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   Link Love: 6/15/2018

   • Date: June 15, 2018
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: As the Lichtenstein Foundation closes, half a million documents are coming to the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art! [via NY Times]Bitcoin is entering the art market. [via Mutual Art]Hyperspectral scanning reveals Picasso's process during his "blue period." [via The Star]What could possibly connect Abraham Lincoln to vampires? The Smithsonian's National Museum of American

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   Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Taína Caragol

   • Date: February 7, 2018
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: Curator of Latino art, Dr. Taína Caragol, Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, aspires to: "My goal at the Portrait Gallery has been to make sure the contributions of Latinos to U.S. history are properly represented in the museum." #Groundbreaker

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   Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Beryl Simpson

   • Date: May 30, 2018
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: Phylogeneticist Dr. Beryl Simpson, formerly curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, received the 2010 José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany for her contributions to the field and 3 decades of mentoring future botanists. #Groundbreaker

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   Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Asma Naeem

   • Date: April 4, 2018
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Media Arts, Dr. Asma Naeem, was an attorney and public servant prior to studying art history, and researches the history of technology and the sensorial imagination of both artist and beholder. #Groundbreaker

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   Wonderful Women Wednesday: Claudia Kidwell

   • Date: September 21, 2016
   • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
   • Description: Curator Claudia Kidwell, Smithsonian's National Museum of History and Technology (now American History), started as an intern in 1961, became Curator of Costume after finishing her degree, and Acting Director of the entire museum in 1979!

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    Link Love: 5/18/2018

    • Date: May 18, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture acquired a portrait of Henrietta Lacks, the African American woman whose cells were unknowingly contributed to over 10,000 medical patents, aiding research and benefiting patients with polio, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease and other conditions. [via Smithsonian

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    Women in Science: What the Photos Say

    • Date: March 20, 2009
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [caption width="189" caption="Wanda Margarite Kirkbride Farr (b. 1895), sitting in lab with microscope, Smithsonian Insitution Archives"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_238" width="162" caption="New Use for Light Reflector, National Museum of American History"][/caption]I was intrigued by a recent post on the National Museum of American History’s (NMAH) blog about the

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    Link Love: 6/29/2018

    • Date: June 29, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The University of North Carolina at Chapel wants to make archiving more accessible with Archivist in a Backpack. [via Hyperallergic]The Field Book Project wrapped up May 31 with a contribution of 517,000 pages of field books to the Biodiversity Heritage Library and Internet Archive! [via BHL Blog]Some lessons learned from archiving Lubalin's Radical 60's magazines. [via AIGA's

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    Happy Anniversary, National Museum of African American History and Culture!

    • Date: September 28, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A year ago on September 24, 2016, the Smithsonian gained a new museum — the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Since then, 2.5 million people have visited the museum. In honor of their historic opening, we look back at photographer Michael Barnes' favorite images from the year.[view:sia_slideshow==77271]Related ResourcesHistory of the National Museum of

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    Some Archives Technologist Career Advice

    • Date: May 24, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: This is the latest post in our series on career advice for the aspiring archives professionals. Each edition features information and career advice from a different member of the Archives team, regarding what they do, how they got here, and how you can too. Check out our previous posts, and don’t be afraid to let us know who you would like to hear from next!The Archives has

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    American History, 50 Years of Exhibits

    • Date: May 15, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A collection of images documenting some of the National Museum of American History's exhibits since its opening 50 years ago.

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    Link Love: 9/23/2016

    • Date: September 23, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A new Smithsonian traveling exhibit, When Things Come Apart, highlights the inner workings of everyday objects! [via BuzzFeed]The Hammer Museum, with the support of the Mellon Foundation, is putting the archives for several exhibits (starting with this one on African American artists) online. [via LA Times]Forensic anthropologists confirm a gruesome history at Jamestown. [via

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