Description: Mary Agnes Chase is known for her extensive contributions to the study of grasses, but who was Mary Agnes Chase? Why is her private life so shrouded in mystery, and how can we find out more.
Description: On January 16, 1907, a man carrying packages asked a carpenter for directions to a former colleague's office in the U.S. National Museum. Minutes later, that man pulled a rifle out of one of the packages and murdered an illustrator working for the Smithsonian.
Description: First hand account of Mary Henry, daughter of Joseph Henry, about what Washington DC was like during the holidays in the time of the Civil War.
Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has led and collaborated on the earliest efforts in the field of email preservation since the mid-2000s. A look at our Collaborative Electronic Records Project (CERP) tool.
Description: Snow and its flakes: appreciated by some and despised by others, dreaded and welcomed at the same time, here today and gone tomorrow; such would not be the case for one particular snowflake, thanks Wilson Bentley.
Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives releases a new feature on their website which enables their finding aids to be marked up with available digitized media.