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    Link Love: 9/3/2010

    • Date: September 3, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="190" caption="Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., NASA flight surgeon William Douglas and equipment specialist Joseph W. Schmidt leave crew quarters prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, February 1962, NASA on the Commons."][/caption] NASA has joined the Flickr Commons! Go and check out some of their historical images. Our readers and Flickr

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Elvira Clain-Stefanelli

    • Date: January 15, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Elvira Clain-Stefanelli worked with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s National Numismatics Collection between 1957 and 2000. Although she initially arrived at the Smithsonian as an assistant to her husband, chief curator Vladmir Clain-Stefanelli, she eventually became the department’s first executive director in 1984. In 1973, both Elvira and Vladmir

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  5. 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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    Link Love: 9/8/2017

    • Date: September 8, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Elizabeth Broun

    • Date: December 18, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Elizabeth Broun, Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, 1989–2016, oversaw major renovations, welcomed groundbreaking exhibitions, and diversified the museum’s collections. She served as the museum’s Chief Curator and Assistant Director, 1983–88. #Groundbreaker

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  11. A woman sits at a desk and holds up photographs of Native Americans. She is wearing white gloves. Archival boxes are in the background.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Paula Richardson Fleming

    • Date: November 27, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Paula Richardson Fleming, Photo Archivist, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1970–2003, organized exhibitions, authored numerous publications on Native American photography, and lectured around the world. #Groundbreaker

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    Searching the Archives’ Collections

    • Date: October 25, 2011
    • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Revisiting the Construction of the Freer Gallery of Art

    • Date: September 29, 2016
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Some new insights from the construction records of the Freer Gallery of Art, celebrating 100 years since groundbreaking.

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  17. Link Love: 2/20/2015

    • Date: February 20, 2015
    • 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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    Call for Entries! History in the Making

    • Date: January 2, 2009
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We are excited to start the New Year with our first Call for Entries for the click! photography changes everything, an online exhibit that explores how photography influences every aspect of our daily lives. This month’s focus: History in the Making – the perfect opportunity to share your thoughts on the recent U.S. presidential elections and upcoming inauguration. Has

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    Link Love: 7/2/2010

    • Date: July 2, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_7288" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Baseball Photographer Trading Card: Ansel Adams, 1975, by Mike Mandel."][/caption] What happens when you mix baseball cards with famous photographers? I’m loving Mike Mandel’s 1975 Baseball Photographer Trading Cards project posted over at Fans in a Flashbulb. The Tenement Museum in downtown New York has

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  23. Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

    • Date: October 5, 2021
    • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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