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
12 boxes (6.0 linear ft.)
18 oversize boxes (19.5 linear ft.)
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division, UCLA.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Biomedical Library History
and Special Collections Division Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Louise M. Darling
Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Availability
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact Louise
M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division, UCLA for paging information.