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r9 - 25 Oct 2018 - 06:59 - Main.af_2e83 r8 - 08 Oct 2017 - 12:57 - BobPries
  

  

In 1920 when the American iris Society was being founded by John Wister (its first president) and others, Wister wrote in The Flower Grower about his dream of an Iris Library. He thought it would be a traveling library so that it would be available to everyone. Little did he know that this availability would finally occur with the internet.

In 1920 when the American iris Society was being founded by John Wister (its first president) and others, Wister wrote in The Flower Grower about his dream of an Iris Library. He thought it would be a traveling library so that it would be available to everyone. Little did he know that this availability would finally occur with the internet.

  

His goal was to assemble a collection of all Iris literature, from newspaper clippings, to books, catalogs, photographs and lantern slides. Today we find ourselves with the opportunity to bring together all writings about Irises. The only constraint on these efforts today is copyright issues. For all copyrights for which we cannot gain permission to reproduce in the Library in this Encyclopedia, we will attempt to at least list them and possibly give a summary. Note all contributions to this Encyclopedia retain their original copyrights and are here because the creators have so allowed. Therefore we hope to create a complete searchable resource for all information pertaining to the Genus Iris. It will take many years to compile all of this information but less if we have many helpers contributing material.

His goal was to assemble a collection of all Iris literature, from newspaper clippings, to books, catalogs, photographs and lantern slides. Today we find ourselves with the opportunity to bring together all writings about Irises. The only constraint on these efforts today is copyright issues. For all copyrights for which we cannot gain permission to reproduce in the Library in this Encyclopedia, we will attempt to at least list them and possibly give a summary. Note all contributions to this Encyclopedia retain their original copyrights and are here because the creators have so allowed. Therefore we hope to create a complete searchable resource for all information pertaining to the Genus Iris. It will take many years to compile all of this information but less if we have many helpers contributing material.

  

This project as in the rest of the Encyclopedia continues to evolve. As I write this the author listing contains about 1,100 articles/books. As work continues, these will be linked to the original material when possible. The listing by date presently has over 600 articles and most of these already show the original content. We greatly appreciate the Biodiversity Heritage Library for making these journals available and to some degree Google Books. By bringing all of these sources together into the Encyclopedia, topics can be researched across many journals and someday perhaps this will be a starting point for Iris researchers both scientific and horticultural. Ideas for improvements are always welcomed and implemented when possible. –Encyclopedia Manager, Bob Pries. See How you can help!

This project as in the rest of the Encyclopedia continues to evolve. As I write this the author listing contains about 1,100 articles/books. As work continues, these will be linked to the original material when possible. The listing by date presently has over 600 articles and most of these already show the original content. We greatly appreciate the Biodiversity Heritage Library for making these journals available and to some degree Google Books. By bringing all of these sources together into the Encyclopedia, topics can be researched across many journals and someday perhaps this will be a starting point for Iris researchers both scientific and horticultural. Ideas for improvements are always welcomed and implemented when possible. –Encyclopedia Manager, Bob Pries. See how you can help!

  

The AIS Hager/DuBois Memorial Iris Library

The AIS Hager/DuBois Memorial Iris Library:

  

How you can help

How you can ---help!

r9 - 25 Oct 2018 - 06:59 - Main.af_2e83 r8 - 08 Oct 2017 - 12:57 - BobPries

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