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      Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives’ Website

      • Date: January 18, 2018
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collections to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.New Finding Aids Online: A group of collections documenting the field work of scientists who worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology:

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    3. Portrait of Carl William Schuermann, Jr.

      Spotlight: Carl William Schuermann, Jr., Property Clerk

      • Date: October 28, 2021
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: We're taking a closer look at Carl William Schuermann, Jr., a Smithsonian property clerk with an interest in ornithology.

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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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    7. Portrait of Thomas William Smillie

      Celebrating 120 Years of the Smithsonian’s Photographic History Collection

      • Date: July 14, 2016
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!

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    9. Everything I Own

      • Date: February 6, 2020
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Some refer to the Smithsonian as "America's Attic." It probably earned this nickname because throughout its history, the Smithsonian has acquired artifacts, relics, paintings, personal collections, and even hair samples related to the Commander in Chief (yes, the National Museum of American History has a collection of presidential hairs!).With Presidents' Day coming up on

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    11. Mr. Ikawa, Japanese astronomer

      Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

      • Date: May 1, 2013
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents some images from their collections.

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    13. Christine Smith and Gary Sturm Ice Dancing, 1981, by Dane Penland, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. No. 80-19963-36.

      Skating Smithsonian

      • Date: February 6, 2014
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: You don’t have to go to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia to learn about ice dancing. Check out the Smithsonian ice dancers who used the sport as a great way to unwind and stay warm in the winter.

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      Heart of Glass

      • Date: October 5, 2017
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Since our move to Smithsonian Institution Support Center, in the fall of 2015, the Archives have been able to work on longer-term projects using the photographic negatives stored in our cold storage vault. One of these projects is systematically scanning the collection of glass plate negatives from the United States National Museum, Division of Graphic Arts Photograph

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      Robert Ridgway – From Protégé to a Leading Ornithologist

      • Date: February 27, 2020
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: As a teenager, Robert Ridgway was tapped by the Smithsonian’s Assistant Secretary to be an expedition zoologist. In 1881, when the US National Museum opened its doors, he was the curator of Birds. Download and reuse some of bird illustrations today through Smithsonian Open Access.

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    19. Portrait of Carmichael. He is wearing a suit with a white handkerchief sticking out of the front pocket. He has a mustache. He is not smiling.

      Leonard Carmichael, Seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian

      • Date: July 7, 2022
      • Creator: Tatiana Swann
      • Description: Dr. Leonard Carmichael led the Smithsonian Institution through many changes during his tenure as the seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian. He presided over new museums and facility openings, special acquisitions, and exciting exhibitions. Because Carmichael was hired from outside of the Smithsonian, he brought a new perspective, his academic background, and skills to thrust

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    21. Faust holds her hands clasped in front of her. She is not smiling at the camera.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Maria A. Faust

      • Date: May 11, 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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    23. Drawing of Spencer Fullerton Baird's Pet Dog

      Smithsonian Open Access-iversary

      • Date: February 25, 2021
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Take a look at CC0 content we have posted in the year since the Smithsonian Open Access launch!

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