Flashback Friday: Behind the Scenes at the National Anthropological Archives

Smithsonian Institution Archives, image number SIA2009-2221. 

Paula Fleming, sitting in the reading room and holding images of American Indians, is an archivist at the National Anthropological Archives in the National Museum of Natural History. On the table are other photos of American Indians, an old view finder for viewing photos, a cart with archival boxes, a dictionary open on a stand, with books on shelves behind her. She retired in 2003 after thirty three years of service.


Lisa Fthenakis, Program Assistant

Smithsonian Institution Archives