Children's book author Richard Scarry was born today. The Libraries has a number of this classic author and illustrator's books in its collection, many of them considered rare: At the more »
Category: Art and Design
Departure of the First Ohio Zouave Regiment from Cincinnati for Western VirginiaSketch by Henry Mosler (1841-1920)from Harper's Weekly, October 5, 1861, p. 631 Henry Mosler was born in Troplowitz, Silesia, more »
On March 24, the Libraries welcomed eighteen Kent State University MLIS graduate students for a one-day tour. After receiving an overview from Assistant Director Martin Kalfatovic, the students broke into more »
Jackson, Carlos Francisco. Chicana and Chicano Art: ProtestArte. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, 2009. 225 p. N6538.M4 J25 2009 First used as a derogatory word for the Mexican American community, more »
Lucky Lindy took off in the "Spirit of St. Louis" from Roosevelt Airfield, Long Island, New York, and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at Le Bourget, Paris, France. The more »
The Smithsonian's Freer-Sackler Library features numerous items related to the Tian Yi Ge Library Museum in Ningbo, China, the private library of the Fan family dating back to the early more »
We like to think we have many jewels in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' collections in the figurative sense, but here is a lovely volume bound in precious mother-of-pearl with silver more »