Friday, October 21st may have been chilly and quiet on the outside, but that night the inside of the National Museum of the American Indian was filled to the brim more »
Author: Erin Rushing
Erin Clements Rushing is the Outreach Librarian for Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. She enjoys sharing the Libraries and Archives' treasures with new audiences and telling the stories from the stacks through various outreach efforts. She coordinates social media and the blog (Unbound), plans tours and manages the internship program. She also handles rights and reproductions for library collection images and acts as point person for copyright concerns. Erin holds an M.L.S from the University of Maryland, as well as a B.A. in History and Art History.
On this day in 1869, Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, N.Y. patented his invention, the stove-top waffle iron. While waffles irons of sorts have existed since the 1300s, Swarthout intended 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 »
Although you may be familiar with the gift shop note cards and calendars bearing Smithsonian Libraries images, did you know that you can buy a leather chair inspired by National more »
This spring, six unique volumes from the Smithsonian Libraries’ collections will be featured in Botanicals, with text by SIL’s Curator of Natural History Rare Books, Leslie Oversteet. Exquisite plates from more »