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comprised of approximately 15,000 volumes, art works and objects as well as the Archives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Special Collections Request System (Aeon) now at Ernst Mayr Library

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The Ernst Mayr Library is pleased to announce a new way to interact with our Special Collections and Archives. In addition to email, phone and in-person inquiries, library users can now request materials in advance through Hollis. This system is now in...

MCZ Archives Collection Chosen for Harvard University Library's Colonial North American Project

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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...

Alexander Agassiz's Expedition and Other Images Collection is now accessible!

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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...

Fishy Party on Friday 2-4

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To celebrate the re-opening of the HMNH Fish exhibit last week, the Library will have a little party on Friday June 8 from 2-4 pm. There will be snacks and drinks, but also an opportunity to view some of the fishy treasures from the Library's Special...

Visit from Biology Institute at Exeter

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On June 24th, 2015, the library welcomed high school biology teachers from across the United States. Hosted by OEB Prof. Scott Edwards, teachers attending the Biology Institute at Exeter explored the Museum of Comparative Zoology's Ornithology Collection...

Celebrate Frogs!

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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...

Alexander Agassiz's Expedition and Other Images Collection: An Archivist’s Process

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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...

Alexander Wilson: new book

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Alexander Wilson: the Scot who Founded American Ornithology by Edward H. Burtt, Jr. and William E. Davis, Jr. This definitive new biography of Wilson, from Harvard University Press, features the collection of “Original drawings and watercolors made for...

Pop-up exhibit Friday, October 25, 2019, 2:00-4:30pm!

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Please join us for a pop-up exhibit* in the Special Collections at the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. History of Biology: Collecting, Classifying, Cells and Cats . Friday, October 25, 2019, 2:00-4:30pm Highlights of this...

Hubert Lyman Clark Papers: Building a Finding Aid

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This spring I was an intern at the Ernst Mayr Library and Museum of Comparative Zoology Archives of Harvard University. I worked with Robert Young, the Special Collections Librarian/archivist. My project taught me how to compose a finding aid from scratch...

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Astronotus ocellatus (Monte Alegre, Brazil) painted by J. Burkhardt during the Thayer Expedition. Special Collections of the Ernst Mayr Library of the MCZ. http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/1662402.