Description
Collection consists of photographic portraits; correspondence; newspaper and magazine tear-sheets and clippings, some in scrapbooks;
newletters; publication contracts and agreements; collected chromolithographs and colored engravings (many by Mary E. Eaton);
and watercolor, oil color, and scratchboard illustrations by Hottes, which form the bulk of the collection. Many of the illustrations
by Hottes were for a book on California plants which he never published, because of the prohibitive cost of color printing
at the time.
Background
Horticulturalist. Born in Ithaca, N.Y., March 16, 1891. Instructor at Cornell University (floriculture, 1914-1916) and Ohio
State University (floriculture and ornamental horticulture, 1916-1929). Garden editor of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, 1929-1942. Moved to La Jolla, Calif., where he continued to edit garden pages for several national magazines, write
and revise books, give lectures on horticultural topics, collect succulents, and sketch and paint ornamental trees and shrubs.
Died in La Jolla on February 28, 1955.
Extent
25.5 Linear Feet
(12 boxes and 18 oversize boxes)
Restrictions
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Availability
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.