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Lena Clemmons Artz

January 01, 1970

Lena Clemmons Artz (August 3, 1891 – June 2, 1976) was an American botanist and secondary-school educator dedicated to the study of the flora of Virginia, particularly that of its shale barrens and other mountain ecosystems. The standard author abbreviation Artz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

Lena Clemmons Artz
BornAugust 3, 1891
Woodstock, Virginia
DiedJune 2, 1976 (1976-06-03) (aged 84)
Woodstock, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materThe College of William and Mary, A.B.; The George Washington University, M.A.
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsVirginia Public Schools
Author abbrev. (botany)Artz
Signature

Early life edit

Artz was born on August 3, 1891, in Woodstock, Virginia (Shenandoah County) to Cedena Catherine (née Poland) and James Peter Artz.[2] She was raised with her five siblings on the family's farm, which was located along the east bank of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River at the foot of the Massanutten Mountains. The first known evidence of her interest in botany dates to 1917, when she corresponded with a popular science magazine to report her contributions of "potato seed balls [fruits?], dodder, and willow cone galls."[3] Census records indicate that by 1920,[4] Artz was employed as a public school teacher and resided in the family home.

Scientific education and life as an independent scholar edit

In 1927, Artz graduated with an A.B. degree from The College of William & Mary at the age of 35.[5] She was the first and only of her immediate family to attend college. Photographs indicate she was active in student groups (J. Leslie Hall Literary Society, Shenandoah Valley Club, Clayton-Grimes Biology Club), notably taking a leadership position in 1926 as the first-semester Secretary for the Clayton-Grimes Biology Club.[6][7] Her involvement in the Biology Club is the first evidence of her academic interest in biology and what would become the focus of her later career as an educator and independent scholar.

In 1935, Artz graduated with a M.A. degree from the Columbian College of The George Washington University.[8] Her thesis research, "Plants of the shale banks of the Massanutten Mountains" described the vascular flora of the shale barren ecosystems within this mountain range, analyzed the disjunct distributions of select shale-barren taxa and investigated their root structure. In 1937, she was elected to the Botanical Society of Washington,[9] part of the Washington Academy of Science, and joined the newly formed Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.[10] By 1941, Artz was a biology teacher at Mt Vernon High School and sponsor of its student science club,[11] which attended Virginia Academy of Science meetings. Census and publication records indicate that she resided in Washington, DC[12] and Arlington, Virginia[13] until at least 1942, after which she retired from the Virginia public school system and moved to Fort Valley in the Massanutten Mountains of Virginia.[14]

 
Portrait of Lena Clemmons Artz from the mid-1940's.

Following retirement as an educator, Artz expanded the scope of her scholarly activities while continuing to conduct original research. She joined the American Fern Society and the Ecological Society of America in 1948[14] and 1949,[15] respectively, and was elected as the first female vice-president of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society in 1953.[16] Acknowledgements in other papers indicate Artz continued to assist other botanists in exploring the Massanuttens and surrounding regions and in distributing herbarium specimens.[17][18] She also continued as an active member of the Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) and its Virginia Flora Committee. In recognition of her lifetime achievements, Artz was elected as an Honorary Life Member of the Virginia Academy of Science on March 20, 1976,[19] less than three months before her death. In 1978, Artz was recognized posthumously as a benefactor of the US National Parks & Conservation Association, which noted that she was "an ardent conservationist as well as an outstanding taxonomic botanist".[20]

