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    1. Volunteer Petrina Foti with the NMAH Computer Collections

      Volunteer Appreciation: Petrina Foti

      • Date: April 11, 2017
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: We celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month by recognizing Petrina Foti, whose work contributes to our oral history collections.

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    3. A 2002 press release about an exhibition at the National Museum at Natural History. It was written and saved as a Microsoft Word document.

      Word-processing files need love, too

      • Date: December 31, 2015
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Word-processing documents are important to preserve as well as other digital items.

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      Evolution of the Memo

      • Date: November 22, 2011
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Memoranda have been with us for decades. While their purpose remains the same, their form and appearance have changed over the years. This short video gives a brief overview of how memoranda found in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives evolved over time.

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      Welcome Back: It’s Almost Like Riding a Bike

      • Date: July 28, 2022
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: We are getting back into the swing of things at the office while working with removable media.

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      Folklife Festival 2011: Smithsonian-Peace Corps Environmental Program

      • Date: July 7, 2011
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be held from June 30 to July 4 and July 7 to 11, 2011 on the National Mall. Read more about the history of the Folklife Festival here. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year, the Peace Corps is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an Executive Order authorizing the Peace Corps to

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    11. Enola Gay, by Dane Penland, National Air and Space Museum

      Recent Acquisition - Records from Martin Harwit, Director, NASM, 1986-1995

      • Date: April 24, 2014
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Looking at a recently acquired collection records created and maintained by former National Air and Space Museum director, Martin Harwit, that relate to the Enola Gay, its exhibition, and the controversy that ensued.

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    13. The original black-paged album, a document box with archival file folders for historic documents and oversize pictures, and the new preservation album, with the photos stabilized with Mylar corners (also, note a piece of thick paper, acrylic square, and the small glass frog paperweight, which were placed on the photograph to keep it in place while the corners were slipped on from the sides).

      Thanks(giving) for the memories—a preservation family project

      • Date: November 24, 2010
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: When you’re all gathered together, sometimes there are just too many cooks in the kitchen, or younger siblings underfoot. Not everyone is into football or jigsaw puzzles, so why not gather together a couple of people from separate generations and branches of the family tree and do some photo identification and preservation? Set aside an hour between or after the meal to pull

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    15. Harriman Alaska Expedition

      • Date: April 5, 2012
      • Description: A profile of the Archives' collections related to the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 which explored Alaska's flora, fauna, and geography.

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    17. Screenshot of the Archives' new website pointing out our History Section.

      Welcome to Smithsonian History on Our New Website!

      • Date: October 18, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      Civil War Reconnaissance Takes Flight

      • Date: June 18, 2011
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      A Library for the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council

      • Date: September 7, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: From The Feminine Mystique to Ms. magazine: take a look at what members of the Women’s Council were reading in the 1970s and 1980s.

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      May Day Motto: Be Prepared

      • Date: May 2, 2011
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: In honor of the Heritage Preservation organization’s annual MayDay initiative to protect cultural heritage from disasters, the Archives will be highlighting how we deal with emergencies and how you can prepare yourself in a series of blog posts. [caption id="attachment_12763" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="This image is quite dark for a reason—in an emergency

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