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    1. Mieri stands in front of an exhibit case with a panel, titled

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Magdalena Mieri

      • Date: November 3, 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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      The Woman with the Gramophone

      • Date: April 2, 2009
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_396" align="aligncenter" width="414" caption="Save Our Sounds Postcard, Photo Courtesy of National Anthropological Archives"][/caption] For the last few years, I’ve had this postcard up in my office promoting Save Our Sounds, a program by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) and the Library of Congress dedicated to restoring,

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    5. 2012 Jazz Appreciation Month Poster.

      JAM: A Month of Musical Celebration

      • Date: April 3, 2012
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: April is Jazz Appreciation Month. In addition to events across the globe, you can find jazz nuggets in various archives.

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    7. A young woman in a blue t-shirt interviews a man with a beard and long hair in a tented area. The man is sitting in front of a microphone. Panels about Smithsonian history are in the background.

      Smithsonian Memories

      • Date: September 9, 2021
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: Learn a little more about a collection that both challenges and celebrates the history of the Smithsonian.

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      Folklife Festival 2011: Smithsonian-Peace Corps Environmental Program

      • Date: July 7, 2011
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be held from June 30 to July 4 and July 7 to 11, 2011 on the National Mall. Read more about the history of the Folklife Festival here. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year, the Peace Corps is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an Executive Order authorizing the Peace Corps to

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    11. Dave Walker, Audio Digitization Specialist, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

      Ask an Archivist: Bring Your Questions Monday, October 27

      • Date: October 24, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: In celebration of Archives Month, join us Monday, October 27th, 10am to 4pm ET, where four of our archivists specializing in audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (or electronic records) will be on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about your own archival collections. Questions from our readers in the past have ranged from storing letter and

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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Diana Baird N’Diaye

      • Date: August 9, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Folklorist, visual artist, and curator, Dr. Diana Baird N’Diaye, Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, is a honorary professor at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and researches anthropology, folklore, fashion (dress), and visual art in Africa, the Caribbean, and the U.S. #Groundbreaker

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    15. People standing around quilt panel with a design of the Smithsonian Castle on the upper half and small quilt panels and people’s names on the lower half.

      The AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall

      • Date: December 17, 2020
      • Description: The AIDS Memorial Quilt has a long history with the National Mall and the Smithsonian Institution starting with its first appearance on the Mall in 1987.

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    17. Collection of black and white negative contact sheet of images from the celebration of the Hillwood donation.

      Toasting to the Museum that Never Was

      • Date: January 14, 2021
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: A brief look at the Smithsonian’s almost acquisition of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Hillwood Estate

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    19. October is American Archives Month

      Celebrate 2014 Archives Month!

      • Date: October 2, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: It's time again to celebrate all the wonderful things archives have and do! The Society of American Archivists declares each October American Archives Month and the Smithsonian theme for this year is "Discover and Connect." At the Smithsonian Institution Archives, we handle over 6000 reference requests per year and have an ambitious digitization plan to serve people worldwide

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    21. Fannon gives a presentation in the front of a room.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Molly Fannon

      • Date: January 27, 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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    23. Portrait of Cynthia Chavez Lamar. Her hair is shoulder-length and she had bangs. Her top is black and gray. Her arms are crossed and she is smiling toward the camera. She is wearing a silver necklace with a turquoise stone at the center.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar

      • Date: January 26, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Last week, Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar was named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Chavez Lamar has worked at the Museum throughout her career, from an internship in 1994 to her current role as acting associate director for collections and operations. Between 2000 and 2005, she was an associate curator, leading the work on “Our Lives,” one of

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