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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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Link Love: 8/2/2019
Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.If you’re in Austin this weekend for the...
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Sneak Peek 8/5/2019
Smith Hempstone Oliver, associate curator in the Section of Land Transportation in the Department of Engineering and Industries, poses with a Greene and Dyer monocycle in front of the United States...
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Gender Discrimination at the Smithsonian Institution
Clara Kaul, Intern, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesA complete history of the Smithsonian Institution includes stories of employment discrimination. Here is one woman who demanded change.Women have...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Melanie A. Adams
Dr. Melanie A. Adams, Director, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 2019–present, previously served as the deputy director of learning initiatives at the Minnesota Historical Society and the...
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Harriet Lane Johnston: First Lady of the National Collection of Fine Arts
Mamie Slevin, Institutional History Division Intern, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesLearn about Harriet Lane Johnston: First Lady, globetrotter, and founding donor of the Smithsonian American Art...
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Link Love: 8/9/2019
Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.As a tribute to Toni Morrison, archivist...
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Sneak Peek 8/12/2019
Mount of ground sloth skeleton in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology lab during preparation for exhibition at the United States National Museum in the Natural History Building, 1946.Blog...
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Fashion in Place of Fish: A Glimpse into Web Preservation
Bryanna Bauer, Intern, Digital Services Division, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesWeb preservation presents many mysteries, such as when a fashion video appears on an environmental blog.Why would a...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Lydia Puccinelli-Robbins
Lydia Puccinelli-Robbins was the Curator of Collections at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art, 1979-99. But she had also been working as a registrar, educator, and curator with the Museum of African...
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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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Link Love: 8/16/2019
Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.The New York Times reviews the Phillips...
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Sneak Peek 8/19/2019
Cameras and photographic equipment for United States National Museum photography exhibition, circa 1913.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak PeekPhotographyExhibitions
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The Archives Staff Kept Austin Weird at SAA 2019
Ricc Ferrante, Marguerite Roby, Heidi Stover, and Mitch Toda This summer, members of the Archives staff packed their bags and headed to the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Kimberly Camp
Kimberly Camp, Founding Director, Smithsonian Experimental Gallery, 1989-94, managed the opening of eighteen exhibitions focused on experimentation in presentation, design, and interpretation in the...
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You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
In honor of National Dog Day, let's take a look at images of furry friends from around the Smithsonian.Pupper, doggy, hound, bowwow, beastie, pooch. No matter what we call dogs, they have always been...
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Link Love: 8/23/2019
Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.On Sunday, August 25, historic sites...
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Sneak Peek 8/26/19
Removal of orchestrion from Arts and Industries Building after three years featured in the "1876: A Centennial Exhibition." Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak PeekMusical Instruments
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Hungerford Family Visits the Smithsonian
In July 2019, the Hungerfords, descendants of James Smithson’s mother’s family visited the Smithsonian and got to see a new Hungerford document.On June 10 and 11, 2019, the Hungerford Family visited...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Gretchen Gayle Ellsworth
Gretchen Gayle Ellsworth was a Fellow and later Co-Director, Office of Academic Programs, 1968–78; Director, Office of Fellowships and Grants, 1978–84; Deputy Director, Directorate of International...
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