Guide to the John Casper Branner Papers SC0034
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Title: John Casper Branner papers
creator:
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
Identifier/Call Number: SC0034
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40 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1882-1925
Custodial History note
Received by the University Archives as part of the Stanford Collection, 1965. Additional papers were received in March 2011.
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Biography
John Casper Branner, second president of Stanford University, was born in New Market, Tennessee in 1850. He entered Cornell
University in 1870, but left in 1874 for Brazil first as assistant geologist on the Geological Survey of Brazil then as assistant
engineer for the Sao Cyriaco Gold Mining Company. He returned to Cornell to finish his b.s. degree in 1882. Between 1883 and
1891, he served in a number of state positions including topographic geologist for Pennsylvania and State Geologist of Arkansas;
between 1885 and 1891, he also served as professor of geology at Indiana University. The first professor to be named at the
new Stanford University in 1891, Branner served as professor of geology at Stanford as well as executive head of the Geology
Department. He later served as vice president of Stanford (1898-1913) and president of Stanford (1913-1915) and professor
emeritus (1915-1922). He died on March 1, 1922.
Scope and Content of Collection
These papers are Branner's personal and professional papers and do not contain any of his Stanford University Presidential
records. The collection contains most of his outgoing and incoming correspondence for the years 1882 to 1921. The outgoing
correspondence is in letter press books and has not been indexed. The incoming correspondence has been arranged, but not indexed
except for a very few names of importance to Stanford University or of national significance. There is a fairly complete collection
of articles and books by Branner as well as manuscripts, photographs, and line drawings of geographical formations; three
scrapbooks of earthquake pictures; the report of the Commission investigating the Panama Canal slides; and the manuscript
of the Baker genealogy which Branner made. There is a lot of material of interest to geologists and students of the history
of geology. While State Geologist of Arkansas Branner refused to encourage speculation concerning gold and silver mines and
finally said that there were none of importance, for which he was reviled in many newspapers and hanged in effigy twice. The
letters from his field assistants give a rather complete (and amusing) picture of Arkansas in the 1880s. There is also correspondence,
mostly during 1906, concerning Branner's dissatisfaction with the U. S. Geological Survey and finally his resignation from
it. Branner had many students at Stanford who went on to make quite a reputation as geologists, among them Herbert Hoover
and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover. There are many letters from these students from all over the world. Especially interesting
are those from the Hoovers and N. F. Drake who were in Tientsin at the time of the Boxer Rebellion. Branner's great interest
was Brazil. He had visited Brazil while a graduate student in 1882 and was to make return trips throughout his life. His interests
were not purely geological as he also wrote a Portuguese grammar and translated a book on the Portuguese inquisition. A college
classmate of his, Ajax J. Lamoureux, lived in Brazil from 1886 to 1906 and his letters give a detailed description of the
life there.
Arrangement
Outgoing correspondence arranged chronologically. Incoming correspondence arranged alphabetically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Geology -- California.
Panama Canal.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Geology -- Brazil
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944
Stanford University. Department of Geology
Lamoureux, Ajax J.
Brazil.
Branner, Susan Kennedy.
Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
Jordan, David Starr
Drake, N. F.
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
United States. Geological Survey.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Hoover, Herbert
Washington, Booker T.
