Documents
Blaschka Processing Exhibit
An online exhibit about processing the Archives of Rudolf and Leopold Blaschka and the Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants.
Botanical Illustrations from the Harvard University Herbaria
The beauty of botany and the importance of scientific accuracy come together in these original works of art in the archives of the Harvard University Herbaria. These collections overseen by the Botany Libraries date from the early 1800s to the mid-1900s...
Botanical Teaching Posters Collection
Educational wallcharts were designed for classroom use in the early 1800's. They were first made in small format and depicted simple scenes and objects for primary school teaching. Around 1870 wallcharts were produced and sold in large quantities not only...
Bound in Intrigue
Books come and go from libraries, drifting in and out of hands, across continents, and through centuries. The Harvard Botany Libraries contain books whose stories and provenance are a mystery; some of which can be strung together by notes scribbled in the...
Economic Botany Amber and Amberoid Collection
All are Pinites succinifer unless noted with an asterisk (*) There is an updated inventory in the repository that may have slightly different drawer/box information. For more information contact botref@oeb.harvard.edu. DRAWER 5 AccessionNumber Description...
Economic Botany Ivory and Silver Collection
Ivory Drawer 1 One ivory carving of a banana 16cm long x 4.5 cm wide (with wooden rest) - Originally obtained in India, gift of Oakes Ames October, 1946 [Musa sapientum] One ivory carving of a persimmon branch with 3 leaves and two fruit, 26cm in length-...
Economic Botany Lacquer Collection
All are Rhus verniciflua Stokes Box Item Number Description Size Barcode 1 1 Small square metal bottle/vessel with top and narrow spoon. [Probably snuff bottle] Made of carved red and black lacquer, dragon carved on both sides. 5.75 x 6.25 x 2.25 cm...
Fragile Science
Botanical specimens are inherently fragile; they are composed of living matter doomed to wilt, dry, and crumble to dust. The specimens sent to herbaria are housed there to be preserved, their lives suspended indefinitely in time. Many precautions are...
Friends of the Farlow Papers (1982-1996)
The Friends of the Farlow is a group of amateur and professional botanists interested in cryptogamic botany. The Friends support the activities of the Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany. In 1982, several interested parties began...
Harvard University Photograph Album, circa 1906
This album was donated to the Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany in April 2008 by Professor Donald H. Pfister and Cathleen Pfister. It contains forty views of the Harvard Campus as well as other important buildings, monuments, and...
History of Mycological Illustration
In a paper read before the Botanical Society of Washington, D.C. in December 1921, mycologist L. C. C. Krieger pointed out that illustrations are essential for the correct identification of fleshy fungi. He noted that the best illustrations accurately...
Humulus lupulus L. or Hops
Humulus lupulus L. Cannabinaceae. Common hops. Information from James A. Duke. 1983. Handbook of Energy Crops Description Humulus lupulus L. is a perennial herbaceous vine with horizontal and vertical roots. The horizontal roots spread out at depth of 20...
In the Field: Botany in the Wild
Fieldwork, while extremely important to the study of botany, is not always pleasant. Botanists put themselves in many difficult situations when going into the field to collect. They face dangerous terrain, unpredictable weather, annoying insects...
Photographs by Carleton Watkins
Mammoth Albumen Photographs of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove In the Archives of the Gray Herbarium Red Woods 1874 El Capitan 1865 Abies willaimsonii 1877 Grisley Giant 1861
Theodor Holmskjold’s Danish Fungi
Theodor Holmskjold's Beata Ruris Otia Fungis Danicis, [Happy Resting Periods in the Country Studying Danish Fungi] is a two volume work detailing previously known and newly described fungi and includes stunning illustrations by Johann Adolf Neander and...
