Amelia Earhart, The fun of it : random records of my own flying and of women in aviation, 1932 Amelia Earhart was born today in 1897. A famed aviator, pioneer more »
Month: July 2009
Check out these new acquisitions at the National Museum of American History Library! You’ll never look at barbecue the same after reading Savage Barbecue: race, culture, and the invention of more »
In June, the Smithsonian Enterprises Product Development and Licensing team launched the first official Smithsonian store on CafePress.com. If you're not familiar with Cafe Press, it's an online shop that more »
In terms of astronomy, things were never the same after the year 1609. Galileo Galilei got his hands on a telescope and made his watershed observations, which challenged views of more »
Galileo Galilei, Sidereus Nuncius Magna, Longeque Admirabilia Spectacula Pandens, Suspiciendaque Proponens Unicuique [The great starry messenger], 1610, f10 verso, two moons On July 20, 1969, two members of the Apollo more »
We in the Natural and Physical Sciences Department at the Libraries would like to introduce you to our interns and volunteers. Margaret (Maggie) Ansell is our enthusiastic intern who hails more »
On June 1st, summer intern Brett Lambert joined the Libraries’ Digital Services Division. Lambert is a candidate in the Alberta Smithsonian Internship Program (ASIP), which is a special partnership between more »