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  1. Smithsonian Now Using Archive-It to Crawl Websites

    • Date: February 26, 2013
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Smithsonian Institution Archives announces its use of Archive-It to crawl websites.

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    The Failed Zeckendorf Plan

    • Date: November 19, 2013
    • Description: During planning of the future National Museum of American History, Webb and Knapp attempted to move it off the Mall into Southwest Washington.

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    Mary Vaux Walcott’s Wild Flowers

    • Date: March 26, 2015
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: In the 1920s, Mary Vaux Walcott published five volumes of her wildflower drawings and donated the proceeds to the Smithsonian.

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  7. Keepsake pocket bank for the National Negro Memorial, ca. 1926

    The First Quest for a National African American Museum

    • Date: September 22, 2016
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: As National Museum of African American History and Culture opens, let’s look at the first efforts to establish a National African American Museum.

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  9. Color scan of a pamphlet cover with black text.

    Maria Mitchell and the Smithsonian

    • Date: June 14, 2018
    • Description: On the evening of October 1, 1847, while using a small telescope on the roof of the family home, Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) spotted a comet where one had not been before. Word of this achievement spread quickly through the scientific community. The American Journal of Science declared her “the first American entitled to the honor of the original discovery of a comet.” Some

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    Save Our African American Treasures

    • Date: March 29, 2011
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_12162" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="A participant discusses a lock of hair from a member of her family with NMAAHC staff at a Save Our African American Treasures event held in Detroit, Michigan, by Michael Barnes, Courtesy of The Smithsonian'€™s National Museum of African American History and Culture."][/caption] [caption

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    A Friendship Revealed – and Revived?

    • Date: March 8, 2018
    • Description: It was, most likely, a foggy day in Oakland in 1882 when Miss Adelia Gates crossed the intersection of 12th and Washington streets and approached the Lemmon Herbarium.At 57, Adelia Gates was an accomplished artist and well-accustomed to new situations. She’d traveled alone to Scandinavia, Mallorca, Italy, and Algeria, and she’d lived in Switzerland while studying watercolor

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    Merging Chemistry and Nutrition: Pauline Gracia Beery Mack

    • Date: March 17, 2011
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="284" caption="Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891-1974), by Underwood & Underwood, Date unknown, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, SIA Acc. 90-105 (SIA-SIA2008-5750)."][/caption] For the month of March, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be

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  17. A photo of Mary Woodard Lasker (1900-1994).

    There Are Prizes . . . and There Are Winners

    • Date: March 6, 2012
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Nobel prizes are not the only rewards for work improving public health and making the world a better place.

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  19. Roslyn A. Walker stands at the center of a large group posing for a picture. The label above the title reads:

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Roslyn A. Walker

    • Date: June 3, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Roslyn A. Walker was the Director of Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art from 1997 to 2002. Under her leadership, the Museum welcomed a new permanent gallery for contemporary art, a development office, and the Friends of African Art support committee. From 1981 until her appointment, Walker had worked at the Museum as a curator, specializing in Nigerian art.

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  21. "Open Wide!": Photographs of Dentists and Dental Researchers from the Science Service Collections

    • Date: October 10, 2019
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: To celebrate National Dental Hygiene Month, the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents photographs of dentists and dental researchers.

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  23. Link Love: 3/15/2013

    • Date: March 15, 2013
    • 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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