Stephen P. Schlein Papers, 1956, 1961, 1968, 1972, 1997-2013

Papers of Stephen P. Schlein, B.S. 1962, includes correspondence (1997-2013) with Professor Hobart Muir Smith (1912-2013), course notes (1961), a course paper (1961), and herpetology books written by Smith (1956, 1968, 1972). Personal correspondence relates to recollections of the University of Illinois; accomplishments; retirement; biological news and discoveries; herpetology; taxonomy; comparative anatomy; zoology; amphibians; reptiles; evolution and intelligent design; clinical psychology; Smith’s 100th birthday; family; travel and research in Brazil, Colorado, Costa Rica, Illinois, Indiana, and Mexico.

Schlein was Smith’s former student, earning a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and sciences at the University of Illinois in 1962 and going on to become a clinical psychologist. He initiated correspondence in 1997 which continued until Smith’s death in 2013.