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Author, Treasures at the Museum Retired Chair and Chief Archivist, Smithsonian National Museum of American
History
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History Treasures at the Museum September Booksignings
Deborra Richardson is the Retired Chair and Chief Archivist of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
She has a Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Bachelor’s degree
in Music History from Howard University. Her work experience has included archival management,
African American collections, and music or manuscript collections in library, archival, or museum settings, including Howard
University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. Richardson is co-author of the book, Ulysses
Kay: a Bio-Bibliography.
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Treasures at the Museum
Treasures at
the Museum by Deborra Richarson, Chair, Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution Museum of American History. September
2011. $5.99. ISBN: 978-0-9824945-1-6. 64 pages. Aunt Imani
comes to take Robbie and his sister, Brittany, to visit a museum and its Archives Center. Robbie doesn’t
want to go. He thinks it will be boring. Then Aunt Imani shows him how he already created
his own archives by hiding his treasures in his tree house. Now both Robbie and Brittany are excited! They
even get to bring along some family photos and other treasures. They learn more about their family history
and American history as they travel downtown. At the museum, Robbie and Brittany discover a lot of fun exhibits on their own.
But, they feel really special when they take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Archives Center with Maxi, Aunt Imani’s
friend. Maxi helps them preserve their treasures just like she does it at the museum. Robbie
and Brittany learn that they make history every day! Treasures
at the Museum is an easy reader chapter book. It should appeal to children from grades K-4. It is written to get
children interested in learning about and, more importantly, creating and preserving family, local, and regional history.
There is an activities section in the back of the book for hands-on learning.
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