Category: Collections in Focus

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 Wonderful Women Wednesday: Melanie R. Bond October 17, 2018 by Lisa Fthenakis

Biologist and primate keeper, Melanie R. Bond, was the first woman gorilla keeper at the National Zoo and co-authored the "Orangutan (Pongo) Care Manual" for the Association of Zoos & Aquariums. #Groundbreaker

  
 
 Sneak Peek 10/15/2018 October 15, 2018 by Marguerite Roby

Taxidermist Sybil Costanzo works on zebra model at Museum of Natural History, September 2, 1959, by Jack Scott.

  
 
 See Here: 10/12/2018 October 12, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers

See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

  
 
 Thanks for the specimens, J. Bruce Bredin! October 11, 2018 by Ricc Ferrante

This philanthropist’s passion for research and adventure inspired him to join a series of collecting expeditions with the Smithsonian in the 1950s.

  
 
 Sneak Peek 10/8/2018 October 8, 2018 by Marguerite Roby

Bureau of American Ethnology exhibit featuring "Basketry of the American Indians" at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904. 

  
 
 See Here: 10/5/2018 October 5, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers

See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

  
 
 Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website October 4, 2018 by Tammy L. Peters

See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

  
 
 Sneak Peek 10/1/2018 October 1, 2018 by Marguerite Roby

Donation of Betty Ford dress to collection of First Ladies gowns at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, with Frankie Welch, fashion designer, First Lady Betty Ford, and Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, by John Wooten, June 24, 1976.

  
 
 See Here: 9/28/2018 September 28, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers

See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

  
 
 Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2018 September 27, 2018 by Deborah Shapiro

We highlight a few topics explored this summer by researchers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

  

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