Finding aid to the

Field notebook collection,

1922-2014, undated

California Botanic Garden

1500 North College Avenue

Claremont, California 91711

909-625-8767 https://www.calbg.org

©2021 California Botanic Garden

Finding aid by Rachel Poutasse

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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary…………………………………………………………………..………….2

Administrative Information…………………………………………………………………….….3

Indexing Terms…………………………………………………………………………………....4

Biographical/Historical Note………………………………...…………………………………....5

Scope and Content of Collection……………………………………………………………….….9

Arrangement…………………………………………………………………..…………………12

Container List

Series I. Field notebooks, 1922-2014, undated…………………………………….…......13

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Field notebook collection

Dates: 1922-2014, undated

Collection identifier: C.2

Creator: California Botanic Garden

Extent: 5.8 linear feet (7 boxes)

Abstract: The collection consists of the original field notebooks and photocopied field notes of

multiple botanists from the 1920s to 2010s, mostly affiliated with California Botanic Garden and

related to their plant collections throughout California and other regions.

Finding aid author: Rachel Poutasse

Languages: Collection material is in English.

Repository: California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711;

909-625-8767; https://www.calbg.org.

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Administrative Information

Access restrictions: The collection is open to research. Contact the repository for access.

Preferred citation: Field notebook collection, 1922-2014, C.2, California Botanic Garden,

Claremont, California, 91711.

Publication rights: Copyright of the materials in this collection is held by the creators. Consult

the Librarian for details.

Processing information: The collection was processed and the finding was written in 2021 by

Rachel Poutasse under a Description Assistance Award from California Revealed. The creators

of some unlabeled notebooks were identified by Gary Wallace, California Botanic Garden

Research Associate.

Related material: See the Philip A. Munz papers (MS.9) for Munz’s research files and

correspondence. California Botanic Garden also holds the papers of Steve Boyd (MS.24). Field

notebooks created by other individuals may be integrated into their own collections.

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Indexing Terms

Contributors

Boyd, Steve

Buel, Jim

Chase, Agnes, 1869-1963

Clark, Curtis (James Curtis)

Cohen, Arthur L.

DeBuhr, Larry

Elmore, Francis H. (Francis Hapgood)

Elvin, Mark A.

Fisher, Sally

Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993

Herd, Carrie A.

Hoffmaster, Keith

Hosterman, Karen

Howell, John Thomas, 1903-1994

Lefebure, A.

Lint, Harold

Mistretta, Orlando

Morawetz, Jeffrey

Munz, Philip A. (Philip Alexander), 1892-1974

Raven, Peter H.

Romspert, Alan

Roos, John C.

Stern, William Louis, 1926-

Straw, Richard M.

Swinney, Dick

Woglum, R. S. (Russell Sage)

Subjects – Topics

Botany

Plant collectors

Genres and Forms of Materials

Field notes

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Biographical Note

Steve D. Boyd (1957-) joined the herbarium at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (California

Botanic Garden) in 1985 and served as Curator from 1999 until his retirement in 2009. His

research focuses on the flora of Southern California.

Jim Buel was a student at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona in the 1950s.

Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963) was senior botanist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and

custodian of grasses at the U.S. National Herbarium.

Curtis Clark was a professor of biology at California Polytechnic University Pomona from 1980

until 2017. He specialized in the study of Eschscholzia.

Arthur L. Cohen (1916-1999) was a professor of botany at Washington State University.

Larry deBuhr received his Ph.D. in botany from Claremont Graduate University and California

Botanic Garden. He was Director of Education at Missouri Botanical Garden and Vice President

of Academic Affairs at Chicago Botanic Garden.

Francis H. Elmore worked for the National Park Service and was the author of Ethnobotany of

the Navajo and Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Uplands.

Mark A. Elvin is a botanist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Ventura County, California.

Sally Fisher was a student at Pitzer College in the late 1960s.

F. Raymond Fosberg (1908-1993) worked as a botanist for the U. S. Department of Agriculture,

the U.S. Geological Survey, and National Museum of Natural History. His specialization was in

tropical island plants. He was co-editor of the Flora of Ceylon.

Carrie A. Herd attended Sonoma State University in the early 1980s.

Keith Hoffmaster lived in Santa Ana, California in the 1920s and 1930s.

Karen Hosterman attended Pomona College in the late 1950s.

