Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="338" caption="Patricia Nixon stands beside a mannequin dressed in her inauguration gown which has been placed in the exhibit of First Ladies Gowns at the National Museum of American History, c. early 1970s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 20, Folder 3, Negative
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="416" caption="Office of Exhibits Central staffers (l-r) Ben Snouffer, Rosemary Regan, and Harold Campbell pose for with the mannequins that were modeled after them in the National Museum of American History's (NMAH) "Engines of Change" exhibit, 1987, by Eric Long, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Carol Burnett, with the charwoman costume that she donated to National Museum of American History. At the presentation ceremony, Burnett honored a reporter's request and bellowed out her famous Tarzan yell, 1988, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 5 Folder July 1988,
Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collections to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.New Finding Aids Online: A group of collections documenting the field work of scientists who worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology:
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: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="A fiberglass reconstruction of the jaws of an extinct 40-foot long shark, bearing one row of real fossil teeth in the front and several rows of plastic replica teeth behind, for National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Fossils: The History of Life," 1985, by Chip Clark, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution