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    Transparency in the Archives: From Our Earliest Days

    • Date: August 16, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: From the point in 1838 when the United States Congress accepted James Smithson’s bequest, it was recognized as a cultural resource, a public trust held by the federal government. Smithson had stipulated that the funds be used for an “establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Being a cultural resource set aside for public use, the government bore the

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  3. The Journey to Recovery: A Tale of Earthquake Damage and Repair in Haiti

    • Date: February 23, 2012
    • Description: The story of the damage context and advanced treatment of a Stivenson Magloire painting broken into fragments by the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ida Lopez

    • Date: January 12, 2022
    • 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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  7. A woman sitting at a table looks at diamond-bearing rocks under a microscope.

    Miss Margaret W. Moodey in Charge

    • Date: May 5, 2020
    • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
    • Description: For forty years, from around 1900 to 1941, Margaret W. Moodey (1862-1948) worked as a scientific aide in the Department of Geology at the United States National Museum. Her colleagues came to value her experience identifying, classifying, and cataloging geological specimens, which over the years, included gems and precious stones, fossil vertebrates and plants, and

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  9. Three Cheers for Embedded Metadata

    • Date: February 28, 2012
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Metadata is a helpful tool. When you have embedded metadata, all the better when trying to figure out what something might be.

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    Link Love: 6/5/2015

    • Date: June 5, 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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    So, What is it?

    • Date: June 21, 2016
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: In the process of scanning glass plate negatives, how do we determine what each image is when it comes with so little information attached?

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  15. Documenting the Family Treasure Chest

    • Date: January 22, 2013
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Some helpful tips on what documenting and keeping track of family heirlooms or collections.

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  17. John N. Robinson, His Life and Work

    • Date: September 9, 2014
    • Description: I cannot, I feel, have any regrets about my accomplishments. What comes from art will just come. I don’t feel any need to strive. - John N. Robinson One of my favorite parts of working in an archive is the opportunity to immerse myself in other people’s worlds, to learn more about their stories and experiences. One such person I encountered recently was John N. Robinson, a

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    What should I do with all this stuff?!?

    • Date: August 31, 2010
    • Creator: Ginger Yowell
    • Description: Even though the world is becoming increasingly more electronic, many of us still have an abundance of things not created or saved in digital format. Whether it's old letters, original architectural drawings from the house your grandfather built, books, photographs, or home movies on Super 8, figuring out how to store these things can be difficult. [caption id="attachment_7890"

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    Celebrating the Smithsonian Latino Center

    • Date: September 17, 2020
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Documenting the history, programs, and activities of the Smithsonian Latino Center through the capture of their websites and their other online sites.

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  23. Three cartoon cookies, with eyes and legs, each wear sashes. The sashes, respectively read:

    C is for Cookie

    • Date: December 4, 2018
    • Creator: Andrew Whitesell
    • Description: On national cookie day we take a moment to highlight all things technologically cookie.

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