The Lloyd Library and Museum is closed today, February 9, 2010, due to weather conditions.

elcome to the Lloyd Library and Museum. The Library holds, acquires, preserves, and provides access to both historic and current books and journals, as well as archival materials, on a wide variety of disciplines that fall under the subjects of natural history, botany, pharmacy, and medicine. Lloyd's resources are in fact an eclectic blend of a host of related sciences. Despite the scientific focus, the collections have relevance to the humanities, such as visual arts and foreign languages through resources that feature botanical illustrations, original artworks, and travel literature. The Lloyd is open to the public—we invite you to explore this unique establishment.

Today in the History of Medicine, Botany, and related sciences
February 9

• 1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau was established. • 1889 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet-level agency. • 1781, born, Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826), his collection of specimens from an 1817 trip to Brazil with Martius formed the basis of the collections at the Natural History Museum in Munich. • 1752, died, Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)

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