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  1. 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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    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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  5. “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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  7. A man and woman, Flaherty, look over story boards on a desk.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Stacy A. Flaherty

    • Date: September 8, 2021
    • 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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  9. 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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  11. 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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  13. A Strange Thing Happened To Me On My Way to the Ground

    • Date: June 19, 2012
    • Description: Snow and its flakes: appreciated by some and despised by others, dreaded and welcomed at the same time, here today and gone tomorrow; such would not be the case for one particular snowflake, thanks Wilson Bentley.

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  15. Forest of Mississippi Valley, Black Walnut Tree

    Robert Ridgway: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees

    • Date: April 30, 2021
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Robert Ridgway, known primarily for his extensive contributions to ornithology and as curator of birds for the United States National Museum, was also a keen observer of the changing landscape in areas where he conducted his detailed studies.

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  17. Hot Topix in Archival Research During a Pandemic

    • Date: July 9, 2020
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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  19. Graph of the activity of Archives #volunpeers during the first 6 months of the year

    Ecology of the Transcription Center at the Archives

    • Date: September 4, 2014
    • Description: Learning the basis of landscape ecology to understand how the Transcription Center and the Smithsonian Institution Archives community of #volunpeers operates as a system.

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  21. 1888 Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States

    Reconstructing William Temple Hornaday’s 1888 Extermination Series

    • Date: March 2, 2017
    • Description: A look at taxidermist turned conservationist William Temple Hornaday's "Extermination Series" highlighting the environmental impact of man on North American mammals.

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  23. Link Love: 9/27/2019

    • Date: September 27, 2019
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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