Blog Posts “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. Where to Begin? Determining Founding Dates in ForestGEO’s Global Network of Research Plots April 21, 2020 by Caly McCarthy, Administrative Assistant, Forest GEO Behind the seemingly objective certitude of a date lies an argument about what counts. Sneak Peek 4/20/2020 April 20, 2020 by Marguerite Roby Frank Hamilton Cushing, ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology, demonstrates horse riding technique of a Dakota warrior. Sneak Peek 4/13/2020 April 13, 2020 by Marguerite Roby A keeper feeds Asian elephants Hitam and Kechil in the octagonal elephant barn at the National Zoological Park, 1918. Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website April 9, 2020 by Tammy L. Peters See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website. Sneak Peek 4/6/2020 April 6, 2020 by Marguerite Roby Cyanotype, Riker Electric Mail Wagon vehicle for exhibition by Post Office Department at Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901. Sneak Peek 3/30/2020 March 30, 2020 by Marguerite Roby Young museum visitors with horse and carriage outside the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, Washington, D.C., circa 1910s. Sneak Peek 3/16/2020 March 16, 2020 by Marguerite Roby Rotunda of the United States National Museum Natural History Building, now known as National Museum of Natural History, 1913. “Love, Doris” March 12, 2020 by Jessica Scott While digitizing the collection of Smithsonian entomologist Doris Holmes Blake, I discovered a treasure trove of correspondence that sheds light about growing up as a young woman in the mid-20th century and the story of an intimate mother-daughter relationship. Sneak Peek 3/9/2020 March 9, 2020 by Marguerite Roby Construction of Freer Gallery of Art, November 1, 1916, with Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, in view. Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last » Produced by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. For copyright questions, please see the Terms of Use.