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Trees of Christmas
On December 19, 1977 Smithsonian Gardens’ first exhibition, Trees of Christmas, opened at the National Museum of American History.PreviousPauseNext1 of 8Swedish Pepparkakor Tree, 1980. Smithsonian...
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Link Love: 12/20/2019
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.Most archival “discovery” stories are...
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Sneak Peek 12/23/2019
Golden lion tamarin group at National Zoological Park, November 1983, by Jessie Cohen.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak PeekNational Zoological Park
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Recapping "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study"
Hannah ByrneA recap and highlights from the Archives team at "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study," the first annual Smithsonian American Women’s History Initaive symposiumLast...
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Happy Holidays from the Archives!
From all of us at the Archives, we wish you happy holidays!Blog Tags: Holidaysheader_image:
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Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2019
Here are some of the highlights of the research conducted this fall at SIA.Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row...
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Link Love: 12/27/2019
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.Snuggle up and pass the popcorn because the...
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Sneak Peek 12/30/2019
Orangutans at National Zoological Park, 1981-1982, by Jessie Cohen.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak PeekNational Zoological Park
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Goodbye, 2019. Hello, 2020!
Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2020, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2019.We’ve had an exciting year at the Archives, filled with new projects and fresh...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Sharon Shaffer
Dr. Sharon Shaffer, Founding Director, Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, 1988–2012, established a museum-based, educational program for young children at the Smithsonian. She also developed...
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Email Management Remains Important
Archives and libraries explore various tools to preserve and share email collections.Happy New Year and Happy 2020!Love it or hate it, but email is still a big part (of most) of our lives, despite...
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Link Love: 1/3/2020
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.Better late than never. Happy New Year,...
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Sneak Peek 1/6/2020
Exhibit case filled with West African knives, shields and axes from an exhibition of the Herbert Ward African Collection in the United States National Museum at the Natural History Building, now known...
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Depression-Era Pen Pals: A Correspondence Between Two Hard-Working Women
Kasey Sease, Predoctoral Research Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution Archives and National Museum of American History Ruth B. MacManus and Gertrude Brown bonded over their heavy workloads and shared...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheryl Kolasinski
Sheryl Kolasinski, Director, Office of Planning and Project Management, 1995–2011, and Deputy Director, Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations, 2011–2012, managed major capital projects and...
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Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website
See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website. This is...
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Link Love: 1/10/2020
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.In the name of science, cuttlefish are at...
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Sneak Peek 1/13/2020
Cyanotype, aerial view of buildings and grounds at the World's Columbia Exposition, with Japanese Ho-o-Den Palace on Wooded Island, north end of the Horticulture Building, Woman's Building, Midway...
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Where Will This Lead? Exhibits, Zoos and Video-dating
Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.Recently, I was reviewing the Archives’ earliest...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Elvira Clain-Stefanelli
Elvira Clain-Stefanelli worked with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s National Numismatics Collection between 1957 and 2000. Although she initially arrived at the Smithsonian as an...
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