Fish specimens in jars at the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC), whose environmental analyses of biological specimens assisted the international oceanographic effort for scientists throughout the world, June 6, 1979, by Richard Hofmeister.

The intense efforts that started the Field Book Project and have kept it in high gear are slowing down to a sustainable pace. After almost ten years, grant funding for the Field Book Project has drawn to a close, but there is still plenty more to look forward to that will benefit researchers for years to come.

As the Director of Science Service, chemist Edwin Emery Slosson not only edited the submissions of his staff and external contributors but he also dispensed writing tips that remain timely today.

National Portrait Gallery press conference prior to opening, with the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington in view, October 1, 1968.

Nothing brings a couple together like scientific research, right? Celebrate Valentine’s Day by exploring a love so deep, new species were named about it.

Robert E. Sheldon, also known as “The Band Man,” museum specialist in the Division of Musical Instruments at National Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, works on a composition for the french horn, May 9, 1979, by Richard Brosnahan.

A selection of photographic highlights on the 40th anniversary of the Tractorcade that visited Washington, D.C. in February 1979.

Cordell Dickerson, photographer in the tintype studio in the Arts and Industries Building museum shop, poses with camera and top hat, February 1, 1980, by Richard Hofmeister.

Explore the different ways scientists celebrated New Year’s while working in the field abroad.

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