Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
A Research Division of Carnegie Mellon University

Hunt Institute Archives Text Discovery Platform

Search a large and growing portion of our online collections, including handwritten documents.
PROTOTYPE

This prototype uses state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, including a vision-language model (VLM) capable of reading handwritten documents as well as typed and printed text, to create searchable transcriptions of digitized materials in the Hunt Institute Archives. This makes it possible to search the textual contents of individual pages, including material that may not be described in the archival catalog.

Use Keyword search for specific words, names, dates, scientific names, or phrases. Try Semantic search (experimental) to describe a topic, question, or kind of material when you do not know the exact wording used in the documents.

About the AI-generated transcriptions

The transcriptions are generated automatically from page images and may contain errors, especially with difficult handwriting, unusual names, multiple languages, image-quality problems, or complex layouts. They are intended primarily as a discovery aid rather than authoritative transcriptions.

Each result provides the generated transcription and links to the original digitized material and associated archival description so that readings can be checked against the source. The transcription workflow uses AI models run locally by the Hunt Institute.

About Keyword and Semantic search

Keyword search is the default and matches the wording in the transcriptions. Results contain all your terms. Use quotes for an exact phrase. Substring matching is supported, so aceae can find plant-family names ending in -aceae.

Semantic search (experimental) is useful when you know what kind of material you are looking for but do not know the words used in the documents. It ranks transcribed passages by similarity of meaning, so relevant results may not contain the exact words in your query.

Semantic queries can be broad research topics, descriptions of activities or relationships, or natural-language questions. For example:

Semantic search is not a chatbot: a question is used as a search query, and the system returns archival passages that appear conceptually related to it rather than generating an answer or summary. Short descriptions and ordinary research questions generally work better than lists of disconnected keywords. Quotation marks have no special meaning in Semantic mode. Cross-language matching may work in some cases, but it should not be treated as translation.

Keyword and Semantic search are complementary. Keyword search lets you require particular wording; Semantic search can surface differently worded passages about the same subject. Depending on the research question, trying both can reveal different useful material.

Open a result: use the prominent page-and-transcription link to see the metadata, PDF, and full transcription. Keyword-search terms are highlighted in the transcription.

Archives Collections Database (ArchivesSpace): the Collection, Item/Folder, and Digital Object links open the corresponding archival records. Collection-level dates describe the collection as a whole, not necessarily the specific item or page.

If a PDF does not load: on the detail page, use the Digital Object link, click “Go to file” in ArchivesSpace, and navigate to the page number shown here.

Current limitations
  • Automated transcriptions can contain missing or incorrect text or unintended repetition. Difficult handwriting, image quality, unusual layouts, and multiple languages can reduce accuracy. Always consult the original page image when an exact reading matters.
  • Semantic search remains experimental. Its rankings are an additional discovery aid, not a complete or definitive set of relevant results, and highly ranked pages can sometimes be only broadly related.
  • This is an active prototype. Search coverage, transcriptions, functionality, and the interface may continue to change as additional archival material is processed and the system is improved.

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Page 105 · DO #1763 · 135_Friesner_Bx1FF4_r

Collection
Friesner, Ray Charles (1894–1952) papers
Item/Folder
Correspondence, Notes, and Publications, April 1938–1939, n.d.
Digital Object
DO #1763, page 105
Collection-level dates
1929–1948, n.d.
Open PDF at page 105 ↗

