Notes from the Archives
Step back in time with us. From rare photographs and historic documents to personal accounts and scientific breakthroughs — stories of the people, places, and discoveries that shaped our legacy.
Featured · June 2026
"They Give Us Those Nice Bright Colors"
How a silent 16mm projector, a Depression-era museum, and the films of the American Museum of Natural History brought nature to life for generations of Highlands visitors — and the remarkable machine recently rediscovered in the HBS Balance Room.
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Earlier Stories
July 2025
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Franklin Reed Dulany, Sr. (1897–1982)
June 2025
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Margaret Louise Cannon Carr Howell Clarkson
May 2025
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Tabled for 80 Years — A Mystery Solved
April 2025
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Step Back in Time: Interactive Masa Photograph of the Sam T. Weyman Laboratory Dedication
March 2025
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Ralph Millard Sargent and Louise Alexandria Anderson Sargent
February 2025
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Laura M. Bragg — 1941 Summer Director of The Highlands Museum of Natural History
January 2025
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The Clark Foreman Museum: Now the Highlands Biological Station Nature Center
December 2024
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Samuel T. Weyman Building
November 2024
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E. E. Reinke
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