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The Quileute: Life Before Twilight
Excited Twilight fans will be hitting the movie theaters in droves for Breaking Dawn - Part 2, the last installment of the vampire/werewolf series. In the thrilling conclusion, Bella and Edward, the...
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Karoo Ashevak of the Arctic Circle
It is easy to get lost in the notion that archives hold discoveries and document the historical past (which they do!) It is equally important, however, to remember that archives contain treasures from...
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Great Aunts in the Archives
Three women in a tree, ca. 1895 / unidentified photographer John Frederick Peto and Peto family papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian InstitutionAs a reference archivist at the Archives of...
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Helping People with AIDS
Helping People with AIDS Tea Dance Advertisement, 2003Recently the Helping People with AIDS (HPA) Records were donated to the Archives Center by the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, Rochester, New...
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Sneak Peek from the Stacks: Happy Birthday Gertrude Jekyll
Today is Gertrude Jekyll's birthday. In the garden design and horticulture world, Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) is considered one of the most important garden designers of the twentieth century. She was...
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Can Cute Children and Clever Cats Sell Coffee? Yes, Indeed!
Front CoverAs the Special Collections Cataloger for the Smithsonian Libraries, it seems I'm always coming across something wonderful or surprising in my cataloging backlog. While I spend my time...
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Documenting the Anacostia Community through Oral Histories
As the only Smithsonian Institution museum dedicated to local D.C. culture, The Anacostia Community Museum (ACM) has served as a center for community heritage and culture East of the River since its...
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The Moai of Easter Island
How much do you know about the stone figures, called moai, on this tiny Polynesian island? Easter Island, known to residents as Rapa Nui, has long puzzled those who encounter the enormous statues....
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Sneak Peek from the Stacks: The Human Jukebox
Snooks Eaglin, 1958. Photograph by Harry Oster.This photograph of the great R&B guitarist Snooks Eaglin, taken early in his career, was recently digitized as a part of the Ralph Rinzler Folklife...
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Season’s Greetings from the Peter A. Juley & Son firm!
Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, J0010313When he wasn't photographing artists and their artwork, Paul Juley was especially fond of putting his studio to use by creating imaginative and humorous...
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Dolly at Standing Rock
Characteristic of archival collections, in October the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center acquired a family photograph album. The gift of NMAI members Don Kritsch and Barbara Baker,...
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New Year's Resolution Revolution
As we stand on the cusp of 2013, perhaps you are pondering what your New Year's resolutions should be. And don't say "exercise more." That one has been done a million times over, and I think we...
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Top of the World! Rooftop Gardens
Over the past decade there has been an escalating interest in green roofs to reduce our carbon footprint on the environment. The older cousin of green roofs--rooftop gardens--can be traced back to...
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Sneak Peek into the Stacks: A Civil War Chromolithograph
The colorful image shown below and the musical score it illustrates were created to celebrate a Union victory in the American Civil war--the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 11-16, 1862....
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Link Love: Amateur Film of Mexico in the Archives of American Art
In August 2012, Megan McShea, the audiovisual archivist for the Archives of American Art, posted about the amateur films of artists Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo shot in Mexico between 1935 and 1941 that...
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Bringing the Kalahari to Mexico City
Postcard for Cine en Culturas retrospective ofJohn Marshall's work, held Nov 10-14, 2012 in Mexico City.From November 10-14, 2012, audiences in Mexico City were treated to an extensive retrospective of...
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Col. West A. Hamilton: Soldier at Heart
Holdings at the Anacostia Community Museum include the personal papers of individuals with national or local reputations. Among these materials are the papers of Col. West A. Hamilton, a soldier of...
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Why the Chicken Really Crossed the Road: An Inaugural Tale
President Nixon’s 1973 Inaugural ball at the Museum of History and Technology, January 20, 1973, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 10, Folder: 11,...
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Lincoln canes live on
(NAA 76-55:6) Crown of Lincoln Cane belonging to Zuni Pueblo, 1975. Photo Lot 76-55, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.With the success of Steven Spielberg’s film, Lincoln, and...
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The Wonders of Manhattan Real Estate
The island of Manhattan, featuring some of the priciest real estate in the United States, inspires dreams of great fortunes that can be made by shrewd investors. Who hasn't marveled over the phenomenal...
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