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Linear Feet: The collection occupies 1 linear foot of shelf space.

Abstract: This collection consists of photographs of Lexemurel R. Hesler and family, and some biographical information on family members such as his wife Ester Collins Hesler, and her brother George LeRoy Collins.

Administrative Information

Statement of Provenance: Material was donated to the University Archives.

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Biographical Note: Dean L. R. Hesler served for fifteen years as the head of the Department of Botany and for twenty-four years as the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Tennessee. He was recognized as the national authority on mushrooms and related fungi of the Southeastern United States.
    Ester Lillian Collins Hesler was the daughter of George Brinton and Lillian Speer Collins, from Genesee County, NY. She study history and German at the University of Michigan, taught at Bergen high school in New York state. She married L. R. Hesler on July 2, 1914, and moved to Knoxville where she taught English in several schools in Knox County.

Scope and Content Note: This collection consists of photographs of L. R. Hesler and family, and some biographical information on family members such as his wife Ester Collins Hesler, and her brother George LeRoy Collins. There are also photographs of a Dr. Hollingsworth in the Smoky Mountain National Park and other professors.

LCSH:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Tennessee, Knoxville--L. R. Hesler
University of Tennessee, Knoxville--Department of Botany

Series/Container List:

Box 1:
Folder 1: Ester Collins Hesler biography, 80th birthday celebration
Folder 2: Roy and Antonia Collins biography
Folder 3: Hesler family photographs, many unidentified
Folder 4: Ester Hesler, L. R. Hesler and Ester Hesler, framed
Folder 5: Ester Hesler, framed
Folder 6: Miscellaneous photographs
Folder 7: L. R. Hesler photographs