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  1. Objects Conservator Catharine Hawks (center), National Museum of Natural History, specializes in the preservation of natural history specimen and lectures widely on hazards related to collections. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Catharine Hawks

    • Date: March 2, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Objects Conservator Catharine Hawks (center), National Museum of Natural History, specializes in the preservation of natural history specimen and lectures widely on hazards related to collections. #Groundbreaker

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  3. Image of yellow pencils at different stages of sharpening on mechanical belt.

    Link Love: 1/19/2018

    • Date: January 19, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: These photos just make you want to write solely in pencil. [story on one of America's last pencil factory via NY Times]It's hard to believe the Flickr Commons, a space in Flickr for archival photo collections, is 10 years old. [via Library of Congress]Scientists, including a fellow from our National Museum of Natural History, Ligiane Moras, have identified two new species of

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  5. Google Analytics Map Showing Traffic to the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Bl

    Here's Looking at You

    • Date: June 25, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A peek into our metrics program at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  7. The payroll to slaveowners

    Link Love: 7/29/2016

    • Date: July 29, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The research behind Michelle Obama's statement that the White House was built partly by slaves. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is hiring a beer historian, but it does require you to do more than just drink beer. [via Washington City Paper][WARNING NSFW] 20 bawdy art history tweets for modern times! [via deMilked]19th century

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  9. Blog Post

    Link Love: 8/6/2010

    • Date: August 6, 2010
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  11. Drawing of reindeer sled pulling Swedes with skiers alongside.

    Link Love: 12/23/2016

    • Date: December 23, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: From the look of this 16th Century book, Swedes sure knew how to deal with winter. [via Smithsonian Libraries]A rediscovered Christmas drinking song! [via Fine Books & Collections]Just in time for the solstice, ancient Japan's 72 seasons in a calendar app! [via Hyperallergic]The historic precursor to Amazon's delivery drones (a curator from our National Postal Museum weighs

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  13. Sepia toned image of African American woman posed and seated in chair.

    Link Love: 4/7/2017

    • Date: April 7, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress were able to pool funds to purchase a rare photo of a young Harriet Tubman. [via Washington Post]The Audobon profiles Smithsonian scientist, Roxie Laybourne, who started the field of forensic ornithology which identified birds involved in plane strikes and led to improved

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  15. Star-Spangled Banner, National Museum of American History, c. 1964, MAH-P6427.

    American History, 50 Years of Exhibits

    • Date: May 15, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A collection of images documenting some of the National Museum of American History's exhibits since its opening 50 years ago.

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  17. Colorful painting of African American woman in red dress.

    Link Love: 5/18/2018

    • Date: May 18, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture acquired a portrait of Henrietta Lacks, the African American woman whose cells were unknowingly contributed to over 10,000 medical patents, aiding research and benefiting patients with polio, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease and other conditions. [via Smithsonian

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  19. Sharon Jones' Birthday Party

    Link Love: 5/13/2016

    • Date: May 13, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Calling all history sleuths! The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History needs your help identifying . [via Smithsonian Magazine]Smithsonian Folkways has acquired the voluminous Arhoolie Records collection of blues, gospel, Cajun and Mexican folk music. [via NY Times]Did you miss the launch of the new rights statement framework for cultural heritage organizations

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  21. Buddha draped in robes

    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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  23. Samuel F. B. Morse's Daguerreotype Equipment, 1888, by Thomas Smillie, SIA RU000095 [10625].

    The Life Work of Smillie

    • Date: July 15, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: There is a remarkable figure in the Smithsonian’s history that doesn’t get much of the spotlight; Thomas W. Smillie. He served as the Smithsonian’s first official photographer from 1870 until his death in 1917, and additionally became the Smithsonian’s first photography curator in 1896. Smillie amassed a collection of photographic equipment starting with the purchase of the

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