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Descriptive Summary Title: of botanical drawings, Date (inclusive): 1914-1941 Collection number: 48 Creator: Johnson, Arthur Monrad 1878-1943 Extent: 3 boxes (2.5 linear feet) Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division Los Angeles, California 90095-1490 Abstract: Approximately 1000 botanical drawings, most in pen and black ink on paper, of the structural parts of angiosperms and some gymnosperms, by Arthur Monrad Johnson. Many of the illustrations have been published in the author's scientific publications, such as his "Taxonomy of the Flowering Plants" and articles on the genus Saxifraga. Dr. Johnson was both a respected botanist and an accomplished artist beyond his botanical subjects. Physical location: Collection stored off-site (Southern Regional Library Facility): Advance notice required for access. Language of Material: Collection materials in English Preferred Citation [Identification of item], of botanical drawings (Manuscript collection 48). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division, University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6107619 Acquisition Information The collection was a gift from the UCLA Botanical Garden/Herbarium to the Biomedical Library sometime in the late 1980s. Biography Arthur Monrad Johnson (1878-1943) was Professor of Botany at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and director of the Campus Botanical Garden from 1927 until his death in 1943. Before that he held academic positions at the University of Minnesota, Harvard University, and the University of Wisconsin. Born in 1878 in Norway, he came to the United States with his parents while still a child. He received a B.S., M.A. in Arts, and Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Minnesota, and had further art instruction from Minneapolis Institute of Art and San Francisco Art School. Dr. Johnson's scientific publications included a major textbook in taxonomy and important articles on the genus Saxifraga. His drawings, watercolors, and oils of botanical subjects and landscapes were displayed at invitational exhibits in a number of major American cities. Scope and Content The collection contains 84 folders of approximately 1000 hand-drawn illustrations, plus a few reprints and documents. The drawings are mostly in black ink on light or heavy paper; a few are on cardboard, another few lightly tinted in watercolors. A preponderance of the illustrations deal with the structural parts of angiosperms, with fewer focused on gymnosperms. The order Rosales contains the greatest number of drawings, keeping with Dr. Johnson's special interest in the family Saxifragaceae. The organization of Dr. Johnson's drawings for this finding list presented some problems. The collection came to the library in 49 packets, accompanied by a list of subjects included in each packet. Twelve of them named specific topics such as Buds, Fruits, Shoots, Tendrils; four large groups were labeled "Miscellaneous"; the rest bore taxonomic labels at levels varying from Sub-class to Order to Family. Upon investigation of the packets it became clear that over the years many had become quite mixed in their contents. One further obstacle arose from the outdated systems of classification used by Johnson: mainly that of Adolph Engler (A. Engler and E. Gilg, 1924), sometimes combined with Richard Wettstein's subclasses (R.V. Wttstein, 1924). The present organization of the drawings maintains Dr. Johnson's first twelve categories. As many items as possible in the "Miscellaneous" folders were identified and placed with their appropriate fellows. For the taxonomic classified portion we followed the system used by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (http://www.itis.gov) and the USDA Plants Database (http://plants.usda.gov./). To accommodate the current cladistic approach to systematics, the names and relationships used on the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (APW)(http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/) have been noted when they differ from those given in ITIS. Thus, terms in brackets are not accepted by APW, and notes such as "APW: Rhamnales = Rosales" or "APW: Crassulaceae assigned to Saxifragales" can be found throughout. The collection is organized into the following series: 48 2
