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Natural History Publications

History of Publishing through the MMA


The first Maria Mitchell Association (MMA) publication was The Pleistocene Deposits of Sankaty Head in 1906. Since then, publications have covered everything from species lists to history documents.  



Citing MMA Documents


Please cite these files appropriately. Some documents here were not formally published anywhere but the authors have given permission to make them available. If you have any questions, please contact Jascin Finger at jfinger@mariamitchell.org.



Other publications


For more recent publications on our research, please visit our Ecology and Biodiversity Research page. For our historic reports on the Maria Mitchell Association, please visit our About the MMA page. 

Cushman, Joseph Augustine (1906): The Pleistocene Deposits of Sankaty Head, Nantucket and Their Fossils. figshare. Book.

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13323149.v1 


This book contains a list of all the species found as fossils eroding out of Sankaty Head, Nantucket, Massachusetts, known from 1905 and before. It was published by the Maria Mitchell Association in 1906 and republished in 1931. It contains 21 pages.

Howe Jr., R. Heber (1918): The Dragon and Damsel-flies (Odonata) of Nantucket, Mass.. figshare. Book.

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13323158.v1


Howe surveyed Odonata species during the spring and summer of 1917. He compiled this list based on both his collections and the collections of others and published it in the 1918 annual report of the Maria Mitchell Association. The publication consists of a short description and a list of 21 species.

Andrews, J. Clinton; Epstein, Mark B. (1980): Mammals of Nantucket County. figshare. Preprint.

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13323227.v2


This list of mammal species for Nantucket Island, Massachusetts current to the year 1980, is based on observations from the authors and Edith F. Andrews, as well as museum specimens at the Maria Mitchell Association. It was never formally published. It lists 21 species and contains notes on the origin of the species (native or introduced).

Brooks, W. Sprague (1928): A Preliminary List of the Birds of Nantucket. figshare. Book.

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13338884.v1


This is a list of bird species known from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts based on museum specimens and the author's observations. There are also observation notes for many of the species. The book was published by the Maria Mitchell Association in 1928 and contains 23 pages.

Rice, Mabel Agnes (1967): Trees and Shrubs of Nantucket 2nd Edition. figshare. Book.

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13338908.v1


This book contains a narrative description of the trees and shrub history for Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, along with a list of references, a dichotomous key, and a list of tree and shrub species. Originally published by the Maria Mitchell Association in 1946, this digital copy is from the second edition in 1967 and contains 54 pages.

Johnson, Charles Willison (1930): A List of the Insect Fauna of Nantucket, Massachusetts. figshare. Book.

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13323131.v1

 

Between 1926 and 1929, Charles Johnson from the Boston Society of Natural History collected and identified 2,317 insect species from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. During those same years, James H. Emerton collected and identified 170 species spider along with other arachnids, millipedes (Diplopoda), and centipedes (Chelopoda). This book was published by the Maria Mitchell Association in 1930 and contains 175 pages and an index. Narrative descriptions of the collecting trips are also included.