In an 1898 card catalog handbook, Melvil Dewey even gave instructions on what types of cursive should be used by catalogers on handwritten cards. “Legibility is the main consideration,” he wrote.

Parents and educators have found it valuable. Smithsonian unveils game-changing app making surprising use of face recognition ...

FAO Schwarz Flagship Store. New York at Christmas time evokes many memories but as a child it meant a visit to FAO Schwarz, the oldest toy store in the United States.When a 1911 catalog from the ...

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Collection Rights The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless ...

Dickinson, then 18, died just six years later, and so President James K. Polk signed the act approving the Smithsonian Institution into law in 1846. Curiously, Smithson had never even visited the U.S.

The National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Museum is a catalog of money. It houses gold bars, 600,000 Confederate banknotes, and gold coins from the 14th century. Now it also houses a ...

In an essay for the exhibition’s catalog, Stephanie Stebich, the museum’s director at the time, wrote that “our goal is to encourage visitors to feel invited into a transparent and honest ...