Recto: Charles F. Blauvelt (born New York, NY, 1824; died Greenwich, CT,1900) Verso: Carte-de-visite photographer: H. G. DeBurlo, Philadelphia, PA Charles Blauvelt was a notable portrait and genre painter in more »
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Dan Cohen “Scholars and the Everywhere Library” September 24, 10:30-noonSmithsonian Institution Ripley Center, Lecture Hall, Room 3027 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, D.C. Dan Cohen is the second speaker in more »
Thanks to the keen eye of a 13 year old, the Libraries received four Apollo Program training publications on the lunar module written and donated by Mr. Carl Klempner, a more »
Martin Kalfatovic is Assistant Director of the Libraries’ Digital Services Division responsible for the active digital library program. This program includes the creation of digital editions of library materials, online more »
The Libraries' Cullman Library has acquired some new and interesting items this year. Here we highlight one of them: Leopold Trattinnick's Die essbaren Schwamme des Oesterreichischen Kaiserstaates. [Edible fungi of more »
From the Libraries' digital collection, The Making of a Homemaker: To occupy small children, a simple drawing would be given for them to outline in yarn. This particular drawing would more »
Dr. Nancy E. Gwinn has been Director of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries since 1997. She is a recognized leader in international librarianship, the preservation of library collections, the application of more »