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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Healoha Johnston
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.Art historian Healoha Johnston is the curator of...
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Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2020
Deborah ShapiroThink your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution...
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Link Love: 10/16/2020
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.In honor of Hispanic...
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Archives Puzzles: All Aboard the Albatross
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 Open...
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A (Brief) History of Sloths at the Smithsonian
Jessica Scott…in which a member of the Archives staff turns her passion for sloths into a mission to research their history at the Smithsonian Institution.Happy International Sloth Day! In addition to...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Gwyneira Isaac
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. Gwyneira Isaac has been a research...
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Color our Collections
Andrew Whitesell Grab your colored pencils. It’s National Color Day!"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." —Maya AngelouHey everyone, it's National Color Day—a day to appreciate the...
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Link Love: 10/23/2020
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.Did you catch Smithsonian...
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Archives Puzzles: Piecing Together the Diplodocus
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 Open...
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Archiving Born-Digital Media from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Julie Goforth, Digital Archiving Contractor, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesWe’ve been processing audiovisual media collections from the Science Media Group division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Carol Farrington Jopling
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. Carol F. Jopling, an expert on the...
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Revisiting The Right to Vote
With the election only days away, we’re taking a look back at The Right to Vote at Smithsonian’s National Museum of History and Technology, 1972–74. With the 2020 election less than one week away,...
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Link Love: 10/30/2020
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.The Museum of Chinese in...
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Archives Puzzles: Statue of Freedom
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 Open...
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Not Your Average Scrapbook
Kira SobersA scrapbook isn’t always a collection of photographs and memorabilia. For C.V. Riley, it was a place to keep articles.When you think of a scrapbook, I’m sure that what comes to mind is an...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Carol O’Donnell
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. Carol O’Donnell has been the director of the...
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Rewinding American Archives Month: #ArchivesAVTakeover
This American Archives Month, we teamed up with archivists and conservators around the Smithsonian for five Instagram takeovers to highlight the breadth of the Institution's audiovisual collections. In...
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Link Love: 11/6/2020
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.The American Alliance of...
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Archives Puzzles: Getting Schooled
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 Open...
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Recognizing the Smithsonian Staff Who Served in the Gulf War
This Veterans Day, we acknowledge the 21 employees at the Smithsonian who served in the Gulf War.Although users can find plenty of information about the Smithsonian and its staff during World War I and...
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