One of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian, Margaret Moodey, helped identify and catalogue major collections in the Department of Geology, and as one enigmatically-named photograph suggests, she was “in charge.”

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.

Now is the time to explore how can we attach sustainability goals to the annual AIC, ALA and SAA Preservation Week/Month events and their MayDay calls to action.

Estelle Beck, Head Switchboard Operator, 1960–77,  led a small team of women who were responsible for fielding hundreds of daily calls to the Smithsonian. Beck also operated telephones at the Smithsonian for three years prior to World War II. #Groundbreaker

As an intern with the Smithsonian Institution Archives, I developed strategies that would make our born-digital collections more accessible to the researcher and enhance discoverability.

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.

Sometimes the research process reveals more than an answer to a single question. This is the story of the Smithsonian bison that inspired the “Buffalo Bill.”

Betty Strickler, Chief of the Travel Services Office, 1966–77, managed a small office that was responsible for making travel arrangements for Smithsonian employees and guests across the world. #Groundbreaker

Behind the seemingly objective certitude of a date lies an argument about what counts.

Frank Hamilton Cushing, ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology, demonstrates horse riding technique of a Dakota warrior.