Smithsonian Libraries is pleased to announce its new Head of the Special Collections Department, Lilla Vekerdy. Vekerdy has over 20 years of experience in rare books preservation and management. She more »
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New York Postmark, 1756.-Addressed to Colonel George Washington The Postal Service in Colonial America: A Bibliography of Material in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries National Postal Museum Branch —Elizabeth Periale
As you walk around the Mall be sure to check out the posters advertising our current exhibition, Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration. The posters can be seen near more »
The Geo. H. Mellen Co. Condensed Catalogue of Special Offers in Choise Plants, Seeds & Fruit, 1896 —Elizabeth Periale
The concept of visual literacy is important today, as people absorb information from all kinds of media. Visual literacy involves understanding the meaning of images–sometimes multiple meanings– both in terms more »
The Libraries celebrates the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln today. The sixteenth president of the United States is represented by two images in the Libraries collections, this image from Harper's more »
Portrait of Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), BiologistOriginally uploaded by Smithsonian Institution “The cultivation of natural science cannot be efficiently carried on without reference to an extensive library.” (1)– Charles Darwin, more »