Welcome! Here is where you can get all updates, event schedules, and news about the children’s book Treasures at the Museum by Ms. Deborra Richardson, Chair and Chief Archivist for the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s Archives Center. Treasures at the Museum is to be released September 2011 but here you can learn more about the book, the author, and more excitingly, before anyone else! This blog is being built so it is interactive and has something to offer for everyone including educators and professionals, parents, and even children. Take a look around, learn and explore, and have fun!

For more information, see the website of the publisher, The Elevator Group, at www.TheElevatorGroup.com. And visit Treasures at the Museum publishing site at http://www.theelevatorgroup.com/id40.html

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Living Legends Honored

Great fun this afternoon at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History ASALH Event.  Held at the Renaissance Hotel on 999 9th St. NW Washington, DC., the program theme was Black Women in American Culture and History.  I was gratified to see some twenty living legends honored this afternoon, including Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagan and Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, two women I have had the opportunity to work with during my tenure at the Smithsonian Institution.  I was also gratified to see the many folks who stopped by the table, including Dr. Thomas Battle and Dr. Howard Dodson, two men who have shepherded great African and African American history collections for decades. 
There were over 1,000 people at the ASALH luncheon. The folks were out in all their finery, and Dr. Johnnetta Cole gave a wonderful keynote address.   I look forward to joining the event next year...
Many, many, many thanks to all who stopped by to purchase and share Treasures with a loved one.
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