The Freer Library is once again open for business! In celebration, enjoy this informative post by librarian Mike Smith: From The New American Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers, c1971. In certain more »
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There was a 19th century quilting tradition promoted by Methodists in Baltimore which is now known as Baltimore Album quilts. They are a form of friendship quilt where each stitcher more »
Put away the vacuum cleaners and put down the dish rags—it's National No Housework Day. So kick back and enjoy the day! No one is sure when it started, or more »
Originally published on the Collections Search Center (SIRIS Smithsonian Institution Research Information System) blog . . . The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library recently acquired The Children's Haggadah, pictured here, as a gift more »
April's birthstone is the diamond. I'm sure Marilyn Monroe's alter-ego Lorelei Lee would have been proud to wear any of the fabulous stones pictured below.—Elizabeth Periale Lewis Feuchtwanger, A popular more »
Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, MA. The 1917 Party Book, 1917, Easter gifts ; basket ideas. From Valentine’s Day to the 4th of July, The 1917 Party Book, a trade catalog by more »
No kidding, on April 1, I attended the meeting, "A National Conversation on the Economic Sustainability of Digital Information" here in Washington. The meeting was hosted by the Blue Ribbon more »