Nicole Halpern has recently joined the Libraries for a two-month internship. A sophomore at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Halpern is working both with the Special Collections and Digital Services more »
Category: Special Collections
The Libraries would like to showcase a few images from its Heralds of Science collection today. Many of the titles can be found in this online show or by searching more »
He was but as the cuckoo is in June,Heard, not regarded.—William Shakespeare "Plate 165: Le Coucou de Mindenao," François-Nicolas Martinet, Ornithologie [Histoire des Oiseaux Peints dans Tous Leurs Aspects Apparents more »
Happy Arbor Day from Smithsonian Libraries. Hieronymus Bock, Kreütterbuch darin unterscheidt Nammen und Würckung der Kreütter [Herbal], 1587. Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition…, 1845. Oscar H. more »
The Libraries will award grants to Dibner Library Resident Scholars and Baird Society Resident Scholars in the 2010 academic year. These competitive short-term grants are offered for one to six more »
As a follow up to our post from last week…you can watch the CBS News Sunday Morning segment on Botanica Magnifica in an eight minute clip on YouTube. Enjoy!—Liz O'Brien
Leonhard Euler, an eminent mathematician and physicist, was born this day, April 15, in 1707, in Basel, Switzerland. According to Ronald S. Calinger, a Professor of History at the Catholic more »