of ornithology (the study of birds) and strove to chronicle his extraordinary life in a biography. Although she was

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  3. Roslyn A. Walker stands at the center of a large group posing for a picture. The label above the title reads:

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Roslyn A. Walker

    • Date: June 3, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Roslyn A. Walker was the Director of Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art from 1997 to 2002. Under her leadership, the Museum welcomed a new permanent gallery for contemporary art, a development office, and the Friends of African Art support committee. From 1981 until her appointment, Walker had worked at the Museum as a curator, specializing in Nigerian art.

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  5. Lantern slide photograph on glass in wood mount, William Langenheim (1807–1874) and Frederick Langenheim (1809–1879) Philadelphia, 1850.

    Deconstructing a Mystery: Rare photo proves to be the earliest ever taken of the Smithsonian Castle

    • Date: August 10, 2015
    • Description: A rare hyalotype proves to be the earliest known photo of the Smithsonian Castle, taken in 1850 when it was still under construction.

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  7. Mori Arinori: Japanese Statesman

    • Date: May 30, 2013
    • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
    • Description: In 1872, at the young age of twenty-five, Mori Arinori (1847-1889) traveled to America as the first Charge d’Affaires from the Meiji government. His trip included a visit to the Smithsonian where he established a close relationship with Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry.

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  9. Unrolled group of graphic recordings showing just how large and unwieldy these records are. Photo by William Bennett, 2015. Accession 09-296 - Office of the Secretary, Strategic Planning Records, 2009, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease: A Custom Storage Solution for an Unusual Collection

    • Date: February 5, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Unusual sized and shaped items can be a challenge in archives—here’s how our conservation staff dealt with a particularly tricky accession.

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  11. Full Steam Ahead: The Motorcycle’s Bicycle Beginnings

    • Date: May 24, 2016
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: A look at the steam tricycle and other bicycle innovations during the turn of the 20th century.

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  13. A photo slide of a man sitting at a desk.

    Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

    • Date: January 12, 2021
    • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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  15. Expedition photo by Lonnie Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, Ohio State University from The Habitable Planet.

    Archiving Born-Digital Media from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

    • Date: October 27, 2020
    • Description: We’ve been processing audiovisual media collections from the Science Media Group division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

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  17. A military pension card for Harrison Lomax. He filed in Virginia and is listed in the class

    Harrison Lomax: Smithsonian Employee, Civil War Veteran, Husband, Father

    • Date: September 1, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: As a laborer at the Smithsonian from 1882 until his death in 1918, Harrison Lomax served the Institution’s top leaders. A letter in our collections that he wrote to Secretary Samuel P. Langley is an example of the ways in which African American employees advocated for themselves in order to earn promotions and raises.

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  19. A cat and her kittens.

    Staff Check-In: Befriending Kittens, Carving Ducks, and Perfecting the Art of the Biscuit

    • Date: July 14, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Nearly four months into Smithsonian’s extended telework period, we thought it would be fun to share which skills and hobbies have been getting us through this overwhelming time.

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  21. Samuel P. Langley studying flight of birds, 1901, Record Unit 95: Photograph Collection, 1850s- , Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. MAH-21444.

    Hot Topics in Archival Research

    • Date: March 12, 2015
    • Creator: Mary Markey
    • Description: Quarterly review of topics researched at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  23. Mercedes Arroyo looks directly into the camera.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mercedes Arroyo

    • Date: July 8, 2020
    • 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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