History & People, Inside our Collections
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Since
starting
as
an
Andrew
W.
Mellon
Fellow
at
the
Garden’s
Humanities
Institute
in
September,
I’ve
worked
almost
entirely
remotely,
relying
on
the
Garden’s
excellent
...
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History & People, Inside our Collections
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The
Lord
&
Burnham
Company
was
the
premier
builder
of
glasshouse
structures
in
North
America
during
the
19th
and
20th
centuries.
The
firm’s
largest
project
...
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History & People, Inside our Collections
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Bacon
addressed
a
vast
array
of
subjects
in
his
writings.
Among
them,
he
summed
up
his
thoughts
as
to
the
ideal
princely
garden
in
his
...
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History & People, Inside our Collections
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Hispanic
Heritage
Month
is
a
time
to
honor
the
contributions
of
Hispanic
Americans
and
their
cultures,
which
have
roots
in
Spain,
Mexico,
the
Caribbean,
Africa,
...
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Inside our Collections
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Although
the
LuEsther
T.
Mertz
Library
is
not
among
the
collections
that
will
be
physically
accessible
during
the
Garden’s
initial
phase
of
reopening
that
begins
...
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History & People
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Five
Hundred
Points
of
Husbandry
…
by
Thomas
Tusser
is
an
almanac
of
common
sense
advice
on
farming
and
daily
life
in
rural
England
which
...
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Inside our Collections, Videos
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For #NationalLibraryWeek, we're revisiting a 2013 tour of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library’s collections.
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Inside our Collections
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One
of
the
most
important
things
that
librarians
do
is
build
collections.
In
these
collections,
knowledge
is
preserved
for
generations.
Through
these
collections,
information
is
...
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