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Biodiversity Heritage Library - Program news and collection highlights from BHL

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Henrietta Page sketchbook of fungi drawings

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The Harvard Botany Libraries recently acquired and digitized Henrietta Page’s [Sketchbook of drawings of fungi], volume II. The sketchbook was a gift from the Boston Mycological Club (BMC) where Page was a member and served on the executive committee for a time. She was also a member of the Boston Society of Natural History. The sketchbook mostly describes fungi collected during July and August when Page attended three-week long natural history classes held in Alstead, New Hampshire under the Alstead School of Natural History from 1899-1903.

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March 27, 2019byDanielle Castronovo and Jason Karakehian
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Uncovering Mycological History…One Sketch at a Time

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In the archives of the Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany at Harvard University, there is a curious volume of 249 original watercolors of fungi species bearing the title Icones fungorum Niskiensium.

Devoid of any creator identification, the provenance and historical significance of the volume seems shrouded in mystery. A cursory examination of the work reveals a collection of charming, but often incomplete, figures and a myriad of annotations in pencil and ink, some struck through, others revealing uncertainty over species identifications or recording observations on specimen quality or coloration.

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November 8, 2018byGrace Costantino
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Field Note-Worthy: Thousands of Field Notes Now Available in BHL Thanks to the Field Notes Project!

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In February 2016, the Biodiversity Heritage Library set out to digitize over 450,000 pages of field notes. While the BHL had already added some archival material to its collection before this project, the Field Notes Project is BHL’s largest undertaking of digitizing field notes to date.

We finished work on the project May 31, 2018 and are pleased to report that the project team digitized over 517,000 pages of field notes! 

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June 28, 2018byAdriana Marroquin
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Digitized Field Notes Yield Rapid Reference Response!

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The Harvard Botany Libraries have been fortunate to benefit from several field notes digitization projects in recent years. Materials have been selected based on condition, demand, and/or the theme of the funded project. The current CLIR-funded BHL Field Notes Project has enabled us to nearly complete the capture of field notes and plant lists associated with the herbaria collections. The most interesting and immediate benefit of the project is our ability to point users to the files that are available both in the Biodiversity Heritage Library and HOLLIS, Harvard’s online catalog.

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January 4, 2018byJudy Warnement
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Australia’s First Flora

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As far back as antiquity, Western scholars theorized the existence of a great southern continent that they called Terra Australis.
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September 28, 2017byGrace Costantino
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Announcing the New Valentine’s Day Collection in the BHL Store

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Get your valentine the perfect card or gift with the new Valentine’s Day Collection in the BHL Store!The collection includes products featuring vintage botanical art from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Shop the BHL Valentine’s Day Collection today!
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January 30, 2017byMichelle Strizever
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Orchidelirium: The Orchid Craze Takes Printed Form

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Walk into most any nursery or florist and you will see beautiful orchids of many colors and sizes, with “easy care” instructions attached right to the pot enabling even the brownest thumb success. Want to shake the winter doldrums? Attend an orchid show or meeting – there are over 500 local groups affiliated with the American Orchid Society alone. Orchids are as diverse as they are beautiful, with over 27,000 accepted species living in nearly every corner of the globe. We are not alone in our fascination with orchids. In the nineteenth century, Europe was gripped by what has been named “Orchidelirium.”  The collection of orchids from around the world was booming as the industrial revolution continued to change the economy and reach of Europe.

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January 26, 2017byDiane M. Rielinger
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