AIS NEEDS YOU!
Don’t miss the chance
to be part of the
AIS 2020 Centennial issue!
AIS was founded in 1920, so we are
approaching the centennial of the American Iris
Society. There are plans for several events underway
to celebrate this anniversary. A keystone is publication
of centennial supplements to the quarterly bulletin to
document the society’s activities spanning the last one
hundred years. In order to do justice to one hundred
years of history and plans for the future, there will be
four separate volumes, each containing articles about
AIS history and development, science, hybridizing,
record keeping, award winners, and outstanding
irisarians who have contributed to AIS over time and
who will continue to encourage the development of
interest in growing iris.
And there will be photos—lots of photos!
This is a call for AIS members to contribute to this
publication. There are several ways to get involved.
1. Draft an article
2. Write a brief personal memory*
3. Suggest that an article published previously
in the quarterly bulletin be reprinted
4. Submit photos, historic preferred, for use
in a collage illustrating AIS activities over
time
The following is from John C. Wister’s article
suggesting a program for the newly established
American Iris Society published in The Flower
Grower January 1920 issue…
The American Iris Society is the result of a
long felt need among Iris growers, both amateur
and professional, for a central body to assemble
all available information concerning lrises and
Iris growing, to conduct research, to ascertain
additional information, and to encourage in every
way Iris growing in all parts of this country.
AIS has grown and developed in the last one
hundred years, and especially in the last twenty-five
years the changes in communication, recordkeeping,
and scientific research have been enormous. Focus
on the last quarter century is doubly important since
the 75th Anniversary Bulletin was published in 1995.
Previous anniversary bulletins have addressed early
history, so we need to document the last quarter
century. The focus is in the ways AIS members have
engaged in these activities.
You may contact the editor, Kathleen Sonntag, with
questions or ideas and send your contributions in MS
Word only to the email address below. Please note that
the AIS 2020 Centennial Editorial Board reserves the
right to include/exclude articles for publication.
— Kathleen Sonntag, Managing Editor,
AIS 2020 Centennial Publication;
Irises2020editor@gmail.com
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* We would like to include your memories about joining
and participating in AIS and on why you love iris.
Fall 2018 AIS Bulletin 17