Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.

Cyanotype, aerial view of buildings and grounds at the World's Columbia Exposition, with Japanese Ho-o-Den Palace on Wooded Island, north end of the Horticulture Building, Woman's Building, Midway Plaisance, and Ferris Wheel in view, Chicago, 1893. 

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

Sheryl Kolasinski, Director, Office of Planning and Project Management, 1995–2011, and Deputy Director, Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations, 2011–2012, managed major capital projects and helped maintain safety and security across the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker

Ruth B. MacManus and Gertrude Brown bonded over their heavy workloads and shared experiences as working women in the Great Depression. Together, they helped improve a publication that does not bear their names: the Smithsonian Scientific Series.  

Exhibit case filled with West African knives, shields and axes from an exhibition of the Herbert Ward African Collection in the United States National Museum at the Natural History Building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, which opened March 1, 1922.

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.

Archives and libraries explore various tools to preserve and share email collections.

Dr. Sharon Shaffer, Founding Director, Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, 1988–2012, established a museum-based, educational program for young children at the Smithsonian. She also developed trainings and wrote numerous publications for educators. #Groundbreaker