Hugo Iltis Collection

Author / Creator

Iltis, Hugo, 1882-1952

Summary

The Hugo Iltis Collection provides a rich repository of primary documentation related to Hugo Iltis, the noted biographer of Mendel, as well as Professor and family man, who published extensively o...

The Hugo Iltis Collection provides a rich repository of primary documentation related to Hugo Iltis, the noted biographer of Mendel, as well as Professor and family man, who published extensively on genetics and founded the Mendel Museum in Virginia and the Volkshochschule in Brno, Czechoslovakia. A large portion of this collection is dedicated to correspondence, containing letters both to and from Hugo Iltis and several groupings of correspondence centered on specific topics. Another substantial proportion of this collection is dedicated to journal reprints, articles, clippings, and photocopies of various items. There are also several folders of photographs and a few objects are also included in this collection. Of especial note are the 4 pear leaves bearing the handwriting of Gregor Mendel.

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