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    Celebrating World Cultures—and Our Own

    • Date: July 1, 2010
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) riding a scooter at the 1974 Folklife Festival in the Mississippi delta section, with a cotton field behind him, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 613, Box 269, Folder: SDR Photos, Negative number:

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  3. Brigadier General Adolphus Washington Greely

    Miscellaneous Adventures in Ballooning

    • Date: August 2, 2016
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Our series Miscellaneous Adventures finds photos of war balloons used by the US Army Signal Corps.

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  5. Digital contact sheet that includes 12 photographs of Jones standing in front of the Smithsonian Castle. He is wearing a suit. He looks directly toward the camera and slightly off into the distance in various photographs.

    The Life and Legacy of Alphonso Lorenzo Jones

    • Date: February 17, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Alphonso Lorenzo Jones joined the Smithsonian in 1924 as a mechanic. He retired 41 years later as the chief of the Institution’s duplicating office.

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    The Smithsonian's 165th Anniversary

    • Date: August 10, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Exactly 165 years ago today, legislation establishing the Smithsonian Institution was passed by the US Congress and signed into law by President James K. Polk. From today’s perspective, it seems like a “no-brainer” to accept a generous bequest from a little-known Englishman named James Smithson and create an institution in his name. But from the perspective of that era, the

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  9. Color portrait of Zoe Martindale standing, wearing a pink shirt and lanyard around her neck with a ID card

    Zoe Martindale, Archives Volunteer Extraordinaire Retires

    • Date: April 5, 2018
    • Creator: Matt Peterson
    • Description: If the Smithsonian Institution had a hall of fame for Volunteers, then Zoe Martindale would certainly be in line for induction. Martindale started volunteering at the Smithsonian Institution Archives in 1997 immediately after she retired. This past February, Martindale retired again, this time from her volunteer position at the Archvies after over twenty years of service.

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    Link Love: 12/2/2016

    • Date: December 2, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Perfect time of year to take a tour of D.C.'s secret gardens, including the Smithsonian's! [via Shakespeare Theatre Company]The State Library of Virginia asked residents for Civil War mementos, and they delivered (and they are now online). [via Centre Daily Times]Hear about the massive undertaking to save wartorn Sudan's archives. [via National Geographic]Cambridge Dictionary

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  13. Stereoview showing a piece of mummy cartonnage (wrappings) painted with hieroglyphics, from Saqqara, Egypt, at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

    Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2018

    • Date: September 27, 2018
    • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
    • Description: We highlight a few topics explored this summer 2018 by researchers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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  15. Unlocking the Vault

    • Date: February 28, 2013
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives manages the cold storage vault at the National Museum of American History where approximately 3 million negatives are stored.

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  17. Program for Entertainment onboard S.S. Republic, October 10, 1925. Record Unit 7091: Science Service, Records, c. 1910-1963, Smithsonian Institution Archives. Image no. SIA2015-007141.

    Science Service, Up Close: Watson Comes Home

    • Date: October 6, 2015
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: After successfully completing his 1925 European business trip, 29-year-old Watson Davis headed home on the S.S. Republic, boarding at Cherbourg, France, on October 2. The science journalist had covered the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and discussed with Sir Richard Gregory (Editor of the journal Nature) the plausibility of

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    For All the World to See

    • Date: February 10, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives will be celebrating African American History Month throughout February with a series of related posts on THE BIGGER PICTURE.

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    Family Vacation

    • Date: March 24, 2009
    • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
    • Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this is the third in a series of installments from Smithsonian Institution Archives staff highlighting women in science photographs. We will post portraits of women science here throughout the month.

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  23. 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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