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    Family Vacation

    • Date: March 24, 2009
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this is the third in a series of installments from Smithsonian Institution Archives staff highlighting women in science photographs. We will post portraits of women science here throughout the month.

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    ATMs & Virtual Wallets—What Did We Do Before Them?

    • Date: August 28, 2012
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: How money was transferred in the 19th century before the era of the ATM.

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  5. Resurrection City, National Mall, Washington, DC, 1968.

    The Smithsonian and the Poor People's Campaign

    • Date: January 17, 2017
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The Smithsonian served as neighbor to the Poor People's Campaign in 1968 and still tells its story almost 50 years later.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Marilyn Graskowiak

    • Date: December 23, 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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    Climbing to Historical Heights

    • Date: July 20, 2010
    • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
    • Description: While in graduate school, I read that museum professionals wear many hats in one day. This could not be truer at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. [caption id="attachment_7424" align="alignright" width="180" caption="Climbing the Plank to the Top, May 27, 2010, by Lauren Dare, Digital photograph."][/caption] I’ve worn many hats working in the Institutional History Division

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  11. Calling All First Ladies

    • Date: August 27, 2013
    • Description: A closer look at the First Lady’s social obligation to exchange calling cards in the early 19th century.

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    Looking Smithson’s Gift Horse in the Mouth

    • Date: July 28, 2015
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Today, James Smithson’s bequest to found the Smithsonian is considered a wonderful event, but in 1835 when it was announced, many Americans responded negatively. Why did they look his gift horse in the mouth?

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  15. Yak with long fur stands in the snow. It is facing the camera.

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2021

    • Date: October 12, 2021
    • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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    How Hot Was It At Bull Run?

    • Date: July 20, 2011
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  19. “Christmas Among the Soldiers,” The National Republican, December 28, 1861, page

    Hope for the Holidays: A Civil War Season in DC

    • Date: December 22, 2011
    • Description: First hand account of Mary Henry, daughter of Joseph Henry, about what Washington DC was like during the holidays in the time of the Civil War.

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  21. Is that you, John Quincy Adams?

    • Date: February 20, 2012
    • Creator: Kirsten Tyree
    • Description: In honor of President’s Day, the Smithsonian Institution Archives shares letters from President John Quincy Adams from our collections.

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  23. Color portrait of Zoe Martindale standing, wearing a pink shirt and lanyard around her neck with a ID card

    Zoe Martindale, Archives Volunteer Extraordinaire Retires

    • Date: April 5, 2018
    • Creator: Matt Peterson
    • Description: If the Smithsonian Institution had a hall of fame for Volunteers, then Zoe Martindale would certainly be in line for induction. Martindale started volunteering at the Smithsonian Institution Archives in 1997 immediately after she retired. This past February, Martindale retired again, this time from her volunteer position at the Archvies after over twenty years of service.

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