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  1. Blog Post

    Broadcasting Live from the Sun...

    • Date: November 22, 2016
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: A look at fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot's work into solar energy.

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  3. Secretary G. Wayne Clough at Smithsonian Staff Picnic, 2008.

    Engineering a Smithsonian for the 21st Century

    • Date: December 18, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: As the twelfth Smithsonian Secretary, G. Wayne Clough, retires, historian Pamela Henson looks back on his impact on the Smithsonian in 6 ½ short years – creating a positive dynamic, fostering environmental responsibility, and stimulating collaborations across the Institution.

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  5. Software showing emails with the word Announcement found in a search.

    Announcing the Latest Release of DArcMail

    • Date: December 9, 2021
    • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
    • Description: The Archives has released its latest version of its open-source email preservation software suite for anyone to use.

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  7. In May 1956, Faye Marley, editor of Independent Woman, asked Jane Stafford to contribute an article about women scientists. Record Unit 7091 - Science Service, Records, circa 1910-1973, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

    Playing Against Type: Women, Science, and Stereotypes

    • Date: April 8, 2014
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Even enlightened publications and workplaces can succumb to the fallback position of choosing stereotyped images of female scientists.

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  9. An exhibit case, titled Soils and Fertilizers.

    Archives Puzzles: Giving the People What They Want...An Exhibit Case about Soils and Fertilizers...

    • Date: August 3, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: This summer, have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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  11. Five CDs and a color card against a black background.

    Glaring Discs: Photographic Condition Documentation of Reflective Surfaces

    • Date: March 19, 2020
    • Description: The challenges of imaging the shiny surfaces of optical discs including CDs and DVDs.

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  13. A group of men and women surround a table in a glass-walled room, listening to a man in a blue shirt describe a parchment document visible on the table in front of him.

    A Tale of Three Contracts

    • Date: September 5, 2019
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: An exciting new accession sheds light on James Smithson’s family history and fortune.

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  15. Blog Post

    The Smithsonian and Latin America

    • Date: February 15, 2018
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9988,size=500,center]While many people view the Smithsonian as a complex of museums in Washington, DC, it began as and still is an international organization devoted to research and education. A look at the Smithsonian Global website reveals where Smithsonian staff can be found today.Since the Smithsonian’s founding in 1846, the Institution has

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  17. Annette Aiello holds a butterfly net and looks toward the camera.

    Women in Science on Wikipedia

    • Date: July 7, 2020
    • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
    • Description: Less than 19% of Wikipedia biographies in English represent women. Edit-a-thons can help change that.

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  19. A Salute to Scrapbooks

    • Date: May 6, 2014
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: In honor of National Scrapbooking Month, the Archives highlights the scrapbook of William and Lucile Mann from their trip to Argentina in 1939.

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  21. Hirshhorn walks in front of O'Keeffe near a home in the mountains. Hirshhorn is wearing a long coat and O'Keeffe is wearing a hat. Hirshhorn is smiling at the camera.

    The Room That Could Have Been

    • Date: November 11, 2021
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Artist Georgia O’Keeffe and the Hirshhorns had a friendly relationship. Read about how the two almost negotiated a deal to create a room dedicated to her work at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

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  23. An elephant lifts its trunk in the air.

    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.

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