Johnson, Philip C. (Philip Cornwell), 1907-1990

Philip Cornwell Johnson was born in Oakland, California in 1907. He received a bachelor's degree in foresty and a master's degree in entomology from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. He also attended the University of Montana's School of Public Administration.

He worked in forest insect research for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for more than 38 years. From 1931 to 1953 he worked with the Bureau of Plant Entomology and Plant Quarantine, and from 1953 to 1969 he worked for the U.S. Forest Service as head of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station in Missoula, Montana.

Johnson was vitally interested in railroads of the western United States. He took hundreds of photographs of railroads throughout the west that were published in books and magazines. He wrote several books that remain unpublished.

Johnson was married to Evelyn Johnson; they had two sons, David and Ronald. He was a member of the University Congregational Church in Missoula. He died in 1990.

From the guide to the Photographs and Manuscripts, 1934-1974, (University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections)