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    1. Patrick Milhoan, Archives Technician, Archives and Information Management Team, 2015, by Mitch Toda.

      Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions

      • Date: September 22, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: At the Smithsonian Institution Archives we've added some new staff, including Patrick Milhoan, our new Archives Technician.

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    3. Five images in a contact sheet of a woman being surprised by a group waiting in a room. It appears that she has been gifted a portrait of a man.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ann S. Campbell

      • Date: March 2, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Ann S. Campbell was one of the first women managers at the Smithsonian. Between 1968 and 1980, she directed the Management Analysis Office, responsible for surveying the Institution’s offices on their objectives, staffing, and function and developing any necessary operational changes. Under Campbell, the office was also tasked with issuing Smithsonian directives, including

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    5. Burke stands with four men, including Secretary Bunch.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheila P. Burke

      • Date: November 18, 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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    7. Specimen card from the Presidential Cruise of 1938.

      The Oval Office meets the Castle: Presidents at the Smithsonian

      • Date: November 8, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: The Smithsonian Castle sits just over a mile away from Washington D.C.’s most notable address,1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We are more than just a short walk away from the White House, however—we are directly tied to it and its occupants. Not only does the Smithsonian collect the history of United States Presidents (including, yes, Lincoln’s top hat and even the hair of a few

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    9. Portrait of Jones. She is wearing a formal white jacket with black accents on the collar, buttons, and front pockets. She is wearing large, thin, round glasses and a gold necklace. Jones is a Black woman.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Carolyn E. Jones

      • Date: February 2, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Carolyn E. Jones was the director of the Smithsonian’s Office of Human Resources between 1996 until her retirement in 2003. She initially joined the Institution in 1983 as a financial analyst and at various periods worked as the director of parking and as the chief financial officer for the Smithsonian’s mail order distribution division. Jones served as the chair of the

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    11. A woman presents an award to a man. They are shaking hands.

      Smithsonian Spotlight: Carmen E. Turner

      • Date: February 20, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: How does one climb from working as a clerk typist to being appointed second-in-command at the Smithsonian? Meet Carmen Turner.

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    13. S. Dillon Ripley Views Quadrangle, 1987

      The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part II

      • Date: April 28, 2016
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: The 1846 legislation that established the Smithsonian Institution provided for a Secretary, appointed by the Board of Regents, who would run the day-to-day affairs of the Institution. When David Skorton became Secretary last year, he was the thirteenth person to take on that responsibility. In our last blog, we discussed the first six and now we’ll look at seven through

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    15. A woman shakes hands with a man who is holding up a plaque. Both are smiling at the camera.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Carmen Turner

      • Date: February 20, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Carmen Turner, Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1990–1992, was the Smithsonian’s chief operating officer. She led a comprehensive reorganizational study of the Smithsonian, and prioritized equal employment opportunities, welcoming more diverse audiences, and creating spaces for teenagers. #Groundbreaker

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    17. A group of people hold up “welcome” signs at an entrance of the National Museum of American History.

      We Apologize for the Inconvenience: Shutting Down the Smithsonian

      • Date: November 14, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: In 2019, the Smithsonian faced the repercussions of the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, but the institution is no stranger to the dreaded furlough.

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    19. Fleeing from the ruined city--California St., from Stockton to Ferry Tower, San Francisco, California, 1906, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, neg. no. 13496.

      The Smithsonian Seismological Institute

      • Date: August 26, 2014
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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    21. Black and white photograph of a scientific experiment, involving an unknown specimen and multiple light fixtures attached together. Scientific measurement instruments such as a microscope and other supplies can be seen in the background. The experiment is in a basement room with a brick ceiling.

      Establishment of the Smithsonian Radiation Biology Laboratory

      • Date: February 16, 2021
      • Creator: Jessica Scott
      • Description: On this day in 1965, the Smithsonian Radiation Biology Laboratory became an independent research entity at the Smithsonian Institution.

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    23. Home Page of the First Smithsonian Website, Accession 98-094: Office of the Secretary, Smithsonian Website Records, 1995, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2012-0382.

      The Electronic Smithsonian

      • Date: May 7, 2015
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A look back at the first Smithsonian home page, launched 20 years ago.

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