Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
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| Creator: | Janish, Jeanne R. |
| Title: | Jeanne Russell Janish Papers |
| Dates: | 1924-circa 1970 |
| Quantity: | 0.2 cubic feet (1 box) |
| Abstract: | The collection contains botanical illustrator Jeanne Russell Janish's original paleontology drawings from a class at Stanford University and her original drawings for Flowers of Point Reyes National Seashore by Roxana Ferris (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1970). Also included are two oil paint sketches by Janish of Vassar College's Chapel and Library and Chapel. |
Biographical Note
Jeanne Russell Janish (1902-1998), a botanical illustrator, inherited her interest in science and her artistic ability from her parents. Her father was a paleontologist, and her mother studied and drew animals and flowers. During summer visits with her grandparents in Colorado she met botanists at a summer school run by the University of Minnesota. However, Jeanne Russell did not decide to become a scientific illustrator until she was a graduate student in geology at Stanford University, where she studied after graduating from Vassar College in 1924. At Stanford she built a reputation as an illustrator specializing in botanical subjects, and taught scientific illustration from 1936 to 1942. Janish produced over eleven thousand drawings for publication. She was married to Carl F. Janish, a businessman, who shared her enthusiasm for travel.
TopScope and Content Note
The collection contains Jeanne Russell Janish's original paleontology drawings from a class at Stanford University and her original drawings for Flowers of Point Reyes National Seashore by Roxana Ferris (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1970). Also included are two oil paint sketches by Janish of Vassar College's Chapel and Library and Chapel.
TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Subject Headings
Names:
- Ferris, Roxana
Subjects:
- Botanical illustration
- Botany--California--Point Reyes National Seashore
- Paleontology
- Scientific illustration
- Scientific illustrators
- Women artists
Document Types:
- Drawings (visual works)
- Illustrations
VCL Categories:
- Art and Artists
- Nature and Natural History
Encoding Information
Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke, February 2007. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, March 2023.
TopAdministrative Information
Preferred Citation
Jeanne Russell Janish Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Original processing date unknown. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, March 2023.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Jeanne Russell Davis.
Container List
| Folders 1-5 | Drawings for Flowers of Point Reyes National Seashore by Roxana Ferris, circa 1970 |
| Folder 6 | Drawings made for Dr. James Perrin Smith's paleontology class at Stanford University, 1925 |
| Folder 7 | Oil paint sketch of Thompson Memorial Library, 1924 |
| Folder 8 | Oil paint sketch of Vassar College Chapel, 1932 |
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Details
The collection contains botanical illustrator Jeanne Russell Janish's original paleontology drawings from a class at Stanford University and her original drawings for by Roxana Ferris (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1970). Also included are two oil paint sketches by Janish of Vassar College's Chapel and Library and Chapel.
