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    1. Smithsonian Legal Document

      An Act Authorizing appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for services necessary to the nonperforming arts functions of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other purposes

      • Date: 1981 12/23/1980
      • Creator: 96th Congress, Sess. 2, 1980
      • Creator: 96th Congress, Sess. 2, 1980

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      See Here: 3/16/2011

      • Date: March 16, 2011
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="The Southern Railroad car arrives at the new Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, The car arrives while the museum is still under construction, c. 1961, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 6, Folder: 6, Negative

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      See Here: 2/22/2011

      • Date: February 22, 2011
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="A passenger pigeon Martha (named after Martha Washington), the last survivor of an American species that numbered in the millions prior to the 1880's, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914, Her body was donated to the Smithsonian Institution and brought to the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural

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      Records and Information Management Month: The Librarian

      • Date: April 28, 2010
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A clause in the last will and testament of English scientist James Smithson eventually led to his estate being left to the United States "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” There was much debate as to what constituted such an establishment, but many of the proposals

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      Preservation

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

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      Muskets Issued to Smithsonian as Civil War Begins

      • Date: April 20, 2011
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_496,size=200,left]This month marks the 150th anniversary of the start of one of the most tumultuous periods in American history—the Civil War (view resources from the

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    13. Screen shot of our collections search operating at its lowest resolution. Bear images were often used as test subjects during the upgrade process.

      Smithsonian Institution Archives Moves to Drupal 7

      • Date: September 26, 2013
      • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives recently completed an upgrade from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7.

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    15. Finding Aid

      SIA RU009590, Walter R. Roderick Oral History Interviews, 1986-1987

      • Date: 1986 1986-1987
      • Creator: Roderick, Walter R., interviewee
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    17. Hot Topix in Archival Research During a Pandemic

      • Date: July 9, 2020
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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    19. Smithsonian Legal Document

      An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study and make recommendations to the Congress regarding the feasibility of establishing a Native American cultural center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

      • Date: 1992 12/09/1991
      • Creator: 102d Congress, Sess. 1, 1991
      • Creator: 102d Congress, Sess. 1, 1991

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      William Bennett

      • Date: November 5, 2014
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    23. Portrait of Cynthia Chavez Lamar. Her hair is shoulder-length and she had bangs. Her top is black and gray. Her arms are crossed and she is smiling toward the camera. She is wearing a silver necklace with a turquoise stone at the center.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar

      • Date: January 26, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Last week, Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar was named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Chavez Lamar has worked at the Museum throughout her career, from an internship in 1994 to her current role as acting associate director for collections and operations. Between 2000 and 2005, she was an associate curator, leading the work on “Our Lives,” one of

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