Maria Sibylla Merian, Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, 1730 Don't worry, cherry blossoms will be featured this month, too . . . But this beautiful engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian was more »
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Charles A. Lindbergh, We: The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, 1927, And out of the night came a silver bird bearing a boy who more »
This sweet group of pocket-sized almanacs by British children's book illustrator Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) were issued between 1884 and 1895. Greenaway's scenes of beautifully-dressed children frolicking in the countryside were more »
These critters, otherwise known as woodchucks or groundhogs, may be found in the Libraries' collections in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History and the Biodiversity Heritage Library. more »
The Fall 2009 Library Survey for Fellows, Interns & Short Time Users was delivered to 131 users who were scheduled to leave the Libraries from October thru December 31, 2009. more »
Jackie Robinson swinging a bat in Dodgers uniform, 1954. Photo by Bob Sandberg. Published in LOOK, v. 19, no. 4, 1955 Feb. 22, p. 78. Jackie Robinson, born January 31, more »
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30th, 1882. January is also National Hobby Month. In honor of both, here's a photo from the National Postal Museum Library's photo collection—of more »