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Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
- Date: July 2, 2020
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
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.
The Other Side of Mary Agnes Chase
- Date: March 19, 2015
- Description: Mary Agnes Chase is known for her extensive contributions to the study of grasses, but who was Mary Agnes Chase? Why is her private life so shrouded in mystery, and how can we find out more.
A Fish Story
- Date: April 18, 2013
- Creator: Ginger Yowell
- Description: The United States Navy often consulted staff at the Smithsonian Institution when naming their submarines after fish.
Welcome to Smithsonian Football!
- Date: February 7, 2017
- Creator: Patrick Milhoan
- Description: A brief history of the Smithsonian staff flag football team.
Smithsonian in Wartime – A New Web Exhibit!
- Date: August 9, 2016
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Announcing a new web exhibit exploring the Smithsonian’s role in the nation’s war efforts.
A Founding Father's Day
- Date: June 16, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A closer look at Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and the father-son duo's relationship to the Smithsonian.
The Mammoth Task of Creating a Fossil Hall at the Smithsonian
- Date: June 6, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Before you head to “Deep Time,” opening this weekend at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, learn about how Smithsonian’s fossil collection was initially formed and exhibited.
"Open Wide!": Photographs of Dentists and Dental Researchers from the Science Service Collections
- Date: October 10, 2019
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: To celebrate National Dental Hygiene Month, the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents photographs of dentists and dental researchers.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 7/3/2015
- Date: July 3, 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.
JoGayle Howard: Pioneer in Endangered Species Reproduction
- Date: March 28, 2017
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Theriogenologist JoGayle Howard was a pioneer in the assisted reproduction of many endangered species.
- Blog Post
Hot Topics in Archival Research, Winter 2018
- Date: January 16, 2018
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10581,size=200,left]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 tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been