Publications edit

  • Artz, L. (1917). Miscellaneous Contributions. In The Guide to Nature (pp. 254–254). The Agassiz Association.
  • Artz, L. (1934a). Parnassia asarifolia Vent. Claytonia, 1(1), 8–9.
  • Artz, L. (1934b). Queries and Answers. Claytonia, 1(2), 9–10.
  • Artz, L. (1935a). General Notes. Claytonia, 2(2), 18.
  • Artz, L. (1935b). General Notes: An Arabis. Claytonia, 2(1), 10.
  • Artz, L. (1935c). General Notes: Stewartia pentagyna. Claytonia, 2(1), 10.
  • Artz, L. (1935d). Plants of the Massanutten Mountains. Claytonia, 2(1), 4–5.
  • Artz, L. (1935e). Plants of the shale banks of the Massanutten Mts. [Master of Arts]. The George Washington University.
  • Artz, L., & Glass, J. (1936). The spring foray. Claytonia, 3(1), 3–4.
  • Artz, L. (1937a). Anagallis arvensis. Claytonia, 4(2), 21–22.
  • Artz, L. (1937b). Herbaceous plants from the vicinity of Wold Scaffold Hunt Club Camp, Augusta County, Virginia, May 9, 1937. Claytonia, 4(2), 25–26.
  • Artz, L. (1937c). Notes on Arabis lyrata. Claytonia, 4, 19–21.
  • Artz, L. (1937d). Notes on Astragalus distortus. Claytonia, 4(2), 24–25.
  • Artz, L. (1937e). Plants of the shale banks of the Massanutten Mountains of Virginia. Claytonia, 3(4), 45–50.
  • Artz, L. (1937f). Plants of the shale banks of the Massanutten Mountains of Virginia (concluded). Claytonia, 4(1), 10–15.
  • Artz, L. (1938a). Herbaceous plants from vicinity of Barbour's Creek CCC camp, Craig County, Virginia. Claytonia, 5(1), 8–9.
  • Artz, L. (1938b). Occurrence of wavellite, Giles County, Virginia. American Mineralogist, 23(10), 664–665.
  • Artz, L. (1938c). Wild beverage plants. Claytonia, 5(1), 1–4.
  • Artz, L. (1939). Foray to the Massanuttten Mountains in Virginia. Castanea, 4(8), 134–135.
  • Artz, L. (1942). Plants at the edges of their ranges. The Virginia Journal of Science, III(2 & 3), 50–52.
  • Artz, L. (1947). A white-flowered Desmodium from Virginia. Rhodora, 49(588), 299–300.
  • Artz, L. (1948). Plants of the shale barrens of the tributaries of the James River in Virginia. Castanea, 13(4), 141–145.
  • Artz, L. (1949a). Another station for Asplenium ebenoides. American Fern Society, 39(3), 91–92.
  • Artz, L. (1949b). Notes on four Virginia plants. Rhodora, 51(601), 12.
  • Artz, L. (1950). A bit of the flora in and around an old iron furnace. Castanea, 15(3), 131–134.
  • Artz, L. (1951). Xerophyllum asphodeloides (L.) Nutt. in the Massanutten Mountains in Virginia. Castanea, 16(4), 124–125.
  • Fosberg, F.R., & Artz, L. (1953). The varieties of Monarda fistulosa L. Castanea, 18(4), 128–130.
  • Artz, L. (1961). Geum vernum in Virginia. Castanea, 26(4), 174.
  • Artz, L. (1962). Twelve native plants from Frederick and Shenandoah Counties in Virginia. Castanea, 27(2), 79–83.
  • Artz, L. (1964). Plants of the Massanutten Mountain system not abundant in that area. Castanea, 29(4), 175–178.
  • Artz, L., & Krouse, M. (1967). A Massanutten Muskeg. Castanea, 32(4), 190–191.
  • Artz, L. (1968). Plant life in the Shenandoah Valley. In Belle Grove (first, pp. 50–58). National Trust for Historic Preservation. [reprinted in 1981]
  • Artz, L. C. (1974). Native plants used by the North American Indians. Quarterly Bulletin of the Archeological Society of Virginia, 29(2), 80–88. [reprinted in 2007 in Pottery, Projectile Points and Native People: Vol. II (pp. 139–150). Archeological Society of Virginia.]

