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 28 · DO #1009 · 319_Love_Bx2FF54r

Collection
Áskell Löve (1916–1994) papers
Item/Folder
Yugoslavian Trip and Incident (15 of 15), 1970–1978
Digital Object
DO #1009, page 28
Collection-level dates
1950–1987
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Page transcription

Other selected authors familiar with geobotanical cytotaxonomy:

Professor H. G. Baker, Department of Botany, University of California,
Berkeley, California 94720.
Professor J. H. Beeman, Department of Botany, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, Michigan 48823.
Professor K. I. Beamish, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B. C., Canada.
Professor C. Ritchie Bell, Department of Botany, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514.
Dr. A. L. M. Bonnet, Institut de Botanique, Université de Montpellier,
5 rue Auguste Broussonet, 34 Montpellier, France.
Professor A. S. Burgey, Department of Population and Environmental Biology,
University of California, Irvine, California 92650.
Professor L. Boulos, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of
Libya, Tripoli, Libya.
Dr. R. K. Brummitt, The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond,
Surrey, England.
Professor G. L. Church, Department of Botany, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Dr. A. Cronquist, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York 10458.
Dr. J. Demboldt, Institut für Systematische Botanik, Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8,
Berlin 41, Germany.
Professor W. S. Flory, Department of Biology, Wake Forest University,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106.
Professor R. K. Godfrey, Department of Botany, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida 32306.
Professor B. Györfy, Institute of Genetics, Herman Ottó ut 15, Budapest, II,
Hungary.
Professor J. Jallas, Botanical Institute, The University, Helsinki, Finland.
Professor E. Landolt, Geobotanisches Institut ETH, Zürichbergstrasse 58,
CH-8044, Zürich, Switzerland.
Dean Harlan Lewis, Deans' Office, University of California, Los Angeles,
California 90024.
Professor Margaret Y. Menzel, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State
University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306.
Dr. D. M. Moore, Department of Botany, The University, Reading, England.
Professor R. Ornduff, Department of Botany, University of California,
Berkeley, California 94720.
Professor P. H. Raven, Division of Systematic Biology, Stanford University,
Stanford, California 94305.
Professor J. Rousseau, 5208 Cote St. Antoine, Montreal, Canada.
Professor R. Soó, University Botanical Garden, Illés ut 25, Budapest VIII,
Hungary.
Professor F. A. Stafleu, International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and
Nomenclature, Tweede Transitorium, Uithof, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Professor W. C. Steere, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York 10458.
Professor D. H. Valentine, Department of Botany, The University, Manchester 13,
England.
Professor R. K. Vickery, Department of Life Sciences, University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.
Professor E. G. Voss, University Herbarium, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104.
Professor W. H. Wagner, University Botanical Garden, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104.
Professor W. A. Weber, University Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Colorado 80302.