Special Collections & Archives

Illustration of the cones and needles of the White Pine (Pinus strobus), from 'A description of the genus Pinus,' by Lambert. London: J. White, 1803-1824. See volume on BHL. In September I shared some notes from the Brewster journals on ecological changes...

The Ernst Mayr Library's Collection of Historical Manuscripts has been chosen to be included in the Colonial North American Project, a multi-year Harvard University Library project "funded by Arcadia to survey, process/catalog, conserve, digitize," and...

[written by Bruno Costelini, Science without Borders intern at the Ernst Mayr Library] Ruth Dixon Turner (1914-2000) was one of the foremost marine scientists of the 20th century. She taught at Harvard but carried out research all over the world, working...

By Gwendolyn Henry, EdM, MSLIS Archivist and Library Assistant Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University Processing the Alexander Agassiz's Expedition and Other Images Collection (1897-1950 (bulk)), which contains 734 gelatin...

Background The collection, which primarily documents the expeditions and work of Alexander Agassiz, a pioneer in oceanographic research and zoological investigation and curator and director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (1873-1910), consists of 734...

Works by James Henry Blake (1845-1941) on display at the Ernst Mayr Library A new exhibit of drawings and watercolors by J.H. Blake, is now on display in the lobby of the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Join us for a reception in...

Last week there were a couple of events in the Ernst Mayr Library. On Thursday we were visited by about a dozen attendees from the " Take Note" conference held at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. This conference brought together scholars from a...

Come celebrate in the Ernst Mayr Library tomorrow, April 27, 2012. April 28 is " Save the Frogs" day We will have goodies starting about 2 pm and there will be original frog illustrations and lovely rare books on view in the Library's Special Collections...