University of Central Florida Libraries
5/25/2013
http://library.ucf.edu/
Fascinating, treasure-filled, wonderful: The Smithsonian Institution is an amazing collection of objects, documents and knowledge..The most recent update to the digitized version of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set includes an author-subject index to the Smithsonian annual reports, 1849-1961.
The full text for each annual report is also available within the database. A brief sampling of articles:
- 1856: Oxygen and its combinations
- 1859: The earthquake of 1811 at New Madrid, Missouri
- 1877: Color blindness in its relation to accidents by rail and sea
- 1882: Gold, silver, and other ornaments found in Florida
- 1901: Okapi: the newly discovered beast living in central Africa
- 1908: Present status of military aeronautics
- 1910: Origin of west African crossbows
- 1911: Chinese architecture and its relation to Chinese culture
- 1916: Great dragon of Quirigua, Guatemala
- 1920: Habitability of Venus, Mars, and other worlds
- 1921: Ancestor worship of the Hopi Indians
- 1934: Commerce, trade, and monetary units of the Maya
- 1937: The healing properties of allantoin and urea discovered through the use of maggots in human wounds
- 1948: Insect control investigations of the Orlando, Florida, Laboratory during World War II
- 1952: Use of music in the treatment of the sick by American Indians
