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History’s Vicki Daniel discusses the allure of Frances Glessner Lees’ mini dioramas depicting violent deaths

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Vicki Daniel, a lecturer in History, wrote about her observations of the “Murder is her hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and the nutshell studies of unexplained death” exhibit at the Renwick Gallery of American Art in 2018.

Daniel’s piece, “Armchair detectives and the allure of death in miniature at the Smithsonian,” appeared in Nursing Clio.