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  • The Living Museum vol. 62, no. 01,02, 2000
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    Museum exhibits -- Amish quilts; Amish -- culture; Military training camps -- Illinois -- world war, 1939-1945; Prisoners of war -- Illinois -- Camp Ellis; Museum acquisitions -- Robnet, Stephen Scott; Artist -- aka Jonathan Flew; Birdsong --...
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    Discovering Illinois Amish quilts; Reveille to retreat: the story of Camp Ellis in World War II; Gifted artist-turned-writer gives gift; Singing in Sangamon County; preliminary dates on cessation of song in selected species; Mary Juan, Maricopa...
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  • The Living Museum vol. 58, no. 02, 03; Summer/Fall, 1996
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    Museums techniques -- Zoological specimens -- taxidermy; Akeley, Carl; Quiltmakers -- Fallert, Caryl Bryer; Art exhibitions -- American painting -- (Un)earthly delights; Feathers -- Religious aspects -- Feather distribution project; Paleobotany...
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    The taxidermist's historic role in museum exhibits; The textile art of Caryl Bryer Fallert; (un)earthly delights: an exhibit by 5 Illinois artists; 4,000,000 gifts for the gods: the feather distribution project; George Langford, Sr., amateur...
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  • The Living Museum vol. 57, no. 02; Summer, 1995
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    Unionoida -- Ecology; Art exhibitions -- Armin, Emil; Mammoths -- Russia; Art exhibitions -- Green, Gary; Museum publications -- excerpts; Museum exhibits -- calendar
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    Illinois mussels: the silent storytellers; Sojourning with Russian mammoths: a first step; Gary Green off canvas; Living in the past; Shape of things to come
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  • The Living Museum vol. 56, no. 02; Summer, 1994
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    Rocks-- Illinois -- Tower rock; Birds -- protecting species; Pueblo pottery -- collectors and collecting -- Illinois State Museum; Art exhibitions -- prints -- U.S. -- Mexico; Museum publications -- excerpts; Museum exhibits -- calendar; Watercolor...
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    Tower Rock: sentinel of the Mississippi; Breeding Birds at risk in Sangamon County; Pueblo pottery at the Illinois State Museum; Conversation piece: Phyllis Bramson; Living in the past; Calendar; Seth Eastman
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  • The Living Museum vol. 55, no. 02, 1993
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    Cultural exchange -- Russia; Cultural exchange -- United States; Museums -- educational aspects -- teacher training -- science; Art exhibitions -- Hammons, David; Handicrafts -- Illinois; Museum publications -- excerpts; Museum exhibits --...
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    From the grand prairie to the mighty Neva; Teaching teachers about science; David Hammons : hometown; Crafting currents; Living in the past; Calendar; FOCI: Philip hanson
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  • The Living Museum vol. 54, no. 02, 1992
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    Indians of North America -- pottery; Paleobotany -- Patagonia; Museum publications -- excerpts; Museums -- research -- curators; Museum exhibits -- At Home in the Heartland; Museum exhibits -- calendar; Crinoidea, fossil; Archaeology --...
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    Native North American pottery: the Illinois State Museum collection; Travels in Patagonia: Adventures in Paleobotany; On the edge: museum scientists in action; What is 'At home in the heartland?'; Calendar; Page for Discovery: Crinoids; Illinois...
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  • The Living Museum vol. 53, no. 02, 1991
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    Freshwater mussels -- Missouri; Freshwater mussels -- Arkansas; Freshwater mussels -- Oklahoma; Freshwater mussels -- Kansas; Play -- toys -- 19th century; Trees -- growth; Museum exhibits -- calendar; Dragonflies -- Ohio emerald dragonfly; Museum...
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    Ozark mussels: struggling for survival; Children's toys: the nature of play in the nineteenth century; Mystery in the backyard: Case of the surrounding limb; Vulnerable species: Calendar; Ohio emerald dragonfly; Living in the past; FOCI: Nereyda...
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  • The Living Museum vol. 51, no. 02, 1989
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    Museums -- traveling exhibits -- Harvesting the River -- boats; Museum exhibits -- Calendar; museums -- preparators; Mammoths; Mastodons; Museums -- tours -- Africa; Museums -- tour -- Harvesting the river
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    Voice from the river: part 2. Life afloat; "Mastodon Factory" at the museum; Calendar; Page for discovery: Mammoth or Mastodon: What is the difference?; Wildlife and conservation tour of Africa
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  • The Living Museum vol. 52, no. 02, 1990
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    Indians of North America -- religions -- Pueblo Indians; Feathers -- use in religion; Art exhibitions -- Illinois -- Locations of desire; Bramson, Phyllis; Itatani, Michiko; Klement, Vera; Museum exhibits -- calendar; artists; Loving, Richard;...
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    Feather distribution project: an example of applied archaeology; Locations of desire: new work by Phyllis Bramson, Michiko, Itatani, and Vera Klement; Richard Loving: the mark of the bird house
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  • The Living Museum vol. 49, no. 02, 03, 1987
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    Coal -- Illinois; Sullins, Maurice Legrand; Fossils -- Tully monster; Museum employees -- obituary -- Thompson, Milton; Museum exhibits -- Illinois River; Archaeology -- Illinois prairie; Museum exhibits -- calendar; Art -- acquisitions --...
