Blog Posts The Work Continues While We Are Away May 21, 2020 by Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig Smithsonian archivists are reviewing challenges with sharing born-digital collections. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Magda J. Schremp May 20, 2020 by Emily Niekrasz Magda J. Schremp, Docent Program Coordinator, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1971–2007, led a team of volunteers, who were responsible for assisting with school programs, leading hands-on activities and programs, and guiding the visitors’ experiences as tour guides. #Groundbreaker What Our Experts Want You to Know About Digitization May 19, 2020 by Marguerite Roby, Jessica Scott, Kira Sobers, Heidi Stover, and Emily Niekrasz Our digitization experts answer questions about the complicated and time-consuming process of digitizing our collections. Link Love: 5/15/2020 May 15, 2020 by Deborah Shapiro 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. Hearing The World Is Yours May 14, 2020 by Kira M. Sobers Take a listen to clips from an episode of The World Is Yours. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Polly Willman May 13, 2020 by Emily Niekrasz Polly Willman, Conservator of Costumes, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, 1988–99, supervised staff and treated costume and textile objects for the museum’s major exhibitions, including for the redesign of the First Ladies Hall. #Groundbreaker "To Have and to Hold”: Parsing the Legal Framework of the Hungerford Deed May 12, 2020 by William Bennett Now that we know more about the Hungerford Deed, dive in with us as we seek to understand its legal framework and context. Link Love: 5/8/2020 May 8, 2020 by Deborah Shapiro 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. “Ding” Darling’s Ducks and What’s Good for the Earth May 7, 2020 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette, Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution Archives, & Jeffrey K. Stine, Curator for Environmental History, National Museum of American History Correspondence between Science Service reporter Frank Thone and Pulitzer prize-winning political cartoonist Jay Norwood (“Ding”) Darling highlight the evolving wildlife conservation efforts of the 1920s-1940s. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dorothy Briggs May 6, 2020 by Emily Niekrasz Dorothy Briggs, Art Restoration Specialist, National Museum of American History, 1959–82, restored historic clock dials, period pieces of ceramic art, and paintings. Briggs was also considered a talented ceramist. #Groundbreaker Pages« first‹ previous…121314151617181920…next ›last »Produced by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. For copyright questions, please see the Terms of Use.