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Link Love: 8/14/2020
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.Smithsonian Voices...
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Archives Puzzles: Free as a Bird (to Transform, Remix, and Reuse)
This summer, have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian...
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Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s...
Kasey Sease, Ph.D. Candidate in American History at William & Mary and Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution ArchivesEliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Roberta W. Rubinoff
Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.Roberta Wolff Rubinoff was a biologist at the...
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It's National Radio Day and The World Is Yours
Kira Sobers and Emily NiekraszThis National Radio Day, we’re taking a look (and listen) back to a few recent blog posts that have featured clips from episodes of Smithsonian’s first radio program, The...
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Link Love: 8/21/2020
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.For National Potato Day,...
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Wikipedia & Women in Science: Smithsonian Groundbreakers Edit-a-thon
Elizabeth Harmon, Digital Curator, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesHelp us increase the representation of women in science on Wikipedia!Throughout the Smithsonian’s nearly 175-year history, women have...
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And They Called it Puppy Love
In honor of National Dog Day, let's take a look at the furry friends from the Archives' staff.Pupper, doggy, hound, bowwow, beastie, pooch. No matter what we call dogs, they have always been our best...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Karen Osborn
Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.Dr. Karen Osborn is a research zoologist and...
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Archives Puzzles: SOS(C)
This summer, have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian...
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Link Love: 8/28/2020
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.Attend today’s virtual...
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Archives Puzzles: Roaming Down Roads in 1896
This summer, have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian...
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Lisa Stevens: The Inspiring Career of the “Panda Lady”
Jillian Luciow, American Women’s History Initiative Digital Curation Intern, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesKnown lovingly by the public as the “Panda Lady,” Lisa Stevens cultivated a rich thirty-year...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sara Hallager
Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and...
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Pandemic Tests Preparedness
Nora LockshinThis National Preparedness Month, collections care professionals might consider joining their local Alliance for Response initiative to improve their organizations, practices, and...
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Link Love: 9/4/2020
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.Help the End of Term Web...
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Archives Puzzles: Constructing the National Museum of Natural History
This summer, have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian...
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& is for Ampersand
Andrew Whitesell Today we honor the glyph with an incredibly long name that used to shorten an incredibly short word.Happy National Ampersand Day, everyone! Today we take a moment to honor everyone's...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Barbara Bingham
Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.Barbara Bingham was an animal caretaker leader at...
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There's a new Acting Director at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute!
Hannah ByrneA brief look at the history and attitudes towards women and Latin Americans at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute amplifies the significance of Dr. Oris I. Sanjur’s formal...
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