#  Unearthing Scientific History through Art 

 





November 01, 2018

 

 

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 A blog post on BHL highlights how unprecedented research is being made possible with the digitization of archives, manuscripts, and books, such as [Harvard *Icones*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/234262?utm_medium=social%20media&utm_source=blog&utm_campaign=Book%20of%20the%20Month&utm_content=Harvard%20Botany).

 This volume of original watercolors is held in the archives of the Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany here at the HUH and served as a sketchbook of sorts for the “Father of North American mycology”, Lewis David von Schweinitz. The blog, written by BHL staff, contains contributions from Jason M. Karakehian ([Pfister Lab](https://pfistergroup.oeb.harvard.edu/)) and Judith A. Warnement and Diane Rielinger of the [Harvard Botany Libraries](/libraries).

 Read the [blog post](https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2018/11/unearthing-scientific-history-through-art.html) on BHL's website.



 

 

 



 

 

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