Blog Posts Volunteer Appreciation: Marianne Green April 2, 2019 by Kira M. Sobers To celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month, we would like to recognize Marianne Green, a volunteer in the Digital Services Division who digitizes and reviews documents, letters, and photographs requested by researchers, helping provide access to our collections. Sneak Peek 3/4/2019 March 4, 2019 by Marguerite Roby Information volunteers answer telephone calls in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, December 6, 1978, by Richard Hofmeister. The specially trained corp of vounteers handled approximately 250,000 telephone calls a year from the public. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Gina Pragan November 14, 2018 by Emily Niekrasz Gina Pragan, docent at the National Museum of Natural History, 1975-1994, gave tours for the Smithsonian in English, German, and Polish. She continued to volunteer until her death, at age ninety-three. #Groundbreaker See Here: 4/20/2018 April 20, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers See Here: 4/13/2018 April 13, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers See Here: 4/6/2018 April 6, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers Zoe Martindale, Archives Volunteer Extraordinaire Retires April 5, 2018 by Matt Peterson Longtime Archives volunteer Zoe Martindale retired this past February, after over twenty years of service. See Here: 3/16/2018 March 16, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers Cryptic Content in The Stacks December 28, 2017 by Ricc Ferrante Collection documents can sometimes have codes and cryptic text that make them challenging to decipher. Here’s a brief look at what we think about when facing this kind of challenge. Keeping up with our #Volunpeers – SIA’s Transcription Center Accomplishments September 14, 2017 by Ricc Ferrante We take a look at the progress Smithsonian Institution Archives has made with volunpeer work through the Transcription Center. Pages12next ›last »Produced by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. For copyright questions, please see the Terms of Use.