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    The Smithsonian and the Solar Eclipse

    • Date: August 8, 2017
    • Creator: Hillary Brady
    • Description: The Smithsonian has a history of eclipse-ready public programming! How the Smithsonian has worked with the public in 1972, and today, to help visitors view eclipses safely.

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    New Field Book Images on Flickr Commons

    • Date: December 6, 2012
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Check out our latest set of images from our Field Book Project on the Flickr Commons.

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  5. Black and white half-plate daguerreotype of a woman seen from the chest up, image is in a black frame

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2018

    • Date: May 22, 2018
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: This is the latest post in our "Hot Topix" series. In each quarterly edition we show you what the reference team has been up to, and bring you some of the more notable inuqires we have received.Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch

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  7. Field Work and a World War

    • Date: July 12, 2012
    • Description: An examination of some of the field books of Bohumil Shimek, who documented the effects of WWI while doing research in Europe.

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  9. Wikipedians Hard at Work, Photo courtesy of Effie Kapsalis.

    Inside a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

    • Date: June 8, 2012
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Get an inside-look at a Wikipedia edit-a-thon and learn how you can volunteer for the Smithsonian even if you don't live nearby.

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    50 Years of Folklife

    • Date: June 29, 2017
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10193,size=175,left]Fifty years ago the Smithsonian embarked on a new venture to bring the culture on display in the museum to life with the first Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Then called the Festival of American Folklife, it set out to show that the crafts shown inside museums are also still alive and well across the country.

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    Tichkematse—A Great Favorite at the Smithsonian

    • Date: November 25, 2021
    • Description: A forerunner of today’s efforts to decolonize and Indigenize American museums, Tichkematse was one of the first Native American employees at the Smithsonian Institution. His work with natural history and anthropological collections continue to inspire Native and non-Native museum professionals nearly 150 years later.

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  15. Close-up photograph of Peggy A. Loar.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Peggy A. Loar

    • Date: April 14, 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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  17. Adela Gomez smiles while speaking on the telephone at work.

    American Women of Science Symposium Sessions Available Online

    • Date: December 1, 2020
    • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
    • Description: You can watch the 2020 Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative symposium on the past and future of women in science any time.

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    “Dear Sir”: Letters to the Smithsonian, 1948-1971

    • Date: August 21, 2018
    • Description: In 1956, Helena M. Weiss received a letter asking for information about “how to capture them, also how to raise them… what to put them in, also what to feed them.” Interestingly, the letter-writer neglected to specify what he or she meant by “them,” leaving Weiss only to guess what exactly the inquiry was referring to. From 1948 to 1956, Weiss was Chief of the Office of

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    Protecting Wildlife in Our National Parks: William Temple Hornaday and the American Bison

    • Date: August 17, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: August is National Parks Month, a time to celebrate the resources that have been preserved across the country for the public. In August of 1916, the US Congress created the National Park Service which today provides access to unparalleled natural beauty and treasured sites in American history.

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  23. Botanist Frederick Vernon Coville (1867-1937).

    Contagious Contributions: The Rewards of Asking for Help

    • Date: February 26, 2015
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: Update on the continuing and growing contributions of volunteers at the Smithsonian Transcription Center.

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