Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives manages the cold storage vault at the National Museum of American History where approximately 3 million negatives are stored.
Description: For the month of March, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about interesting women from our collections in honor of Women’s History Month. Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of watching the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ Video History Collection interviews while they were digitized. One of my favorites is Black Aviators (RU 9545) because of
Description: For the last year the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has been preparing to celebrate its 100 year anniversary. As part of the celebration, curators and archivists have been combing the files in preparation for an exhibition of historic photographs that will describe the museum’s history. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="218" caption="Photomicrograph
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="295" caption="The Children's Room in the South Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, was created by third Secretary Samuel P. Langley (1887-1906) as a natural history display area especially for children, c. 1901, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927), paleontologist and fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1907-1927), Walcott is at a fossil quarry excavating the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada, c. 1910s - 1920s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="'Everyman is a valuable member of society who by his observations, researches and experiments procures knowledge for men.' Written by James Smithson, founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, c. 1820, by James Smithson, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7000, Box 5, Folder 13, Negative
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="377" caption="Presentation of Samuel P. Langley Medal for Aerodromes to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh at the annual meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, December 8, 1927, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 16 Folder 21; Record Unit 371 Box 2,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Smithsonian Institution staff photographers at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (l-r): Jeff Tinsley, Richard K. Hofmeister, Jeff Ploskonka and Dane Penland, 1986, James Wallace, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 5, Negative Number: 86-12516-3."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="393" caption="Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: The seven scientists asked to testify for the defense standing in front of the Defense Mansion, 1925, by Watson Davis, Black and white photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Image # SIA2008-1146"][/caption] We are nearing the 2nd anniversary of the Smithsonian launching on the
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