Page transcription

Name and Address of the Herbaria
barium of Harvard University, 79
Garden Street
Cambridge, Mass. (U.S.A.), Farlow Her-
barium, 20 Divinity Ave.
Canton (China), Botanical Institute,
Sun Yat-sen University.
Cardiff, Wales (Great Britain), Dept.
of Botany, National Museum of
Wales
Cherbourg (France), Société Nationale
des Sciences naturelles et mathématiques, 74 rue Asselin.
Chicago (U.S.A.), Field Museum of
Natural History.
Chișinău (Romania), Muzeul Național
de Istorie Naturală.
Claremont, Calif. (U.S.A.), Pomona
College.
Cluj (Romania), Inst. Botanică sîst.,
Muzeul și Grăd. Botanică, Universi-
tatea Babeș-Bolyai.
Coimbatore (British India), Madras
Herbarium, Agric. Research Insti-
tute, Lake Road, P.O.
Coimbra (Portugal), Instituto Botá-
nico, da Universidade.
Concepción (Chile), Instituto de Botá-
nico de la Universidad de Concep-
ción, P.O.B. 137.
Copenhagen (Denmark), Universitetsf
Botaniske Museum, Gottersgade 130.
Crawfordsville, Indiana (U.S.A.), Wa-
bash College.
Debrecen (Hungar.), Botanisches In-
stitut der Universität.
Dijon, Côte d'Or (France), Labora-
toire de Botanique de la Faculté des
Sciences.
Dresden A. (Germany), Bota-
nische Institut der Technischen
Hochschule, Bismarckplatz 18.
Durban, Natal (South Africa), Natal
Herbarium.
Edinburgh (Scotland), Royal Botanic
Garden.
Genève (Suisse), Institut de botanique
systématique de l'Université (Con-
servatoire et Jardin botaniques de
Genève, Herbar. Boissier).
Herbier De Candolle.
Delessert.
Boisier.
Gent (Belgium), Biogeographisch In-
stituut, Lange Meire 14.
Georgetown (British Guiana), Dept. of
Agriculture.
Göteborg (Gothenburg) (Sweden), Bota-
nical Garden.
Göttingen (Germany), Botanische
Anstalten der Universität.
Grahamstown (South Africa), Herba-
rium of the Albany Museum.
Graz (Osterreich), Institut für system.
Botanik an der Univ. Graz, Holzti-
gasse 6.
Grenoble (France), Institut de bota-
nique de la Faculté des Sciences de
Grenoble (Isère).
Grinnell, Iowa (U.S.A.), Botany Dept.,
Grinnell College.
Groningen (Netherlands), Botanisch
Laboratorium der Rijksuniversiteit,
afd. Plantensystematiek.
Habana (Cuba), Colegio de La Salle,
Velado.
Ca-Gr.
Ca-F.
Cant.
Card.
Cherb.
Ch.
Chis.
Cla.
Cluj.
Coim.
Co.
Conc.
Cope.
Cr.
De.
Di.
Dr.
Du.
E.
G.
G-DC.
G-Del.
G-Bois.
Geo.
Göteb.
Gött.
Gra.
Graz.
Gre.
Gri.
Gro.
Hab.
Halle (Deutschland), Botanisches In-
stitut, Am Kirchtor 1.
Hallstatt (Österreich), Botanische Sta-
tion.
Heidelberg (Deutschland), Instit. f. all-
gem. Botanik, Jungiusstrasse 6.
Helsinki (Finland), Botanisches Mu-
seum der Universität.
Hitchcock, New Hampshire (U.S.A.), Caroline A. Fox Research & Demon-
stration Forest.
Hong Kong (China), Superintendent,
Agricultural & Forestry Dept., 1 Peak
Road.
Honolulu (Hawaii), Herbarium Bishop
Museum.
Hyderabad (India), The Botany Dept.,
Osmania University, Lalgadda P.O.
Indianapolis, Indiana (U.S.A.), Dept.
of Botany, Indiana University.
Innsbruck (Oesterreich), Botanisches In-
stitut der Universität.
Jamaica Plain, Mass. (U.S.A.), Arnold
Arboretum, Harvard University.
Jerusalem (Deutschland), Botanisches Insti-
tut d. Universität.
Jerusalem (Palestine), Dr. Hugo Bojko,
Jerusalem-Talpiot, Binjan Um-
lach.
Johannesburg (South Africa), Botanical
Dept., University of the Witwaters-
rand.
Kaukas (Lithuania), Augul sistema-
tikos Kabinetas.
Kepang (Fed. Malay States), Forest
Research Institute.
Kew (Great Britain), Royal Botanic
Gardens.
Kiel (Deutschland), Botanisches In-
stitut der Univ., Disternbrook 17.
Kirstenbosch, Newlands (South Africa),
The Curator, Bolus Herbarium (Uni-
versity of Cape Town).
Knoxville, Tennessee (U.S.A.), Univer-
sity of Tennessee, Dept. of Botany.
Königsberg (Pr.), Botanisches Insti-
tut der Universität.
Kraków (Poland), Muzeum Fitzjogra-
ficne Polskiej Akademii Umiejet-
ności, Struga 17.
Kuching (Sarawak), Sarawak Museum.
Lahore (India), Punjab University, Bo-
tan. Dept.
La Plata (Argentina), Departamento de
Botánica, Museo de La Plata.
Laramie, Wyo. (U.S.A.), Rocky Mt.
Herbarium, University of Wyoming.
Lawrence, Kansas (U.S.A.), Dept. of Bo-
tany, Univ. of Kansas.
Leiden (Netherlands), Rijksherbarium,
Nonneesteeg 1.
Leiden (N.S.R.), Botanical In-
stitute of the Academy of Sciences,
Pescocia 1/2.
Leningrad (U.S.S.R.), Herbarium of the
Institute of Plant Industry, Her-
zenstr. 44.
Liège (Belgique), Laboratoire de Mor-
phologie végétale et de systématique,
rue Fusch.
Lisboa (Portugal), Direccao Geral dos
Servicos Florestais, Rua das Amo-
reiras.
H.
Hi.
HK.
Ho.
Hyd.
Ind.
Ibr.
Ja.
Je-B.
Jo.
Ka.
Kep.
K.
Kon.
Kr-J.
Kr-M.
Kuch.
Lah.
LP.
Lar.
Lawr.
Le.
Le-I.
Liège.