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Book of the Month blog post support
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DateHolidays or Events on this date?Institution Name Book(s)BHL URL
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2021
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1/28/2021*Postponed until later in yearMBLWHOI LibraryCollections Net
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2/25/2021Black History MonthMCZ HarvardBrewster field books and Robert Gilbert
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3/22/2021Women's History MonthSmithsonian ArchivesMargaret S. Collins' field books
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4/22/2021Earth DayCollaborative partner post
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5/27/2021APA Heritage MonthSmithsonian LibrariesHighlight for APA Heritage Month
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6/24/2021Pride MonthMfNField notes of Friedrich Sellow
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7/22/2021BHL China
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8/26/2021
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9/23/2021Hispanic Heritage MonthNote: Regular Book of the Month series posts have been suspended. BHL partners may still continue to submit ad hoc "Featured Book" posts, however. Please contact Colleen Funkhouser (FunkhouserC@si.edu) if you're interested in submitting a "Featured Book" blog post.
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10/28/2021
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11/25/2021Native American Heritage Month
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12/16/2021
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2020
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1/22/2020MfN Berlin Joseph Wolf birthday
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2/27/2020African American History MonthBHL Australia / Museums Victoria
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3/26/2020Women's History Month; Cherry Blossoms Month; Conrad Gessner BirthdayN/ABlog postings adjusted due to COVID-19
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4/23/2020N/ABlog postings adjusted due to COVID-19
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5/28/2020Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthN/ABlog postings adjusted due to COVID-19
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6/25/2020N/A Earth Optimism Post
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7/23/2020N/A Earth Optimism Post
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8/27/2020MBLWHOI Library
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9/24/2020Hispanic Heritage Month; National Biodiversity MonthMuseums VictoriaFrancis du Boulay's Coleoptera hand-painted volumes (1800 - c.1890), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/169379
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10/29/2020Archives Month; HalloweenBHL MexicoSee https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948710/ and https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/cheselden-william-osteographia-or-the-anatomy-of-4959925-details.aspx
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11/19/2020Week before ThanksgivingChicago Botanic Garden
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12/17/2020Week before Christmas
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Previous Years
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1/28/2016Centenary of the Mary Gunn LibrarySANBIHistory of the library,photos and books in rare collections already on BHL
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2/25/2016Missouri Botanical Garden
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3/24/2016Catesby's Birthday!AMNHObservations on the inhabitants, climate, soil, rivers, productions, animals, and other matters worthy of notice. Made by Mr. John Bartram, in his travels from Pensilvania to Onondago, Oswego, and the lake Ontario, in Canada. To which is annex'd, a curious account of the cataracts at Niagara.
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4/28/2016Lenhardt Library - Chicago Botanic GardenVincent, Henriette Antoinette. Études de fleurs et de fruits: peints d'après nature. Paris: Chez Bance aîné, Md. d'Etampes, 1820.http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106700#/summary
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5/26/2016Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthCornell
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6/23/2016Orca Awareness MonthLibrary of Congress
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7/28/20162016 Summer OlympicsField MuseumIn honor of 2016 Olympics to take place in South America for the first time: Histoire naturelle d'une partie d'oiseaux nouveaux et rares de l'Amerique et des Indeshttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/102769#/summary
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8/25/2016SIL field book for NPS centenaryWilliam Healey Dall?
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9/22/2016Hispanic Heritage MonthBHL México
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10/27/2016Theodore Roosevelt BirthdaySmithsonian Libraries
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11/22/2016National American Indian and Native Alaskan Heritage Month; ThanksgivingSIA Ledum palustre in William J. Fisher's botanical field notes from Kodiak, Alaska, 1899. Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History.
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12/22/2016ChristmasKewFlora Sinensishttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/215295
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1/26/2017Rocky Mountain National Park EstablishedHarvard Botany
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2/23/2017African American History MonthBHL Singapore
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3/23/2017Women's History Month; Cherry Blossoms MonthNYBG
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4/27/2017Spring Field MuseumSpring Migration Notes of the Chicago Areahttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/102739#/summary
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5/25/2017Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthLibrary of Congress
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6/22/2017Orca Awareness MonthMCZ
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7/27/2017National Ice Cream MonthMBLWHOI Library
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8/24/2017ANSP
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9/28/2017Hispanic Heritage Month; National Biodiversity MonthUSGS
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10/26/2017Archives MonthNHM London
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11/21/2017National American Indian and Native Alaskan Heritage Month; ThanksgivingNew York Botanical Garden
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12/14/2017Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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1/25/2018BHL Australia
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2/22/2018African American History MonthSmithsonian Libraries
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3/22/2018Women's History Month; Cherry Blossoms MonthCanadian Museum of Nature
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4/26/2018Kew Gardens
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5/24/2018Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthNational Agricultural Library
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6/7/2018Cornell Tied to Cornell Reunion, Apple/Cider/etc.
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7/26/2018Missouri Botanical Garden
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8/23/2018MBLWHOI Library
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9/27/2018Hispanic Heritage Month; National Biodiversity MonthChicago Botanic Gardens
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10/25/2018Archives MonthUniversity of Toronto
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11/8/2018Harvard Botany
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12/19/2018Natural History Museum, London
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2019
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1/24/2019N/A (government shutdown)
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2/28/2019African American History MonthLibrary of Congress
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3/28/2019Women's History Month; Cherry Blossoms Month#HerNaturalHistory Campaign
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4/25/2019N/A
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5/30/2019Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthSmithsonian Libraries
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6/27/2019Library of Congress
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7/25/2019UIUCLydia Hart, The Fishes of Illinois
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8/22/2019MBLWHOI Library
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9/26/2019Hispanic Heritage Month; National Biodiversity MonthMuseums VictoriaPolychaetes of Southern Africa
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10/24/2019Archives MonthNHM LondonOsteographia, or the Anatomy of the Boneshttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/159391See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948710/ and https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/cheselden-william-osteographia-or-the-anatomy-of-4959925-details.aspx
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11/21/2019Week before ThanksgivingCanadian Museum of Nature
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12/19/2019State Library of New South Waleshttps://archive.org/details/naturalistscomp00digb/page/V
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