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    1. A woman interviewing a man at a table with a recorder in between them.

      Exploring Oral History at the Smithsonian

      • Date: April 6, 2021
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: A brief history and exploration of oral history collections at the Smithsonian.

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      Peace Corps Volunteer Working on a New Pipeline in South America

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      • Link Love: 8/16/2019

        • Date: August 16, 2019
        • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
        • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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      • One of the many behind-the-scenes photos in the Archives new Flickr photostream.

        Introducing the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ New Flickr Photostream

        • Date: May 2, 2012
        • Creator: Susannah Wells
        • Description: Smithsonian Institution Archives is now using Flickr hightlight behind-the-scenes projects, workshops, and staff at work.

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      • A tray of bumble bees from the National Museum of Natural History’s bee collection awaits digitization. The Smithsonian Transcription Center will allow virtual volunteers to help transcribe important data found on each specimen’s tag. This data will help scientists studying declining bee populations in North America. By John Gibbons, 2014, Smithsonian Institution.

        Link Love: 8/15/2014

        • Date: August 15, 2014
        • 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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      • An older man sits at a booth as people wait in line. Banners are visible. They read: Why do research?; What is conservation?; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and Frog Voices.

        Festival of American Folklife 1996: Working at the Smithsonian

        • Date: June 2, 2022
        • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
        • Description: At the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian staff and volunteers conducted oral history interviews with colleagues about their memories of working for the Smithsonian. To celebrate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, we’re sharing clips from three of those interviews.

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        SIA Acc. 20-030, Smithsonian Institution Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center, Volunteer Program Records, 1989

        • Date: 1989
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center
        • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      • Students who volunteered as subjects in the George Washington University “Sleeplessness Test,” August 14-16, 1925. Left to right: Louise Omwake, Katherine Tait Omwake, Thelma Hunt, and Alice Haines.

        Science Service, Up Close: The Sleeplessness Study, Part 1 - Insomniacs

        • Date: August 18, 2015
        • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
        • Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.

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      • Happy Tin-th Anniversary!

        • Date: October 8, 2019
        • Creator: Nora Lockshin
        • Description: A retrospective photo trip down the Archives’ conservation lab memory lane, featuring folks from past and present.

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      • People standing around quilt panel with a design of the Smithsonian Castle on the upper half and small quilt panels and people’s names on the lower half.

        The AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall

        • Date: December 17, 2020
        • Description: The AIDS Memorial Quilt has a long history with the National Mall and the Smithsonian Institution starting with its first appearance on the Mall in 1987.

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      • Alexander Wetmore, 1910.

        A Wonderful Wetmore Adventure

        • Date: May 31, 2016
        • Creator: Hillary Brady
        • Description: Thanks to our volunteers who transcribed the entirety of the Alexander Wetmore photo album collection!

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        “A Formal Voice at the Institution”

        • Date: June 18, 2020
        • Creator: Hannah Byrne
        • Description: Revisiting the call to create the Smithsonian Lesbian and Gay Issues Committee.

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