[Nhcoll-l] John Henry Schaffner slide collection

[Mark Mayfield]

Greetings,

One of the granddaughters of John Henry Schaffner has a large collection of his research materials which includes a large number of microscopic slides that were prepared in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Most of these slides are of the flowers of various kinds of research plants like the Lily and Ranunculus but they include a systematic array of things from bacteria and fungi to various algae and land plants plants that were apparently used in teaching botany classes in the classic way that was done at the time. The owner would like to see them preserved and used (digitized?) in some way if such is feasible or reasonable. Schaffner was involved in fundamental research on the nature of meiosis and was almost certainly one of the first if not the first to understand reduction division. The slides from that research are present in the collection.  I must admit, I was surprised at the very nice condition of a lot of the slides and enjoyed going through them--they are very well-prepared. The collection also includes a substantial amount of manuscript and original illustrations from the research. If anyone would like to inquire with the owner about this collection, I can provide you with contact information upon request.

Mark



Mark H. Mayfield
Division of Biology

Kansas State University
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