Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Image of Merle Crisler Foshag and her husband William F. Foshag, Curator in the U.S. National Museum's Department of Geology, The two are standing amid flowers, while on Foshag's scientific expedition to Tepoztlán, Mexico, 1929, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record
Description: With the help of digital volunteers, we will make over a century’s worth of Smithsonian Board of Regents Meeting Minutes searchable, via the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
Description: In honor of National Scrapbooking Month, the Archives highlights the scrapbook of William and Lucile Mann from their trip to Argentina in 1939.
Description: Archives are often used by genealogists to create their family histories. Often it's a tedious process that can involve many repositories throughout the country or even the world, but the final product can be fascinating. Take, for instance, Melbourne ("Mel") Romaine Carriker's Vista Nieve: The Remarkable True Adventures of an Early Twentieth Century Naturalist and His Family