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      Online Soul

      • Date: June 7, 2010
      • Description: One of the goals of THE BIGGER PICTURE blog is to highlight stories about the ways images delivered in an online environment can describe extraordinary events or comment equally powerfully on our everyday life. Our contributors talk about collections at the Smithsonian, about images or archives that are making headlines, or about people that make, care for, and think about

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      Link Love: 6/26/2015

      • Date: June 26, 2015
      • 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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    5. Watson Davis’s handwritten notes on the day he first met John Thomas Scopes in June 1925. Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      Science Service: Up Close

      • Date: May 19, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Each Smithsonian Institution Archives collection has a life story. That narrative, much like the biography of a person, can explain how a collection's photographs, letters, and documents relate to each other. Closer inspection may also reveal hidden connections to other archival materials and can help in identifying photographers and writers. This new blog series will turn a

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    7. Black and white photograph of skeletons of man and horse.

      Link Love: 9/15/2017

      • Date: September 15, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.

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    9. Anailah Funchess, Camilia Bell and Efeh Ibojie (L-R) discuss the treatment plan for SIA Acc. 16-179, Field notes, Xalapa and Chiapas, Mexico, 2001, with Ben Conklin (R). Image no. SIA-CONS_20220801_20

      Coffee, tea or mold?

      • Date: September 29, 2022
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: We’re lucky that our interns love coffee, because for this summer’s final project, I selected Russell Greenberg’s Field notes, Xalapa and Chiapas, Mexico, 2001 for a full conservation treatment. If you’ve not had your morning cup yet, you may be wondering why we celebrate his work on National Coffee Day. Dr. Greenberg was an ornithologist, founder and director of the

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      Colors of photography – digital conservation on faded prints

      • Date: December 18, 2018
      • Creator: Charles Zange
      • Description: A few attempts to roll back the color shift on faded prints from 1955

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    13. Portrait of young man with brown hair.

      Join us for #AskAnArchivist - Wednesday, October 4!

      • Date: October 3, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Tomorrow, to mark Archives Month, we will be on Twitter for #AskAnArchivist! We will answer any questions you may have about archives, from preserving your photos to favorites in our collection. Get your questions ready for this amazing line-up!William Bennett – Conservation Specialist, Smithsonian Institution Archives, attends to the physical needs of our archival collections

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      Walking on Broken Glass

      • Date: July 22, 2010
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_7450" align="aligncenter" width="379" caption="A broken glass plate negative, Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives."][/caption] We are in the throes of summer here in Washington DC, and that means three things:  heat, more heat, and interns. Interns not only allow us to share expertise and experience with newcomers to the field, but also allow

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      Link Love: 10/1/2010

      • Date: October 1, 2010
      • 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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    19. Link Love: 8/2/2013

      • Date: August 2, 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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    21. Revisiting the Arts and Industries Building

      • Date: April 17, 2014
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Closed to the public since 2004, the Arts and Industries Building remains closed for the foreseeable future. Here is a look back at what used to be there.

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    23. The Prophet, newsletter of the Smithsonian African American Association, Volume 1, Issue 1, Accession 99-016, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Image no. SIA2016-008658.

      Smithsonian African American Association

      • Date: February 9, 2016
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: The Smithsonian African American Association was formed in 1989 and was an assembly of the Institution's employees who have organized to project a united voice, to have an impact upon pan-institutional policies that affect African Americans, and to convey these concerns to the Smithsonian Administration.

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