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  1. I Am My Own Commodity

    • Date: March 24, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: While the economy may be perking up, the recession we’re still climbing out of has made one thing clear; if you need to earn a living, you’ve got to think entrepreneurially. Read enough success stories about former executives who’ve become cupcake moguls and a path becomes clear: take the dreams and skills you have, along with whatever compelling back story you can point to

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  3. A Rauschenberg combine from 1954, courtesy Rauschenberg Foundation.

    Link Love: 3/4/16

    • Date: March 4, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Images from the Rauschenberg Foundation are now available for educational use. [via NY Times] "How to Preserve Your Family Photos, Movies, and Memories Like a Smithsonian Archivist," with our own, Ricc Ferrante. [via Fatherly]The Bob Dylan Archive which includes sketches, notes, lyrics and chord progressions for unrecorded songs, has found its home at the University of Tulsa.

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  5. Violent Rabbits Found in Medieval Manuscripts

    Link Love: 6/3/2016

    • Date: June 3, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Yikes, who knew bunnies could be so vicious? [via Colossal]A previously unpublished story by Langston Hughes was found in the Yale Archives. [via New Yorker]Now that's dedication: A WWI soldier finished his PhD dissertation in the trenches. [via Open Culture]Bad news for the cultural heritage sector; a UN report showing climate change is putting World Heritage Icons at risk.

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  7. An older man sits at a booth as people wait in line. Banners are visible. They read: Why do research?; What is conservation?; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and Frog Voices.

    Festival of American Folklife 1996: Working at the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 2, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: At the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian staff and volunteers conducted oral history interviews with colleagues about their memories of working for the Smithsonian. To celebrate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, we’re sharing clips from three of those interviews.

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  9. Kensington stone, Record Unit 95 - Photograph Collection, 1850s - , Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 38110a.

    Hot Topics in Archival Research

    • Date: June 10, 2014
    • Creator: Mary Markey
    • Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  11. Link Love: 11/2/2012

    • Date: November 2, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • 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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  13. A man sits at a desk on which large bones sit. An animal skeleton is hanging on the wall.

    The Mammoth Task of Creating a Fossil Hall at the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 6, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before you head to “Deep Time,” opening this weekend at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, learn about how Smithsonian’s fossil collection was initially formed and exhibited.

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  15. Photo negatives of people at Byrd's retirement party. She is opening gifts in a few of the frams.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mabel A. Byrd

    • Date: May 18, 2022
    • 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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    Documenting a Life of One’s Own

    • Date: March 24, 2022
    • Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.

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  19. Photograph of Jopling standing outside of the library in Panama.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Carol Farrington Jopling

    • Date: October 28, 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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  21. Beige, tan, and burgundy webpage with black and white archival photos across the top.

    Some Archives Technologist Career Advice

    • Date: May 24, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: This is the latest post in our series on career advice for the aspiring archives professionals. Each edition features information and career advice from a different member of the Archives team, regarding what they do, how they got here, and how you can too. Check out our previous posts, and don’t be afraid to let us know who you would like to hear from next!The Archives has

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    Link Love: 9/21/2012

    • Date: September 21, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • 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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