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  1. Mary F. Miller’s handwriting on a document that lists all of the Vermont Mosses she collected in 1904.

    Mary Farnham Miller, A Lifelong Botanist

    • Date: August 17, 2021
    • Description: Learn more about botanist Mary Farnham Miller who held positions in the Sullivant Moss Society and the Smithsonian’s Department of Botany in the early twentieth century.

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    The Field Book Project: Uncovering Hidden Gems at the Smithsonian

    • Date: September 21, 2010
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  5. International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia in 1971. Credit via NOAA.

    Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time

    • Date: August 2, 2018
    • Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.

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  7. Panda-monium!

    • Date: April 16, 2012
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Arrival of giant pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling to the National Zoological Park.

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    Smithsonian Scientists at Work

    • Date: April 20, 2017
    • Description: [view:sia_slideshow==75408]Scientific research has been integral to the Smithsonian, from its founding to today. The Smithsonian's founder, Englishman James Smithson, saw in the U.S. (according to his biographer, Heather Ewing) "a place of the future" that could support "science and progress for humanity." He believed that scientists were "citizens of the world" and that the

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  11. Photograph of a woman smiling broadly.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Betty Strickler

    • Date: April 22, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz

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    Seeing the Invisible

    • Date: May 11, 2009
    • Description: Throughout May and June, we are inviting people throughout the Smithsonian to talk about photography and astronomy. This is the first installment from Megan Watzke, Press Officer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Most people think of a telescope as something in a backyard or the dome at the local planetarium. And it’s true that many telescopes are designed to

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  15. Emmons sits in front of a brightly-colored display.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Louise H. Emmons

    • Date: November 25, 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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  17. A woman stands in front of renderings of the Udvar-Hazy Center that are hanging on the wall.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheryl Kolasinski

    • Date: January 8, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Sheryl Kolasinski, Director, Office of Planning and Project Management, 1995–2011, and Deputy Director, Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations, 2011–2012, managed major capital projects and helped maintain safety and security across the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker

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  19. Karen Osborn examines a jar of water. She is on a ship. A body of water is in the background. Equipment is on the deck.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Karen Osborn

    • Date: August 26, 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. Star Symbol memorandum, August 30, 1968. Record Unit 319: National Collection of Fine Arts, Publication Editor, Departmental Records, 1967-1970, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Design + Archives: Star Search

    • Date: January 26, 2017
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Searching through the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections to find our who designed the star logo for the National Collection of Fine Arts.

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  23. People sit at desks in a lab area with jars of specimens on shelves. Men and women are pictured.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Roberta W. Rubinoff

    • Date: August 19, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Roberta Wolff Rubinoff was a biologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama between 1965 and 1979. In 1980, she was appointed the assistant director of the Office of Fellowships and Grants in Washington, D.C., and from 1986 to 2001, she served in the top role as director of the office.In Panama, Rubinoff served as the marine sciences coordinator and

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