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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Mary Panzer
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. Mary Panzer was the curator of photography at...
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Digitization and Exploration: An Intern Works with the Exposition Records
Rosemarie Fettig, Digital Services InternLearn about the digitization process and some fun Smithsonian history from a fall internship project!Digitization of archival materials is an extensive process,...
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Link Love: 12/11/2020
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.Today, dedicate a few hours...
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Archives Puzzles: Some Library Love
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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Hands On. Hands Off.
Ellen AlersWill such things as the Hands on History Room ever exist again?On December 8, 1992, the Hands on History Room opened at the National Museum of American History. The 3,000-square-foot room...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborra Richardson
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.Deborra A. Richardson was an archivist with the...
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall
Cameron R. Sandlin, Institutional History Division InternThe AIDS Memorial Quilt has a long history with the National Mall and the Smithsonian Institution starting with its first appearance on the Mall...
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Link Love: 12/18/2020
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.There's still time left in...
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Archives Puzzles: Bundling Up
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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Happy Holidays from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives!
Jessica ScottWishing you and yours a safe and happy holiday season. Season’s Greetings from all of us at the newly minted Smithsonian Libraries and Archives! These lovely winter scenes were found in...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Marilyn Graskowiak
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.Marilyn Graskowiak has been the chair of the...
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The World Is Yours: Christmas in the Colonies
Kira SobersTake a listen to clips from the episode of The World Is Yours titled “Christmas in the Colonies.”In The World Is Yours episode titled “Christmas in the Colonies,” which aired December 26,...
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Happy Holidays from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives!
We wish you and yours happy holidays!Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley (1865–1931), a pioneer in microphotography, captured detailed images of thousands of individual snowflakes. His photography and...
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Archives Puzzles: A Centennial Celebration
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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Introducing Here At The Smithsonian
Kira SobersWe are starting a new monthly blog series featuring episodes of Here At The Smithsonian.One of the earliest collections of videos I digitized at the Archives was a series called Here At The...
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Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Uta C. Merzbach
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. Uta C. Merzbach, the Smithsonian’s first...
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Goodbye, 2020: Working Through a Different Kind of Year
Despite so many setbacks this year, Archives staff has continued to serve our researchers. Though this year has been like no other in our history, Archives staff has continued to serve our researchers....
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Link Love: 1/1/2021
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.It’s Public Domain Day!...
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Archives Puzzles: Happy (Almost) National Bird Day
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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Women Carrying out the Work of Change in the 1970s
Elizabeth Harmon, Digital Curator, Smithsonian Libraries and ArchivesWonder Woman 1984 features fictional Smithsonian women in science trying to change the world. Let’s examine how real-life women...
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