Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora. Learn more
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Looking Back: An International Retrospective, Part 2
14 March–28 June 2024We conclude our two-part retrospective exhibition to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of our International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration series. Featuring some of the 1,212 artists who have been included in the series since 1964, the spring 2024 exhibition, Looking Back: An International Retrospective, Part 2, includes works by 43 artists from the 9th–16th Internationals. The celebration culminates with the opening of our 17th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration in fall 2024.
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Cythna Lindenberg Letty letters
Botanical artist Letty (Mrs. Oscar Forssman; 1895–1985) was employed at the Division of Plant Industry, Pretoria, South Africa and at the Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria. These letters from taxonomist Alain White (1880–1951) refer to Letty's illustrations for his publications.
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Katherine Esau papers
Pioneering plant anatomist Esau (1898–1997) was a professor of botany at the University of California, Davis. Later she conducted research at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1989 she received the National Medal of Science for her work on plant anatomy. This collection includes correspondence between Esau and Gilbert M. Smith (1885–1959), concerning a possible arrangement between them for a book on the morphology of angiosperms, based on Esau's revisions of Smith's notes.
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