There's always leftovers the day after…—Elizabeth Periale Top: Eleazar Albin, A natural history of English song-birds, and such of the foreign as are usually brought over and esteemed for their more »
Category: Collection Highlights
“The most important single book in science”—Bern Dibner, Heralds of Science One hundred fifty years ago, in November 1859, Charles Darwin’s On the origin of species was published. The 1,250 more »
Maximilian, Prinz von Wied, Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 [Trip to North American between the years 1832 and 1834], 1839-1841, Plate 12. Noápeh. An more »
Scrolling through the Libraries online exhibition, Scientific Identity, you will see a lot of famous Joes, including Joseph Priestley, Joseph Ferdinand Keppler, and Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande. Today we're featuring Joseph more »
Continuing the Gettysburg address theme from yesterday, here is a post from the National Postal Museum Library… November 19th marks the 146th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. In 1948, more »
During July 1-3, 1863, the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War took place around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Confederate defeat is seen as the turning point of the war ending more »
After losing the rights to his original animated character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney created a new character named Mortimer Mouse who was quickly renamed Mickey Mouse. Mickey first more »