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  1. A Glimpse into the Past: A look at the contents of an early 20th century diary

    • Date: August 13, 2013
    • Description: In conservation it can be easy to overlook the content of an item and just get on with the treatment. Here is a case where overlooking the content was simply not possible.

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    Look Again

    • Date: April 1, 2010
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="View of Canyon, 1873, by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount, National Anthropological Archives, SPC Sw Gen NM 113605 01861700, Local Number: NAA INV 01861700."][/caption] I paid another visit to the Timothy O’Sullivan exhibition now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and a

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    Cryptic Content in The Stacks

    • Date: December 28, 2017
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: Collections here at the Archives span over 171 years of Smithsonian history and include personal papers of the many notable people who have been part of its work in science and culture. Cryptic and coded content is not unusual here. One would expect special vocabulary in the accessions of scientific observations. For example, notations of depth, temperature, and sounding and

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    The Mercury's Rising. Again.

    • Date: May 30, 2011
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="296" caption="This image from Mercury mission number four taken on Sept. 13, 1961 is just one of the many images that was written on by engineers. Credit: NASA/JSC/Arizona State University."][/caption] On May 16th, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral to watch the Endeavor, the NASA space shuttle,

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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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    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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  13. A construction drawing that includes the exact dimensions of a piece of art in front of the National Air and Space Museum. It is tall and thin.

    Adventures in Adopt-a-Book

    • Date: April 21, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Hear from Archives staff about some of the items up for “adoption” at the 2022 Adopt-a-Book salons and what makes them so special.

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    Looking Towards the Future: An Audiovisual Preservation Readiness Assessment

    • Date: July 23, 2019
    • Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has been spending a lot of time looking at our audiovisual preservation practices. Check out the results from our recent assessment!

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    Documenting a Life of One’s Own

    • Date: March 24, 2022
    • Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.

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  19. Three staff members of the International Exchange Service are at work in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution Building. Note electric wiring is on the ceiling. Wrapped packages are piled on the tables in the center and along the wall. 

    The Smithsonian International Exchange Service in World War II

    • Date: July 16, 2020
    • Creator: Jessica Scott
    • Description: While responding to a digitization request, I uncovered the story of how the Smithsonian International Exchange Service (1849-1992) helped rebuild the library collections of Chinese cultural heritage institutions during the Second World War.

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    “A Wildlife Paradise”: International Collaboration on the DMZ Ecology in the 1960s

    • Date: November 12, 2019
    • Description: The DMZ ecology project reveals the Smithsonian’s commitment to ecological research programs as well as the complexity and contingency of an international collaboration.

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  23. Anteaters Association membership card issued to Marion P. McCrane for the 1962-1963 season, Accession 01-157 - Marion P. McCrane Papers, 1962-1989, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Everything But Anteaters

    • Date: June 3, 2014
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: The National Zoo Park Restaurant’s Anteaters Association attracted off-season diners with its exotic game lunches.

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