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    1. Bird head drawing by Robert Ridgway, Record Unit 7167 - Robert Ridgway Papers, circa 1850s-1919, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. No. SIA2014-00594b.

      Mystery Diagnosis and the Case of the Unidentified Bird Shadows

      • Date: February 4, 2014
      • Creator: Kirsten Tyree
      • Description: We need your help idenitifying what happened to these Ridgway bird illustrations that appear to have strange smoke patterns covering the images

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      Not Restarting, Starting Over: New Workflows for a New “Normal”

      • Date: August 24, 2021
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Being away from the office for over a year has given us a lot of opportunity to think about what workflows will look like once we are able to return to our collections, especially for conservation and digitization.

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      Roxie Laybourne: A Bird of Many Feathers

      • Date: March 24, 2016
      • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
      • Description: A brief biographical sketch of Roxie Laybourne, an Ornithologist who specialized in feather identification and pioneered the field of forensic ornithology.

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    7. Alexander Wetmore in Panama, 1947.

      The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part I

      • Date: April 26, 2016
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: A look at the characteristics of the thirteen individuals who have led the Smithsonian.

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    9. Wild animals of Glacier National Park, 1918. Vernon and Florence Merriam Bailey. Courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library.

      Scientific Sweethearts: Research Couples in the Archives

      • Date: February 11, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: A look at the life and work of husband and wife Smithsonian scientists researching in the field.

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      Archives on View: National Portrait Gallery’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition

      • Date: September 7, 2017
      • Creator: Charles Zange
      • Description: The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (NPG) will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2018. Ahead of next year’s festivities, NPG unveiled an exhibition commemorating its May 1968 opening. The Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) provided several pieces for this gallery, including a photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s dedication speech on May 3rd. Check out the full

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      Science Service, Up Close: Emma Reh Paints Fruits and Flowers with Words

      • Date: July 10, 2018
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_306419,size=200,left]During World War II, Science Service correspondent Emma Reh (1896-1982) spent several years living and working in Paraguay. Her letters home, like the ones written when she worked in Mexico and the American West, typically combined personal and professional news with her colorful descriptions of the countryside and people.Emma had

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      Science Service, Up Close: John Clavon Norman, Jr. – Pathbreaking Cardiac Surgeon and Researcher

      • Date: August 23, 2018
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_395101,size=300,left]When Harvard Medical School distributed these photographs of John Clavon Norman, Jr., M.D. (1930-2014) to news services in the 1960s, Dr. Norman was at an exciting stage of his career. The young physician had already made quite a journey, but there would be even more paths to blaze. He had been born in West Virginia to parents who

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    17. 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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    19. International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia in 1971. Credit via NOAA.

      Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time

      • Date: August 2, 2018
      • Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.

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    21. The Ritters aboard the Velero, c. 1934 Waldo Schmitt Papers, RU 7312 box 89.

      The Empress of the Galapagos Islands, Part 3

      • Date: August 9, 2011
      • Creator: Mary Markey
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    23. Everything I Own

      • Date: February 6, 2020
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Some refer to the Smithsonian as "America's Attic." It probably earned this nickname because throughout its history, the Smithsonian has acquired artifacts, relics, paintings, personal collections, and even hair samples related to the Commander in Chief (yes, the National Museum of American History has a collection of presidential hairs!).With Presidents' Day coming up on

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