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  1. An L-shaped stacked stone and mortar house with a slate roof and white-painted sash windows sits amidst a grassy expanse. A lichen-covered stacked stone wall separates the front garden from pastureland.

    Walking in the Footsteps of Hungerfords

    • Date: September 15, 2022
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Readers of The Bigger Picture will be familiar with the Hungerford Deed, a 1787 property contract dividing a lucrative land inheritance between the mother and aunt of the Smithsonian’s founding donor, James Smithson. Over the last three years I have been able to take a deep dive into the content of the Deed and strengthen our understanding of Smithson’s choice to leave his

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    Reminder: Facebook Q&A Tommorrow, October 21st

    • Date: October 20, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Link Love: 3/18/2011

    • Date: March 18, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  7. Color photo of woman looking out of building that appears under construction.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jessica S. Johnson

    • Date: October 10, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Jessica S. Johnson, Head of Conservation, Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, focuses on conservation of archaeological field objects and helped establish the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage. #Groundbreaker

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  9. Tweet sent by Jacob Harris, 11/12/2014.

    How Uncle Maurice Saved the Smithsonian Elephant

    • Date: January 6, 2015
    • Description: There's no doubt that Washington, D.C. is a great place to raise kids. And one of the primary reasons why is the wide array of Smithsonian museums that are only a subway ride away. It's no wonder that regular visits to the National Mall have been an important part of our family's culture and history since the early 1970's. And part of that history has been the story of "how

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  11. Color photo of Dr. Donald F. Squires, sitting in the Oyster Cove Restaurant.

    Dr. Donald Fleming Squires (1927-2017)

    • Date: February 13, 2018
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14492,size=500,center]Dr. Squires was a pioneer in the application of computer technology in science museums and the founding father of data processing at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). He died on his 90th birthday, December 19, 2017 in Tasmania, Australia, after a short illness. Squires received an B.A. from Cornell

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  13. Portrait of Roxie Laybourne

    Sharing A Love of Birds: Roxie Laybourne

    • Date: January 5, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_308449,size=250,left]Though Roxie Laybourne may be a well-known topic here in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, there is a good reason she is so popular. From good advice to her pioneering career to modern day inspiration, her work offers new insight each time we turn to it. Laybourne’s interest in natural history began long before she began her

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  15. Icthyologist and Curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Dr. Carole Baldwin, has published over 60 scientific articles and discovered new species of fishes in several tropical locations. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Carole Baldwin

    • Date: December 3, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Icthyologist and Curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Dr. Carole Baldwin, has publised over 5 dozen scientific articles and discovered new species of fishes in several tropical locations. #Groundbreaker

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    Publicity, Politics, and Physics

    • Date: March 10, 2010
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Long ago and far away, before gray hairs and creaky knees, before history became my passion, I was an undergraduate physics major.  Physics seemed fascinating and beautiful, if difficult.  Later, after career paths led into history and science policy, I learned that physics, however elegant, did not reside in a cultural vacuum.  Its people and discoveries coexisted with

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  19. A botanical illustration by Frederick Andrew Walpole recently recovered.

    Link Love: 12/23/2011

    • Date: December 23, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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  21. An employee assembles a skeleton for exhibit.

    Sneak Peek 10/3/2012

    • Date: October 3, 2012
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: An employee assembles a skeleton for exhibit in the Natural History Building, now the National Museum of Natural History.

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    Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

    • Date: December 8, 2020
    • Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

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