Digitisation of historical specimens from the Hog Island Audubon Camp Natural History Collection, Maine

Between 2022 and 2024, we digitised all specimens in the collection with available occurrence data using Darwin Core (DwC) as our digital standard. In total, 764 records were captured, representing 417 unique scientific names across animal, plant, fungal and chromista specimens. Most specimens originate from the New England region and the tri-state areas of the United States. Notably, over 300 specimens were collected during the 1960s and 1970s, a period when the harmful effects of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) on humans and wildlife were becoming increasingly recognised. The oldest specimens in the collection are five New World warblers collected between 1872 and 1897.