Marguerite Roby

Marguerite Roby is the Photograph Archivist for Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. She manages a centralized body of three million photographic negatives created by Smithsonian photographers between 1870 and 2006 that document a holistic and comprehensive history of the Smithsonian. She enjoys solving photographic mysteries and cleaning up data. Marguerite holds an MLIS from University of Denver, as well as a BA in English Literature.

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Photomicrograph of wood specimen, circa 1890s, by L. Bernie Gallaher, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-4701. (Smithsonian Institution Archives)

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