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      A Champion for Libraries and Archives: Ching-hsien Wang

      • Date: May 26, 2022
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In their efforts to document the history of computing at the Smithsonian, volunteers are interviewing former staff to preserve their stories and experiences. Ching-hsien Wang was a force that helped libraries and archives make their collections accessible online and here are some early excerpts from our interview with her.

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      The “Enigmatic” First Artist-In-Residence at the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 7, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Late 2015, the beta version of the Smithsonian’s Learning Lab, a new digital platform providing access to digital resources across the Smithsonian alongside tools for teachers and students, launched. I was delighted to see a related social media update hinting at some of the discoveries to be had with the Learning Lab, one of which showed Saul Steinberg drawings on Smithsonian

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    5. Digital contact sheet that includes photographs of Betty J. Morgan.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Betty J. Morgan

      • Date: March 16, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    7. Contact sheet of people at Louise M. Pearson’s retirement party. She is pictured with Smithsonian Secretary Charles G. Abbot. Pearson is being handed various gifts. A large crowd is gathered.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Louise M. Pearson

      • Date: April 20, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    9. Happy Birthday, Smithsonian Magazine!

      • Date: April 21, 2015
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A look back at the first issue of Smithsonian Magazine for its 45th anniversary.

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    11. Home Page of the First Smithsonian Website, Accession 98-094: Office of the Secretary, Smithsonian Website Records, 1995, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2012-0382.

      The Electronic Smithsonian

      • Date: May 7, 2015
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A look back at the first Smithsonian home page, launched 20 years ago.

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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jacqueline Frost Austin

      • Date: March 24, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    15. A man in a suit and hat stares directly at the camera, holding a fish and a net. Trees and a body of water is visible in the background.

      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website

      • Date: January 29, 2019
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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    17. Bretzfelder works on an exhibit space diorama in an office. She is wearing bold, round, black glasses. She is holding up a piece of the diorama to examine.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborah M. Bretzfelder

      • Date: March 9, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    19. A woman is seated at a desk and holds a telephone to her ear. She is wearing a striped jacket. She is smiling though looking off to the side, not exactly toward the camera.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Judith A. Block

      • Date: July 13, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    21. Smithsonian Torch article about the formation of the SI Lesbian and Gay Issues Committee, March 1992. Len Hirsch is pictured, right.

      Smithsonian GLOBE: A History

      • Date: June 6, 2017
      • Description: In celebration of Pride 2017, a look back at the history of the Smithsonian GLOBE (Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Employees) organization.

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    23. Merzbach stands at the forefront of a photograph with three men and one woman standing behind her. They are in a computer lab.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Uta C. Merzbach

      • Date: December 30, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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