Series 1. Anatomy. 1 folder Series 2. Buds. 1 folder Series 3. Flowers. 1 folder Series 4. Fruits. 4 folders Series 5. Inflorescence. 1 folder Series 6. Leaves. 1 folder Series 7. Pollen. 1 folder Series 8. Roots. 1 folder Series 9. Shoots. 2 folders Series 10. Spines. 1 folder Series 11. Tendrils. 1 folder Series 12. Teratological Forms. 1 folder Series 13. Ginkgophyta. 1 folder Series 14. Coniferophyta. 1 folder Series 15. Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida/Monocots. 12 folders Series 16. Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids. 45 folders Series 17. Various Materials. 9 folders Related Material Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections list the following entry: Arthur Monrad Johnson Papers, ca. 1915-ca.1940. 650 items consisting of notes, drafts and drawings of Johnson's study of the genus Saxifraga. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Johnson, Arthur Monrad, 1878- Angiosperms -- Drawings Botanical artists -- Archives Botanical illustration Botany -- Drawings Plants -- Classification Genres and Forms Botanical illustration Drawings Series 1. Anatomy Box 1, Folder 1 Anatomy. Physical Description: 9 illustrations Series 2. Buds Box 1, Folder 2 Buds. Physical Description: 15 illustrations Series 3. Flowers 48 3
Series 3.Flowers Box 1, Folder 3 Flowers. Physical Description: 22 illustrations Series 4. Fruits Physical Description: 4 folders Subseries 1. Liliopsida/Monocots Box 1, Folder 4 Arecidae; Commelinidae; Liliidae; Zingiberidae. Physical Description: 9 illustrations Orders: Arecales; [Juncales]; [Orchidales], Liliales; [Bromeliales], Zingiberales. One general illustration, "Types of Fruits". APW: Juncales = Poales; Orchidales = Asparagales; Bromeliales = Poales Subseries 2. Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Physical Description: 3 folders Box 1, Folder 5 Asteridae; Caryophyllidae. Physical Description: 17 illustrations Orders: Asterales, Gentianales, [Scrophulariales], Solanales; Caryophyllales APW: Scrophulariales = Lamiales Box 1, Folder 6 Dilleniidae; Hamamelidae; Magnoliidae. Physical Description: 17 illustrations Orders: [Capparales], Ericales, [Theales], [Violales]; Fagales, [Juglandales], [Urticales]; Magnoliales, Ranunculales APW: Capparales = Brassicales; Theales = Ericales; Violales = Malpighiales; Juglandales = Fagales; Urticales = Rosales Box 1, Folder 7 Rosidae. Physical Description: 35 illustrations Orders: [Euphorbiales], Fabales, Geraniales, Myrtales, Proteales, Rosales, Sapindales APW: Euphorbiales = Malpighiales Series 5. Inflorescence Box 1, Folder 8 Inflorescence, Infructescence. Physical Description: 17 illustrations 48 4
Series 6.Leaves Series 6. Leaves Box 1, Folder 9 Leaves. Physical Description: 64 illustrations Series 7. Pollen Box 1, Folder 10 Pollen. Physical Description: 5 illustrations Series 8. Roots Box 1, Folder 11 Roots. Physical Description: 28 illustrations Series 9. Shoots Subseries 1. Liliopsida/Monocots. Box 1, Folder 12 Arecidae; Commelinidae; Liliidae; Zingiberidae. Physical Description: 22 illustrstions Orders: [Arales]; [Cyperales]; Liliales; Zingiberales APW: Arales = Alismatales; Cyperales = Poales Subseries 2. Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Box 1, Folder 13 Asteridae; Caryophyllidae; Dilleniidae; Hamamelidae; Rosidae. Physical Description: 17 illustrations Orders: Gentianales, Solanales; Caryophyllales; [Capparales]; [Hamamelidales], [Urticales]; Apiales, [Rhamnales], Rosales APW: Capparales = Brassicales; Hamamelidales = Saxifragales; Urticales = Rosales; Rhamnales = Rosales Series 10. Spines Box 1, Folder 14 Spines. Physical Description: 9 illustrations Series 11. Tendrils 48 5
