Stories from the Smithsonian
A look at interesting primary source documents and images from the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ collections including eyewitness accounts of the Civil War around Washington, DC, by Mary Henry, who lived in the Smithsonian Castle, and Solomon G. Brown, the first African American employee at the Smithsonian; Snowflake photographs by “Snowflake” Bentley in the late 19th century; and James Renwick’s architectural designs for the Smithsonian Castle. Includes sample primary source exercises for use in K-12 classrooms.