John Thomas Howell (1903-1994) was the first botanist at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

(California Botanic Garden) and founder of the California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA-

POM). He worked at California Academy of Sciences from 1929 until his death in 1994.

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A. Lefebure was affiliated with California Botanic Garden (Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden)

in the 1940s.

Harold L. Lint was a professor at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona from 1947

to 1980. He studied Juncus.

Orlando Mistretta studied botany at Claremont Graduate University and California Botanic

Garden (Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden). He is a Research Associate at California Botanic

Garden and author of Field Guide to the Flora of the San Gabriel Mountains.

Jeffrey Morawetz was a Research Scientist at California Botanic Garden from 2010 to 2015.

Philip A. Munz (1892-1974) was a professor of botany at Pomona College and director of

California Botanic Garden (Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden) from 1946 to 1960. His main

areas of study were Onagraceae and the flora of California.

Peter Raven (1936-) is a plant taxonomist. He served as President of Missouri Botanical Garden

from 1971 until 2010.

Alan Romspert (1945-2009) was a California desert botanist affiliated with the Desert Studies

Center in Zzyzx, California. His major research interest was the flora of the Panamint Range.

John C. Roos (1918-2008) was a doctor and amateur botanist with an interest in the flora of the

deserts of Southern California.

William L. Stern (1926-) taught botany at Yale University, University of Maryland, and

University of Florida, and also served as curator of the Division of Wood Anatomy at the

Smithsonian from 1960 to 1967. He specializes in the study of wood and orchid anatomy.

Richard M. Straw (1926-2012) received his Ph.D. in botany at Claremont Graduate University

and California Botanic Garden (Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden) in 1955. He was a professor

of botany and biology at CSU Los Angeles and studied Penstemon in Mexico and Southern

California.

Dick Swinney is the author of the Glendora Foothills Plant Checklist (1994).

Russell Sage Woglum (1882-1968) was an entomologist who specialized in the study of insect

pests of citrus in California.

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“Arthur Cohen, 83, retired Washington State University professor.” The Lewiston

Tribune. June 13, 1999.

https://lmtribune.com/northwest/arthur-cohen-83-retired-washington-state-university-

professor/article_fa5eb596-0164-5a2e-a05e-47bc9fe7477c.html

“Boyd, Steve D. 1957-.” JSTOR Global Plants. Accessed March 23, 2021.

https://plants.jstor.org/stable/history/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000049437

Daniel, Thomas F., Frank Almeda, and Dennis E. Breedlove. “Remembrance of John Thomas

Howell.” Flora of North America Newsletter 8, no. 3 (July-September 1994).

“Dr. John Christian Roos.” findagrave.com. Accessed March 23, 2021.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29212805/john-christian-roos

Field notebook collection, 1922-2014, C.2, California Botanic Garden, Claremont, California,

91711.

Hilchey, Tim. “F. Raymond Fosberg, 85, Tropical Plant Expert.” The New York Times.

September 29, 1993. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/29/obituaries/f-raymond-fosberg-85-

tropical-plant-expert.html

“In Memoriam: Richard Myron Straw.” Cal State LA. Accessed March 23, 2021.

https://www.calstatela.edu/emeriti/memoriam#Straw,%20Richard

“Introduction.” GlendoraNaturalHistory.com. Accessed March 17, 2021.

http://www.glendoranaturalhistory.com/index.html

Jackson, Earl. Foreword to Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Uplands, 3. Francis H. Elmore and

Jeanne R. Janish. Globe, Arizona: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, 1976.

Lewis, H. C. and J. R. LaFollette. “Russell Sage Woglum 1882-1968.” Journal of Economic

Entomology 61, no. 5 (October 1968): 1476. https://academic.oup.com/jee/article-

abstract/61/5/1476/2209379?redirectedFrom=PDF

McKinney, Helen E. “Botanic and gardening experts to highlight new event.” RoundAbout

Entertainment. March 2010.

http://www.roundaboutmadison.com/InsidePages/ArchivedArticles/2010/0310BotanicGardening

.html

“Munz, Philip Alexander (1892-1974).” JSTOR Global Plants. Accessed March 17, 2021.

https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000005902

“President Emeritus.” Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed March 17, 2021.

https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/about/additional-information/president-emeritus.aspx

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Schoenherr, Allan. “Dedication: Alan Romspert, 1945-2009.” Crossosoma 35, no. 2 (Fall-Winter

2009): 61-65. Accessed 11 January 2021. http://www.socalbot.org/crossosoma/35.2.pdf.