Series 11.Tendrils Box 1, Folder 15 Tendrils. Physical Description: 4 illustrations Series 12. Teratological Forms Box 1, Folder 16 Teratological forms. Physical Description: 34 illustrations Series 13. Ginkgophyta Subseries 1. Ginkgoales Box 1, Folder 17 Ginkoales. Series 14. Coniferophyta Subseries 1. Pinales Box 1, Folder 18 Pinales. Physical Description: 17 illustrations Series 15. Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida/Monocots Physical Description: 12 folders Subseries 1. Alismatales, [Hydrocharitales], [Najadales]. APW: Hydrocharitales and Najadales = Alismatales Box 1, Folder 19 Alismatales, [Hydrocharitales], [Najadales]. Physical Description: 10 illustrations APW: Hydrocharitales and Najadales = Alismatales Subseries 2. [Arales], Arecales. APW: Arales = Alismatales 48 6
Series 15.Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida/Monocots Subseries 2.[Arales], Arecales. Box 1, Folder 20 [Arales]. Physical Description: 8 illustrations APW: Arales = Alismatales Box 1, Folder 21 Arecales. Subseries 3. [Cyperales] Physical Description: 3 folders APW: Cyperales = Poales Box 1, Folder 22 [Cyperales]. Physical Description: 21 illustrations APW: Cyperales = Poales Box 1, Folder 23 [Cyperales]. Physical Description: 32 illustrations Illustrations of grasses of the Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota APW: Cyperales = Poales Subseries 3. Commelinales, [Juncales], [Typhales] APW: Juncales and Typhales = Poales Box 1, Folder 24 Commelinales, [Juncales], [Typhales]. Physical Description: 5 illustrations APW: Juncales and Typhales = Poales Subseries 3. [Cyperales] Physical Description: 3 folders APW: Cyperales = Poales Box 3, Folder 1 "A Book of Sedges". Physical Description: 30 illustrations The title is taken from the original folder. Also in the folder were: 8 items (pl.29-32, 34-37) of "Grasses from the Chippewa National Forest", moved to Box 1, Folder 23; and, 3 items (pl. II-IV) of "Quercus from Sand Lake", moved to Box 2, Folder 7 48 7
Series 15.Magnoliophyta: Liliopsida/Monocots Subseries 4.Liliales Subseries 4. Liliales Box 1, Folder 25 Liliales. Physical Description: 26 illustrations Family: Liliaceae Box 1, Folder 26 Liliales. Physical Description: 16 illustrations Families: Agavaceae; [Aloeaceae]; Iridaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilaceae APW: Agavaceae assigned to Asparagales; Aloaceae = Asphodelaceae, assigned to Asparagales; Iridaceae assigned to Asparagales; Ruscaceae assigned to Asparagales Subseries 4. [Orchidales] APW: Orchidales = Asparagales Box 1, Folder 27 [Orchidales]. Physical Description: 2 illustrations APW: Orchidales = Asparagales Subseries 5. [Bromeliales] APW: Bromeliales = Poales Box 1, Folder 28 [Bromeliales]. APW: Bromeliales = Poales Subseries 5. Zingiberales Box 1, Folder 29 Zingiberales. Physical Description: 7 illustrations Series 16. Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Physical Description: 45 folders Subseries 1. Dipsacales 48 8
Series 16.Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Subseries 1.Dipsacales Box 1, Folder 32 Dipsacales. Physical Description: 8 illustrations Subseries 1. Gentianales, [Rubiales] APW: Rubiales = Gentianales Box 1, Folder 33 Gentianales, [Rubiales]. Physical Description: 9 illustrations APW: Rubiales = Gentianales Subseries 1. Lamiales, [Plantaginales], [Scrophulariales] APW: Plantaginales and Scrophulariales = Lamiales Box 1, Folder 34 Lamiales. Physical Description: 9 illustrations Box 1, Folder 35 [Plantaginales], [Scrophulariales]. Physical Description: 17 illustrations APW: Plantaginales and Scrophulariales = Lamiales Subseries 1. Solanales Box 1, Folder 36 Solanales. Physical Description: 18 illustrations Subseries 1. Asterales, [Calycerales], [Campanulales] APW: Calycerales and Campanulales = Asterales Box 1, Folder 30 Asterales. Physical Description: 16 illustrations Box 1, Folder 31 [Calycerales], [Campanulales]. Physical Description: 4 illustrations APW: Calycerales and Campanulales = Asterales 48 9
