pictorial works

A collection of photographs and writings by Edward S. Curtis, who studied and wrote about North American Indian tribes from 1895 until shortly before his death in 1952.

Since the settling of Jamestown, Virginia, more than 350 years ago, Christmas in America has been evolving. From Massachusetts to New Mexico, from Florida to Alasks, Americans celebrate the holiday each year with vim and vigor, and being an ingenious lot, continue to think up new variations on old themes, mingling religious convictions and folk customs into something distinctly American. Over 140 Colorful pictures and home spun text tells of America's earliest christmases, the mixing of various cultural tradition through the centuries, and christmas as it is observed today.

Brief text and photographs trace the adaptation of a tame cheetah to life in the wild.

Brief text and color photographs describe the physical characteristics and habits of forty-two birds from all parts of the world.