References edit

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Artz.
  2. ^ Artz, L. C. (1956). Delayed certificate of a birth before June 14, 1912. Virginia Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics.
  3. ^ Artz, Lena (1917). The Guide to Nature. Vol. 10. The Agassiz Society. p. 254.
  4. ^ South, Harvey W. (1920). "Fourteenth census of the United States: 1920. Virginia, Shenandoah County. Johnston Township". Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census.
  5. ^ Anonymous (1928). "Degrees conferred summer session 1927". Bulletin - the College of William and Mary in Virginia. XXII(1): 221–222.
  6. ^ Anonymous (1925). The Colonial Echo Yearbook. Williamsburg, Virginia: The College of William & Mary. p. 197.
  7. ^ Anonymous (1926). The Colonial Echo Yearbook. Williamsburg, Virginia: The College of William & Mary. pp. 110, 134, 193.
  8. ^ Anonymous (1935). The Cherry Tree Yearbook. Washington, DC: The George Washington University. p. 34.
  9. ^ McKinney, H.H. (1938). "Proceedings of the Academy and affiliated societies: Botanical Society". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 28 (4): 203–208. JSTOR 24530370.
  10. ^ Anonymous (1937). "A list of the members of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club". Castanea. 2 (2): 19–26.
  11. ^ Miller, E.C.L (1941). "Societies and meetings: The Virginia Academy of Science". Science. 93(2424) (2424): 571–572. doi:10.1126/science.93.2424.571.a. PMID 17809701. S2CID 239821286.
  12. ^ McClellan, Dorothy (1930). "Fifteenth census of the United States: 1930. Washington DC, Police Precinct 3. Block 50. Virginia Apartments". Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census.
  13. ^ Artz, Lena (1942). "Plants at the edges of their ranges". The Virginia Journal of Science. III(2&3): 50–52.
  14. ^ a b Morton, C.V. (1948). "American Fern Society - New Members". American Fern Journal. 38: 95–96. JSTOR 1545033.
  15. ^ Lawrence, D.B. (1949). "Announcement of the Vancouver, B. C. Meeting, Membership Committee, Report on Mail Ballot on Amendment to the Constitution, Miscellaneous Announcements, Proceedings for 1948, Changes in Membership". Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 30 (1): 1–24. doi:10.2307/20165203. JSTOR 20165203. S2CID 252262272.
  16. ^ Baranski, Michael J. (1986). "Fifty Years of Southern Appalachian Botany: A Profile of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club". Castanea. 51 (4): 247–262. JSTOR 4033308.
  17. ^ Fosberg, F. R. (1954). "Notes on Plants of the Eastern United States". Castanea. 19 (1): 25–37. JSTOR 4031640.
  18. ^ Gillespie, James R. (1962). "A theory of relationships in the Lycopodium inundatum complex". American Fern Journal. 52 (1): 19–26. doi:10.2307/1546470. JSTOR 1546470.
  19. ^ Anonymous (1976). "News and Notes". Virginia Journal of Science. 27 (1): 28.
  20. ^ Anonymous (1978). "NCPA Benefactors - Lena Artz" (PDF). National Parks & Conservation Magazine. 52 (2): 27.

