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Intriguing Items from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives’ Adopt-a-Book Program

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives highlights five fascinating collection items and shares how you can support them.

Plate from Conchology, or, The natural history of shells. London :W. Miller,[1811]. (Biodiversity Heritage Library, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives).

Discover the World’s Largest Biodiversity Library

The Biodiversity Heritage Library brings together over 59 million pages of natural history literature for researchers around the world. Learn more about this important resource, based at the Smithsonian.

Photomicrograph of wood specimen, circa 1890s, by L. Bernie Gallaher, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-4701. (Smithsonian Institution Archives)

Meet the Smithsonian's First Woman Photographer

Louisa Bernie Gallaher was assistant to the Smithsonian’s first and chief photographer, Thomas W. Smillie. But she was an accomplished photographer herself and is responsible for much of the work produced by the photographic laboratory of the United States National Museum (USNM).

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