Scope and Content: This collection primarily consists of original watercolor illustrations of fungi by Joseph Bridgham and Louis Charles Christopher Krieger prepared for William Gilson Farlow and used in his posthumously published monograph, Icones Farlowianae: illustrations of the larger fungi of eastern North America. The illustrations are based on voucher specimens deposited in the Farlow Herbarium. There are over 300 illustrations by Bridgham, arranged...

Scope and Content:: This collection consists of glass plate negatives used by Krieger while illustrating “Icones Farlowianae.” Some negatives are clearly labeled with the photographer’s name. Some labels are unclear and may indicate the collector of the specimen rather than the photographer. Negatives are numbered; however, it is unknown if the numbers indicate a series of negatives or samples or correspond to plates in the finished work. The collection also contains related correspondence....