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Unearthing Scientific History through Art: New Insights from the Archives of...
In 1805, the “Father of North American mycology”, Lewis David von Schweinitz (1780-1834), published an account of the fungi in Niesky, Germany with his friend and mentor, Johannes Baptista von...
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Uncovering Mycological History…One Sketch at a Time
Plate 12. Schweinitz, Lewis David von. Icones fungorum Niskiensium. (ca.) 1798-1802. Contributed in BHL from Botany Libraries, Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University. In the...
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MUDPIE — Online at BHL! Documenting the History of Computers in Museums
On September 12, 1967 Ralph Axtell, of the Biology Department of Southern Illinois University, called the Smithsonian Institution using the teletype connected to his time-shared computer and asked for...
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BHL Welcomes the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is pleased to welcome the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira as a new Affiliate. Auckland Museum is BHL’s first partner in Aotearoa New Zealand. Tracing...
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BHL at the GBIF 25th Governing Board Annual Meeting
As Chair of BHL, I had the privilege of attending the 25th Meeting of the GBIF Global Governing Board convened in Kilkenny, Ireland, 15-18 October 2018. I represent BHL in its capacity as an Associate...
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Labillardière and the Botany of the Levant
At the end of the 18th century, French naturalist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière spent two years exploring and collecting plants in the Levant. The expedition ultimately resulted in the...
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A Book’s Eight Year Journey to the Biodiversity Heritage Library: Fulfilling...
As an early work in the history of Linnaean taxonomy, Beredeneerde catalogus van eene, by uitstek fraaye en weergaalooze verzameling, zoo van inlandsche als uitheemsche vogelen, viervoetige en...
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The Orchidaceous Plants of Franz Bauer and John Lindley
Two of the most important early contributors to our understanding of orchids were the artist Franz Bauer (1758-1840) and the English botanist and gardener John Lindley (1799-1865), who was to become...
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BHL and WikiCite 2018
In November 2018, Diane Shaw, Katie Mika and Siobhan Leachman attended WikiCite 2018 in Berkeley, CA. WikiCite is a Wikimedia initiative that aims to develop a database of open citations and linked...
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Join us for a Women in Natural History Wikipedia Editing Workshop on 13 March!
Help us enhance information in Wikipedia about women in natural history during our Wikipedia Editing Workshop on 13 March in celebration of Women’s History Month! In collaboration with Smithsonian...
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Vanity and BHL: Examining Extinction and Rediscovery through Art
Vanity, an art installation by Joseph Gregory Rossano created for and with the support of the Museum of Glass (MOG) in Tacoma, Washington, tells the story of eleven species and subspecies, presumed...
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Coming This March! Her Natural History: A Celebration of Women in Natural...
This Women's History Month, we invite you to join us in celebrating women in natural history as part of an international social media campaign produced in collaboration with our partners — Her Natural...
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Rediscovering Millipedes with the Biodiversity Heritage Library
Like many taxonomists, I like to group things together and sort them: specimens into species, species into genera, references into bibliographies, images into galleries. The Biodiversity Heritage...
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Galen Clark: The Guardian of Yosemite
When Galen Clark’s The Big Trees of California, their History and Characteristics, was published, in 1907, he was 93 years old. It had been 50 years since he first came to live in the Mariposa Grove in...
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A Fond Farewell to Carolyn Sheffield (BHL Program Manager)
The Biodiversity Heritage Library's loss is the gain of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery. Carolyn Sheffield, BHL Program Manager, will be taking on a...
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Valentina Ly, Digital Content Intern
As a new Master of Library and Information Studies graduate, I was looking for opportunities to gain more library experience, especially with regard to cataloguing and metadata. An internet search led...
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Happy Women’s History Month! Join Us For #HerNaturalHistory Starting 8 March...
March is Women's History Month, and we're celebrating with an international social media campaign produced in collaboration with our partners highlighting women and their contributions to natural...
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Her Natural History: A Celebration of Women in Natural History
Women have made remarkable contributions to biodiversity research. From collecting specimens and serving as scientific illustrators to conducting and publishing research, authoring natural history...
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Transcribe Field Notes by Female Naturalists with the #HerNaturalHistory...
Looking for a challenge? The Smithsonian Institution Archives and the Smithsonian Transcription Center are teaming up for a #HerNaturalHistory-themed transcription challenge. Starting today (8 March),...
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Isabella in Hawaii: The Adventures of an Amateur Botanist in the 1860s
How does a young woman create the most important record of Hawaiian flowers in the nineteenth century? Who helps her identify plants and find a London publisher? Why does she leave New Zealand for...
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