February 9th celebrates the world of Milton S. Hershey and the introduction of the Hershey bar. From the humble beginnings of a caramel manufacturer, Hershey paved the way to mass produce milk chocolate bars. more »
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The Libraries' Book Conservation Lab is pleased to introduce James Cullen. Each of our volunteers has been essential in helping with the constant workflow within general collections care. James Cullen more »
Have you ever daydreamed about the books you'd like to have with you in the event you might need to rebuild civilization all over again someday? If so, The Young more »
British beetles. Transferred from Curtis's British entomology. With descriptions by E.W. Janson. (1863) Contributed by the Smithsonian Institution Here is a wonderful image from a volume that was previously highlighted more »
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 »
Tom Garnett and myself, along with our colleague Chris Freeland from the Missouri Botanical Garden, traveled to São Paulo, Brazil to attend the Workshop Coleção de Obras Raras Essencial (Workshop more »
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 »