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  1. Grey/white partial stone piece with ancient Greek script

    Link Love: 7/13/2018

    • Date: July 13, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: An archaeological dig in the ancient city of Olympus has turned up a rare clay tablet with 13 verses of Homer's Odyssey likely from the 8th Century BC. [via BBC]Dancer Gesel Mason is creating a digital archive of black choreographers' work. [via NPR]Emmett Till's casket on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) may be

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  3. How Many Objects does the Smithsonian Have?

    • Date: January 25, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12123,size=250,left]It is a simple answer really: We counted. From 1978 to 1983, the Smithsonian undertook a comprehensive inventory of its collections. It was the first time the Smithsonian had ever tried to count each object in its collections and it was a massive task. Over five years, staff from every museum and research center spent thousands of

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    Link Love: 2/19/2010

    • Date: February 19, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  7. Marshall stands at a podium and speaks to an audience.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Era L. Marshall

    • Date: April 28, 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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    See Here: 11/8/2010

    • Date: November 8, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="Smithsonian's pilot aluminum-can recycling program started early in February 1990. Forty-four containers like the one pictured were placed at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), National Air and Space Museum, and the Museum Support Center, 1989, by Jeff Tinsley,

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  11. 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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  13. The Smithsonian Castle, c. 1857-1858

    Link Love: 6/8/2012

    • Date: June 8, 2012
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • 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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  15. A Window into the Grand Tour: Traveling in the Style of James Smithson

    • Date: December 4, 2012
    • Description: A new exhibition offers a chance to explore the world of Grand Tour travel in the late eighteenth century, similar to that experienced by the Smithsonian’s own founding donor, James Smithson.

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  17. February 4, 1925 Letter Charles Doolittle Walcott to William Howard Taft, Record Unit 45 - Office of the Secretary, Records, 1890-1929, Smithsonian Institution Archive, neg. no. SIA2015-001132.

    Hoping it Will Help

    • Date: December 2, 2014
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: How one dollar launched a fundraising campaign in 1925.

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  19. Llyn Padarn frozen, by Geoff Charles (1909-2002), February 7, 1963.

    Link Love: 1/20/2012

    • Date: January 20, 2012
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • 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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  21. Kevin Spacey as President Francis J. Underwood (detail) by Jonathan Yeo / Oil on canvas, 2015 / Collection of the artist

    Link Love: 2/26/16

    • Date: February 26, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: It happened. "President" Francis J. Underwood's portrait hangs at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and NPG's Director, Kim Sajet, appears on an upcoming episode of House of Cards. [via Variety]DC Public Library's Memory Lab has your digital back and can help you digitize your 3.5" floppies and MiniDV's. [via dcist]Everyone's up in arms over the Metropolitan Museum

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    I Found My Dad at the Smithsonian

    • Date: December 2, 2010
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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