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Link Love: 7/5/2013
Please pass the salt: Artist Motoi Yamamoto poured one of his immense, twisting clouds of salt, title "Floating Garden" recently at the Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. The piece was...
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Hot Topics In Archives Research
When asked what the Smithsonian Institution Archives collects, we say we hold records about the history of the Smithsonian and its people, programs, research, and activities. While accurate, this...
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Panda-Rama
On July 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon announced that he would travel to the People’s Republic of China in an effort to improve diplomatic relations with the previously unrecognized government, the...
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Link Love: 7/12/2013
The steady march of time has archivists racing to preserve records created using old technology. [via Jennifer Wright, SIA]More tips for you about how to store your personal digital archive. [via The...
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Can You Relate? Connecting SIA Collections with Themes in the Transcription...
Meghan Ferriter, Research Associate How do Transcription Center themes open connections for Smithsonian collections that create relatedness, unveil stories, and ask new questions? This post explores...
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Searching for Unicorns
When I was little, I was fascinated with unicorns and thought they were one of the coolest mythical creatures around. So imagine my delight when I opened a box of correspondence from the Archive’s...
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Link Love: 7/19/2013
Digital photography has dramatically increased our ability to document our lives through images. Photographer Rob Gibson takes a different approach to documenting the people who come to his studio by...
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The Mystery of the Undated Postcards
Leah Tams, Intern, Institutional History Division This summer as an intern at the Archives, I have been working on revamping our online exhibit about postcards featuring the Smithsonian. The most...
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Summer Wind to Ban-y-Bryn
It is currently the "dog days of summer" here in Washington, DC; hot, humid, and sticky. Last week (July 14-20) the daily temperatures were in the upper 90’s, with humidity regularly hovering over...
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Link Love: 7/26/2013
Conservator Sharon Norquest talks about the conservation treatment of the antenna drive of the Ranger VIII, an unmanned spacecraft that traveled to the Moon in 1965 to take pictures of the lunar...
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