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      Science Service, Up Close: Of Princes, Princesses, and Science

      • Date: June 12, 2018
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: As editor E. E. Slosson began setting up the Science Service news office, his mail was flooded with inquiries from potential contributors. Writers and photographers described their accomplishments and submitted samples of their work. One such letter, from Albert Harlingue on April 13, 1921, must have piqued Slosson’s interest, for it coincided with the Washington visit of “a

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    3. New Orleans Street Parade

      • Date: December 12, 2017
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Every year at its annual conference, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) hosts an event called Archival Screening Night (ASN). ASN is a chance for moving image archivists around the world to showcase films and videos from their collections, particularly items that have recently been preserved, restored, or remastered.This film depicts the Onward Brass Band

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    5. B&W photograph of Island with markers showing Eniwetok and Perry Islands

      Travel to the Tropics, Archives-style!

      • Date: January 30, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Travel with us to the Galapagos and the Marshall Islands as we launch some warm-weather scientific field books, diaries, and correspondence. While it’s not very wintery in Washington D.C., we’re hoping this will offer an escape to those entering the long remaining months of snow, sleet, and ice. And if you’re avoiding the cold, what a better way to spend your time than helping

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    7. A woman is seated at a desk and holds a telephone to her ear. She is wearing a striped jacket. She is smiling though looking off to the side, not exactly toward the camera.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Judith A. Block

      • Date: July 13, 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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      An Intern’s Guide on How to Digitize a Field Book

      • Date: August 14, 2018
      • Description: What is a field book and how do you digitize one? These were the first two questions I asked when I came on board at the Archives as the Summer 2018 Field Book Project Digitization Intern. During the course of my internship, I discovered the answer to both questions and learned a lot about digitization practices and standards at the Smithsonian.According to the Biodiversity

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    11. The ceremonial key received by Secretary Skorton.

      Welcome Secretary Skorton!

      • Date: October 20, 2015
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution welcomes it’s thirteenth Secretary, David J. Skorton with an installation ceremony.

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    13. Atatürk Bust, San Posta, 23 Temmuz 1931, SALT Research, https://www.flickr.com/photos/saltonline/14482745040/.

      You Asked, We Answered: 2014 Archives Facebook Q&A

      • Date: November 4, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: On Monday, October 27th, four of our finest were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fourth year hosting this event and

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      The Smithsonian and Latin America

      • Date: February 15, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9988,size=500,center]While many people view the Smithsonian as a complex of museums in Washington, DC, it began as and still is an international organization devoted to research and education. A look at the Smithsonian Global website reveals where Smithsonian staff can be found today.Since the Smithsonian’s founding in 1846, the Institution has

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    17. And Action: The Ins and Outs of DVD Video Preservation

      • Date: September 3, 2013
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Archives face many challenges when it comes to preserving digital video on DVDs.

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    19. Library and Archives Canada Infographic about their collections and services.

      Link Love: 9/5/2014

      • Date: September 5, 2014
      • 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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    21. Payne looks directly at the camera. She is not smiling. She is wearing a green sweater and pearls around her neck.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Nell Payne

      • Date: June 15, 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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    23. Elmo and Fozzie Bear wait in the conservation lab before their debut at the donation ceremony. Courtesy of the National Museum of American History.

      Link Love: 9/27/2013

      • Date: September 27, 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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