The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal was presented for conveyance to Claude Lévi-Strauss, who has been called the “father of modern anthropology,” on June 24, 2009 when he was 100 years more »
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This month’s featured S.I. Libraries exchange partner is the 120-year-old Japan Academy in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan founded in 1897 by Yukichi Fukuzawa under the name Tokyo Academy. The Academy’s more »
In a previous post, we featured candy recipes from the 1907 Ice Cream and Candy Makers’ Factory Guide. As you can tell from the title, the guide also has an more »
Believe it or not, clocks played a very important role for the foreign missionaries in opening the door to China in the 16th and 17th centuries. Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo more »
In this 1892 catalog from the Libraries' trade literature collection, located in the National Museum of American History Library, Sylph Cycles, a product of the Rouse-Duryea Cycle Co., promotes their more »
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 »
From Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn: Yellow Square: a pop-up book for children of all ages. David A. Carter. New York: Little Simon, c.2008. David A. Carter , a pop-up book more »