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Leon Hugh Kelso (1907–1982) papers

 Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0207

Content Description

This collection contains correspondence addressed to Kelso from M.L. Fernald (1873–1950), George A. Hardy (?), H.D. Harrington (1903–1981), A.S. Hitchcock (1865–1935), W.L. Jensen (?), Theodor Just (1904–1960), Paul E. Klopsteg (1889–1991), G.H.M. Lawrence (1910–1978), Bertil Lindquist (1904–1963), Otto C. McCreary (1879–1944), Robert P. McIntosh (1920–2017), J. Paul Miller (?), Wilfred H. Osgood (1875–1947), M. Walter Pesman (1887–1962), Reed C. Rollins (1911–1998), Ruth D. Sanderson (?), N. Savelev (?), B.O. Savile (1909–2000), Marjorie W. Stone (1917–1967), Emerson Stringham (?), Robert M. Underhill (1893–1988), J.T. Vassilczenko (1903–1995), U.T. Waterfall (1910–1971), and Henrietta L. Zobel (?).

A handwritten letter dated June 24 (no year) from an unknown correspondent from the Ùstav Biológie Krajiny (Institute of Landscape Ecology) at the Solvenskej akadémie vied (Slovak Academy of Sciences).

A handwritten and undated letter from an unknown correspondent who signed their name as Eva W. (?).

Also included is a typed essay published as Biological Leaflet No. 106 and dated November 1974. It is a translation into English from Russian by Kelso of Alexandrova's (spelled "Aleksandrova") "Classification of Vegetation, Principles of classification and classification systems of various phytocenological schools", Nauka Publishing House, Leningrad, 1969.

Dates

  • Creation: 1929–1974, n.d.

Biographical / Historical

Leon Hugh Kelso (1907–1982) was a U.S. ornithologist, botanist, and translator who specialized in owls and the native plants of Colorado. He researched and wrote extensively with his wife, Estelle Henderson Kelso (1911–1987). They self-published their own series of academic monographs, Biological Leaflet (1933–1974?), which included original scientific works and various translations of Russian botanical and orinthological works.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Russian

Title
Guide to the Leon Hugh Kelso (1907–1982) papers
Author
Chad Denton
Date
2025
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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