Smith Jr., James P. “Mary Agnes Chase.” Botanical Studies 81 (2018): 1-4.

https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps/81/.

“Stern, William Louis (1926-).” JSTOR Global Plants. Accessed March 29, 2021.

https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000008131

“The Dr. Harold Lint Biological Sciences Scholarship.” Cal Poly Pomona College of Science.

Accessed March 22, 2021. https://www.cpp.edu/~sci/students/scholarships/lint.shtml

“Thirty Years at Cal Poly Pomona.” Curtis Clark: Cal Poly Pomona. Accessed March 17, 2021.

https://www.cpp.edu/~jcclark/30years.shtml

Townsend, Peggy. “Succulent Savior.” UC Santa Cruz NewsCenter. April 25, 2019.

https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/04/stephen-mccabe-succulent-savior-feature.html

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Scope and Content of the Collection The field notebook collection contains the field notebooks and notes of multiple creators,

including Steve Boyd, Jim Buel, Mary Agnes Chase, Curtis Clark, Arthur L. Cohen, Larry

deBuhr, Francis H. Elmore, Mark Elvin, Sally Fisher, F. Raymond Fosberg, Carrie A. Herd,

Keith E. Hoffmaster, Karen Hosterman, John Thomas Howell, A. Lefebure, Harold Lint,

Orlando Mistretta, Jeffrey Morawetz, Philip A. Munz, Peter Raven, Alan P. Romspert, John C.

Roos, William L. Stern, Richard M. Straw, Dick Swinney, R. S. Woglum, and one unknown

creator. The field notebooks and notes document plant collections made in California and other

regions from 1922 to 2014. The collection also contains a small amount of related

documentation, such as herbarium specimen distribution lists and correspondence. The collection

is organized into a single series by collector name.

Steve Boyd’s field notebooks cover fieldwork from 1979 to 1998, including consulting work,

collections for a thesis on the flora of Gavilan Hills, and multiple projects related to his work in

the herbarium at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (California Botanic Garden). Most locations

are around Riverside County, the San Gabriel Mountains, the Santa Ana Mountains, and other

parts of Southern California.

Jim Buel’s field notebooks document plant collections made in the Mojave Desert and Lassen

National Forest for coursework at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona from 1957

to 1958.

Mary Agnes Chase’s field notes contain an itinerary and narrative of a 1940 trip to Curaçao and

Venezuela with descriptions of grasses observed.

Curtis Clark’s field notebooks contain his journal and plant collection information from 1970 to

1998, with locations across the Midwest and Western United States and Mexico. The majority of

the collections are from Oklahoma.

Arthur L. Cohen’s field notebook documents his plant collections from 1933 to 1935. Most

collections are from the Bakersfield area and the southern end of the Sierra Nevadas.

Larry deBuhr’s field notebooks cover his plant collections from a fall 1974 trip to Australia, with

the majority of the collections from southwestern Australia.

Francis H. Elmore’s field labels contain plant collection information from a spring 1939 trip to

multiple countries in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

Mark Elvin’s field notes cover his plant collections from 1995 to 1997, mostly in the San Gabriel

Mountains.

Sally Fisher’s field notebooks document plant collections made for coursework in 1969 around

Claremont (California), Santa Catalina Island, and Papua New Guinea.

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F. Raymond Fosberg’s field notes document his plant collections from 1930 to 1932, mostly

around the Los Angeles area, Santa Catalina Island, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Carrie A. Herd’s field notebook documents plant collections made in spring 1982, mostly from

Crane Creek Regional Park in Sonoma County and other locations in Northern California.

Keith E. Hoffmaster’s field notebooks and notes cover plant collections made from 1926 to 1946

around many locations in Southern California, especially in Orange and San Diego counties.

Karen Hosterman’s field notebook covers plant collections made across the western United

States from 1955 to 1958.

John Thomas Howell’s notebook documents plant collections from 1927 to 1930, including

records of collections made at the original Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (California

Botanic Garden) site in Orange County and the surrounding area, as well as other locations

throughout California. The notebook was started by Howell, but most later collections are by B.

D. Stark and E. R. Johnson.

A. Lefebure’s field labels cover plant collections from 1940 to 1942, mostly in Northern

California and the Sierra Nevadas, with some collections in Southern California and Nevada.

