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    1. Taking a sample of mold.

      Conserving Archival Collections Suffering from Fungal Attack

      • Date: July 26, 2016
      • Description: This summer Visiting Professional Laura Wahl had the chance to learn more about how to respond to the problem of mold residues found on archival materials. The Smithsonian Affiliations’ Visiting Professionals Program allowed her to spend time at the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ conservation lab researching this topic.

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    3. Computer Lab operation with Nick Suszynski

      Museum Computer Network and the Smithsonian Institution: Support and Encouragement

      • Date: April 18, 2017
      • Description: In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Museum Computer Network, this second blog explores the early interactions of MCN with the Smithsonian.

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    5. Mary Rice standing in front of a laboratory building at the Smithsonian Marine State at Fort Pierce.

      Science Conversations in the Shenandoah

      • Date: September 6, 2018
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In February 1975, twenty Smithsonian scientists gathered at the National Zoo's Conservation Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia to talk about their research and the future of science at the Smithsonian.

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    7. Cover of the supplementary material for March of Science, an episode of the radio program The World is Yours, issued January 15, 1940.

      The World is Yours: Smithsonian on the Radio

      • Date: June 8, 2017
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: The Smithsonian's "The World is Yours" series was one of the most successful educational radio programs of of the 1930s.

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    9. Staff from the Archives Nationales d'Haiti and the CSBC.

      Archives Conservation in Haiti, Part 1

      • Date: December 13, 2011
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: This is the first of two posts on the Archives' conservators’ work with the Smithsonian’s Haiti Cultural Recovery project, which works to rescue and safeguard objects damaged by the 2010 earthquake.

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    11. Roxie Collie in the 1931 Oak Leaves Yearbook

      Roxie Collie Laybourne: Remembering a Groundbreaker

      • Date: March 26, 2013
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Roxie Collie Laybourne pioneered the field of forensic ornithology through her study of bird feathers, which has meant improved aviation safety.

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    13. Facing our Fears

      • Date: October 30, 2018
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: An unusually serious Halloween post in which we dress up to stage a mock recovery from a museum fire.

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    15. Open pages of a book. The left page has a portrait of a man, and the right page has a list of the titles and artists of paintings.

      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website

      • Date: July 9, 2019
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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    17. Science Service director Watson Davis with General Motors' Thomas Midgley Jr, 1936.

      Science Service, Up Close: Patent Parades, Silk Purses, and Snake Bite Remedies

      • Date: March 30, 2017
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Everyone loves a parade – especially one followed by a banquet. When scientists and politicians met in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1936, to celebrate the centennial of the U.S. patent system, they listened first to a conventional program of speeches. Then, in the afternoon, Science Service director Watson Davis arranged something different: a “Research Parade” featuring

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    19. Program for the Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian, February 11, 1927.

      A Twofer

      • Date: February 10, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: The Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian took place on February 11, 1927, raising awareness of the activities of the Smithsonian and at the same time served as a venue to raise money.

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    21. A group of people hold up “welcome” signs at an entrance of the National Museum of American History.

      We Apologize for the Inconvenience: Shutting Down the Smithsonian

      • Date: November 14, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: In 2019, the Smithsonian faced the repercussions of the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, but the institution is no stranger to the dreaded furlough.

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      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives’ Website

      • Date: April 3, 2018
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_392769,size=450,center]The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website.See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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