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“Love, Doris”
Jessica Scott, Digital Imaging SpecialistWhile digitizing the collection of Smithsonian entomologist Doris Holmes Blake, I discovered a treasure trove of correspondence that sheds light about growing...
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Link Love: 3/13/2020
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.DCist profiles local photographer Joseph...
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Sneak Peek 3/16/2020
Rotunda of the United States National Museum Natural History Building, now known as National Museum of Natural History, 1913.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak PeekNational Museum of...
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Women Managing the Smithsonian
Pamela M. HensonMeet some of the women who have managed aspects of the Smithsonian since the 1850s. The Smithsonian has never had a woman Secretary, and women have rarely been appointed to...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Melanie McField
Dr. Melanie McField is the founding director of the Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative, a collaborative, international conservation program of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural...
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Glaring Discs: Photographic Condition Documentation of Reflective Surfaces
Miguel Resendiz, Conservation Intern, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesThe challenges of imaging the shiny surfaces of optical discs including CDs and DVDs.As senior conservator Nora Lockshin mentioned...
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Link Love: 3/20/2020
Deborah ShapiroLink Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.Take a digital tour of a...
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Sneak Peek 3/23/2020
Marguerite RobyNational Zoological Park keeper holds an echidna, also known as a spiny anteater, 1903, by E.F. Keller, SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B46_F02_013.
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Crimilda Pontes: The Original Designer of the Smithsonian Sunburst
Nikki Rosato, Advancement Events Associate, and Sarah Leibach, Donor Relations and Events Manager, Office of AdvancementA celebration of the woman who originally designed the iconic Smithsonian...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Manjula Kumar
Manjula Kumar was a Project Manager and Project Director in various offices around the Smithsonian, including the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service and the Center for...
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When Digital Print Met Water
What happens when your digital prints get wet and why is this important? Answers below!Understanding how our collections react to water can ultimately help us make decisions about long-term storage,...
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Link Love: 3/27/2020
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. Celebrate spring indoors with museum...
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Sneak Peek 3/30/2020
Young museum visitors with horse and carriage outside the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, Washington, D.C., circa 1910s.Blog Categories: Collections in...
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Hot Topix in Archival Research, Winter 2020
Here are some of the highlights of the research conducted at SIA this past winter.Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jennifer Locke Jones
Jennifer Locke Jones is the Chair and Curator of the Armed Forces Division of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, where she has worked on exhibitions since 1985. Additionally, she...
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The Archives’ Video Digitization Equipment Gets an Upgrade
The Archives recently upgraded its video digitization equipment to an open source, cost effective solution.In 2008, the Smithsonian Institution Archives acquired two machines that allowed us to...
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Link Love: 4/3/2020
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. If you can’t be an astronaut, be an...
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Sneak Peek 4/6/2020
Cyanotype, Riker Electric Mail Wagon vehicle for exhibition by Post Office Department at Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901.Blog Categories: Collections in FocusBlog Tags: Sneak...
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Dr. Evelyn G. Mitchell
Elizabeth Harmon, Digital Curator, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesDiscover the life and career of an early public health heroine. Dr. Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell was an entomologist, medical doctor,...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ann M. Shumard
Ann M. Shumard has worked to develop the photography collection at the National Portrait Gallery as an Assistant Curator, 1979–2001, and Senior Curator of Photographs, 2001–present. She has curated...
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