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    Introducing: A Tale of Two Sisters: The Hungerford Deed and James Smithson’s Legacy

    • Date: August 10, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: To commemorate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary on August 10, 2021, the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is launching a web exhibit that sheds new light on English chemist James Smithson’s gift to found the Smithsonian.

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    Mourning National Disaster at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

    • Date: January 28, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: When tragedy struck during the space shuttle era, mourners found a place to honor the fallen astronauts of the tragic Challenger and Columbia flights at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ruth E. Blanchard

    • Date: June 8, 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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    Celebrating the Smithsonian Centennial

    • Date: July 20, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: In August 1996, the Smithsonian marked its 150th anniversary with a huge birthday celebration on the National Mall. For its sesquicentennial, a term which this author constantly forgets no matter how many times she looks it up, the Institution threw itself a two-day birthday party, sprinkled with special exhibit tents, concerts, nineteen birthday cakes, a special website, and

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    An Operation of Its Own: Brigitte Blachere and Programming within the Smithsonian Associates

    • Date: September 8, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: A collection of interviews from 2013 records the history of the Smithsonian Associates. One of recordings included Brigitte B. Blachere, the program manager of the organization. She detailed the youth and family programs she has developed for 23 years.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary A. Huffer

    • Date: January 22, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Mary A. Huffer led Smithsonian Libraries as Acting Director, 1964–67, and Assistant Director, 1968–72. During her tenure, she welcomed automation for cataloging and purchasing in the newly-formed central library system. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Anna Brooke

    • Date: June 23, 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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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dianne van der Reyden

    • Date: March 17, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dianne van der Reyden was a paper conservator at the Smithsonian from 1981 to 2002. She was hired by the National Museum of American History in 1981 and was promoted to senior paper conservator and head of the paper conservation section before transferring to the Smithsonian’s Conservation Analytical Laboratory in 1984. There, van der Reyden was promoted to head of paper

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  17. Portrait photograph of Mariah Wahl. She has shoulder-length hair and is wearing a dark-colored top. She is standing in front of a door.

    Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

    • Date: September 14, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.

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    Marching Our Way to the Smithsonian

    • Date: November 6, 2018
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Sure, you’ve heard of famed composer John Philip Sousa. But did you know that Sousa composed a march just for the Smithsonian?On November 6, 1854, the “March King” John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. With roots in Southeast Washington near the Marine Barracks, where his father played trombone in the United States Marine Band, it should have been of no surprise to

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Leila Gay Forbes Clark

    • Date: April 10, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Leila Gay Forbes Clark, director of Smithsonian’s library, 1942–1957, was the second woman to direct the library at the Smithsonian. She led early efforts to create a more centralized library system. In 1952, she coauthored The Butterflies of Virginia with her husband, zoologist Austin Hobart Clark. #Groundbreaker

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  23. 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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