This past summer, we featured travel and vacation related items, including ones about express steamers, a beach hotel, and a lake resort. Each month this winter, we will do the more »
Month: December 2011
Welcome to our monthly Cooking from the Collections feature! This month, our intrepid recipe testers tried their hand at old fashioned sweets. The treats included Martha Washington’s recipe for sugar more »
Seasons Greetings from the Smithsonian Libraries and the Biodiversity Heritage Library! Rene Martin, Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique. . more »
This is the second post in our new series, Library Hacks, where we take a look at cool and interesting online resources from the Smithsonian Libraries and the cyberworld at more »
December 12th marks National Poinsettia Day in the U.S., by order of a House of Representatives Resolution in 2002. The holiday occurs on the anniversary of the death of Joel more »
Please join us in celebrating the Warren M. Robbins African Art Library's 40th year! The Robbins library shares resources in African art, history, and culture with scholars, teachers and students across more »
Last Thursday, our Associate Director for Digital Serivces, Martin Kalfatovic, joined Maura Marx from the Berkman Center at Harvard University and Maria Pallante, United States Register of Copyrights, on The more »