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Experimental Gallery Records from the Exhibit CasitasBuild and Access the Collection – $250 From his arrival at the Smithsonian in 1984, Secretary Robert McCormick Adams felt the Institution needed to challenge visitors to wrestle with societal ills of the 1980s, including persistent inequality and prejudice. Secretary Adams felt that the "Smithsonian must strive for sensitivity to the...Read More |
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Family Education and GovernmentBuild and Access the Collection – $1,200 North American Indian languages have been a strong research interest at the Smithsonian Institution virtually since its founding. SI Libraries holds about 20 published texts in Choctaw – primarily grammars, glossaries, and translations of the Bible. This work is particularly interesting in...Read More |
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Ferrets, rabbits, and rodentsBuild and Access the Collection – $300 This book details various health problems specific to small exotic mammals, as well as treatment protocols and surgical techniques that help correct the issues. It also includes other small exotic animals: sugar gliders and hedgehogs. It is beautifully illustrated with color photographs, handy...Read More |
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Field Notes, Zapotec IsthmusPreserve for the Future – $500 These two field books document plant collecting conducted from 2013 to 2014 as part of the project “Documentation and Revitalization of the Language and Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Isthmus Zapotec Community,” launched under the Smithsonian Grand Challenge “Understanding and Sustaining a...Read More |
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Field Notes—Baffin Island (Southwest Coast), May–August 1959 and Journal—Baffin Island, May–August 1959Build and Access the Collection – $400 "I've read stories about such trips but to think that I would be in such a position to experience the hardships of some of the great explorers was beyond my wildest imagination,” wrote Neal Griffin Smith in his journal on May 21, 1959, after more than 20 hours of traveling through the Arctic...Read More |
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The Fire of LifeBuild and Access the Collection – $900 Focused on bioenergetics, or how organisms transform energy, this book is frequently used and important to scientists at the National Zoological Park. It also happens to be out-of-print book, and has dramatically increased in value because it is a timeless and important resource in the field of...Read More |
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Flora y fauna del Parque Nacional de Coiba (Panama)Build and Access the Collection – $300 This collaborative volume brings together the work of national and international researchers to present the first comprehensive biodiversity inventory of Coiba National Park. Situated off Panama’s Pacific coast, Coiba Island is a biological treasure, and this book serves as an important first step...Read More |
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The Follies and Fashions of our Grandfathers.Preserve for the Future – $450 If only my grandfather were this fashionable! This handsome book shows off 19th century ladies and gentlemen dressing for such sartorial activities as morning walking, evening dinner, riding in a carriage, sitting in a drawing room, and “Court dress for her majesty’s birthday.” Each plate is hand-...Read More |
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Four Years in a Government Exploring ExpeditionBuild and Access the Collection – $2,750 Naval officer George Colvocoresses took part in the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-42, and published this account of it based on a journal which he kept. The text covers the entire itinerary of the voyage, describing the lands and peoples visited and a variety of scientific matters; the 19...Read More |
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Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.Build and Access the Collection – $300 This book covers the final 18 years of Frederick Douglass’ life when he lived in a mansion on top of Cedar Hill in Anacostia, a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The author is a graduate of George Washington University, a prominent university in Washington, D.C. The book is filled with black and...Read More |
