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  1. Faded color map of the United States as it was in 1839.

    Pursuing Knowledge in Unfamiliar Country

    • Date: November 15, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: In mid-19th century America, some believed that world-class discoveries came exclusively from Europe. But early Smithsonian leaders had a sense of urgency to disseminate an authoritative body of knowledge, pursue further discoveries, and provide a deeper understanding to the public at a time when American society was changing.

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  3. View of collections shelving at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    How I Spent My Summer: Interning as a Virtual Web Archivist

    • Date: August 4, 2022
    • Description: Virtually join along with me on my web and social media archiving adventure using web archiving services, such as Archive-It.

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  5. The Education of George C. Wheeler - Part III

    • Date: February 7, 2013
    • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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  7. Screenshot of “The Endangered Song Project” website as it existed on April 22, 2014. The website is maintained by the National Zoological Park and was launched in observance of Earth Day 2014.

    Web Archiving Update, October 2014

    • Date: October 7, 2014
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A progress report on the Archives' most recent two years of web archiving.

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  9. Recognizing the Smithsonian Staff Who Served in the Gulf War

    • Date: November 10, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: This Veterans Day, we salute the 21 men and women at the Smithsonian who served in the Gulf War.

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  11. Diana of the Tides’ vibrant colors are reminiscent of paintings by Maxfield Parrish. Diana’s creator John Elliott knew Maxfield and his father Stephen from visits to the artists colony in Cornish, New Hampshire. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Archives.

    Diana of the Tides: A Sensation of Her Time

    • Date: January 25, 2011
    • Description: This post originally appeared on the National Museum of Natural History's blog, Unearthed.Who would think that behind the west wall of NMNH's paleontology hall is a painting of a goddess that created a sensation when installed in 1910? Some of you who visited the museum fifty years ago may remember the captivating Diana of the Tides as she surveyed the hall.Diana was painted

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    Looking Wayback on the Smithsonian’s Sesquicentennial

    • Date: August 10, 2020
    • Description: The Smithsonian marked its 150th birthday with a huge celebration and special website in 1996.

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  15. In May 1956, Faye Marley, editor of Independent Woman, asked Jane Stafford to contribute an article about women scientists. Record Unit 7091 - Science Service, Records, circa 1910-1973, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Playing Against Type: Women, Science, and Stereotypes

    • Date: April 8, 2014
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Even enlightened publications and workplaces can succumb to the fallback position of choosing stereotyped images of female scientists.

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    An Intern’s Perspective on Preserving Scrapbooks and Conserving Blueprints

    • Date: August 30, 2018
    • Description: Preservation intern discusses working with oversize materials in the Archives collection, including information on the creation of custom enclosures, surface cleaning of blueprints, and humidification.

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  19. Design for National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2010.

    An Intern Learns from Those Who Came Before

    • Date: August 16, 2016
    • Description: A brief tale of a Smithsonian summer internship and the experience, knowledge, and change that ensued.

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    Save the Silver!

    • Date: September 4, 2012
    • Description: During the Civil War, Solomon G. Brown protected valuables from the approaching Confederate Army.

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    Not Restarting, Starting Over: New Workflows for a New “Normal”

    • Date: August 24, 2021
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: Being away from the office for over a year has given us a lot of opportunity to think about what workflows will look like once we are able to return to our collections, especially for conservation and digitization.

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