In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be more »
Category: History and Culture
On September 30th, 2009 the new Public Observatory of Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) opened. Secretary of the Smithsonian, G. Wayne Clough recently cited the observatory project as more »
We checked for candy related catalogs in the Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library and found the Ice Cream and Candy Makers’ Factory Guide. It’s more »
The Libraries has some spooky items in its collections…beware! From the Commemorative Stamp Collection, The Mummy – Boris Karloff Führer durch Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark, 1929, Cover, "Panther." A. (Arnout) Vosmaer, more »
Acorn clock, about 1849; by the Forestville Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Connecticut. Gift of Albert Adsit Clemons, through George H. Paltridge A special Libraries' thank you to National Museum of American more »
Last week I cataloged a PhD thesis by the former Secretary of the Armed Forces (under president Ronald Reagan), Verne Orr, entitled: Developing strategic weaponry and the political process more »