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  1. For the Love of Bookshelves

    • Date: January 19, 2021
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: On January 19, 1858 renovations to the library located in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building to increase space for books were completed.

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    Legal History

    • Date: June 13, 2011
    • Description: Information on the legal history of the Smithsonian.

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    SIA RU000598, Smithsonian Institution Libraries Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design Branch, Publications and Reports, 1864-1977

    • Date: 1864 1864-1977
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design Branch
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 84-107, Estuarine Research Federation, Records, c. 1971-1983

    • Date: 1971 1971-1983 c 1971-1983
    • Creator: Estuarine Research Federation
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  9. A Suffrage Protest at the Smithsonian

    • Date: February 4, 2020
    • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
    • Description: In 1917, police detectives arrested two suffragists suspected of planning a pro-suffrage demonstration at the United States National Museum.

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    MAH-3666

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      SIA RU007271, Beattie, R. Kent (Rolla Kent) 1875-1960, Rolla Kent Beattie Papers, circa 1928-1947

      • Date: 1928 1928-1947 circa 1928-1947
      • Creator: Beattie, R. Kent (Rolla Kent), 1875-
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      Accepting Smithson's Gift

      • Date: February 7, 2017
      • Description: Smithson's Bequest Sparks Political DebatesWhether or not to accept the Smithson bequest was a matter of controversy among the ranks of those governing the new nation. States' rights advocates, nationalists, federalists, anglophobes, xenophobes, and others disagreed over the possible repercussions of accepting such a gift.President Andrew Jackson asserted his belief that the

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      SIA Acc. 93-116, Smithsonian Institution Libraries Assistant Director for Collections Management, Records, circa 1975-1988

      • Date: 1975 1975-1988 circa 1975-1988
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Assistant Director for Collections Management
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      Jeannine Smith Clark

      • Date: August 24, 2016
      • Description: Jeannine Smith Clark began forty seven years of involvement with the Smithsonian working as a volunteer docent at the National Museum of Natural History in 1968. Since then, she has served on the influential Smithsonian Women’s Committee and was appointed to the Board of Regents, where she served from 1983 to 1994. Jeannine Smith Clark worked with the Smithsonian for 47 years

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    • Portrait of William Jervis Hough, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1845-1847, Record Unit 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 2002-32241.

      Legislative Logjam to Kitchen Sink

      • Date: May 22, 2014
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: In the spring of 1846, after years of debate, the legislative logjam over what the Smithsonian would be was finally broken with compromise legislation by New York Congressman, William Jervis Hough.

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    • Link Love: 3/15/2013

      • Date: March 15, 2013
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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