The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum Library boasts more than 10,000 postcards in its “hidden” collection. Arranged by subject in card file drawers, they range in date from the turn more »
Month: September 2009
Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of… , 1839-1843, Plate 42. Amblyryuchus Demarlii [Iguana] The Libraries opened its new exhibition Darwin’s Legacy in the National Museum more »
Another one of the Libraries’ long-standing partners in our exchange program is the Russian Academy of Sciences, located in Moscow, Russia. The Russian Academy of Sciences was established pursuant to the more »
Bobrick, Benson. Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. Although during his time he was considered by some to be the more »
Recto: Charles F. Blauvelt (born New York, NY, 1824; died Greenwich, CT,1900) Verso: Carte-de-visite photographer: H. G. DeBurlo, Philadelphia, PA Charles Blauvelt was a notable portrait and genre painter in more »
Dan Cohen “Scholars and the Everywhere Library” September 24, 10:30-noonSmithsonian Institution Ripley Center, Lecture Hall, Room 3027 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, D.C. Dan Cohen is the second speaker in more »