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    1. 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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      Mapping the Moon

      • Date: May 19, 2009
      • Description: Though photographs are accepted as subjective but ultimately faithful visual reproductions of reality, in many instances they don’t correspond to our experience. Pupils don’t regularly glint red, and people don’t transform into the streaked, evanescent smears we so often witness in photos. Yet we have no trouble accepting these inconsistencies, knowing that taking a picture of

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    5. A woman interviewing a man at a table with a recorder in between them.

      Exploring Oral History at the Smithsonian

      • Date: April 6, 2021
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: A brief history and exploration of oral history collections at the Smithsonian.

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    7. 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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    9. Astronaut Sally K. Ride wore these clothes during her flight in space

      Link Love: 7/27/2012

      • Date: July 27, 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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    11. 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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    13. A sketch of an exhibit floor plan that notes measurements of objects and panels.

      Adventures in Time and Space: Exhibition Records

      • Date: October 25, 2018
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Transferring, processing, and describing exhibition drawings pose significant challenges to the archival workflow.

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    15. Color painting of a gardener by Vincent Van Gogh.

      Link Love: 9/28/2018

      • Date: September 28, 2018
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    17. Color scan of a pamphlet cover with black text.

      Maria Mitchell and the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 14, 2018
      • Description: On the evening of October 1, 1847, while using a small telescope on the roof of the family home, Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) spotted a comet where one had not been before. Word of this achievement spread quickly through the scientific community. The American Journal of Science declared her “the first American entitled to the honor of the original discovery of a comet.” Some

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    19. An older woman sits at a desk. A lizard is resting on her shoulder but seems to blend in with her sweater.

      Doris Holmes Blake and Her Natural History

      • Date: March 21, 2019
      • Creator: Tatiana Swann
      • Description: Doris Holmes Blake's devotion to her passion for entomology made her a treasure to natural history and the Smithsonian Institution.

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    21. A microscopic look at individual fibers from the Star-Spangled Banner.

      Link Love: 4/4/4014

      • Date: April 4, 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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      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website

      • Date: July 3, 2018
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.[edan-image:id=siris_arc_394342,size=500,center]New Finding Aids Online:National Air and Space Museum, Space History Department, Exhibition Records, 2000-2004, 2010-2016, Accession

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