ANSS Newsletters

ANSS Newsletter, mailed quarterly (when available) from 1943-1999, kept members posted on Society and member news. It featured a 1- to 3-page Teaching Tip, nature…

Liberty Hyde Bailey

Liberty Hyde Bailey – an American horticulturist and botanist 1858–1954 Born in South Haven, Michigan. In 1876 Bailey met botanist Lucy Millington who encouraged his interest in botany. Bailey entered the Michigan…

E. Laurence Palmer

E (Ephraim) Laurence Palmer – an American science educator and conservationist 1888 – 1970 Eph Palmer was born in McGraw, New York, on July 8, 1888,…

AB Comstock

Comstock, Anna Botsford 1854–1930 First woman professor at Cornell University, leader of the nature-study movement, author and/or illustrator of many natural science books.  Born Anna Botsford…

Teaching Tips

Teaching Tips were/are 1- to 3-page ‘lesson plans’ focused on helping teachers and students learn about the natural world. ANSS’ Tips were first published in…

American Nature Study Society Archive

The American Nature Study Society Archive Project The nature study movement was a popular education movement in America in the late 19th and early 20th…

Nature Study Journals

Nature Study Journals (publications included here from 1964-2004), in 3-4 annually themed issues contained in-depth articles focused on nature study, nature education, environmental education, trends,…

Natural History Inserts — E L Palmer

Ephraim Lawrence (E L) Palmer was most well-known for his books such as Field Book of Natural History (1949), his weekly radio show This Week in Nature of the…

2020 Calendar of Events

To our Brandwein Institute family, The Brandwein Institute Board of Directors has cancelled all 2020 activities at the Brandwein Nature Learning Preserve due to the…