Harold Lint’s field notebooks and notes document plant collections from 1941 to 1966 in the

Mojave Desert, Los Angeles area, Tehachapi Mountains area, and Arizona.

Orlando Mistretta’s field notebooks cover observations and plant collections from 1990 to 1995,

mostly in the San Gabriel Mountains and other parts of Southern California.

Jeffrey Morawetz’s field notebooks include plant collection information from 2003 to 2014 from

multiple locations, but especially for fieldwork in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Democratic

Republic of the Congo. Also included is collection information from trips in the United States,

China, Brazil, and Oman.

Philip A. Munz’s field notebooks record his plant collections from 1922 to 1973, mostly in

California but also numerous other states, Canada, Mexico, and several countries in South

America. Also included are notes on cultivation of Oenothera.

Peter Raven’s field labels document his plant collections from 1961 to 1962, mainly in Southern

California, including San Clemente Island. Other collections are from the Sierra Nevadas, Baja

California, and Arizona.

Alan P. Romspert’s field notebooks contain his plant collection data from the Panamint Range,

Soda Springs (Zzyzx), and other locations in the deserts of Southern California from 1972 to

1992.

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John C. Roos’s field labels document his plant collections from 1936 to 1957, mainly in the

desert regions of Southern California, as well as collections in the Sierra Nevadas, Baja

California, and Nevada. Also included are Roos’s herbarium specimen distribution lists.

William L. Stern’s field notes cover plant collections from a 1974 trip to Hawaii.

Richard Straw’s field notebooks span from 1954 to 1960 and consist mostly of plant collection

data from trips to Mexico, along with some collections in Southern California and the Southwest.

Also included is correspondence between Straw and Patrick Larkin about his field notes and an

itinerary for his trips to Mexico from 1957 to 1960.

Dick Swinney’s field notes cover his plant collections from 1990 to 2001, mostly in the San

Gabriel Mountains.

R. S. Woglum’s field notes document his plant collections across California from 1934 to 1942,

particularly in San Diego, San Bernardino, and Inyo counties. Also included are Woglum’s

specimen distribution lists and notes by E. M. Harvey from a May 1958 trip with Woglum to the

Mojave Desert.

One notebook by an unidentified person contains rainfall data for an unknown location from

1951 to 1979.

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Arrangement

The collection is organized in one series.

Series I. Field notebooks, 1922-2014, undated

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Container List

Series I. Field notebooks, 1922-2014, undated

Arrangement: The series is arranged in alphabetical order by last name of the collector and then

by field notebook dates, followed by any additional material such as specimen distribution lists

or related correspondence. Collection numbers are included if applicable.

Boyd, Steve D., 1979-1998 Box 1, Folder 1: Field notes, 1979 October 1-1981 May 8

Scope and contents note: Locations mostly in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

Box 1, Folder 2: Gavilan Hills flora field notes, 1981 January 7-May 15

Box 1, Folder 3: Consulting field notes 1981-1982 and collecting field notes 1986, 1981

February 8-1986 May 7

Scope and contents note: Locations mostly in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange

counties.

Box 1, Folder 4: #1000-1579, 1985 July 23-1986 March 31

Scope and contents note: Locations mostly in Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial

counties, with a small number of collections in Baja California and the Bay Area.

Box 1, Folder 5: #1580-1775, 1986 April 2-22

Scope and contents note: Locations in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Box 1, Folder 6: #1776-2142, 1986 April 22-1988 March 10

Scope and contents note: Locations in Riverside and Los Angeles counties and the

Southern Sierra Nevadas.

Box 1, Folder 7: #1852-1958, “Shevock’s Southern Sierra Trip,” 1986 June 9

Scope and contents note: Locations in Tulare County.

Box 1, Folder 8: #1969-2093, 1987 April 12-1990 June 11

Scope and contents note: On cover: “See also separate field notebook for Aguanga Basin

Flora/Vail Lake Survey 3/11/89-5/11/90.” Locations mostly in Riverside and Los

Angeles counties, and some in Baja California and the Rocky Mountains.

Box 1, Folder 9: #2143-2472, 1988 March 10-July 2

Scope and contents note: Locations mostly in Riverside and Los Angeles counties, and

some in Baja California and the Rocky Mountains.

