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the Southwest, California and Nevada, and Montana and the
Northwest.
Every object in the exhibit was identified by a title, year, and
interpretative text. We used original materials as much as
possible, with scanned and printed images to substitute for a
few particularly fragile objects, and some of the herbarium
specimens. Information for the interpretive text relied on Dr.
Lenz's biography and also integrated quotes from Jones himself, who was a very colorful and engaging writer in his own
right. One to two herbarium specimens per geographic area
were chosen for their visual attractiveness, color, and scientific importance. The photographs and lantern slides selected
for the exhibit consisted of a mix of landscapes, pictures of
Jones and colleagues at work in the field, and mining and
other infrastructure. Because the archives contain far more
images than could be physically displayed, an iPad mounted
on one wall looped through a selection of over 200 photographs and lantern slides. The documents were also chosen
for visual, historic, and scientific value, and included correspondence from contemporary botanists such as Katharine
Brandegee and Asa Gray, published and unpublished plant
lists and other writings, and even part of a nine-foot-long,
handmade chart covering twenty years' worth of temperature
and precipitation data in Salt Lake City. As Jones was fond of
creating very long lists, we also made two of our own which
were attached to columns on the east and west walls: one list
included the title and publication information for over 260 of
Jones' published writings, and the other was a partial list of
new taxa described by Jones. With over 900 names, the latter
was fourteen feet long and had to be cut down to even fit inside the room. Finally, a poster described the goals and scope
of the Marcus E. Jones project and progress to-date.

A key aspect that we wanted to emphasize was the ties Marcus Jones had to our institution. One item on display was a
photograph of Jones at the Botanic Garden in 1932, presented
side-by-side with the guest ledger where Jones had signed his
name from that very trip. Another was a piece of correspondence with Philip Munz written after the sale of his herbarium and library, in which Jones wrote about his planned move
to California.
In addition to the exhibit, we hosted two presentations. The
first was by Dr. William Gray, who spoke about Jones' major
collecting trip in 1894 through Arizona and Utah, and compared contemporary images of the locations Jones photographed. The second talk was given by myself and a volunteer, John Bradley, who has worked on the Marcus E. Jones
project since 2014. We gave an overview of Jones' life and
work, and shared additional materials from the archives that
were not included in the exhibit.
After the exhibit opened, one of the most gratifying comments came from an herbarium volunteer. She told me that
she felt she had a greater appreciation for Jones' herbarium
specimens now that she understood more about his life and
the world in which he lived. For many people outside of the
research community, it can sometimes be difficult to grasp the
value and relevance of natural history collections. By connecting our herbarium specimens and archives to the history
of our institution, and American history as a whole, we give
our collections context and make them accessible to a wider
audience. We think that Marcus Jones, who, in addition to his
work as a botanist and geologist was also an educator, would
have approved.
Rachel Poutasse is a 2017 Fitzergerald Travel Grant
awardee.

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