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Pioneering Women Photographers in Africa: Marli Shamir
Marli Shamir and Peul (Fula) woman, Mopti, Mali, 1970, EEPA 2013-009-0322The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives (EEPA) is pleased to share the collection of the next featured photographer in our...
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Make a Lasting Difference: Become a Volunteer Transcription Reviewer
A local charitable organization I once proofread for had the slogan “Make a Lasting Difference.” I often reflect on these words as I review Smithsonian Institution Transcription Center documents. The...
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Reconciling Sexual Identity in Legacy Archival Collections
Perry WheelerIt all began during a conversation about archival description with my mentor at the Archives of American Gardens, Kelly Crawford. We stumbled onto the topic of describing sexuality when I...
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Connecting European Collectors to Indigenous Collections
In the early 20th century, archaeological and ethnographic items often travelled through a complicated web of dealers, collectors and museums after leaving their source communities. Some of these...
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Our Summer with the Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki Papers and Artifacts Project
This summer we have been interning in the National Museum of Natural History’s Anthropology Department at the Smithsonian’s Museum Support Center with Project Archivist and Archaeological Collections...
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Abroad with Buffalo Bill in 1890-1891
Wild West performers on horsebackFrank Lehner photographs of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, NMAI.AC.147, P10202William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody opened the first Wild West show in Omaha, Nebraska, in...
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Collection Spotlight: Fred Miller photograph collection
Portrait of Shows All The Time and her two children. Fred E. Miller photograph collection, NMAI.AC.108, N13744.The National Museum of the American Indian is pleased to share with you a newly processed...
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Transcribe with Style: Tips from a Smithsonian Transcription Center Volunteer
If, like me, you do lots of transcribing within a single Smithsonian Institution project, you may find it challenging to try to remember all the little things. That guy’s last name: Is it Buckwalter or...
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Pioneering Women Photographers of Africa: Aylette Jenness
Aylette Jenness at her residence, Yelwa, Nigeria, 1967-1969, EEPA 2015-019-0123“I am proud of this body of work, and feel that it represents a special woman’s point of view. The area where I worked...
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A Princely Visit: Photographs from British Columbia
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In celebration of American Archives Month, the Smithsonian Collections Blog will post a blog EVERY working day of the month! Repositories from around the Smithsonian Institution are contributing. Stay...
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Joseph Cornell: In Celebration of National Poetry Day
Joseph Cornell, circa 1940. Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art MuseumJoseph Cornell, artist, filmmaker, collector, and appreciator of nostalgic remnants of the past, was an avid...
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Collection Spotlight: Ambrotype of Chief Okemos
Ambrotype of Chief Okemos [Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)]. P12521A, NMAI.AC.385, National Museum of the American IndianThe NMAI Archives Center is pleased to share this ambrotype depicting Chief...
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Collection Highlight: Historic Maps of Africa
Have you ever wanted to visit Africa? The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives is here to help! Check out this collection of Historic Maps of Africa to learn more about Africa's cultures, history,...
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Reconnecting Through Old Collections: Or, Why You Should Milk the Archives
Of all the pontification, witty lines, and great advice presented in my college speech class, one line stuck with me to this day. Delivered in the midst of an otherwise unmemorable speech, the line was...
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Robert Scurlock and F.B.I. Special Agent James Amos
As a young man Robert S. Scurlock and his brother George learned photography in their father Addison’s Washington studio. Robert was impatient with the constraints of formulaic studio portraiture,...
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Celebrating American Archives Month at the Archives of American Gardens
What does the Archives of American Gardens do? We’re glad you asked! Although October is traditionally American Archives Month, the Archives of American Gardens (AAG) celebrated a bit early by hosting...
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day from the Smithsonian Transcription Center!
The voices, stories, and cultures of Native peoples - past and present - are found throughout the Smithsonian. For Indigenous Peoples Day (today) we're highlighting some resources for locating some of...
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Elaine M. Kilbourne Scrapbooks
The Anacostia Community Museum holds several collections related to Washington, DC educators. Most of these records document the contributions of women who distinguished themselves in their careers as...
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The Archivist as Marathoner
Paul Juley, Peter A. Juley’s partner and son, in their photography studio. Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Juleys ran the most successful fine arts...
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