Box 1, Folder 10: #890311-01-890319-43, Vail Lake Survey/Aguanga Basin Flora, 1989

March 11-May 11

Box 1, Folder 11: #1-439, 1990 June 15-October 21

Scope and contents note: Locations in San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, and

Inner Mongolia.

Box 1, Folder 12: #6319-6660, 1991 February 26-1992 February 5

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Riverside County, and some in Baja

California.

Box 1, Folder 13: #6661-6734B, 1992 February 21-March 12

Scope and contents note: Locations in Riverside County.

Box 1, Folder 14: #6735-6929, 1992 March 21-April 19

Scope and contents note: On cover: “6930-6949 skipped.” Locations in Riverside and

San Bernardino counties.

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Box 1, Folder 15: #6950-7414, 1992 April 21-May 15

Scope and contents note: Locations in Riverside County.

Box 1, Folder 16: #7415-7718, 1992 May 19-October 14

Scope and contents note: Locations in Riverside and Orange counties.

Box 1, Folder 17: #7719-8159, 1993 January 21-May 18

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Riverside and Los Angeles counties, and

some in Baja California.

Box 1, Folder 18: #8160-8286, 1993 May 22-1994 April 6

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego counties.

Box 1, Folder 19: #8287-8403, 1994 April 18-October 21

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino

counties.

Box 1, Folder 20: #8404-8509, 1995 January 18-May 4

Scope and contents note: Locations in Riverside, San Diego, and Los Angeles counties.

Box 1, Folder 21: #8510-8513, 1995 May 9-May 23

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles and Riverside counties.

Box 1, Folder 22: #8514-8532, 1995 May 30-November 18

Scope and contents note: Locations in Riverside, San Diego, and Los Angeles counties.

Box 1, Folder 23: #8533-9125, 1996 February 22-October 29

Scope and contents note: Locations in Riverside, San Diego, and Los Angeles counties.

Box 1, Folder 24: #9126-9830, 1997 January 25-May 20

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Kern counties.

Box 1, Folder 25: #9831-10257, 1997 May 28-1998 July 16

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Los Angeles county.

Buel, Jim, 1957-1958 Box 2, Folder 1: #1-546, 1957 April 13-1958 May 3

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Lassen County, and some in Southern

California and Mexico.

Chase, Mary Agnes, 1940

Box 2, Folder 2: Field notes, Curaçao and Venezuela, 1940 February 27-April 3

Clark, Curtis, 1970-1996

Box 2, Folder 3: Volume 1, #1-160, 1970 June 13-1972 August 2

Scope and contents note: Locations in Oklahoma and Texas, with a small number of

collections in New Mexico and Arizona.

Box 2, Folder 4: Volume 2, #161-307, 1972 August 2-1973 May 8

Scope and contents note: Locations in Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas,

Mexico.

Box 2, Folder 5: Volume 3, #308-535, 1973 May 8-1976 April 16

Scope and contents note: Locations in Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico,

California, Arizona.

Box 2, Folder 6: #536-580, 1976 April 17-1978 May 20

Scope and contents note: Locations in California and Baja California, with a small

number of collections in Nebraska and Nevada.

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Box 2, Folder 7: #581-684, 1979 March 25-1996 July 1

Scope and contents note: Locations in Mexico, Southern California, Arizona, Utah,

Oklahoma, Colorado.

Cohen, Arthur L., 1933-1935 Box 2, Folder 8: #1-776, 1933 November 15-1935 December 26

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Kern County, and some in Southern

California and the Bay Area.

DeBuhr, Larry, 1974

Box 2, Folder 9: #3000-3153, 1974 August 3-13

Scope and contents note: Locations in Australia.

Box 2, Folder 10: #3155-3456, 1974 August 15-31

Scope and contents note: Locations in Australia.

Box 2, Folder 11: #3457-3596, 1974 September 4-11

Scope and contents note: Locations in Australia.

Box 2, Folder 12: #3597-3829, Perth-Albany-Esperance-Kalgoorlie-Perth, 1974 September

14-29

Box 2, Folder 13: #3830-4080, Perth-Geraldton-last trip north/Perth-Esperance-Cape Le

Grand, 1974 October 1-13

Box 2, Folder 14: #4081-4182, Esperance-Northcliffe-Perth, 1974 October 14-23

Elmore, Francis H., 1939 Box 2, Folder 15-16: Field labels, localities A-Z, 1939 March 14-May 2

Scope and contents note: Field labels are grouped according to locality code. Locations in

Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, West Indies, Venezuela.

