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1760 Theodor Holmskjold graduated from the University of Copenhagen with a medical degree. 1762-1765 Holmskjold was appointed professor of natural history at the Academy of Soro. 1765-1767 Holmskjold lived in the countryside near the Danish seaport of...

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References

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Christensen, C. 1980. Theodor Holmskjold. In: S.Cedergreen Bech, ed., Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Vol. 6. Harald-Hoedt. Gyldendal, Copenhagen. Durand, E.J. 1907. The mycological writings of Theodore Holmskjold and their relation to Persoon's Comentario. J...

Biography

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Born in Oneonta, New York, on November 11, 1829, Carleton Eugene Watkins was a photographer of the American West, best known for his photographs of Yosemite, San Francisco, the Pacific Coast, Arizona, and Nevada. Watkins initially headed west in 1851...

Conservation Note

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In 1999 the 22 prints in the Watkins Archives were examined and treated by Boston Art Conservation. The objects were photographed both before and after treatment to document condition. The Watkins photographs were placed in a custom cut mat constructed of...

List of Photographs

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Grisley Giant, 1861 Photograph size 20 7/8 inches high by 16 inches wide. Mirror Lake, 1865 Signed by Watkins. Photograph size 16 1/2 inches high by 20 1/2 inches wide. El Capitan, 1865 Signed by Watkins. Photograph size 20 1/2 inches high by 16 1/4...

HUH Seminar Series - Madelynn von Baeyer

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Madelynn von Baeyer Postdoctoral Researcher Spengler Lab Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Title: Shining a Light on the Slides from the Bailey-Wetmore Wood Collection This seminar is free and open to the public but REGISTRATION IS...

Administrative Correspondence

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The administrative correspondence of the Harvard University Herbaria is divided into two collections, the Asa Gray correspondence files and the Administrative correspondence of the Gray Herbarium and Harvard University Herbaria. The Asa Gray...

Plant Lists & Field Notes

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The Plant List and Field Note archives contains notebooks, daybooks, accession lists, and journals chronicling the collection of plant specimens. If you have any questions about associated material for any list please contact the archivist. Our...

Photographic Materials

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The Botany Libraries photograph collection holds more than 1,500 images of botanists and their families, the exploration for and collection of specimens, plants of economic importance, and group portraits of assemblies at botanical meetings. The...

Specimen Spotlight – Mummy Lichen

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The mummy lichen, Pseudevernia furfuraceae (L.) Zopf, of the Farlow Herbarium is approximately 2,500 years old. It was found on a female Egyptian mummy from Thebes during the unwrapping process by the Montreal Natural History Society in 1859. The lichen...

Expeditions & Exploration

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The botanical expeditions of Harvard botanists represented in the Archives date from 1818 to 1980. The collections include plant lists, field notes, maps, illustrations, photographs, and realia. digital content available