The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.

New Finding Aids Online:

• Accession 18-009 - Frank A. Taylor Papers, 1835-2003. Frank A. Taylor worked for the Smithsonian for over fifty years. He was the first Director of the Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History), and  later became Director of the United States National Museum with responsibility for both the National Museum of Natural History and National Museum of History and Technology. In 1968, Taylor was appointed Director General of Museums. These papers document his personal life and family history. 
• Accession 18-029 - National Zoological Park, Public Affairs and Communications Department, Subject Files, 1994, 2000-2013 (press coverage of the National Zoological Park and its animals, facilities, exhibits, staff, events, and research) 

Links to Finding Aids with Newly Digitized Material:

• Accession 07-010 - National Air and Space Museum, NASM Historical Files, 1947-2003 (images of concept drawings and models documenting plans for contructing the National Air and Space Museum) 
• Record Unit 351 – National Air and Space Museum, Photographs, 1922-1958, 1963-1966 (images of Signal Corps Balloons, c. 1898)  

New Images Online:

• Forty-seven images from Accession 11-009 - Smithsonian Photographic Services, Photographic Collection, 1971-2006 (includes contact sheets American Agriculture Movement "Tractorcade" on National Mall, 1979) 
• Two hundred thirty-four images from Accession 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s (images of scientists) 

Related Resources

• Collection Highlights, January 2019, by Tammy Peters, The Bigger Picture, Smithsonian Institution Archives
• Collection Highlights, October 2018, by Tammy Peters,The Bigger Picture, Smithsonian Institution Archives
• Collection Highlights, July 2018, by Tammy Peters,  The Bigger Picture, Smithsonian Institution Archives
• Collection Highlights, April 2018, by Tammy Peters,  The Bigger Picture, Smithsonian Institution Archives
• Collection Highlights, January 2018, by Tammy Peters,  The Bigger Picture, Smithsonian Institution Archives