MMA 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. Please cite these files appropriately. Some documents here were not formally published anywhere but the authors have given permission to make them available.

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Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Cover page for Endangered Population of Red Squirrels
Goldstein, E.A., M.J. Merrick, and J.L. Koprowski. 2017. Functional semelparity drives population dynamics and endangers a peripheral population. Biological Conservation. 205: 52-59.

 

 

Cover page for the American burying beetle

 

Mckenna-Foster, A., L. Perrotti, J. Blyth, E. LoPresti, R.S. Kennedy. 2016. Measuring success of a reintroduced population of the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus Olivier) to Nantucket Island, MA. Journal of Insect Conservation. 20: 895-904.

Natural History Publications

Cover page for Mammals of Nantucket

 

Andrews, J.C. and M.B. Epstein. 1980. Mammals of Nantucket County. Unpublished.

 

A preliminary list of the birds on Nantucket from 1928

 

Brooks, W.S. 1928. A preliminary list of the birds of Nantucket. The Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association. 23 pp.

 

Pleistocene Deposits Nantucket Cover

 

Cushman, J.A. 1906. The Pleistocene deposits of Sankaty Head. The Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association 1(1):1-21.

 

Insects of Nantucket Johnson 1930

 

Johnson, C.W. 1930. A list of the insect fauna of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association 3(2): 1-174.

 

treesshrubscover

 

Rice, M.A. 1946. Trees and Shrubs of Nantucket. 2nd ed. The Maria Mitchell Association, 1967. 54 pp.

 

dragonfly and damslefly species list for Nantucket from 1918

 

Howe, R. H. 1918. The Dragon and Damsel-flies (Odonata) of Nantucket, Mass. Annual Report of the Maria Mitchel Association. May, 1918.

 

Publications about the Maria Mitchell Association

 

First half century of Maria Mitchell Association

 

Drake, T.E. 1968. The first half century of the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association. The Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association. 32 pp.

 

cover of the first annual report

 

Maria Mitchell Association. 1903. First Annual Report. 24 pp.

 

 

cover of the dedication of the fireproof wing publication

 

Maria Mitchell Association. 1908. Dedication of the Fire Proof Observatory. 12 pp

 

 

 

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