Alma Gracey Stokey (1877-1968) was a preeminent figure in plant morphology, specializing in the study of fern gametophyte morphology. Professor Stokey's more than 50-year career was marked by her groundbreaking contributions to the field, which have been widely recognized as among the most significant. She was also honored as the first female honorary member and the tenth member at the time of the American Fern Society. Professor Stokey's research was marked by a remarkable level of attention to detail and dedication to unraveling the complex biology of fern gametophytes. While Professor Stokey published more than 30 papers during her career, her legacy extends beyond her published work. She left behind thousands of illustrations of fern gametophytes from hundreds of taxa, many of which are the only known examples of the gametophytes of several taxa. Despite the efforts of various fern biologists to curate this collection, its full potential remains untapped. The present project seeks to digitize the entire collection and create detailed metadata to enable a comprehensive exploration of Professor Stokey's work. The data will be archived in a JSTOR repository for public access. Due to the complexity of the collection, Pixel Acuity has been engaged to employ AI-supported optical character recognition (AI-OCR) and image analysis to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of metadata creation. Preliminary testing of AI-OCR has demonstrated its efficacy in facilitating image analysis and data extraction. This talk will cover the history of Stokey’s work and provide an overview of how AI-OCR may be useful in such work.