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    A Tale of Coffee and Collecting

    • Date: November 30, 2010
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Archives are often used by genealogists to create their family histories. Often it's a tedious process that can involve many repositories throughout the country or even the world, but the final product can be fascinating. Take, for instance, Melbourne ("Mel") Romaine Carriker's Vista Nieve: The Remarkable True Adventures of an Early Twentieth Century Naturalist and His Family

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  3. The Crypt Room

    Sneak Peek 5/4/2015

    • Date: May 4, 2015
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: The Crypt Room, located in the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle," containing the tomb of founder James Smithson, 75-7097.

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  5. The Resolute Desk

    Sneak Peek 6/16/2014

    • Date: June 16, 2014
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and two unidentified administrators with the Resolute desk, on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in 1966 and 1967.

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  7. Frame of Walrus in Taxidermy Shop

    Sneak Peek 5/5/2014

    • Date: May 5, 2014
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Frame of walrus in the model and taxidermy shop located in the South Shed in the South Yard of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle.

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  9. Spencer Fullerton Baird and Daughter Lucy in Woods Hole, Massachusetts

    Sneak Peek 8/8/2016

    • Date: August 8, 2016
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Spencer Fullerton Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and daughter, Lucy, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, MAH-3461.

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  11. View of an exhibit, titled

    Archives Puzzles: 100 Years of the Smithsonian

    • Date: November 23, 2020
    • 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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  13. Link Love: 11/20/15

    • Date: November 20, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: In anticipation of its Fall 2016 opening, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) did something beautiful. A film, by Stanley J. Nelson and Marcia Smith, was projected on NMAAHC's new building representing the history of African Americans in the U.S. You can check out all the images from the projection mapping on their Pinterest

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  15. Blog Post

    Felix Nadar

    • Date: April 17, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="333" caption="Portrait of Felix Nadar (1820-1910), Photographer and Aeronautical Scientist, Unidentified Photographer, Unidentified Photographer, Smithsonian Institution Libraries"][/caption] In response to our recent Flickr Commons set highlighting women in science, Erin, our colleague from Smithsonian Libraries, did some deeper

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  17. Eucosma ragonoti barnesiana Dyar, 1903, Collected by Harrison G. Dyar, National Museum of Natural History.

    The Impossible Case of Harrison G. Dyar

    • Date: May 12, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Starting tomorrow through next week, we will be digging into the life of entomologist Harrison Gray Dyar (1866-1929). Dyar was honorary custodian of the Smithsonian's United States National Museum's collection of Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, etc.) for more than thirty years. As a scientist, Dyar was noted for his work concerning mosquito-borne diseases. He also developed a

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  19. Talking and Doing About Emergency Preparation

    • Date: May 1, 2012
    • Creator: Sarah Stauderman
    • Description: Every May 1 is a chance to do one thing about Emergency Preparation; here’s how the Smithsonian Institution Archives is doing it.

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  21. Blog Post

    See Here: 8/17/2010

    • Date: August 17, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Renovation work is underway in the Regents Room in the South Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB) in 1968, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder 13, Negative Number: OPA 1457-14A."][/caption]

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  23. Remembrance

    • Date: November 11, 2011
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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