January 01, 1970
lena, clemmons, artz, august, 1891, june, 1976, american, botanist, secondary, school, educator, dedicated, study, flora, virginia, particularly, that, shale, barrens, other, mountain, ecosystems, standard, author, abbreviation, artz, used, indicate, this, per. Lena Clemmons Artz August 3 1891 June 2 1976 was an American botanist and secondary school educator dedicated to the study of the flora of Virginia particularly that of its shale barrens and other mountain ecosystems The standard author abbreviation Artz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 1 Lena Clemmons ArtzBornAugust 3 1891Woodstock VirginiaDiedJune 2 1976 1976 06 03 aged 84 Woodstock VirginiaNationalityAmericanAlma materThe College of William and Mary A B The George Washington University M A Scientific careerFieldsBotanyInstitutionsVirginia Public SchoolsAuthor abbrev botany ArtzSignature Contents 1 Early life 2 Scientific education and life as an independent scholar 3 Publications 4 ReferencesEarly life editArtz was born on August 3 1891 in Woodstock Virginia Shenandoah County to Cedena Catherine nee Poland and James Peter Artz 2 She was raised with her five siblings on the family s farm which was located along the east bank of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River at the foot of the Massanutten Mountains The first known evidence of her interest in botany dates to 1917 when she corresponded with a popular science magazine to report her contributions of potato seed balls fruits dodder and willow cone galls 3 Census records indicate that by 1920 4 Artz was employed as a public school teacher and resided in the family home Scientific education and life as an independent scholar editIn 1927 Artz graduated with an A B degree from The College of William amp Mary at the age of 35 5 She was the first and only of her immediate family to attend college Photographs indicate she was active in student groups J Leslie Hall Literary Society Shenandoah Valley Club Clayton Grimes Biology Club notably taking a leadership position in 1926 as the first semester Secretary for the Clayton Grimes Biology Club 6 7 Her involvement in the Biology Club is the first evidence of her academic interest in biology and what would become the focus of her later career as an educator and independent scholar In 1935 Artz graduated with a M A degree from the Columbian College of The George Washington University 8 Her thesis research Plants of the shale banks of the Massanutten Mountains described the vascular flora of the shale barren ecosystems within this mountain range analyzed the disjunct distributions of select shale barren taxa and investigated their root structure In 1937 she was elected to the Botanical Society of Washington 9 part of the Washington Academy of Science and joined the newly formed Southern Appalachian Botanical Society 10 By 1941 Artz was a biology teacher at Mt Vernon High School and sponsor of its student science club 11 which attended Virginia Academy of Science meetings Census and publication records indicate that she resided in Washington DC 12 and Arlington Virginia 13 until at least 1942 after which she retired from the Virginia public school system and moved to Fort Valley in the Massanutten Mountains of Virginia 14 nbsp Portrait of Lena Clemmons Artz from the mid 1940 s Following retirement as an educator Artz expanded the scope of her scholarly activities while continuing to conduct original research She joined the American Fern Society and the Ecological Society of America in 1948 14 and 1949 15 respectively and was elected as the first female vice president of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society in 1953 16 Acknowledgements in other papers indicate Artz continued to assist other botanists in exploring the Massanuttens and surrounding regions and in distributing herbarium specimens 17 18 She also continued as an active member of the Virginia Academy of Science VAS and its Virginia Flora Committee In recognition of her lifetime achievements Artz was elected as an Honorary Life Member of the Virginia Academy of Science on March 20 1976 19 less than three months before her death In 1978 Artz was recognized posthumously as a benefactor of the US National Parks amp Conservation Association which noted that she was an ardent conservationist as well as an outstanding taxonomic botanist 20 Publications editArtz L 1917 Miscellaneous Contributions In The Guide to Nature pp 254 254 The Agassiz Association Artz L 1934a Parnassia asarifolia Vent Claytonia 1 1 8 9 Artz L 1934b Queries and Answers Claytonia 1 2 9 10 Artz L 1935a General Notes Claytonia 2 2 18 Artz L 1935b General Notes An Arabis Claytonia 2 1 10 Artz L 1935c General Notes Stewartia pentagyna Claytonia 2 1 10 Artz L 1935d Plants of the Massanutten Mountains Claytonia 2 1 4 5 Artz L 1935e Plants of the shale banks of the Massanutten Mts Master of Arts The George Washington University Artz L amp Glass J 1936 The spring foray Claytonia 3 1 3 4 Artz L 1937a