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I.D. This! Parchment
For the next installment in our I.D. This! series, learn about parchment and how we identify it in our collections.As you’ve likely seen on our social media and blog, back in the spring, we received...
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Link Love: 11/22/2019
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 National Audubon Society has launched a...
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Sneak Peek 11/25/2019
Stereograph of Increase Allen Lapham (1811-1875), known as the "Father of the U.S. Weather Service," examining a fragment of a 33 lb. meteorite found in Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin in 1871,...
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Quick Tips for Preserving Your Family’s Past
As the holiday season approaches, here are a few quick tips on some preservation strategies for your family’s treasures.It’s that time of year again when we get together with our families to celebrate...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Paula Richardson Fleming
Paula Richardson Fleming, Photo Archivist, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1970–2003, organized exhibitions, authored numerous publications on Native...
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The Smithsonian Point of View: Pumpkin Pie, Pez, and Pastrami
Get to know some Smithsonian staff, from their favorite holiday dishes to their dream celebrity dinner guests, through a former series in The Torch.Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Archives! As...
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Link Love: 11/29/2019
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.Learn about the cake-making process of...
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Sneak Peek 12/2/2019
Infant gorilla "Tomoka" while fostered at home of Bernard F. Gallagher, supervisory keeper for great apes at National Zoological Park, and his wife, Louise E. Gallagher, 1962.Blog Categories:...
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What’s in a Name? Uncovering Early Women Computers
Mamie Slevin, American Women's History Initiative Digital Curation Intern, Smithsonian Institution Archives We’re uncovering names of some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.In a...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dorothy T. Van Arsdale
Dorothy T. Van Arsdale, Chief, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1964–70, managed logistics for traveling exhibitions around the world. A major part of her role was negotiating with...
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Celebrating Kwanzaa at the Anacostia Community Museum
One of the ways the Anacostia Community Museum has served its community is through celebrations and educational programming about Kwanzaa.In 1967, the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, later renamed the...
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Link Love: 12/6/2019
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.An audio preservation engineer recounts a...
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Sneak Peek 12/9/2019
Alpaca and vicuña at National Zoological Park, circa 1910s.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak PeekNational Zoological Park
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Fishing for Collections at the U.S. National Museum
Kasey Sease, Predoctoral Research Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution Archives and National Museum of American History Spencer F. Baird and George Brown Goode used their diverse, and sometimes...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Virginia Beets
Virginia Beets was instrumental in the early years of the National Museum of American History as an Administrative Officer, 1963–73, and Registrar, 1973–83. She initially joined the Smithsonian as a...
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Stories to Be Told: An Internship at a Glance
Kayla Sylvia, Institutional History Intern, Smithsonian Institution Archives A glimpse into a semester-long Institutional History internship at the Archives. A year ago, the Smithsonian launched its...
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Link Love: 12/13/2019
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.It’s like a dating app only better, because...
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Sneak Peek 12/16/2019
1903 Oldsmobile gasoline automobile in front of the Army Medical Museum and Library at Independence Avenue and 7th Street, SW, Washington, D.C., 1940s.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags:...
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Posing a Thoughtful Question….and Answers (Action, Direction)
Excited to research at the Archives, but don’t know where to start? Below are a few tips about details you should include in your inquiry that will help us help you.We receive a lot of inquiries at...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Elizabeth Broun
Dr. Elizabeth Broun, Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, 1989–2016, oversaw major renovations, welcomed groundbreaking exhibitions, and diversified the museum’s...
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