Description: [view in English][edan-image:id=siris_sic_13396,size=200,left]Gran parte de las primeras colecciones de historia natural de la Institución Smithsonian provino de México, el Caribe y América Central y del Sur. En el Cuarto Informe Anual (1850) se reseñan varias expediciones latinoamericanas, en particular la exploración de las islas cercanas a Nicaragua por Ephraim G.Esta
Description: Though a large part of our collections are flat—that is, they are unbound materials as opposed to bound, three-dimensional objects—a significant group of our holdings do live in bindings and book structures (some of my previous blog contributions have dealt with books, but none with as great a degree of intervention). Treating a field book became more complicated—and more
Description: Preservation intern discusses working with oversize materials in the Archives collection, including information on the creation of custom enclosures, surface cleaning of blueprints, and humidification.