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  1. Presentation by Coca-Cola Company to the Division of Medical Science.

    Sneak Peek: 12/14/2011

    • Date: December 14, 2011
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Presentation by Coca-Cola Company to the Division of Medical Science. OPA-863D.

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  3. Black and white portrait of woman.

    Cryptic Content in The Stacks

    • Date: December 28, 2017
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: Collections here at the Archives span over 171 years of Smithsonian history and include personal papers of the many notable people who have been part of its work in science and culture. Cryptic and coded content is not unusual here. One would expect special vocabulary in the accessions of scientific observations. For example, notations of depth, temperature, and sounding and

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  5. Beautiful Worms, by Wm Jas, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0 Generic.

    Mealworm Chocolate Chip Cookies, Anyone?

    • Date: September 1, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: Earlier this year, I blogged about a recipe for “Elephant Skin and Ivory” (a black and white tinted candy) that I found in the 1984 National Museum of Natural History Docent Cookbook. Well, while researching the history of the same museum’s Insect Zoo for my recent blog post, I came across another recipe that I'd like to share—mealworm chocolate chip cookies.This recipe

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  7. Examples of #museolutions on Twitter.

    Link Love: 1/6/2012

    • Date: January 6, 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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  9. Cockroach Kitchen, Dynamics of Evolution Hall, 1979, photographic print, Accession 13-125 - National Museum of Natural History, Office of Education, Exhibition Records, 1978-1979, 1995-1996, 2003, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. no. 87-7526.

    The Cockroach Kitchen

    • Date: October 29, 2013
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A cockroach covered kitchen illustrated population potential in a National Museum of Natural History exhibit.

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    Just what is an archives, anyway?

    • Date: October 5, 2010
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: This month, the Smithsonian Institution Archives, along with many other archives across the Smithsonian and around the nation, will be celebrating American Archives Month. The purpose of this celebration is "to raise awareness about the value of archives and archivists." We write a lot about what an archivist does on this blog, but, for those of you who don't know and are

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  13. Marvin Heiferman, Courtesy of Marvin Heiferman.

    Cheers to Marvin Heiferman

    • Date: October 12, 2011
    • 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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    May Day Motto: Be Prepared

    • Date: May 2, 2011
    • Creator: Nora Lockshin
    • Description: In honor of the Heritage Preservation organization’s annual MayDay initiative to protect cultural heritage from disasters, the Archives will be highlighting how we deal with emergencies and how you can prepare yourself in a series of blog posts. [caption id="attachment_12763" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="This image is quite dark for a reason—in an emergency

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  17. Portrait of George Tsaroff at age 15

    Spotlight: George Tsaroff

    • Date: September 30, 2021
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: This blog post was edited in October 2021 for clarification. While surveying and collecting specimens in the Aleutian Islands in 1871-1872 for the United States Coast Survey, later renamed the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, naturalist William Healey Dall befriended George Tsaroff (1858-1880), an Unangan (Aleut) teen from Unalaska Island who had been hired as local

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  19. Frank Thone and a "Square Deal" on Earth Day

    • Date: April 22, 2013
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: A photo montage of a science journalist and a fly illustrates the man's sense of humor and attitudes toward nature.

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  21. Blog Post

    Tips from Smithsonian Photographers on Photographing Fireworks

    • Date: June 28, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Note: This blog post borrows heavily from the article, “Shooting Fireworks: Capture the Spectacle,” from former Smithsonian employee, Jim Wallace (originally published on the Smithsonian staff photographer’s website in 1995), with valuable additions from Ken Rahaim. The 4th of July is coming up next week, promising picnics, gatherings, and of course, fireworks. You may have

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  23. The world’s first airplane was built by Wilbur and Orville Wright and flown for the first time in Kitty Hawk, N.C. on Dec. 17, 1903. In addition to making those historic first flights, the Wright Flyer embodies fundamental elements of all subsequent airplanes.

    Link Love: 11/15/2013

    • Date: November 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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