Bugging Out Over Jacob Stauffer’s “Sketches of Insects,” 1859-1880

Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

06/04/2026 10:00 AM EDT

The richly colored illustrations and handwritten text in Jacob Stauffer’s manuscript book “Sketches of Insects” reflect his decades of observing some of the smallest inhabitants of the natural world.

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