Smithsonian Collections Blog

This Blog brings Archivists, Museum Specialists, and Librarians around the Smithsonian to write about their new collections, current works in progress or whatever catches their eye. It is our goal to bring our readers collection highlights, unveil hidden collections as they become online, and relate to current events with historical artifacts, art work and research materials from the past. We encourage conversation, questions, and comments.

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Monday, April 11, 2022

Piedmont Manufacturing: More than Just a Textile Mill

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 By Joe Hursey The Archives Center possesses an incredible set of architectural drawings of late 19th-century textile mills, known as the Lo...
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Monday, March 21, 2022

Women, Cameras, and Images

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By David Haberstich In recent years the Smithsonian Collections Blog has featured numerous posts about women photographers represented in Sm...
Thursday, February 24, 2022

The Iconic, Controversial Sidney Poitier: A Tribute for Black History Month

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By David Haberstich Actor Sir Sidney Poitier, Feb. 3, 1977, photograph probably by Robert Scurlock. Gelatin silver acetate  negative, Scurlo...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Hidden History, Part 2: Joy McLean Bosfield Sings at Kennedy Center Dedication

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  By Jennifer Sieck Joy McLean Bosfield framed this page from the score for “Gloria in Excelsis” signed for her by MASS composer Leonard Ber...
Monday, January 24, 2022

Butter and Egg Money

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By Lily Stowe-Alekman Elizabeth Bourne Robinson was born on December 3, 1892, and died on July 25, 1976.  On November 20, 1929, she married ...

Living Documents and Historic Postcards of Guinea

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By Haley Steinhilber Writing? On an archival document?! Traditionally, archives are known for their dedication to preserving original photog...
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Friday, November 12, 2021

Hidden History: Lillian Evanti's Lobbying Contributes to the Creation of the Kennedy Center

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 By Jennifer Sieck This post is being published on November 12, the eightieth anniversary of the founding of the National Negro Opera Compan...
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