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    See Here: 5/20/2010

    • Date: May 20, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="326" caption="Women employees in the Telephone and Telegraph Office which was located in the North Tower of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, from the time the building was opened in 1881, Through the window is the Syrian Sarcophagus brought to the United States in 1837 and intended for Andrew

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    Unlocking the History of the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute

    • Date: October 9, 2018
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: A couple of months ago, a few members of the Archives staff went out to the Smithsonian Conversation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, to collect some records that are being accessioned into our collections. One of the items we were given on this trip was a book detailing the facilities located on the property in Front Royal prior to it being used by the

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    Five Tips for Designing Preservable Websites

    • Date: August 2, 2011
    • Description: Here at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, we take pride in preserving the Institution’s history, including its sizable web presence. While various offices at the Smithsonian create and back up the contents of their websites, the Archives also crawls each website using Heritrix, an open-source tool created by the Internet Archive, to capture content in an archival format.

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    See Here: 10/21/2010

    • Date: October 21, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="401" caption="National Air and Space Museum's Space Shuttle Enterprise flew into Washington Dulles International Airport on November 16 atop a modified Boeing 747 carrier Aircraft, Using cranes, the Enterprise was removed from the top of the 747 and lowered to the tarmac at Dulles on November 17, 1985, by Dale Hrabak, Black and white

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    Dependent on the Kindness of Strangers: Smithsonian Volunteers

    • Date: April 19, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12022,size=250,left]Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since its earliest years. The Institution has always been “dependent on the kindness of strangers.” Volunteers make tremendous contributions to Smithsonian operations every day in virtually every corner of the globe. The Smithsonian's paid staff of some 6,000 employees is

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    3/19/2016: Help Us Write Minority Women into History

    • Date: March 15, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_8825,size=300,left]It is once again time to come together for a day of Wikipedia! Join Smithsonian and U.S. National Archives staff, as well as local Wikipedian volunteers, for a Women's History Month/Museum Day Live! edit-a-thon on Saturday March 19th, 10am-3pm, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Sign up for a wikipedia

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  13. Snowflake Study, 1890, by Wilson A. Bentley, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    The Smithsonian's Top 6 Archives Myths

    • Date: October 26, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: The top five myths about the archives at the Smithsonian Institution.

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  15. Emmons sits in front of a brightly-colored display.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Louise H. Emmons

    • Date: November 25, 2020
    • 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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    What are You Watching?

    • Date: August 22, 2013
    • Description: How open source helps us save film and video recordings digitally . . . no matter how bizarre the subject matter.

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    The Smithsonian’s First Garden

    • Date: May 31, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9273,size=500,center]Have you ever heard of Smithsonian Park? If you are visiting the Smithsonian today, probably not. But if you had visited the Smithsonian in the 1850s, it would have been one of the first things you experienced.Smithsonian Park occupied the area between the Smithsonian Institution Building, or the Castle, and Downtown Washington,

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  21. Smithsonian experts consult with members of the public about their items.

    Save the Date for the 2011 Smithsonian Archives Fair

    • Date: September 26, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Web and Social Media Preservation: Capturing Today’s Websites for Future Archival Research

    • Date: August 12, 2014
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has captured two years of Smithsonian websites using the web tool Archive-It. See how we predict future research.

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