Science Reference Guides
The
Natural History of Lewis and Clark: Selected Resources
GENERAL TITLES ... BOOKS
FOR YOUNGER READERS
JOURNAL ARTICLES ... WEBSITES
GENERAL TITLES
Botkin, Daniel B. Beyond the stony mountains: nature in the
American west from Lewis and Clark to today. Oxford, Oxford University Press,
2004. 284 p.
QH104.5.W4B67 2004
Botkin, Daniel B. Our natural history: the lessons of Lewis
and Clark. New York, Putnam, c1995. 300 p.
QH104.5.W4B68 1995
" ... describes the wilderness of the American West as seen
by Lewis and Clark ... and compares it to today's American West as shaped by
industrial civilization."
Burroughs, Raymond Darwin, ed. The natural
history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. East Lansing,
Michigan State University Press, 1961. 340 p.
QL155.B8
Criswell, Elijah Harry. Lewis and Clark: linguistic
pioneers. Colombia, Mo., 1940. (University of Missouri.
University of Missouri studies, v. 15, no. 2) 102 p.
PE2835.L4C7 1940a
Includes indexes of all animals and plants referred to in the journals of Lewis
and Clark, giving the currently accepted scientific names, the generally accepted
common names, and the names or descriptive appellations used by the explorers.
Cutright, Paul Russell. Lewis and Clark:
pioneering naturalists. Lincoln, University of Nebraska
Press, 1989, c1969. 506 p.
"Plants discovered by Lewis and Clark": p. 399-423.
"Animals discovered by Lewis and Clark": p. 424-456.
F592.7.C87 1989
The Herbarium of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Gary
E. Moulton, editor. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1999.
359 p. (The journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, v. 12)
F592.4 1983 vol. 12
Johnsgard, Paul A. Lewis and Clark on the Great
Plains: a natural history. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press,
with the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
c2003. 143 p.
QH104.5.W4J65 2003
Munger, Susan H. Common to this country: botanical
discoveries of Lewis and Clark. Illustrations by Charlotte Staub
Thomas. New York, Artisan, 2003. 128 p.
QK133.M86 2003
Phillips, H. Wayne. Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Missoula, MT, Mountain Press Pub. Co., 2003. 277 p.
QK5.P46 2003
Sivitz, Paul. Discovering the birds and mammals
of the Lewis & Clark Trail. Jenkintown, PA, Core of
Discovery, c2002. 135 p.
QL683.L49S58 2002
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BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Animals on the trail
with Lewis and Clark. New York, Clarion Books, c2002.
118 p.
"Chronology of animal discoveries new to science": p. 108-115.
F592.7.P37 2002
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Plants on the trail
with Lewis and Clark. New York, Clarion Books, 2003. 104
p.
"Plant specimens in the Lewis and Clark herbarium": p. 91-100.
F592.7.P376 2003
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JOURNAL ARTICLES
Burroughs, R. D. The Lewis and Clark Expedition's
botanical discoveries. Natural history, v. 75, Jan.
1966: 56-62.
QH1.N13
Meehan, Thomas. The plants of Lewis and Clark's
expedition across the continent, 1804-1806. Proceedings of
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, [v. 50],
1898: 12-49.
QH1.A2
Pelczar, Rita. The plants of Lewis and Clark. The
American gardener, v. 79, Nov./Dec. 2000: 38-43.
SB1.N3
Quinn, C. Edward. A zoologist's view of the Lewis
and Clark Expedition. American zoologist, v. 26, no.
2, 1986: 299-306.
QL1.A448
Rossi, Linda, and Alfred E. Schuyler. The iconography
of plants collected on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Great
Plains research, v. 3, Feb. 1993: 39-60.
QH104.5.G73G755
Rudd, Velva E. Botanical contributions of the Lewis
and Clark Expedition. Journal of the Washington Academy of
Sciences, v. 44, Nov. 1954: 351-356..
Q11.W32
Spamer, Earle E. A national treasure: accounting
for the natural history specimens from the Lewis and Clark Expedition
(western North America, 1803-1806) in the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia, v. 150, Apr. 14, 2000: 47-58.
QH1.A2
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WEB SITES
Discovering Lewis & Clark
http://www.lewis-clark.org
Choose Natural History under Discovery Paths.
In the Footsteps
of Lewis & Clark (Sierra Club)
http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/
See especially Then & Now.
Lewis & Clark (National
Geographic)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark
Click on images below maps.
Lewis and Clark
and the Indian Country: 200 Years of American History
http://www.newberry.org/lewisandclark/
Based on an exhibition originally mounted at the Newberry Library,
this website explores how the histories of the United
States and that of Indian peoples came
together two hundred years ago and how they remain intertwined today.
Lewis & Clark
as Naturalists (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
http://web4.si.edu/lewisandclark/
Lewis and Clark Education Center
http://www.lewisandclarkeducationcenter.com/
Click on an eco-region
to follow the journey
The
Lewis and Clark Expedition and the USGS (U.S. Geological
Survey)
http://www.usgs.gov/features/lewisandclark.html
See especially Science Along the Lewis and Clark Trail and Lewis & Clark
Natural History Links.
Lewis & Clark
Herbarium (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia)
http://www.acnatsci.org/museum/lewisclark/l&c_herbarium.html
Lewis & Clarkâs Expedition: Curriculum Ideas & Education Resources
http://www.nwrac.org/lewis-clark/index.html
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