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What It Takes to Reopen a Reading Room During a Pandemic
Tad Bennicoff and Deborah ShapiroIn a very exciting piece of Smithsonian Institution Archives news, ourreading room reopened to visitors on May 3, 2022! In a very exciting piece of Smithsonian...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Claudine Klose
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.Claudine Klose was the program manager for the...
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Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2022
Deborah ShapiroWe're highlighting a few topics explored by Smithsonian Institution Archives researchers this summer.Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian...
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Welcome Back: It’s Almost Like Riding a Bike
We are getting back into the swing of things at the office while working with removable media.Since March 2020 I have been very fortunate to be able to access my physical workstation remotely to work...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Margaret Simmons Vining
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.Margaret Simmons Vining was a museum specialist...
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How I Spent My Summer: Interning as a Virtual Web Archivist
Israa Abbas, Intern, Smithsonian Libraries and ArchivesVirtually join along with me on my web and social media archiving adventure using web archiving services, such as Archive-It. As a current...
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Introducing Smithson to Smithsonian
As the Smithsonian geared up to celebrate its 175th anniversary, the Libraries and Archives decided to revisit the online exhibition From Smithsonian to Smithsonian, created a quarter of a century ago....
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary Ellen McCaffrey
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.Mary Ellen McCaffrey was a powerhouse with the...
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Celebrating National Radio Day
Kira SobersWe’ve shared a lot about The World Is Yours, the Smithsonian’s first educational radio show, but this National Radio Day, we are highlighting some of the other radio programs in our...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Lillian Kozloski
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.Lillian Kozloski was a specialist with the...
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The Puget Sound Biological Station
Mariah Wahl, Data Specialist, Smithsonian Libraries and ArchivesWe’re exploring the storied history of Friday Harbor Labs, a MarineGEO site, in Washington State.Friday Harbor Labs, formerly known as...
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Harrison Lomax: Smithsonian Employee, Civil War Veteran, Husband, Father
As a laborer at the Smithsonian from 1882 until his death in 1918, Harrison Lomax served the Institution’s top leaders. A letter in our collections that he wrote to Secretary Samuel P. Langley is an...
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An Operation of Its Own: Brigitte B. Blachere and Programming within the...
Maia Johnston, Institutional History Division InternA collection of interviews from 2013 records the history of the Smithsonian Associates. One of the recordings featured Brigitte B. Blachere, the...
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Walking in the Footsteps of Hungerfords
William BennettConservator William Bennett shares highlights from his August 2022 visit to the United Kingdom, where he visited four archival repositories, viewed and studied 54 different documents,...
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Coffee, tea or mold?
For National Coffee Day, we share the eye-opening conservation of a damaged field book authored by the champion of the Smithsonian Bird Friendly Coffee program. We’re lucky that our interns love...
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The Women Behind the "Field to Factory" Exhibition
Frederica Adelman, Director, Smithsonian AssociatesDuring her long career with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Service (SITES) between 1987 and 2013, the author worked closely with the museums...
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Hot Topics in Archival Research, Fall 2022
Deborah ShapiroWe're highlighting a few topics explored by Smithsonian Institution Archives researchers this fall.Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Effie Kapsalis
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.Digital strategist Effie Kapsalis was dedicated...
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