REF: HIST: Iris 'Chronicles"

From: HIPSource@aol.com

In a message dated 2/11/00 8:29:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
wmoores@watervalley.net writes:

<<  In reading the Board Minutes in the latest Bulletin, mention is made of 
IRIS CHRONICLES.  Does anybody know anything about this  publication?  It 
seems as if IC have been around for awhile, but I have never seen one.  Who 
can tell us?  Has IC  ever been listed in  the Storefront? >>

The Iris Chronicles were compiled by the members of the AIS Historic Iris 
Robin in the 1960s. They were rescued from oblivion by HIPS and have been 
available, to my knowledge, at least since 1993 as a HIPS Sales Publication. 

The Chronicles typically fall into four categories: most concern a single 
hybridizer (Millet, Sturtevant, Hall, Bliss, Williamson, Foster) some concern 
a pair or group of related hybridizers (Sass, Cayeux, W. and K. Dykes , G&K, 
Vilmorin), some are themed (Iris in Medicine, History of Iris, Poems and 
Songs for Iris Lovers), a couple treat of one iris (Florentina, Albicans), 
and one is a distinguished scientific document, that is Marc. Simonet's 
doctoral dissertation on his seminal cytological experiments, translated by 
Bee Warburton and available in two volumes.  

The Chronicles are made available in photocopied facsimiles of the original 
typewritten documents and they vary widely in quality. A couple are 
incomplete. A couple have areas that are hard to read. A couple seem to have 
been originally compiled by people who were not as driven as others. The 
question arose early as to whether HIPS should retype these and the 
overwhelming consensus was that the original documents themselves should be 
made available, complete with lacunae, scribbled marginalia, and errors. The 
Sass Chronicle was of necessity the exception to the rule, and was retyped, 
as was the Simonet translation. 
  
The typical Chronicle contains information gleaned from divers sources: old 
issues of the AIS Bulletin, catalog descriptions of introductions, 
biographical and bibliographical information, family reminiscences where 
available, notes on hybridizing goals and methods, articles from non-Society 
publications, etc. It is, in other words, a rich compilation of important 
primary materials of interest to the student of the subject of that 
Chronicle.  

A list of the available Historical Chronicles will be found on the HIPS page 
at <http://www.worldiris.com> under HIPS Sales Items. HIPS Publications 
Director Dorothy Stiefel can provide additional information about individual 
Chronicles and she may be contacted at <Irisacher@aol.com.>

I can tell you that the preliminary concept for the new AIS Chronicles is 
under development at this time. A committee has been appointed to brainstorm 
on the possibilities and practicalities associated with any such detailed and 
long term project 

Anner Whitehead
Commercial Source Chairman
Historic Iris Preservation Society
"Preserving irises, iris documents, and iris artifacts for future needs."



       


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