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  1. 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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    Muskets Issued to Smithsonian as Civil War Begins

    • Date: April 20, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_496,size=200,left]This month marks the 150th anniversary of the start of one of the most tumultuous periods in American history—the Civil War (view resources from the

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    Volunteers and the Smithsonian: A History

    • Date: April 5, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  7. Color portrait of Zoe Martindale standing and wearing a pink shirt

    Just Me and My Photos: Zoe Martindale SIA Image Cataloger

    • Date: April 16, 2013
    • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution has roughly six thousand volunteers and without them the work we do would not be possible. Here at the Smithsoinan Institution Archives, we have dedicated volunteers who help fufill our mission. One such volunteer is Zoe Martindale, who for sixteen years has carefully cataloged thousands of images and helped get them online for the public.

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  9. Secretary Ripley stands beside the model and children climb around on top.

    The Dino Detours of Uncle Beazley

    • Date: June 8, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Before Uncle Beazley, the popular life-size model of a triceratops, made its way to its final destination at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, he stopped at a couple other destinations around the Institution.

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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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  13. 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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  15. When Queen Elizabeth II Visited America's Castle

    • Date: July 7, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Forty years ago tomorrow, July 8th, 1976, Queen Elizabeth II visited the Smithsonian as part of her Bicentennial visit to the U.S. She was welcomed by Smithsonian Secretary, S. Dillon Ripley, Chief Justice Warren Burger, Chancellor of the Smithsonian, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, and public well-wishers while a group of costumed musicians played flourishes and fanfares

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  17. Emma Wolman interned at the Smithsonian Institution Archives in 2009. Photo courtesy of Emma Wolman.

    Where Are They Now?

    • Date: May 20, 2014
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives catches up with former interns.

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    Heart of Glass

    • Date: October 5, 2017
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: Since our move to Smithsonian Institution Support Center, in the fall of 2015, the Archives have been able to work on longer-term projects using the photographic negatives stored in our cold storage vault. One of these projects is systematically scanning the collection of glass plate negatives from the United States National Museum, Division of Graphic Arts Photograph

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    Season's Greetings

    • Date: December 16, 2010
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_10411" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="George Sprague Myers (1905-1985) Family Christmas Card, c. 1944, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7317, SIA2011-0015."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_10414" align="alignleft" width="178" caption="Doris Holmes Blake (1892-1978) Family Christmas Card, undated, Smithsonian Institution

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    See Here: 5/11/2010

    • Date: May 11, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="329" caption="Photograph of the Samuel P. Langley commemorative statue at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, in 1915, Langley was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1906, and pioneer in astrophysics and aerial navigation, c. 1915, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print,

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