Description: Leila Gay Forbes Clark, director of Smithsonian’s library, 1942–1957, was the second woman to direct the library at the Smithsonian. She led early efforts to create a more centralized library system. In 1952, she coauthored The Butterflies of Virginia with her husband, zoologist Austin Hobart Clark. #Groundbreaker
Description: Art Deco beetles and butterflies from Smithsonian Libraries. [via Hyperallergic]Depression-era faces lost to history by an editor's hold punch. [via PetaPixel]A new online archive: the Digital Transgender Archive. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The Photographers' Identities Catalog, a collection of biographical data for over 115,000 photographers, studios, etc. [via NYPL LABS]A new