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Title: Carl Ewald Grunsky papers
Dates: 1855-1934
Collection Number: MSS-193
Creator/Collector:
Grunsky, C. E., 1855-1934
Extent: 18 boxes (4.4 cu. ft.)
Repository:
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, California 94118
Abstract: Carl Ewald Grunsky was a civil engineer and served as President of the California Academy of Sciences. His papers include
a memorial, publications, clippings, manuscripts, notebooks, water table charts, letters and diaries of Charles and Clotilde
Grunsky, and San Francisco water supply investigations - reports on Feather River, Yuba River, Stanislaus River, and Eel River
as possible sources of water for San Francisco
Language of Material: English
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Carl Ewald Grunsky papers. California Academy of Sciences
Biography/Administrative History
Carl Ewald Grunsky was born in San Joaquin County, California (4 Apr 1855). After graduating from high school, Grunsky continued
his education in Germany, attending Realschule, Stuttgart (1872-1874), and graduating from Polytechnikum, Stuttgart (1874-1877).
He received the degree of Doctor of Engineering from these schools in 1924 and 1910 respectively.
After returning to California he first worked as a topographer on a river surveying party with the State Engineering Department
of California (1878). He continued working with the Department until his departure as assistant state engineer in 1888.
Grunsky was a member of the Examining Commission on Rivers and Harbors of California (1889-1890). He continued in private
practice while assisting the San Francisco Sewage Commission (1892-1893), as consulting engineer to the Commissioner of Public
Works of California (1893-1894), San Francisco City Engineer (1900-1904), member of the Isthmian Canal Commission (1904-1905),
consulting engineer with the U.S. Reclamation Service (1905-1907), and consulting engineer for New York and San Francisco.
Grunsky was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (Norman Medal, 1910; Vice President, 1922-1923; President,
1924), the Pacific Coast Technology Society, the Commonwealth Club of California (President, 1920), and the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (President of the Pacific Division, 1924). He was elected a resident member of the California
Academy of Sciences (1896), served on the Board of Trustees (1898-1904), Acting Director (1932-1933), and was the Academy’s
President from 1912 until his death (9 January1934).
Scope and Content of Collection
Carl Ewald Grunsky was a civil engineer and served as President of the California Academy of Sciences. His papers include
a memorial, publications, clippings, manuscripts, notebooks, water table charts, letters and diaries of Charles and Clotilde
Grunsky, and San Francisco water supply investigations - reports on Feather River, Yuba River, Stanislaus River, and Eel River
as possible sources of water for San Francisco
Indexing Terms
Water table
Irrigation
Civil engineering
Grunsky, C. E., 1855-1934
California Academy of Sciences
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