Anagallis arvensis Claytonia 4 2 21 22 Artz L 1937b Herbaceous plants from the vicinity of Wold Scaffold Hunt Club Camp Augusta County Virginia May 9 1937 Claytonia 4 2 25 26 Artz L 1937c Notes on Arabis lyrata Claytonia 4 19 21 Artz L 1937d Notes on Astragalus distortus Claytonia 4 2 24 25 Artz L 1937e Plants of the shale banks of the Massanutten Mountains of Virginia Claytonia 3 4 45 50 Artz L 1937f Plants of the shale banks of the Massanutten Mountains of Virginia concluded Claytonia 4 1 10 15 Artz L 1938a Herbaceous plants from vicinity of Barbour s Creek CCC camp Craig County Virginia Claytonia 5 1 8 9 Artz L 1938b Occurrence of wavellite Giles County Virginia American Mineralogist 23 10 664 665 Artz L 1938c Wild beverage plants Claytonia 5 1 1 4 Artz L 1939 Foray to the Massanuttten Mountains in Virginia Castanea 4 8 134 135 Artz L 1942 Plants at the edges of their ranges The Virginia Journal of Science III 2 amp 3 50 52 Artz L 1947 A white flowered Desmodium from Virginia Rhodora 49 588 299 300 Artz L 1948 Plants of the shale barrens of the tributaries of the James River in Virginia Castanea 13 4 141 145 Artz L 1949a Another station for Asplenium ebenoides American Fern Society 39 3 91 92 Artz L 1949b Notes on four Virginia plants Rhodora 51 601 12 Artz L 1950 A bit of the flora in and around an old iron furnace Castanea 15 3 131 134 Artz L 1951 Xerophyllum asphodeloides L Nutt in the Massanutten Mountains in Virginia Castanea 16 4 124 125 Fosberg F R amp Artz L 1953 The varieties of Monarda fistulosa L Castanea 18 4 128 130 Artz L 1961 Geum vernum in Virginia Castanea 26 4 174 Artz L 1962 Twelve native plants from Frederick and Shenandoah Counties in Virginia Castanea 27 2 79 83 Artz L 1964 Plants of the Massanutten Mountain system not abundant in that area Castanea 29 4 175 178 Artz L amp Krouse M 1967 A Massanutten Muskeg Castanea 32 4 190 191 Artz L 1968 Plant life in the Shenandoah Valley In Belle Grove first pp 50 58 National Trust for Historic Preservation reprinted in 1981 Artz L C 1974 Native plants used by the North American Indians Quarterly Bulletin of the Archeological Society of Virginia 29 2 80 88 reprinted in 2007 in Pottery Projectile Points and Native People Vol II pp 139 150 Archeological Society of Virginia References edit International Plant Names Index Artz Artz L C 1956 Delayed certificate of a birth before June 14 1912 Virginia Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Artz Lena 1917 The Guide to Nature Vol 10 The Agassiz Society p 254 South Harvey W 1920 Fourteenth census of the United States 1920 Virginia Shenandoah County Johnston Township Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Anonymous 1928 Degrees conferred summer session 1927 Bulletin the College of William and Mary in Virginia XXII 1 221 222 Anonymous 1925 The Colonial Echo Yearbook Williamsburg Virginia The College of William amp Mary p 197 Anonymous 1926 The Colonial Echo Yearbook Williamsburg Virginia The College of William amp Mary pp 110 134 193 Anonymous 1935 The Cherry Tree Yearbook Washington DC The George Washington University p 34 McKinney H H 1938 Proceedings of the Academy and affiliated societies Botanical Society Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 28 4 203 208 JSTOR 24530370 Anonymous 1937 A list of the members of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club Castanea 2 2 19 26 Miller E C L 1941 Societies and meetings The Virginia Academy of Science Science 93 2424 2424 571 572 doi 10 1126 science 93 2424 571 a PMID 17809701 S2CID 239821286 McClellan Dorothy 1930 Fifteenth census of the United States 1930 Washington DC Police Precinct 3 Block 50 Virginia Apartments Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Artz Lena 1942 Plants at the edges of their ranges The Virginia Journal of Science III 2 amp 3 50 52 a b Morton C V 1948 American Fern Society New Members American Fern Journal 38 95 96 JSTOR 1545033 Lawrence D B 1949 Announcement of the Vancouver B C Meeting Membership Committee Report on Mail Ballot on Amendment to the Constitution Miscellaneous Announcements Proceedings for 1948 Changes in Membership Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 30 1 1 24 doi 10 2307 20165203 JSTOR 20165203 S2CID 252262272 Baranski Michael J 1986 Fifty Years of Southern Appalachian Botany A Profile of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club Castanea 51 4 247 262 JSTOR 4033308 Fosberg F R 1954 Notes on Plants of the Eastern United States Castanea 19 1 25 37 JSTOR 4031640 Gillespie James R 1962 A theory of relationships in the Lycopodium inundatum complex American Fern Journal 52 1 19 26 doi 10 2307 1546470 JSTOR 1546470 Anonymous 1976 News and Notes Virginia Journal of Science 27 1 28 Anonymous 1978 NCPA Benefactors Lena Artz PDF National Parks amp Conservation Magazine 52 2 27 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lena Clemmons Artz amp oldid 1183102329, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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