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    WWII: Staff Supporting the War Effort

    • Date: June 27, 2016
    • Description: When the men and women of the Smithsonian heard the call to duty in World War II, they again took up the call as they had during World War I. Secretaries Charles G. Abbot and Alexander Wetmore provided leadership that brought the Smithsonian’s resources to the aid of the nation, while safeguarding its primary mission: the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Once again,

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    New Commons Photos: The Destiny of a Galaxy

    • Date: August 11, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: In the past week, a series of six more images from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Chandra X-ray team were uploaded to the Flickr Commons. Incidentally, they are all images of supernovas and black holes. Visualizing black holes is a challenge (at least for me) as the term conjures up images in my own head of silent, black infinity. But luckily for us (and as you

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  5. Benjamin the Anti-Christ's Doomsday Prophecy

    • Date: December 21, 2012
    • Description: In 1866, Benjamin the Anti Christ predicted earthquakes, war, and brain paralysis for the world—a prophecy that reached the SI Archives.

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  7. A group portrait of the members of the 1975 Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council.

    Women Carrying out the Work of Change in the 1970s

    • Date: January 5, 2021
    • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
    • Description: Wonder Woman 1984 features fictional Smithsonian women in science trying to change the world. Let’s examine how real-life women pushed for change at the Smithsonian in the 1970s and created new opportunities for women at work.

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    #MCN50 Conference Next Week

    • Date: November 7, 2017
    • Creator: Charles Zange
    • Description: Behind the archivists, technicians, and specialists of the museum field are an abundance of organizations that network ideas, connect professionals, and present new strategies to broaden the impact of museums (American Alliance of Museums, Society of American Archivists, etc.). Many associations focus on specific aspects of this dynamic field and help to push museum practice

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    SIA Acc. 15-096, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Under Secretary for Finance and Administration, Administrative Records, 1997-2013

    • Date: 1997 1997-2013
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for Finance and Administration
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Tips for Online Research at the Archives

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

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    Nelson, E. W., Mexico, November 1892 - September 1893

    • Date: 1892-1893 18921101 18930917
    • Creator: Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934

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    SIA Acc. 05-220, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Exhibition Records, 2000-2001

    • Date: 2000 2000-2001
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    Eva J. Pell

    • Date: February 26, 2020
    • Description: Eva J. PellSmithsonian Institution Archives Oral History Collection, SIA009640Eva J. Pell (1948- ), Smithsonian Undersecretary for Science from 2010 to 2014, cracked a glass ceiling by becoming the highest-ranking woman to serve as a science manager at the Smithsonian. She was born in New York City to immigrant parents who, from the start, encouraged her to pursue and value

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    Is there a place for paleography in archives?

    • Date: January 23, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: As we digitize the Archives’ collections to make them available online, I am constantly being exposed to handwriting from the past two centuries. As a result, I have a deeper appreciatiation of how many different things influence the way a person’s writing appears on the page, things beyond the quality of their penmanship. Writing on the deck of a ship, on horseback or on

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  23. Bailey, V. O., Texas, May 1901 - August 1901

    Bailey, V. O., Texas, May 1901 - August 1901

    • Date: 1901 19010502 19010830
    • Creator: Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

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