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Smithsonian Memories
Hannah ByrneLearn a little more about a collection that both challenges and celebrates the history of the Smithsonian.If you’re a regular here at The Bigger Picture, you’ll know that we are celebrating...
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Archives Puzzles: Traveling with Taqulittuq
Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open...
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Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions
Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.The Archives is made up of wonderful, helpful, and hard-working individuals who strive to acquire,...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Kathleen Varnell
Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.Kathleen Varnell was an exhibits specialist...
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Dorothy Rosenberg: "A Low-keyed Dynamo"
As an administrative officer to two Assistant Secretaries and as executive assistant to Secretary Ripley, Dorothy Rosenberg was the backbone behind the Smithsonian’s top offices between 1959 and...
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Link Love: 9/17/2021
Deborah ShapiroLink Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.Try sonifying your data!...
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Archives Puzzles: Free Fallin’
Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open...
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Breaking Ground and Blessing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the...
Hannah Byrne and Emily NiekraszListen to a clip from a 2010 oral history interview with Dr. Gabrielle Tayac, a member of the Piscataway Indian Nation, who was a key organizer behind the groundbreaking...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Michelle Torres-Carmona
Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.Michelle Torres-Carmona has worked as the...
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‘Oh, I’m Glad That’s on the Mall’: NMAAHC Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary
The National Museum of African American History and Culture marks its fifth anniversary.The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) marks its fifth anniversary...
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Archives Puzzles: Parting with a Parterre
Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open...
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Here At The Smithsonian: The History of Aviation
Let’s take a look at some of the collections at the National Air and Space Museum.Before the age of YouTube and Instagram, public audiences learned about the happenings at the Smithsonian in...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Barbara Tuceling
Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.Between 2005 and 2013, Barbara Tuceling served as...
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Spotlight: George Tsaroff
We’re taking a closer look at George Tsaroff, who was adopted by naturalist William Healey Dall following an 1871-1872 survey of the Aleutian Islands.While surveying and collecting specimens in the...
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Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
Tammy Peters See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its...
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Smithsonian Names Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty Director of Smithsonian...
Smithsonian News ReleaseOn October 5, 2021, the Smithsonian announced that Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty will be the new director of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, effective Nov. 6.The...
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Burn This Disc: Treating Fire-Affected Optical Discs, Part II
Miguel Resendiz, Conservation Volunteer, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesThis is part two of three in a series of blog posts about a research project on treating fire-affected optical discs. This...
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Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2021
Deborah ShapiroThink your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Barbara Brennan
Between 1980 and 2013, Barbara Brennan served as an exhibition designer at the National Air and Space Museum, where she headed the Exhibits Design Division for two decades. She was responsible for the...
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#AskAnArchivist 2021
You asked. We answered. And we had a whole lot of fun doing it. On October 13, 2021, Archives staff answered questions on Twitter and Instagram for #AskAnArchivist Day 2021.As the Smithsonian...
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