if i am still there in january, i'll see what i can do. since i am a volunteer, i only have access to certain areas, and, like the beetle tour the other day, need a scientist to show me around. a friend of mine just got hired there recently, so maybe i can organize a tour with her. not too sure what you want to see. the mammalogy library is actually pretty cool - it is where the main library used to be - with spiral staircases and old iron shelving. also they have a tusk room up there which is pretty cool. what i want to see is the room where they use flesh eating beetles to clean bones.
i have been helping out with an inventory of the rare book collection one day a week, and it's pretty amazing to actually hold and flip through some of these old books. last week we went through all of ernest seton's journals. he was trained as an artist, so there were beautiful watercolors and illustrations among the journal entries for his travels in the us and europe.
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i have been helping out with an inventory of the rare book collection one day a week, and it's pretty amazing to actually hold and flip through some of these old books. last week we went through all of ernest seton's journals. he was trained as an artist, so there were beautiful watercolors and illustrations among the journal entries for his travels in the us and europe.
- linda 10-04-2002 8:15 pm