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  1. Three men test out new computer equipment. They are all wearing suits.

    Volunteer Spotlight: John Churchman

    • Date: April 22, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: To celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month, we would like to recognize John Churchman, a research associate who has been documenting the history of computing at the Smithsonian.

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  3. A black-and-white picture of Mary Jane Rathbun working at her desk at the Smithsonian Institution.

    Wikipedia & Women in Science: Smithsonian Groundbreakers Edit-a-thon

    • Date: August 24, 2020
    • Description: Help us increase the representation of women in science on Wikipedia!

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  5. Writing At Cross Purposes

    • Date: June 12, 2012
    • Creator: Mary Markey
    • Description: Another discovery in the Smithsonian Institution Archives— a letter that takes illegibility to new heights.

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  7. Fragments of 12th-century manuscripts used to construct a 16th-century bookbinding

    Link Love: 6/9/2016

    • Date: June 10, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Celebrating our 300th Link Love since 2010!Macro x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (MA-XRF) reveals ancient manuscripts reused as bookbindings! [via The Guardian]A historic moment - refugees form their own squad for this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [via NPR]Get your color on with National Parks! [via National Park Foundation]Artist Bill Domonkos' archival remixes.[via

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  9. Black and white photograph of a baby two-toed sloth in a basket holding the finger of its caretaker.

    A (Brief) History of Sloths at the Smithsonian

    • Date: October 20, 2020
    • Creator: Jessica Scott
    • Description: …in which a member of the Archives staff turns her passion for sloths into a mission to research their history at the Smithsonian Institution.

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    Photos, Guns, Africa, Stanley, & Kalulu

    • Date: August 26, 2009
    • 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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    Television and the Smithsonian: Worldly Success

    • Date: December 18, 2012
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: For six seasons, beginning in 1984, the television series Smithsonian World opened new windows on the research and scientists at the Smithsonian Institution.

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    Louis Purnell, Airman and Curator

    • Date: February 22, 2011
    • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  17. An excerpt from the Braggs'

    A Father, a Son, and a Nobel Prize

    • Date: December 10, 2015
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: A look at the unique journey to discovery of father-son Nobel Laureates William Henry and William Lawrence Bragg. The Braggs won the Nobel Prize in Physics 100 years ago.

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    Robert Kennicott and the Western Union Telegraph Expedition

    • Date: September 21, 2017
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14715,size=250,left] By now you have probably heard of Robert Kennicott, either because of his involvement with the Megatherium Club, or because of the article and blog post on his death that was published last year. I, however, tend to associate him with the Western Union Telegraph Expedition, a collecting mission to Alaska that proved to be his last.

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  21. 2 men in a field on wooden platform with telescope with one man peering up into the telescope.

    2017 Top Blog Posts

    • Date: December 19, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: It's interesting to look back and see what resonated with you, our readers, this past year. Clearly, we along with many of you were fascinated by the solar eclipse of 2017 that was viewable from many parts of the U.S. Three of the top 10 were about solar eclipses. You also were captivated by our efforts to bring more attention to women in science. Three of the posts have to do

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  23. A woman photographs a panda.

    Remembering Jessie Cohen

    • Date: October 29, 2009
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: At SPI, we were sad to learn that Jessie Cohen died earlier this week. Jessie was one of the photographic mainstays at the Smithsonian; she started working at the Smithsonian National Zoo in 1979, photographing animals, their living quarters, and behind-the-scenes events for exhibition, education, and marketing purposes. In addition, Jessie also managed the Zoo’s exhibition

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