The Smithsonian Libraries invites you to the second in a series of talks related to our newest exhibition, Magnificent Obsessions: Why We Collect:
Collecting to Strength, Subverting Tradition:
Curatorship in the 2010s
featuring
Molly Schwartzburg
Curator, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
Friday, July 19th,...
This year, 2019, is the Smithsonian Year of Music, so how about looking at some music-related material in the Trade Literature Collection? In February, we highlighted mandolins and harmonicas. This month, let’s look at a trade catalog advertising harps.
The catalog is entitled Lyon & Healy Harp (1916) by Lyon & Healy. It includes their...
This blog post is part of a series from Smithsonian Libraries highlighting Unearthed, a new collection of paleobiology literature in Biodiversity Heritage Library curated by Smithsonian Libraries in celebration of the opening of the National Museum of Natural History’s David H. Koch Hall of Fossils – Deep Time exhibit. Follow the series throughout 2019...
