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    Wisdom is in the head, and not in the beard...

    • Date: March 24, 2010
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Lucille St. Hoyme (1924-2001), J. Lawrence Angel (1915-1986), and Thomas Dale Stewart (1901-1997), 1967, by Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Lucille St. Hoyme (1924-2001), J. Lawrence Angel (1915-1986), and Thomas Dale Stewart (1901-1997), 1967, by Smithsonian Institution

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  3. Alexander Wetmore Examines Study Skins of Birds

    Sneak Peek 10/30/2017

    • Date: October 30, 2017
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Alexander Wetmore examines study skins of birds collected on his expeditions for his next volume of "The Birds of Panama," OPA-1378-18A.

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  5. Freeze Frame (Freeze Frame)!

    • Date: May 12, 2022
    • Creator: Heidi Stover
    • Description: At the Archives we get to see hundreds and hundreds (technically ~3 million if we wanted) images and photographs. We sometimes lose focus (ahh, get it) of all the amazing people behind the lens.National Photograph Month at the Archives

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  7. Mitch in his holiday sweater.

    Ch-ch-ch-changes, 2015 edition!

    • Date: November 5, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: It is with sadness that I report that Mitch Toda is stepping down as the blog coordinator. Since 2011, Mitch Toda has been the man behind-the-scenes making sure everything runs smoothly. As a staff archivist, he works daily with the records he takes in from Smithsonian museums and offices such as the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Office of

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    Archives Puzzles: Gardening Like it’s 1976

    • Date: March 29, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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  11. Kaupp stands at a podium. She is speaking into the microphone.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ann Kaupp

    • Date: May 4, 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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  13. Bretzfelder works on an exhibit space diorama in an office. She is wearing bold, round, black glasses. She is holding up a piece of the diorama to examine.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborah M. Bretzfelder

    • Date: March 9, 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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    Archives Puzzles: Kicking Back Like It’s 1880

    • Date: September 21, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: This season, have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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  17. Close up of 35mm color slides.

    Gaining an Appreciation for the Archives

    • Date: December 7, 2017
    • Description: For the past month, I have been immersed in the complexity that is the world of digital archiving as an intern for the Smithsonian Institution Archives. As a digital preservation intern, I have discovered aspects about archiving that I would have never considered previously, such as the processes required to document accessions, recording information for accessibility and

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    Smithsonian Digitization Update

    • Date: April 14, 2009
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Even if you have visited the Smithsonian in person, you probably don’t know that it’s comprised of 19 museums and 9 research centers. You can’t see it all by visiting the Mall in Washington D.C. since there are museums in New York and research centers in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Panama. Each museum and research center researches and collects around different topics, from

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  21. Where is the Smithsonian?

    • Date: January 2, 2014
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The simple question, "Where is the Smithsonian?," has always been a difficult one to answer.

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    “Dear Sir”: Letters to the Smithsonian, 1948-1971

    • Date: August 21, 2018
    • Description: In 1956, Helena M. Weiss received a letter asking for information about “how to capture them, also how to raise them… what to put them in, also what to feed them.” Interestingly, the letter-writer neglected to specify what he or she meant by “them,” leaving Weiss only to guess what exactly the inquiry was referring to. From 1948 to 1956, Weiss was Chief of the Office of

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