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Branner, John C (Casper) , With Discussion By J F Kemp And James C MeemBiblio.com

Geology In Its Relations To Topography

1898ref. 029386American Society Of Civil Engineers 1898. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Maps And Figures. Pp 54-95 Offprint Of A Talk Presented November 17Th 1897 By Branner Published In The Transactions Of The American Society Of Civil Engineers Vol. Xxxix June 1898 #821. Blue-Grey Printed Wrappers Fine Condition. Inscribed By The Author To Geologist James Perrin Clark. Very Scarce Offprint Seven Institutional Copies Shown In Worldcat. Per Wikipedia John Casper Branner 1850 -1922 Was An American Geologist And Academic Who. He Was A Member Of The Founding Faculty At Stanford And Served As The University's Second President. He Was An Expert In Brazilian Geology Among Many Other Things. During The Civil War He Was Very Anxious To Join The Confederate Army And On Two Occasions Left School For The Purpose Of Enlisting. His Age However Prevented His Being Accepted; He Was Only Thirteen.In 1869 Went To Ithaca New York To Attend Cornell University. He Spent A Year Attending Ithaca Academy And Entered Cornell In 1870 In The So-Called Classical Course. In 1874 Without Having Completed His University Studies He Went By Way Of Europe To Brazil With Charles Fred Hartt Then Professor Of Geology At Cornell. In 1875 He Was Made Assistant On The Geological Survey Of Brazil And Remained On That Work Until The Survey Was Abolished By The Government And Professor Hartt Died. In 1879 He Accepted A Position As Assistant Engineer And Interpreter For The São Cyriaco Gold Mining Company Of Boston And Spent A Year Near Serro State Of Minas Geraes In The Diamond Regions Of Brazil. In 1881 He Returned To The United States But Was Sent Back To South America By Thomas Edison In Search Of A Vegetable Fiber For Use In His Then Newly Invented Incandescent Electric Lamp. In 1882 He Returned To Cornell University Completed His Studies And Graduated. In 1883 To 1885 He Was Topographic Geologist Of The Geological Survey Of Pennsylvania In The Anthracite Regions; In 1885 After Receiving His Ph.D. From Indiana University He Was Made Professor Of Geology At Indiana University A Position He Held Until 1891 Though He Was Absent On Leave For Several Years. He Was Chair Of The Departments Of Botany And Geology At Indiana University And Later At Stanford University. In 1886 He Was Elected As A Member To The American Philosophical Society. In 1887 He Was Appointed State Geologist Of The Geological Survey Of Arkansas. As State Geologist He Discovered Important Bauxite Deposits And He Exposed Gold-Mining Swindles Then Operating In Arkansas For Which The Citizens Of Bear City Arkansas Burned Him In Effigy And The Stock Promoters Tried To Have Him Fired. In 1891 He Was Appointed Professor And Chair Of The Department Of Geology At The Newly Opened Stanford University Recruited By His Colleague From Cornell And Indiana Stanford President David Starr Jordan. He Served As President Of The Geological Society Of America In 1904. He Was President Of The Seismological Society Of America In 1911. When Jordan Retired As President Of Stanford In 1913 Branner Was Elected President Of The University. He Retired January 1 1916 Due To An Age Limit Established By The University And Was Named President Emeritus. While At Stanford He Directed The Agassiz-Branner Expedition To Brazil In 1899 And A Second Similar Expedition In 1907-1908. He Served On Government Commissions Studying The Panama Canal And The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. He Published A Grammar Of The Portuguese Language Based On His Work In Brazil Which Went To Multiple Editions. In 1913 He Contributed To Genealogical Research Of The Shenandoah Valley By Privately Publishing Casper Branner Of Virginia And His Descendants A 453-Page Work American Society Of Civil Engineers paperback

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Saunders, Charles FrancisBiblio.com

Trees and Shrubs of California Gardens

1926ref. 026810New York: Robert M McBride & Company 1926. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Xiv 326 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black " First Published May 1926". Color Frontispiece Photograph By Harold A. Parker; B/W Plates By Saunders. Traces Of Wear Spine Gilt Weak But Clear And Cover Gilt Brilliant. Inscribed To A Cousin With An 11 Line Quotation Signed In Full By Saunders And Dated June 1926. A Very Nice Example With An Excellent Associational Inscription. Charles Francis Saunders 1859-1941 Was Born To Quaker Parents In Bucks County Pennsylvania. He And His First Wife Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders D. 1910 Were Both Avid Naturalists; Charles Began Publishing Essays On Botany As Early As The 1890S. Charles And Elisabeth Also Collaborated On A Number Of Publications He As Author She As Illustrator. After A Honeymoon Trip To California And The Southwest In 1902 The Couple Moved Permanently To California In 1906 And Settled In A Craftsman Bungalow On North Lake Avenue In Pasadena Where Charles Devoted Himself Full Time To Writing. He Eventually Published More Than A Dozen Books Inspired By California And The Southwest. Both Charles And Elisabeth Were Amateur Photographers And Many Of Their Photographs Were Used To Illustrate Saunders' Books The Indians Of The Terraced Houses 1912 And Under The Sky In California 1913. In 1921 Saunders Married Mira Barrett Culin D. 1968 Whom He Had Met At The Pasadena Garden Club. Also A Writer Mira Shared Saunders' Interest In Gardens Botany And Photography. For Many Years Mira Published Articles On Pasadena Gardens Parks And Trees In The Pasadena Star News For Which She Took Dozens Of Photographs. First With Elisabeth And Then With Mira Saunders Travelled Extensively Throughout California And The Southwest Photographing All Of The California Missions The Regions' Natural Wonders Native Americans And Flora Among Other Things. These Interests Became The Subjects Of 18 Books And Numerous Essays And Articles Saunders Published In His Lifetime. Many Of These Books Were Illustrated With Photographs Taken By Their Author On His Many Excursions. Saunders' Collection Of Native American Pottery And Crafts Is Now In The Collection Of The Southwest Museum Los Angeles And His Botanic Library Is In The Possession Of The Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Source: Apostol Jane. "Southern California Through The Lens Of Charles Francis Saunders" Southern California Quarterly Volume 81 Spring 1999: 1-88. Robert M McBride & Company hardcover

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