Biodiversity Library Exhibitions

 
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is pleased to present two online exhibitions, Latino Natural History and Early Women in Science. These exhibitions were made possible through funding received from the Smithsonian Women’s Committee in January 2014. The exhibitions were released in December 2014.

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Resources used in curating the exhibitions are listed below.

Latino Natural History

Exhibit curated by Adriana Marroquin.

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  • Adult Black Fly (Simulium yahense). (n.d.). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://emu.arsusda.gov/typesof/pages/black fly.html
  • Alfario, A. (2006). Don Jose C Zeledon. Zeledonia, 10(1). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00098801/00006/pdf
  • Alstroemeria enneantha — Alstroemeria polyantha [Amaryllidaceae; Bomarea Mirbel, Amaryllidaceae], watercolor on paper by an unattributed expedition artist | The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Accession 6331.0929, courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Illustration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Bird-lore. (1899). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8259
  • Bonta, M. (1991). Women in the field: America’s pioneering women naturalists. College Station: Texas A & M University Press.
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  • Calderon, C. (1974). Brasil 1974. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/95420
  • Calderon, C. (1981). Colombia 1981. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/95447
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  • Cheirostemon platanoides [Chiranthodendron pentadactylon Larreat, Sterculiaceae], watercolor on paper by an unattributed expedition artist | The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Accession 6331.0172, courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Illustration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Clark, L., Judziewicz, E., Londono, X., & Filgueiras, T. (2008). Cleofé E. Calderón (1929-2007). Bamboo Science & Culture : The Journal of the American Bamboo Society, 21(1), 1-8.
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  • Cyathea albidopaleata Copel., Copeland, E. B. 1932. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 17: 25. Isotype (Cyatheaceae). Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
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  • Excerta parasitológica en memoria del doctor Eduardo Caballero y Caballero. (1977). México, D.F: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Instituto de Biologia.
  • Fasciated antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus fasciatus). Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/birds/?irn=4015703
  • Fernández y Jiménez, J. (1905). Tratado de los árboles de Cuba, Isla de Pinos y Puerto-Rico utilidád de sus maderas y virtudes medicinales. Habana: Liga Agraria. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/4426
  • Flora Mexicana. Exarata. (2nd ed.). (1894). Mexico. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/376
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  • Fuertes, L. (1930). Album of Abyssinian birds and mammals. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/3256
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  • Gundlach, J. (1878). Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-Riqueña. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13131
  • Henricksen, H. (1907). El Cultivo de Legumbres en Puerto Rico. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/41955
  • Henshaw, H., & Fuertes, L. (1915). American game birds. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/57240
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  • Ibis. (1859). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8115
  • Jordan, D. (1884). Sketch of Professor Felipe Poey. The Popular Science Monthly, 25.
  • Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. (1911). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2087
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  • La Real Expedición Botánica a Nueva España. (Vol. 1). (2010). México, D.F.: Siglo XXI Editores.
  • Leuckart, R., & Hoyle, W. (1886). The parasites of man, and the diseases which proceed from them A text-book for students and practitioners. Edinburgh: Y.J. Pentland. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/57319
  • Libro homenaje al Dr. Eduardo Caballero y Caballero: Jubileo 1930-1960. (1960). Mexico, D.F.: Secretaria de educacion publica, Instituto politecnico nacional, Escuela nacional de ciencias biologicas.
  • Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural “Felipe Poey.” (1915). Habana: La Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14278
  • Mexia (Ynes) Papers, California Academy of Sciences Library, San Francisco, CA
  • Mexia, Ynes Enriquetta Julietta (1870-1938). (n.d.). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://plants.jstor.org/person/bm000033443
  • Mocino, J., & Candolle, A. (1874). Calques des dessins de la flore du Mexique, de Mocino et Sessé, qui ont servi de types d’especès dans le Systema ou le Prodromus. Geneva. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/96829
  • Nelson, E., & Grosvenor, G. (1918). Wild animals of North America: Intimate studies of big and little creatures of the mammal kingdom. Washington, D.C.: National Geographical Society. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9177
