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  1. Portrait of Henry Joseph Horan, seated.

    Spotlight: Henry Joseph Horan, Superintendent of Buildings

    • Date: July 29, 2021
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: A closer look at staff member Henry Horan (1838-1896), who held several positions at the Smithsonian, including janitor, watchman, and superintendent of buildings, during his long career at the Institution.

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  3. David Burnett’s Speed Graphic Photos of the London 2012 Olympics.

    Link Love: 2/15/2013

    • Date: February 15, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: A weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    “A Wildlife Paradise”: International Collaboration on the DMZ Ecology in the 1960s

    • Date: November 12, 2019
    • Description: The DMZ ecology project reveals the Smithsonian’s commitment to ecological research programs as well as the complexity and contingency of an international collaboration.

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  7. Portrait photograph of a woman, holding one hand to her chin.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Anna R. Cohn

    • Date: April 3, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Anna R. Cohn, Director, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), 1988–2014, toured groundbreaking exhibitions across the United States. She joined the Smithsonian in 1983 as director of the international exhibition “The Precious Legacy” and later organized “Generations” for the S. Dillon Ripley Center’s International Gallery. #Groundbreaker

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    Link Love: 7/16/2010

    • Date: July 16, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: What Not to Wear: The National Portrait Gallery has a dramatic before/after makeover of James Monroe. Check out this great profile of our photograph archivist, Marguerite Roby. The NY Times Opinionator weighs in on in what exactly constitutes an “heirloom,” what this means in a throw-away culture, and the reasons why we save (or try and get rid of) so many dusty old things

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  11. The Star Trek starship Enterprise Studio Model being removed from the lower level of the National Air and Space Museum Shop, by Mark Avino, National Air and Space Museum, image number WEB14418-2014.

    Link Love: 9/19/2014

    • Date: September 19, 2014
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    The Quest for Walcott's Quarry

    • Date: September 15, 2009
    • Creator: Sarah Stauderman
    • Description: [caption id="attachment_2239" align="aligncenter" width="324" caption="881. View of the cliff of Mount Burgess from the west slope of Mount Field, three (3) miles north of Field on the Canadian Pacific Railway (British Columbia, Canada). By C.D. Walcott, 1910. 4 x 5" kodak film. Digital image taken directly from nitrate negative.

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  15. Journal of Field Explorations, Volume 1, Page 6

    Sneak Peek 3/7/2016

    • Date: March 7, 2016
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Journal of Field Explorations, Volume 1, page 6, by Edward A. Chapin, featuring photographs of Estacion Experimental Agromica de Cuba and Avenue of Royal Palms, SIA2011-0210.

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  17. Wessington House, Edenton, North Carolina

    Sneak Peek 1/8/2018

    • Date: January 8, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Wessington House, Edenton, North Carolina (N.C.), photographed by United States Fish Commission during survey of N.C. fisheries, circa 1878, Acc. No. 11-006, MAH-4911.

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    Smithsonian Volunteers: Thanks for the Time and Talent!

    • Date: April 6, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: In celebration of over a century of volunteer contributions at the Smithsonian, explore the work of some stellar volunteers from our collection.

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  21. Field Book Narratives of Volcanologist James F. Luhr

    • Date: August 18, 2016
    • Description: A look into the field books of volcanologist James F. Luhr.

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    An Intern’s Perspective on Preserving Scrapbooks and Conserving Blueprints

    • Date: August 30, 2018
    • Description: Preservation intern discusses working with oversize materials in the Archives collection, including information on the creation of custom enclosures, surface cleaning of blueprints, and humidification.

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