Elvin, Mark A., 1995-1997 Box 2, Folder 17: #100-405, 1995 September 15-1997 May 12

Scope and contents note: Photocopies. Locations primarily in Los Angeles County.

Fisher, Sally, 1969 Box 2, Folder 18: #1-236, 1969 March 21-June 1

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Los Angeles County.

Box 2, Folder 19: #250-302, Botanic Gardens-Kundiawa (Chimbu)-Wau (Morobe), 1969

June 19-July 1

Scope and contents note: Locations in Papua New Guinea.

Box 2, Folder 20: #303-355, Wau-Morobe-W Highlands, 1969 July 1-August 5

Scope and contents note: Locations in Papua New Guinea.

Box 2, Folder 21: #356-409, Morobe-Central, 1969 August 5-13

Scope and contents note: Folder contains blank notebook for collection numbers 410-462.

Locations in Papua New Guinea.

Fosberg, Francis Raymond, 1930-1932 Box 2, Folder 22: Field collection records, #443-854, 1930 June 23-1932 January 7

Scope and contents note: Locations in California, New Mexico, Arizona, Baja California.

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Herd, Carrie A., 1982 Box 2, Folder 23: #2-118, 1982 March 6-May 19

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Sonoma and Mendocino counties.

Hoffmaster, Keith E., 1926-1946 Box 2, Folder 24: #350-549, 1926 December 18-1934

Scope and contents note: Collection numbers are not chronological. Locations primarily

in Orange and San Diego counties.

Box 2, Folder 25: #550-840, 1935 February 9-1937 October 24

Scope and contents note: Collection numbers are loosely chronological. Locations

primarily in Orange and Riverside counties.

Box 2, Folder 26: #841-1262, 1935 February 9-1946 May 23

Scope and contents note: Collection numbers are loosely chronological. Locations

primarily in Napa, Orange, and Lake counties. Some collections attributed to Lois

Weston.

Hosterman, Karen, 1955-1958 Box 2, Folder 27: #1-1269, 1955 March 30-1958 May 11

Scope and contents note: Locations in California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Oregon,

Arizona, Wyoming, Utah.

Howell, John Thomas, 1927-1930 Box 2, Folder 28: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden field notes, #1-1663, 1927 June 1-1930

December 1

Scope and contents note: The notebook uses multiple numbering systems. Later

collections are mostly by B. D. Stark and E. R. Johnson. Locations primarily in Orange

County and also throughout California.

Lefebure, A., 1940-1942 Box 3, Folder 1: #4088-4776, 1940 September-1942 June 2

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Siskiyou and Shasta counties, with a

small number of collections in Nevada.

Lint, Harold, 1941-1966 Box 3, Folder 2: #1-91, 1941 March 22-July 10

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles and Kern counties.

Box 3, Folder 3: #1001-1173, 1946 September 21-29

Scope and contents note: Folder contains maps and miscellaneous notes. Locations in

Arizona.

Box 3, Folder 4: #301-369, 3001-3032, 66-1-66-25, 1948 March 10-1966 March 25

Scope and contents note: Multiple numbering systems. Locations in Riverside, Santa

Barbara, and Los Angeles counties.

Box 3, Folder 5: #2001-2045, 1958 March 23-May 25

Scope and contents note: Locations in Riverside County.

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Mistretta, Orlando, 1990-1995 Box 3, Folder 6: Field notes, 1990 June 29-October 26

Scope and contents note: Numbers in this notebook are an index for slides or

photographs. Locations in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Box 3, Folder 7: Field notes, 1990 November 2-1991 May 16

Scope and contents note: Numbers in this notebook are an index for slides or

photographs. Locations in Riverside, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties.

Box 3, Folder 8: Field notes, 1991 May 17-June 23

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles County.

Box 3, Folder 9: Field notes, 1991 June 24-September 25

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Box 3, Folder 10: #63-210, 1991 October 9-1992 April 15

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego counties.

Box 3, Folder 11: #270-746, 1992 May 8-August 16

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Los Angeles County.

Box 3, Folder 12: #747-839, 17 August 1992-18 May 1993

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Los Angeles County.

Box 3, Folder 13: #840-1017, 1993 May 19-1994 April 12

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Box 3, Folder 14: #1018-1170, 1994 April 12-May 4

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles County, Nevada, and Arizona.