  • Osgood, W. (1927). Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Science. New Series., 66(1716).
  • Passiflora quadrangularis [Passiflora quadrangularis Linnaeus, Passifloraceae], watercolor on paper by an unattributed expedition artist | The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Accession 6331.1807, courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Illustration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Phillips, J. (1922). A natural history of the ducks. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/52316
  • Pictures, Video & Audio of Human Pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) – Images, Photos, Movies & Sounds of Human Pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) – Encyclopedia of Life. (n.d.). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://eol.org/pages/462584/media
  • Piper armatum Trel. & Yunck., Trelease, W. & Yuncker, T. G. 1950. Piper. N. S. Amer. 1: 243. Isotype (Piperaceae). Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany.
  • Poey, F. (1832). Centurie de lépidoptères de l’île de Cuba, contenant la description et les figures coloriées de cent espèces de papillons nouveaux ou peu connus, representés d’après nature, souvent avec la chenille, la chrysalide, et plusieurs détails microscopiques,. Paris: J. Albert Mercklein. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11778
  • Poey, F. (1851). Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba acompañadas de sumarios latinos y extractos en frances. Habana: Impr. de Barcina. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2485
  • Poey, F. (1865). Repertorio físico-natural de la isla de Cuba. Habana: Gobierno y Capitanía. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/43787
  • Poey, F. (1870). Poey’s ichthyological memoirs. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/96252
  • Poey, F. (1870). Poey’s ichthyological memoirs. S.l.: S.n.
  • Poey, F. (1875). Enumeratio piscium Cubensium. Madrid: Imprenta de T. Fortanet. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12630
  • Poey, F. (1999). Obras. La Habana: Imagen Contemporánea.
  • [Polemoniaceae], watercolor on paper by Juan de Dios Vicente de la Cerda (fl.1787–1803) | The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Accession 6331.1436, courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Illustration, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Proceedings of the United States National Museum. (1878). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7519
  • Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Botanical series. (1912). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42246
  • Pycraft, W. (1905). On the systematic position of Zeledonia coronata, with some observations on the position of Turididae. The Ibis, 5(Series 8). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35519
  • Ridgway, R. (1923). In memoriem: José Castulo Zeledón : Born March 24, 1846 – died July 16, 1923). The Auk, 40(4).
  • Rivero, J. (2008). Agustin Stahl: El Precursor. In Biodiversidad de Puerto Rico (Vol. 1, pp. 27-77). San Juan, Puerto Rico: La Editorial, Universidad de Puerto Rico.
  • Sesse y Lacasta, M., & Mociño, J. (1887). Plantae Novae Hispaniae nutu, ope, et auspicio benignissimi regis Caroli IV, Hucusque collectae, et Linneano systemate ordinatae, quarum tercentae aut plures a nemine unquam editae videntur et rariores iconibus ad vivum repraesentatur. Mexico: [s.n.]. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58617
  • Sesse y Lacasta, M., & Mociño, J. (1893). Plantae Novae Hispaniae nutu, ope, et auspicio benignissimi regis Caroli IV, Hucusque collectae, et Linneano systemate ordinatae, quarum tercentae aut plures a nemine unquam editae videntur et rariores iconibus ad vivum repraesentatur (2nd ed.). Mexico. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58618
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 85-167, Soderstrom, Thomas R, Thomas R. Soderstrom Correspondence, Box 1
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Carlos de la Torre y Huerta, Accession 90-105 – Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Carlos de la Torre y Huerta, Record Unit 7418, National Museum of Natural History, Division of Mollusks, Photograph Collection, Box 2
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Carlos de la Torre y Huerta, Record Unit 7089, Bartsch, Paul, 1871-1960, Paul Bartsch Papers, Box 16
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7098, Biographical Information File
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7099, Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.), Records, circa 1888-1972.
  • Stahl Collection, U.S. National Herbarium, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • The Journal of parasitology. (1915). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/36618
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  • Torre y Huerta, C. (1910). Excursión científica á Viñales: Descubrimiento de ammonites del periodo Jurásico. Excursión á la sierra de Jatibonico : Osamentas fósiles de Megalocnus rodens ó Myomorphus Cubensis : Comprobación de la naturaleza continental de Cuba. Investigaciones paleontológicas realizadas en las sierras de Viñales y Jatibonico, Primera parte, Existencia del terreno Jurásico en Cuba, Segunda parte, Restauración del Megalocnus rodens ó Myomorphus Cubensis. Habana: Imp. Militar. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/62827
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Early Women in Science

Exhibit curated by Laurel Byrnes.

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