[NHCOLL-L:2524] SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF NATURAL HISTORY (JOURNAL: ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY)

[P Boylan]

The SHNH is an international organisation with a worldwide membership.

The North American representative is Ms. Leslie K. Overstreet, Curator of
Natural History Rare Books, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, tel.
202-633.1176, e-mail: overstreetl at si.edu

The Society's website is http://www.shnh.org



Patrick Boylan
City University London

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On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Shirley S Albright wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The Society for the History of Natural History (SHNH) is based in
> London, but they do have a North American rep/coordinator....I think
> she's (Leslie?) with the Smithsonian (I have her card somewhere around
> here having just met her at a conference in Philadelphia).   Individual
> memberships are $60.00 US.    The other group that is sometimes confused
> with this  association is The Society for the Preservation of Natural
> History Collections which IS based in the USA but has an international
> following.
>
> Shirley Albright
> New Jersey State Museum
>
> ASapi842 at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hi - Isn't there an American group that studies the history of the
> > study of natural history?
> > All I can find on the web is the one in London. Thanks, Sally
>
>