The Libraries’ Adopt-a-Book program is off to a great start, thanks to summer intern Sara Clark! A 2010 graduate from William & Mary College, Sara recently earned a B.B.A. with more »
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A. Schoenhut Co., Philadelphia, PA. Illustrations of Schoenhut’s Marvelous Toys, circa 1908, clown figures. Have you been to the circus lately? Well, here comes the Humpty Dumpty Circus—made up of more »
The first week of August is National Clown week. The Libraries ran a post last year about harlequinades, which are featured in its current exhibition, Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop more »
After viewing the America On The Move exhibit at the National Museum of American History, are you interested in learning more about railroads in United States? Railroads in the African more »
Smithsonian Libraries has been working with the SI Scholarly Press to make our SI publications available on more platforms, which now includes mobile ePublications. This is a first test of more »
Mark Catesby. The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants, 1731-43 [1729-48]. Catfish fries have it all more »
James Boyd Davies. The practical naturalist's guide: containing instructions for collecting, preparing and preserving specimens in arsenic all departments of zoology, intended for the use of students, amateurs and travellers, more »