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Gene Hall wrote me about an oddity he found in the database - on any person's page the numbered links embedded in the biography, etc., citations seem not to have had their real data uploaded yet - they all open the same placeholder photo of a little shrimpy critter. (Cute, but not helpful.) Margaret *Margaret K. Thayer, Ph.D.* Curator Emerita and Lecturer (Committee on Evolutionary Biology) Field Museum and University of Chicago O: 312.665.7741 (direct) Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago IL 60605 fieldmuseum.org FMNH personal web page <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__fieldmuseum.org_users_margaret-2Dthayer&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=wDow3Tk4wIZB-pAF6SV8_Y1FGXxMoboVasDqVqOod38&s=oF5xRY3TY1lsJtZgvQDlNK1f7Hkrf1V8t6j5lwjy4p0&e= > Austral Staphylinidae & Staphyliniformia <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__archive.fieldmuseum.org_peet-5Fstaph_&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=wDow3Tk4wIZB-pAF6SV8_Y1FGXxMoboVasDqVqOod38&s=wio9XWATsxN6krKdYxrDccvEujN4gtafs0vCOaqTqrU&e= > FMNH Insects collection database <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.fieldmuseum.org_explore_department_zoology_insects_collections&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=wDow3Tk4wIZB-pAF6SV8_Y1FGXxMoboVasDqVqOod38&s=ZZxm2r6oUdJpAyLuymOiRoA87gY523mAK7LkvAi1y5c&e= > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__fieldmuseum.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=wDow3Tk4wIZB-pAF6SV8_Y1FGXxMoboVasDqVqOod38&s=3LiSMteld2k06hY8tfJKy0f3qrh0JVdrQBcyTr3Wv7g&e= > On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 1:05 PM Margaret Thayer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > John et al., > > The text data and portraits from "Horn & Kahle" are online in a searchable > database https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sdei.senckenberg.de_biographies_index.php&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=wDow3Tk4wIZB-pAF6SV8_Y1FGXxMoboVasDqVqOod38&s=3CGjgjXaJhGe3aMEa4mL0-HFkUFW6dMKc9rBavXsXYA&e= > It's updated continuously and is a fantastic resource. > > Unfortunately, as far as I know, the handwriting samples are not part of > it, presumably because it would be extremely labor intensive to segment > them out of the original irregularly arranged multi-sample photographic > plates in order to link the images with individual entries. > > If you go to the search page given above, the heading "imprint" at the top > of the page has information about the history, etc. of the data and > database. The settings button beside imprint lets you choose Deutsch, > English, or Français for the interface (among other things). > > Margaret > > > *Margaret K. Thayer, Ph.D.* > Curator Emerita and Lecturer (Committee on Evolutionary Biology) > Field Museum and University of Chicago > O: 312.665.7741 (direct) > > Field Museum > 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive > Chicago IL 60605 > fieldmuseum.org > FMNH personal web page <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__fieldmuseum.org_users_margaret-2Dthayer&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=wDow3Tk4wIZB-pAF6SV8_Y1FGXxMoboVasDqVqOod38&s=oF5xRY3TY1lsJtZgvQDlNK1f7Hkrf1V8t6j5lwjy4p0&e= > Austral > Staphylinidae & Staphyliniformia > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__archive.fieldmuseum.org_peet-5Fstaph_&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=wDow3Tk4wIZB-pAF6SV8_Y1FGXxMoboVasDqVqOod38&s=wio9XWATsxN6krKdYxrDccvEujN4gtafs0vCOaqTqrU&e= > > FMNH Insects collection database > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.fieldmuseum.org_explore_department_zoology_insects_collections&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=wDow3Tk4wIZB-pAF6SV8_Y1FGXxMoboVasDqVqOod38&s=ZZxm2r6oUdJpAyLuymOiRoA87gY523mAK7LkvAi1y5c&e= > > > > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__fieldmuseum.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=-lUMCZ4RK28H4qvcd3vmEBuyVJHHG0OpDzFenR9wX-A&m=wDow3Tk4wIZB-pAF6SV8_Y1FGXxMoboVasDqVqOod38&s=3LiSMteld2k06hY8tfJKy0f3qrh0JVdrQBcyTr3Wv7g&e= > > > > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 5:55 PM John Heraty <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> In my vague memory cells, I seem to remember a book by Horn [?] on >> nomenclature that had samples of handwriting from long gone entomologists >> (I think). Alas, Horn is not a very descriptive name and I can’t remember >> the title of the book. I am looking for a sample for a friend of Eichhoff’s >> handwriting, which might be in there, but I would also love to have someone >> remind me of the book. >> >> Help? >> >> John >> >