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    Coal: buried treasure in Illinois; Maurice Sullins: outsider artist; Tully monster: mystery animal of Illinois; Dr. Milton D. Thompson, 1908-1987; Harvesting the river: a history of a river and its resources; Prairie archaeology
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  • The Living Museum vol. 50, no. 02, 1988
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    Museums -- acquisitions -- photography; Photography -- University of Chicago; Franklin's ground squirrel; Wildflowers --White lady's-slipper orchid; Museum exhibits -- calendar; Archaeology -- sites; Museum publications
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    University of Chicago photograph file; Franklin's ground squirrel; White lady's-slipper orchid; Calendar; Page for Discovery: Predicting archaeological site location; Curator's bookshelf
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  • The Living Museum vol. 48, no. 02; Spring, 1986
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    Worst, Edward -- Weaving ; Handicrafts -- Education; Museum exhibits -- Mississippian culture -- Dickson Mounds; Fossils -- Lesleya -- Reconstruction; Caves -- Illinois; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Rench Site; Museums -- Travel -- Acadia; Art --...
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    Edward F. Worst: craftsman and educator; Mississippian lifeways exhibit opens at Dickson Mounds; Reconstructing coal age trees; Illinois caves; Rench Site archaeological project 1977 to 1986
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  • The Living Museum vol. 47, no. 02; Spring, 1985
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    Paperweights -- Collectors and collecting -- Barker, Morton D.; Geology -- Calumet Lake; Geology -- Continental drift; Art exhibitions -- Photography -- Illinois photographers 1985; Museums -- Travel -- Louisiana; Museum exhibits -- Calendar
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    Morton D. Barker paperweight collection; Calumet area: filling in the plains; Continental drift; Illinois photographers '85; Exhibition schedule
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  • The Living Museum vol. 46, no. 02; Spring, 1984
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    Museum exhibits -- Peoples of the past; Indians of North America -- Illinois -- Culture; Ethnobotany -- Plant use; Hunting -- History -- North America; Art -- Acquisitions; Museum publications -- Guide -- Illinois archaeology; Museum exhibits --...
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    Peoples of the past: a foreword; Early Native Americans in Illinois; Early uses of plants in Illinois; Art: recent acquisitions; Guidebook to Illinois archaeology; Summer archaeology tours; calendar; Hudson river sampler tour
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  • The Living Museum vol. 45, no. 02; 1983
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    Federal Arts Project -- Illinois; Anthropology -- China; Climatology -- Illinois -- History; Museums -- Travel -- James River; Art -- Acquisitions; Museum exhibits -- Calendar; Museums -- Travel -- Missouri Ozarks
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    After the great crash: federal arts projects in Illinois; Reflections on modern China; Illinois climate: a history of climatic changes and their effects on early settlement; James river plantation tour; Art: recent acquisitions; Calendar; Weekend...
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  • The Living Museum vol. 42, no. 02,03; 1980
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    Art exhibitions -- 32nd Illinois invitational; Caves; Indians of North America -- Dickson Mounds; Ethnobotany -- Gourds; Art -- Acquisitions -- Tinsley, Barry; Koch, Albert -- St. Louis Museum; Museums -- Travel -- Natural history museum, Chicago;...
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    32nd international; Inner spaces; Gourds; Art: recent acquisitions; Objects of curiosity: Albert Koch's 1840 St. Louis Museum; Great bronze age of China; Kimmswick , AlbeBone beds Louis: a historical perspective; Fans: fact and fancy; Calendar;
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  • The Living Museum vol. 43, no. 02,03, 1981
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    Entomology -- Collections -- Ecuador; Lepidoptera -- Ecuador; Museum exhibits -- Eifert, Virginia; Photography -- Illinois -- Ridgway, Robert; Art -- Acquisitions; Museum exhibits -- Calendar; Museums -- Research -- Quaternary studies; Art...
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    Insect collector's paradise; In honor of Virginia S. Eifert; 100 Years ago...on the Wabash; Art: recent acquisitions; Calendar; Quaternary studies & the Illinois state museum; Call for entries; Dyes: an Amerindian applied decorative technique;...
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  • The Living Museum vol. 44, no. 02; Spring, 1982
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    Archaeology -- Dickson Mounds; Depression glass; Art -- Acquisitions; Art exhibitions -- Illinois -- Photographers; Museums -- Travel -- St. Francois mountains; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Kimmswick Site; Indians of North America -- Clovis people;...
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    Dickson Mounds: rich site for archaeologists; Story behind depression era glass; Art: recent acquisitions; Illinois photographers '82; Active volcanoes in Missouri?; Clovis peoples in the Midwest: importance of the Kimmswick site; Books: Exploring...
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  • The Living Museum vol. 41, no. 02; Spring, 1979
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    Museums -- Worthen, Amos Henry; Art -- Acquisitions; Museums -- Buildings; Archaeology -- East Africa; Museum exhibits -- Calendar; Landscape history-- Illinois; Indians of North America -- Baskets -- Condell, Thomas; Museum publications --...
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    Amos Henry Worthen: a brief history; From zoisite to Zinjanthropus, part one; Calendar; Art: recent acquisitions; New art galleries open; Illinois landscape: now and then; Condell basket collection; Field study tours
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  • The Living Museum vol. 40, no. 02; March - April, 1978
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    Forest plants; Forest animals; Museums -- Publications; Art exhibitions -- Calendar; Indians of North America -- Eskimo; Museums -- Employees -- Hoffman, Marion; Madden, Betty I.; Hunter, Joan; Editor -- Message
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    Walk in an April wood; Two new publications; Art gallery calendar; Survival: life and art of the Alaskan Eskimo; Staff retirements; Few last words from the editor
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