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When Lucy Met Bill: A Smithsonian “Meet-Cute”
Hannah ByrneHe said, “Have a chocolate. They’re good for librarians.” I said, “I’m not a librarian. I’m an editor.”We’re thinking about the “meet-cute” here at the Archives as Valentine’s Day...
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Link Love: 2/14/2020
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.Visit a brand-new museum this year! [via...
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Sneak Peek 2/17/2020
Office of Executive Assistant to the Secretary in the east wing of the Smithsonian Institution, or Castle, April 10, 1912, with John U. Perkins, Harry Woodward Dorsey (chief clerk), and James G....
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Decision-making and Digitization: Triaging Mass Treatment Options
Choosing the right treatment method can be a challenge—especially when mass interventions are needed on a tight deadline.Many of the conservation treatments we highlight on the blog focus on single...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Eleanor McMillan
Eleanor McMillan, Conservator, Smithsonian’s Conservation Analytical Laboratory, 1963–94, supervised conservation projects and educational and training programs. Although she began as a generalist,...
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Smithsonian Spotlight: Carmen E. Turner
How does one climb from working as a clerk typist to being appointed second-in-command at the Smithsonian? Meet Carmen E. Turner.She skyrocketed from working as a GS-2 clerk typist to becoming the...
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Link Love: 2/21/2020
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.For Black History Month, Encyclopedia...
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Sneak Peek 2/24/2020
Homeopathy exhibit showing its history, methods, and remedies, installed in the Hall of Health in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, in 1929.Blog...
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Open Access: Put a Bird On It
In alignment with the Smithsonian's newly launched Smithsonian Open Access, the Archives has designated more than 2,000 items as open access!With the launch of Smithsonian Open Access, the Archives...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Nancy J. Bechtol
Nancy J. Bechtol has supervised all facilities engineering and management needs across the Smithsonian as director of Smithsonian Facilities since 2012. Previously, Bechtol was the director of...
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Robert Ridgway – From Protégé to a Leading Ornithologist
As a teenager, Robert Ridgway was tapped by the Smithsonian’s Assistant Secretary to be an expedition zoologist. In 1881, when the US National Museum opened its doors, he was the curator of Birds....
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Link Love: 2/28/2020
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.By now you’ve heard about Smithsonian Open...
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Sneak Peek 3/2/2020
Atlas launch vehicle on the west side of the Arts and Industries Building, 1960s.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak PeekNational Air and Space Museum
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“Fair Women Seeking Secrets of Plant and Animal Phenomena”
Elizabeth Harmon, Digital Curator, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesExploring news coverage of women’s work in the sciences at the Smithsonian in the early twentieth century.On October 22, 1905, the...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Bridget Shea
Bridget Shea was the manager of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Samuel P. Langley IMAX Theater and the Albert Einstein Planetarium, 1992–97, and manager of the Smithsonian National...
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Lucy Hunter Baird: Much More Than a Devoted Daughter
Kasey Sease, Ph.D. Candidate in American History at William & Mary and Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution ArchivesLucy Hunter Baird’s work on her father’s biography reveals a long...
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Link Love 3/6
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.Celebrate World Book Day with a tweet tour...
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Sneak Peek 3/9/2020
Construction of Freer Gallery of Art, November 1, 1916, with Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, in view.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak PeekFreer Gallery of ArtBuildings
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You May Rest Assured that Adela Gómez Will Take Care of Everything
Hannah ByrneExploring the career, commitment, and mentorship of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute administrative powerhouse Adela Gómez.Right now, we’re in the midst of celebrating Women’s...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Valerie Fletcher
Dr. Valerie Fletcher joined the research staff at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 1978 and was promoted to a curatorial role in 1984. Fletcher worked as an Assistant and Associate Curator,...
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