Series 16.Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Subseries 2.Caryophyllales, [Plumbaginales], [Polygonales] Subseries 2. Caryophyllales, [Plumbaginales], [Polygonales] APW: Plumbaginales and Polygonales = Caryophyllales Box 1, Folder 37 Caryophyllales. Physical Description: 13 illustrations Box 1, Folder 38 [Plumbaginales], [Polygonales]. Physical Description: 5 illustrations APW: Plumbaginales and Polygonales = Caryophyllales Subseries 3. [Capparales] APW: Capparales = Brassicales Box 1, Folder 39 [Capparales]. Physical Description: 6 illustrations APW: Capparales = Brassicales Subseries 3. [Ebenales], Ericales APW: Ebenales = Ericales Box 1, Folder 40 [Ebenales]. Physical Description: 6 illustrations APW: Ebenales = Ericales Box 1, Folder 41 Ericales. Physical Description: 16 illustrations Subseries 3. Malvales Box 2, Folder 1 Malvales. Physical Description: 20 illustrations Subseries 3. [Nepenthales] APW: Nepenthales = Caryophyllales 48 10
Series 16.Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Subseries 3.[Nepenthales] Box 2, Folder 2 [Nepenthales]. APW: Nepenthales = Caryophyllales Subseries 3. [Primulales] APW: Primulales = Ericales Box 2, Folder 3 [Primulales]. APW: Primulales = Ericales Subseries 3. [Salicales] APW: Salicales = Malpighiales Box 2, Folder 4 [Salicales]. Physical Description: 11 illustrations APW: Salicales = Malpighiales Subseries 3. [Theales] APW: Theales = Ericales Box 2, Folder 5 [Theales]. Physical Description: 4 illustrations APW: Theales = Ericales Subseries 3. [Violales] APW: Violales = Malpighiales. Box 2, Folder 6 [Violales]. Physical Description: 15 illustrations APW: Violales = Malpighiales 48 11
Series 16.Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Subseries 4.Fagales, [Juglandales] Subseries 4. Fagales, [Juglandales] APW: Juglandales = Fagales Box 2, Folder 7 Fagales. Physical Description: 29 illustrations Box 2, Folder 8 [Juglandales]. Physical Description: 5 illustrations APW: Juglandales = Fagales Subseries 4. [Hamamelidales] APW: Hamamelidales = Saxifragales Box 2, Folder 9 [Hamamelidales]. Physical Description: 3 illustrations APW: Hamamelidales = Saxifragales Subseries 4. [Leitneriales] APW: Leitneriales = Sapindales Box 2, Folder 10 [Leitneriales]. APW: Leitneriales = Sapindales Subseries 4. [Urticales] APW: Urticales = Rosales Box 2, Folder 11 [Urticales]. Physical Description: 9 illustrations APW: Urticales = Rosales Subseries 5. [Aristolochiales] APW: Aristolochiales = Piperales 48 12
Series 16.Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Subseries 5.[Aristolochiales] Box 2, Folder 12 [Aristolochiales]. APW: Aristolochiales = Piperales Subseries 5. Laurales Box 2, Folder 13 Laurales. Physical Description: 2 illustrations Subseries 5. Magnoliales Box 2, Folder 14 Magnoliales. Physical Description: 6 illustrations Subseries 5. Nymphaeales Box 2, Folder 15 Nymphaeales. Subseries 5. [Papaverales], Ranunculales APW: Papaverales = Ranunculales Box 2, Folder 16 [Papaverales]. Physical Description: 5 illustrations APW: Papaverales = Ranunculales Box 2, Folder 17 Ranunculales. Physical Description: 11 illustrations Subseries 6. Apiales Box 2, Folder 18 Apiales. Physical Description: 4 illustrations Subseries 6. Celastrales 48 13
Series 16.Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Subseries 6.Celastrales Box 2, Folder 19 Celastrales Physical Description: 6 illustrations Subseries 6. Cornales Box 2, Folder 20 Cornales. Physical Description: 3 illustrations Subseries 6. [Euphorbiales] APW: Euphorbiales = Malpighiales Box 2, Folder 21 [Euphorbiales]. Physical Description: 5 illustrations APW: Euphorbiales = Malpighiales Subseries 6. Fabales Box 2, Folder 22 Fabales. Physical Description: 15 illustrations Subseries 6. Geraniales Box 2, Folder 23 Geraniales. Physical Description: 8 illustrations Subseries 6. [Linales] APW: Linales = Liliales Box 2, Folder 24 [Linales]. APW: Linales = Liliales Subseries 6. Myrtales 48 14
