Description: This summer witnessed an exciting find by interns Shereen Choudhury and Rachel Midura, who identified Teddy Roosevelt in one of the broken glass plate negatives they were inventorying. This glass plate comes from a collection of images that have all been numbered, but have minimal descriptive records indicating what they may represent.
Description: In this next edition of our Miscellaneous Adventures, choose your own adventures by diving into the folders yourself in the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
Description: A couple of months ago, a few members of the Archives staff went out to the Smithsonian Conversation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, to collect some records that are being accessioned into our collections. One of the items we were given on this trip was a book detailing the facilities located on the property in Front Royal prior to it being used by the
Description: Meredith Smith Diggs was employed at the Smithsonian in different capacities and was closely associated with the second Secretary of the Smithsonian, Spencer Fullerton Baird. Through Diggs' correspondence we can get a small glimpse of his life and work at the Smithsonian.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="Visitors, including children, are viewing entomology exhibits in the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, June 1954, by United States Department of Agriculture, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 10, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="343" caption="His face framed with fur, he was one of the great tellers of stories and legends who gave Rasmussen information on the folklore of the Eskimo race. The white objects are lip ornaments, 1924, by Leo Hansen, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Science Service Records, Record Unit 7091, Box 409, Folder 2,