Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="South Beach, Miami, Florida, 2004, Courtesy of the TypArchive: www.typarchive.com."] [/caption] A visual archive of hand-painted and cool old signage [via @leetranlam]. Check out the Smithsonian Libraries’ extensive links to online exhibitions created by libraries and archives. Catch the spirit! The Gospel Music History
Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives recently acquired the papers of Ursula Marvin, a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory geologist who has studied meteorites and lunar samples.
Description: Research records refer to any materials created or collected while conducting research as part of a Smithsonian employee's official duties. They may exist in many formats including sheets of paper, notecards, field books, maps, databases, spreadsheets, audiovisual materials, and images. Research records can typically be divided into three broad categories: 1) secondary