Blogs across the Smithsonian will give an inside look at the Institution’s archival collections and practices during a month long blogathon in celebration of October’s American Archives Month. See additional posts from our other participating blogs, as well as related events and resources, on the Smithsonian’s Archives Month website. Three women in a tree, ca. 1895 / unidentified photographer. John Frederick Peto and Peto family papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. As a reference archivist, I’m well acquainted with the wide variety of projects in art history and related disciplines that our holdings can inform. Every now and then,... Continue reading