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      Remembering Robert McCormick Adams, Secretary 1984-1994

      • Date: January 29, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10199,size=500,center]Robert McCormick Adams (1926-2018) served as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1984 to 1994. He succeeded S. Dillon Ripley who had overseen a period of remarkable expansion from 1964 to 1984. Dr. Dr. Robert McCormick Adams (1926-2018) served as the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1984 to 1994. An

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    3. Yak with long fur stands in the snow. It is facing the camera.

      Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2021

      • Date: October 12, 2021
      • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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      Gender Discrimination at the Smithsonian Institution

      • Date: August 6, 2019
      • Description: A complete history of the Smithsonian Institution includes stories of employment discrimination. Here is one woman who demanded change.

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      There will always be a photography

      • Date: July 14, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="303" caption="Photographer holding large folding camera, by unidentified photographer, c. 1935, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Archives Center."][/caption] Recently photography has said goodbye to two industry icons. Polaroid stopped production of its instant film, and Kodak announced that it is

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    9. Throwback Thursday, Smithsonian-Style

      • Date: December 20, 2018
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Slide back through time by exploring historic Smithsonian spaces in these before-and-after shots

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    11. Black and white high school yearbook picture of Marie Louise Clogher.

      Forging a Legal Path: Marie Malaro

      • Date: September 18, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Marie Malaro, 1933-2018, entered law in 1957 when few women were admitted to the bar, and then taught generations of museum professionals how law and ethics applied to their work every day.

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      Museum Computer Network and the Smithsonian Institution: The Vision

      • Date: April 13, 2017
      • Description: In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Museum Computer Network, this first blog explores the early interactions of MCN with the Smithsonian.

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    15. Wishing you a Trivial New Year!

      • Date: January 4, 2018
      • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
      • Description: Happy National Trivia Day! January 4th is the perfect day to break out all those endless bits of knowledge stored in your noggin and share them with others. As for the history of National Trivia Day, it's thought that the creation of the game Trivial Pursuit in 1979 sparked the beginning of our fascination with trivia, and everythinge else is history, as they say. To feed our

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    17. Owney the Railway Mail Dog’s Facebook Info Page on March 2, 2011.

      The Smithsonian: Using and Archiving Facebook

      • Date: May 31, 2011
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    19. Scan of a 1938 Washington Post article.

      Camera Craze Comes to the Smithsonian

      • Date: April 26, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: It would be hard to imagine stepping into a Smithsonian museum today and not seeing a single camera. Digital cameras and smart phones with cameras are so completely a part of today’s museum-going experience that - unless a flash goes off in your face – you probably wouldn’t notice the camera next to you. However, in 1938, you would have seen a very different sight. On August

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      Down at the Drive-In

      • Date: August 4, 2009
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_1679" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Untitled (Drive-In: Circle Theatre), Steve Fitch, 1976, Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection"][/caption] Media and transportation seem forever linked. As I wrote in a previous post, the portable camera and the bicycle made a very nice pairing in their early years at the turn of the 20th century.

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      Microfilm Reels in the 21st Century

      • Date: June 20, 2019
      • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
      • Description: A brief history on the invention and implementation of microfilm and our acquisition of a new, modern microfilm reader/scanner that enables us to provide digital access to and enhance the quality of SIA’s microfilm collections.

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