Anne Ford writes: “First things first: Legends don’t need middle names. ‘It’s Smokey Bear, not Smokey the Bear,’ says Sara Lee, lead librarian for special collections at the National Agricultural Library, who oversees the US Forest Service Smokey Bear Collection. That’s just one of many intriguing tidbits to be learned while visiting the Beltsville, Maryland–based archive, which traces Smokey’s 81-year-and-counting career as the Forest Service’s wildfire prevention mascot. Open to the public by appointment, the collection encompasses posters, comics, original artwork, motion pictures, sound recordings, and other memorabilia.”