The Bigger PictureBlog Posts Latest Articles: Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time August 2, 2018 by Marika Lundeberg, Smithsonian Institution Archives Intern Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Harriet (Rae) F. Beaubien August 1, 2018 by Effie Kapsalis Head of Conservation at the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, Harriet (Rae) F. Beaubien, is an archaeological conservation specialist and advises on the prevention of illicit trafficking of cultural heritage materials. #Groundbreaker On Expedition with Waldo Schmitt July 31, 2018 by Ricc Ferrante They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that’s true, some of Dr. Waldo LaSalle Schmitts field books are worth tens of thousands of words. Sneak Peek 7/30/18 July 30, 2018 by Marguerite Roby William Woodville Rockhill models traditional costume from Tibet, 1890. Link Love: 7/27/2018 July 27, 2018 by Effie Kapsalis Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history. See Here: 7/27/2018 July 27, 2018 by Kira M. Sobers Where the Wild Things Are July 26, 2018 by Marguerite Roby Take a look at the residents of the Smithsonian's National Zoo in 1973 with these newly digitized images. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Ashley Egan July 25, 2018 by Effie Kapsalis Research botanist Dr. Ashley Egan, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, works with the museum's 86,000 legume specimens to understand the processes and patterns that have formed biodiversity throughout the course of evolution. #Groundbreaker Science Service, Up Close: Summer Road Trips for Science, 1935 July 24, 2018 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette In 1935, Beloit College in Wisconsin began allowing female students to join the annual summer archeological expeditions. Sneak Peek 7/23/2018 July 23, 2018 by Marguerite Roby Senior administrators stand next to their bicycles outside the Arts and Industries Building during an energy conservation campaign at SI, with David Challinor, Assistant Secretary for Science, Robert Angus Brooks, Under Secretary, and Wymberley Coerr, Director of International and Environmental Programs, June 3, 1974, by Richard Farrar. Pages« first‹ previous…878889909192939495…next ›last »Produced by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. For copyright questions, please see the Terms of Use.