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  1. One woman and two men view a wall in an exhibit at a museum. The wall appears to be made of stone.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Margaret Simmons Vining

    • Date: August 3, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Margaret Simmons Vining was a museum specialist and later curator of armed forces history at the National Museum of American History from 1983 until her death in 2018.In addition to curating major exhibitions and building the division’s collections, she founded and supervised the Smithsonian Archive of Women’s Military History. Together with her longtime collaborator and life

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  3. Black and white photograph of two young boys sweeping sidewalk in front of museum entrance.

    Fifty Years and Many More to Come!

    • Date: September 12, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Friday, September 15th, 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Anacostia Community Museum. Originally named the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Secretary Ripley envisioned this as a place to reach out to black residents of Washington, DC who were not seeing themselves in the museums on the Mall. Reporting on the opening of the museum, Secretary Ripley writes that

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  5. A man and woman stands outdoors in a rocky area. Both are holding the golf clubs and the woman is preparing to take a swing.

    Margaret Sordahl, Collecting Flora and Fauna at a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Station

    • Date: December 2, 2021
    • Description: We’re taking a glimpse into the work and life of Margaret Sordahl and other women at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory stations around the world.

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  7. Smithson's Draft Will: A Case for Handwriting

    • Date: January 23, 2013
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: An examination of handwriting characteristics. Part 1 of a series on the James Smithson Draft Will.

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  9. Chicago Wide-Awake Republican Club to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, June 01, 1860 (Certificate of membership). Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress.

    Link Love: 11/10/2017

    • Date: November 10, 2017
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, Washington D.C & American history.

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    17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)

    • Date: August 10, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!

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  13. Link Love: 4/5/2013

    • Date: April 5, 2013
    • 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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  15. Portrait of James Smithson.

    Hungerford Family Visits the Smithsonian

    • Date: August 27, 2019
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: In July 2019, the Hungerfords, descendants of James Smithson’s mother’s family visited the Smithsonian and got to see a new Hungerford document.

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  17. 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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  19. Suggestion submitted by W. G. Homer, Chief of the Cabinet Shop, to the Efficiency Awards Committee, dated September 20, 1951. Record Unit 50: Office of the Secretary, records, 1949-1964, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Miscellaneous Adventures: Awarding Excellence

    • Date: April 9, 2015
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Another Miscellaneous Adventures explores the work of Smithsonian employees and the quest for their work to be awarded.

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  21. Link Love: 02/12/2021

    • Date: February 12, 2021
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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  23. Link Love: 04/30/2021

    • Date: April 30, 2021
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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