Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and Washington D.C & American history.
Description: Marines are investigating a possible case of mistaken identity in the iconic WWII Iwo Jima photo. [via NPR]The little known history behind Cinco de Mayo. [via Smithsonian Magazine]A short film on the Smithsonian's incredible whale skeleton collection. [via Hakai Magazine]The Prelinger Archives has published 6600 public domain films to the Internet Archive! [via Open Culture]A
Description: Calling all history sleuths! The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History needs your help identifying . [via Smithsonian Magazine]Smithsonian Folkways has acquired the voluminous Arhoolie Records collection of blues, gospel, Cajun and Mexican folk music. [via NY Times]Did you miss the launch of the new rights statement framework for cultural heritage organizations
Description: Ann M. Seeger, curator emeritus, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, managed the chemistry and biological sciences collection, and is an expert in science education apparatus and balances and weights.v#Groundbreaker
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="314" caption="The Amb. Richard B. Parker Photographs contains 200 black and white prints, 481 black and white negatives, and two black and white contact sheets of Islamic monuments in Algeria, Cairo, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, and Spain, 1965-1979, by Richard Bordeaux Parker, Unknown medium, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M.
Description: Spencer F. Baird and George Brown Goode used their diverse, and sometimes quirky, contacts from the U.S. Fish Commission to fill exhibit cabinets in the U.S. National Museum.
Description: Margaret Brown Klapthor, National Museum of American History, was an expert on White House history, curated the Smithsonian’s First Ladies collection, and wrote several books on First Ladies history. #Groundbreaker
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