Box 3, Folder 15: #1171-1353, 1994 May 11-June 8

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Box 3, Folder 16: #1352A-1512, 1994 June 15-November 10

Scope and contents note: Folder includes loose notes from November 9 on slides or

photographs. Locations in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Box 3, Folder 17: #1513-1623, 1994 November 10-1995 April 11

Scope and contents note: Locations in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties and

Arizona.

Box 3, Folder 18: #1624-1770, 1995 April 21-June 8

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Los Angeles County.

Box 3, Folder 19: #1771-1953, 1995 June 19-November 8

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Los Angeles County.

Morawetz, Jeffrey J., 2003-2014 Box 3, Folder 20: Alectra in South Africa and Zambia, Kenya, and Madagascar 2003-2006,

#JJM107-257, 2003 February 24-2006 January 22

Box 3, Folder 21: South Africa March-April 2008, #RB&AM857-1005, JJM258-312, 2008

March 17-April 24

Box 3, Folder 22: North Carolina July 2008 and Oman September-October 2008, #JJM315-

368, 2008 July 3-October 4

Box 3, Folder 23: Kenya 2009 and Tanzania 2009 (part 1), #JJM369-482, 2009 March 7-

April 24

Box 3, Folder 24: Tanzania 2009 (part 2), Michigan 2009, California 2010, Mexico 2010,

California 2011, Kenya 2012, Belgium/Netherlands 2012, Democratic Republic of Congo

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2012, and Democratic Republic of Congo 2013 (part 1), #JJM483-599b, 2009 April 24-2013

March 26

Box 3, Folder 25: Democratic Republic of Congo 2013 (part 2), Kenya 2013, China 2013,

California 2013, South Africa 2014, Brazil 2014, and California 2014, #JJM602-651, 2013

March 28-2014 August 26

Munz, Philip A., 1922-1973, undated Box 3, Folder 26: #4738-5763, 1922 April 8-June 11

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

Box 3, Folder 27: #5764-6599, 1922 June 23-1923 April 1

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

Box 3, Folder 28: #6600-7803, 1923 April 8-November 11

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and

Tuolumne counties.

Box 3, Folder 29: #7804-8912, 1924 February 22-July 29

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in San Diego, Riverside, and San

Bernardino counties.

Box 3, Folder 30: #8913-9865, 1925 March 18-May 20

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in San Diego, Kern, Tulare, and Riverside

counties, with some in Mexico and other parts of California.

Box 4, Folder 1: #9866-10829, 1925 June 18-1926 July 26

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in San Bernardino and San Diego counties,

with a small number of collections in other parts of California, Oregon, and Idaho.

Box 4, Folder 2: #10792-11930, 1927 May 20-1930 May 21

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in San Bernardino and Los Angeles

counties, with a small number of collections in Mexico, Nevada, and Colorado.

Box 4, Folder 3: #13286-14299, 1935 June 20-1936 October 11

Scope and contents note: Includes notes on cultivation of Oenothera. Locations in

Southern California and numerous states across the east coast and southern United States.

Box 4, Folder 4: #14300-16005, 1936 August 7-1940 July 17

Scope and contents note: Includes notes on cultivation of Oenothera. Locations

throughout California, with small numbers of collections in Oregon, Montana, Mexico,

and multiple countries in South America.

Box 4, Folder 5: #16006-17245, 1940 July 18-1943 December 30

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in San Bernardino County and Nevada.

Box 4, Folder 6: #17246-18464, 1938 September 30-1973 June 28

Scope and contents note: Collection numbers #17507-17555 from a 1938 trip to Canada

seem to have been added retroactively and are out of sequence with the rest of the

numbers in the notebook, which dates from 1945-1973. Locations in New York, Canada,

California, Idaho, Oregon, and numerous states in the Midwest and east coast.

Box 4, Folder 7: Notebook on Jussiaea and expenses, undated

Box 4, Folder 8: Notebook on photographs and expenses, undated

Raven, Peter, 1961-1962 Box 4, Folder 9-14: Field labels, #16006-17763, 1961 September 17-1962 May 18

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Scope and contents note: Locations across Southern California, the Sierra Nevadas, Baja

California, and Arizona.

Romspert, Alan P., 1972-1992 Box 4, Folder 15-17: Panamint Range, Inyo-San Bernardino Counties, Volume 1-3, 1972-

1987

Scope and contents note: Organized in alphabetical order by plant family name and then

by species rather than collection numbers or chronologically. Contains multiple

numbering systems.

