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    1. The broken joint and damaged headcap needed significant attention before the volume could be scanned safely. Courtesy of William Bennett.

      Minute by Minute: Preparing Board of Regents Records for Digitization

      • Date: September 10, 2015
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Take a look behind the scenes at the Archives as conservation staff prepares one of our important collections for digitization.

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    3. A group portrait of the members of the 1975 Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council.

      Women Carrying out the Work of Change in the 1970s

      • Date: January 5, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Wonder Woman 1984 features fictional Smithsonian women in science trying to change the world. Let’s examine how real-life women pushed for change at the Smithsonian in the 1970s and created new opportunities for women at work.

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    5. The World Is Yours: Stars in the Sky

      • Date: July 15, 2021
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Take a listen to clips from a The World Is Yours episode, “Stars in the Sky.”

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    7. S. Dillon Ripley in pram with dog, c. 1914, photographer unknown, photographic print, Accession 93-105 - S. Dillon Ripley Papers, 1950-1989, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. SIA2013-10944.

      Happy 100th Birthday, S. Dillon Ripley

      • Date: September 20, 2013
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Celebrate the life of the eighth Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, who was born on September 20, 1913, 100 years ago today!

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    9. Color scan of a pamphlet cover with black text.

      Maria Mitchell and the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 14, 2018
      • Description: On the evening of October 1, 1847, while using a small telescope on the roof of the family home, Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) spotted a comet where one had not been before. Word of this achievement spread quickly through the scientific community. The American Journal of Science declared her “the first American entitled to the honor of the original discovery of a comet.” Some

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    11. A screen shot of a text file listing the names of the files that were uploaded onto a disc on the right and its corresponding checksum on the left.

      Burn This Disc: Treating Fire-Affected Optical Discs, Part III

      • Date: November 4, 2021
      • Description: This is the final part in a three-part series of blog posts about a research project on treating fire-affected optical discs. In this final post, we’ll summarize our research and outline possible next steps.

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    13. A woman wearing glasses and a lab coat takes a photo of a museum object in a laboratory.

      Elisabeth West FitzHugh, a Driving Force in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Scientific Research

      • Date: July 6, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Learn about FitzHugh’s over 50-year career in conservation science at the Smithsonian.

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    15. Now You See It, Now You Don't - The Foucault Pendulum at the National Museum of American History

      • Date: November 8, 2018
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In honor of the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays, a look inside the Foucault pendulum that used to hang at the National Museum of American History.

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      Getting Your Due, Samuel Pierpont Langley

      • Date: November 28, 2017
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: It can be so frustrating to put great effort into something, and then to have your work and achievements called into question. I can't begin to imagine how frustrated Samuel Pierpont Langley was in 1903. By that time, he had spent over forty years studying astrophysics and aerodynamics. His work on astronomically-derived time measurement in the late 1860's is the heart of the

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    19. A man and woman stands outdoors in a rocky area. Both are holding the golf clubs and the woman is preparing to take a swing.

      Margaret Sordahl, Collecting Flora and Fauna at a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Station

      • Date: December 2, 2021
      • Description: We’re taking a glimpse into the work and life of Margaret Sordahl and other women at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory stations around the world.

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    21. Screenshot of the reference team's reading room calendar. Patron appointments are in dark green and include names of former employees at the Smithsonian. In a lighter green shade are initials of Archives staff who will be stationed at the reception desk.

      What It Takes to Reopen a Reading Room During a Pandemic

      • Date: July 14, 2022
      • Description: In a very exciting piece of Smithsonian Institution Archives news, our reading room reopened to visitors on May 3, 2022!

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      “Love, Doris”

      • Date: March 12, 2020
      • Creator: Jessica Scott
      • Description: While digitizing the collection of Smithsonian entomologist Doris Holmes Blake, I discovered a treasure trove of correspondence that sheds light about growing up as a young woman in the mid-20th century and the story of an intimate mother-daughter relationship.

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