Series 16.Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Subseries 6.Myrtales Box 2, Folder 25 Myrtales. Physical Description: 18 illustrations Subseries 6. Proteales Box 2, Folder 26 Proteales. Physical Description: 3 illustrations Subseries 6. [Rhamnales], Rosales Physical Description: 6 folders APW: Rhamnales = Rosales Box 2, Folder 27 [Rhamnales]. Physical Description: 10 illustrations APW: Rhamnales = Rosales Box 2, Folder 28 Rosales. Physical Description: 34 illustrations Families: Crassulaceae; Hydrangeaceae; Grossulariaceae; Pittosporaceae; unidentified families APW: Crassulaceae assigned to Saxifragales; Hydrangeaceae assigned to Cornales; Grossulariaceae assigned to Saxifragales; Pittosporaceae assigned to Apiales Box 2, Folder 29 Rosales. Physical Description: 29 illustrations Family: Rosaceae. Box 2, Folder 30 Rosales. Physical Description: 36 illustrations Family Saxifragaceae: Sections Nephrophyllum and Tridactylites APW: Saxifragaceae assigned to Saxifragales Box 2, Folder 31 Rosales. Physical Description: 29 illustrations Family Saxifragaceae: Section Hydatica (Boraphila, Dermasea) (some illustrations published in Am. J. Botany 14(6):323-326, 1927); also: Saxifraga nutallii (published in Am. J. Botany 14(1):38-43, 1927) APW: Saxifragaceae assigned to Saxifragales. S. nutallii 48 15
Series 16.Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida/Eudicots + Magnoliids Subseries 6.[Rhamnales], Rosales Box 2, Folder 32 Rosales. Physical Description: 19 illustrations Family Saxifragaceae: Sections Cymbalaria, Dactyloides, Diptera, Euaizoonia, Hirculus, Porphyrion, Trachyphyllum, Xanthizoon; APW: Saxifragaceae assigned to Saxifragales Subseries 6. Santalales Box 2, Folder 34 Santales. Subseries 6. Sapindales Box 2, Folder 35 Sapindales. Physical Description: 23 illustrations Subseries 6. [Rhamnales], Rosales Physical Description: 6 folders APW: Rhamnales = Rosales Folder 33 Rosales. Physical Description: 28 illustrations Family Saxifragaceae; no Sections indicated APW: Saxifragaceae assigned to Saxifragales Series 17. Various Materials Physical Description: 9 folders Subseries 1. Additional Illustrations Physical Description: 4 folders Box 2, Folder 36 Unidentified plant illustrations. Physical Description: 26 illustrations Unlabeled and unfinished items Box 2, Folder 37 Insects and mammal bones. Physical Description: 7 illustrations Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, 2 plates of long bones and 1 plate of a vertebra 48 16
Series 17.Various Materials Subseries 1.Additional Illustrations Box 2, Folder 38 Illustration techniques. Physical Description: 10 illustrations Various subjects using different pencils or pen-and-ink techniques Box 3, Folder 2 Maps of South and Central America. Physical Description: 3 maps Original folder labeled: Epling, Carl. "Hyptis" drawings, maps. These seem to be photocopies of published maps, with additional legends Subseries 2. Writings by Arthur M. Johnson. Physical Description: 3 folders Box 2, Folder 39 "Botany of the Seed Plants; Outline of a Course of Study", by Arthur M. Johnson. Los Angeles, Students' Co-operative Store, University of California, Los Angeles. 1938 Physical Description: ring-bound paperback Box 2, Folder 40 Aphids. Aphidinae. s, texts, and pencil sketches; mostly undated, but a few pages are dated 1917 or 1918. Box 2, Folder 41 Article reprints. 1923-1939 1) The use of the weed-patch in the teaching of high school botany. "School Science and Mathematics", 33(2), 1923. 2) Polyembryony in Eugenia hookeri. "American Journal of Botany", 23(2): 83-88, 1936. 3) Teratological phenomena in Digitalis purpurea var. gloxinaeflora. "American Journal of Botany", 23(3): 220-227, 1936. 4) Abnormalities in the flowers of Melianthus major L. "Publication of the University of California at Los Angeles in Biological Sciences", 1(12): 277-298, 1939 Subseries 3. Miscellany Box 2, Folder 42 Reprints, by W. Westergaard and L-G Romell. 1934-1936 Two reprints from each author Box 2, Folder 43 Documents pertaining to the collection. Includes a 5x7" portrait and a short biography. 48 17