Box 4, Folder 18: Panamint Mountains number and family catalog, #1-597, 1972-1987

Scope and contents note: First half (“Flower Catalogue Index”) is organized by collection

numbers, and second half is organized in alphabetical order by plant family name and

then species. Contains multiple numbering systems.

Box 4, Folder 19: Plant observations, 1973 March 7-1980 April 5

Scope and contents note: First half consists of miscellaneous notes and lists of plants

observed at several locations in Southern California, and the second half is organized

alphabetically by plant family name and then species with multiple numbering systems.

Box 4, Folder 20: Soda Springs [Zzyzx] plants, #1001-1172, 1978-1989

Scope and contents note: The first section (“Number Catalogue”) is organized by

collection number, and the second section (“Flower Catalogue”) is organized by plant

family name and then species.

Box 4, Folder 21-23: General flower catalogue #1-3, #1500-1986, 1978-1992

Scope and contents note: The first section (“Number Catalogue General”) is organized by

collection number, and the second section is organized by plant family name and then

species. Locations primarily in San Bernardino County.

Box 4, Folder 24: Notes on Death Valley area plant collections and observations, 1978

Box 5, Folder 1-3: Specimen labels and photocopied field notes, 1972-1982

Roos, John C., 1930-2007 Box 5, Folder 4: #1-5034, 1936 May 3-1951 May 5

Scope and contents note: Photocopied field notebook. Locations primarily in Los

Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties.

Box 5, Folder 5-24: Field labels, #2768-3765, 4031-6660, 1946 August 29-1957 December 26

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in Inyo, San Bernardino, and Riverside

counties, with a small number of collections in the Sierra Nevadas, Northern California,

Baja California, and Nevada.

Box 5, Folder 25: Photographs and negatives of #6177, Stanleya pinnata ssp. inyoensis, 1954

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Box 5, Folder 26-27: Notecards and specimen distribution lists, 1930-2007

Scope and contents note: Includes correspondence from Steve Boyd on how the lists were

discovered.

Stern, William L., 1974 Box 6, Folder 1: #3078-3175, 1974 March 23-April 16

Scope and contents note: Photocopies. Locations in Hawaii.

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Straw, Richard M., 1954-2004 Box 6, Folder 2: #517-1229, 1954 March 14-1957 August 23

Scope and contents note: Locations in Mexico, Southern California, and the Sierra

Nevadas.

Box 6, Folder 3: #1230-1581, 1957 August 23-1959 May 10

Scope and contents note: Locations in Mexico, with a small number of collections in

Southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Box 6, Folder 4: #1590-2078, 1959 July 8-1960 August 22

Scope and contents note: Locations in Mexico.

Box 6, Folder 5: Correspondence with Patrick Larkin and itinerary for 1957-1960 Mexico

trips, 2004

Swinney, Dick, 1990-2001 Box 6, Folder 6: #1522-1911, 1990 March 14-1992 September 12

Scope and contents note: Photocopies. Locations primarily in Los Angeles and San

Bernardino counties.

Box 6, Folder 7: #3113-3808, 1994 July 28-1995 June 3

Scope and contents note: Photocopies. Locations primarily in Los Angeles and San

Bernardino counties.

Box 7, Folder 1: #4943-4991, 1996 June 18

Scope and contents note: Photocopies. Locations primarily in Los Angeles and San

Bernardino counties.

Box 7, Folder 2-5: #6002-8009, 1998 April 14-2001 June 20

Scope and contents note: Photocopies. Locations primarily in Los Angeles and San

Bernardino counties.

Woglum, R. S., 1934-1958, undated Box 7, Folder 6: #1-1242, 1934 April 13-1937 October 20

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in San Diego and San Bernardino counties,

with other collections in the Sierra Nevadas and central coast of California.

Box 7, Folder 7: #1243-3378, 1937 October 23-1942 August 15

Scope and contents note: Locations primarily in San Diego and San Bernardino counties,

with other collections in the Sierra Nevadas and central coast of California.

Box 7, Folder 8: E. M. Harvey’s notes from trip with Woglum and specimen distribution

lists, 1958, undated

Unknown, 1951-1979 Box 7, Folder 9: Rainfall records for an unknown location, 1951 October-1979 February