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  1. Aerial View of Barro Colorado Island

    Sneak Peek 3/23/2015

    • Date: March 23, 2015
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Aerial view of Barro Colorado Island (BCI), location of a research center for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), 86-10911.

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  3. Objects Conservator Catharine Hawks (center), National Museum of Natural History, specializes in the preservation of natural history specimen and lectures widely on hazards related to collections. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Catharine Hawks

    • Date: March 2, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Objects Conservator Catharine Hawks (center), National Museum of Natural History, specializes in the preservation of natural history specimen and lectures widely on hazards related to collections. #Groundbreaker

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  5. Objects Conservator Catharine Hawks (center), National Museum of Natural History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Catharine Hawks

    • Date: June 8, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Objects Conservator Catharine Hawks (center), National Museum of Natural History, specializes in the care of natural history specimen and lectures widely on hazards related to collections. #Groundbreaker

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  7. Black circular device with a tape measure and description cards below it.

    The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian

    • Date: January 9, 2018
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.

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  9. A woman sits at a desk near a typewriter and many stacks of papers.

    Science Service, Up Close: Science Reporters on the Hunt

    • Date: April 18, 2019
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Photographs from the Science Service collections preserve behind-the-scenes glimpses of the newsgathering process for science reporters.

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  11. A young woman in a blue t-shirt interviews a man with a beard and long hair in a tented area. The man is sitting in front of a microphone. Panels about Smithsonian history are in the background.

    Smithsonian Memories

    • Date: September 9, 2021
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: Learn a little more about a collection that both challenges and celebrates the history of the Smithsonian.

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  13. Ruth M. Blackwelder sitting in a chair, taken by Richard E. Blackwelder. Accession 96-099: Richard E. Blackwelder Papers, 1926-1964, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2015-002961.

    Who Was Ruth MacCoy Blackwelder?

    • Date: March 5, 2015
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Mystery who Ruth MacCoy Blackwelder may be solved once her journals go up on the Smithsonian Transcription Center.

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  15. Detail of severe ink corrosion on RU 53, vol.32, p. 369, 09/23/2015. Courtesy of Laura Dellapiana

    Further Research in the Conservation and Preservation of Letterpress Copybooks

    • Date: January 26, 2016
    • Description: Postgraduate Fellow Laura Dellapiana presents new research outcomes for stabilization of letterpress copybooks with significant damage.

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  17. Photograph of a blood worm from a Twitter tour of the marine specimen collection

    Link Love: 12/9/2011

    • Date: December 9, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • 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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    Boxing Lessons

    • Date: April 14, 2011
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Recently I was asked "What are some of the challenges you face in your work as an archivist?" One of the first things that came to mind is the challenge of effectively communicating the Archives’ needs and procedures with the people I serve at the Smithsonian. At the Archives we collect, preserve, and make accessible the records that document the history of the Smithsonian. To

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    Dear Diary…

    • Date: September 22, 2020
    • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has a lot of diaries. And they offer researchers a glimpse into the daily lives of scientists doing their work in the field and sometimes the joy and tragedy of family life.

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  23. Title Page of the Catalogue of the Library of the National Institute of the Promotion of Science.

    The Fate of the National Institute

    • Date: July 27, 2017
    • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
    • Description: Did you know that before the Smithsonian existed, there were two other institutions created for the promotion of science and diffusion of knowledge? Exploring the fate of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science.

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