box 1, folder 1
Letterpress book
1883 Aug. -1888 Aug
box 1, folder 2
Letterpress book
1883 Aug. -1885 April
box 1, folder 3
Letterpress book
1885 April -1886 Oct
box 1, folder 4
Letterpress book
1886 Oct. -1888 May
box 2, folder 5
Letterpress book
1887 July -1888 April
box 2, folder 6
Letterpress book
1888 May -1889 Jan
box 2, folder 7
Letterpress book
1888 July -1889 July
box 2, folder 8
Letterpress book
1889 July -1890 Jan
box 3, folder 9
Letterpress book
1890 Jan. -1890 May
box 3, folder 10
Letterpress book
1890 May -1891 March
box 3, folder 11
Letterpress book
1891 March -1891 Oct
box 4, folder 12
Letterpress book
1891 Oct. -1892 Sept
box 4, folder 13
Letterpress book
1892 Oct. -1893 July
box 4, folder 14
Letterpress book
1893 July -1894 Jan
box 4, folder 15
Letterpress book
1894 Jan. -1895 Feb
box 5, folder 16
Letterpress book
1895 Feb. -1897 March
box 5, folder 17
Letterpress book
1897 March 30 -1898 July 11
box 5, folder 18
Letterpress book
1898 July 11 -1900 March 5
box 5, folder 19
Letterpress book
1900 March 6 -1901 Aug. 6
box 6, folder 20
Letterpress book
1901 April -1903 Jan. 10
box 6, folder 21
Letterpress book
1903 -1905
box 6, folder 22
Letterpress book
1905 -1906
box 6, folder 23
Letterpress book
1906 -1907 April
box 7, folder 24
Letterpress book
1907 Aug. -1908 Aug
box 7, folder 25
Letterpress book
1908 Sept. -1908 Dec
box 7, folder 26
Letterpress book
1909 Jan. -1909 May
box 8, folder 27
Letterpress book
1909 June -1909 Oct
box 8, folder 28
Letterpress book
1909 Nov. -1910 March
box 8, folder 29
Letterpress book
1910 April -1910 Aug
box 9, folder 30
Letterpress book
1910 Sept. -1911 March
box 9, folder 31
Letterpress book
1911 March -1911 Dec
box 10, folder 32
Letterpress book
1912 Jan. -1912 June
box 10, folder 33
Letterpress book
1912 July -1912 Dec
box 10, folder 34
Letterpress book
1913 Jan. -1913 June
box 11, folder 35
Letterpress book
1913 July -1913 Dec
box 11, folder 36
Letterpress book
1914 Jan. -1914 June
box 11, folder 37
Letterpress book
1914 July -1914 Dec
box 12, folder 38
Letterpress book
1915 Jan. -1915 June
box 12, folder 39
Letterpress book
1915 July -1915 Dec
box 12, folder 40
Letterpress book
1916 Jan. -1916 June
box 12, folder 41
Letterpress book
1916 July -1916 Dec
box 13, folder 42
Letterpress book
1917 Jan. -1917 June
box 13, folder 43
Letterpress book
1917 July -1917 Dec
box 13, folder 44
Letterpress book
1918 Jan. -1918 Dec
box 14, folder 45
Letterpress book, .
1919 Jan. -1919 Dec
box 14, folder 46
Letters In
1882 -1887
Physical Description: (bound volume)
box 14, folder 47
Letters In
1882 -1887
Physical Description: (bound volume)
box 15, folder 48
Letters In
1882 -1886
Physical Description: (bound volume)
box 15, folder 49
Letters In
1883 -1887
Physical Description: (bound volume)
box 16, folder 50
Letters In A - G
1887
Scope and Contents note
Most of the letters of 1887 concern the Geological Survey of Arkansas including help from U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Office; requests for specimen analysis; requests for jobs with G. S. of Arkansas; and the purchase of materials and equipment.
Others of note include Clarence H. Esty concerning his desire for a place on the Cornell Board of Trustees; and B. W. Evermann
concerning David Starr Jordan and problems at Indiana University.
box 16, folder 51
Letters In H - O
1887
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Thomas A. Harden concerning G. S. of Pennsylvania; R. D. Lacoe (G.S. of Penn.) offering to combine forces, Lacoe
to work in paleontology; Ed. H. Mathes concerning rich silver ore specimen; and T. C. Mendenhall (Rose Polytechnic Institute)
concerning earthquake material.
box 16, folder 54
Letters In E - J
1888
Scope and Contents note
Of note: C. H. Gordon letters pertaining to his summer work with the survey; Wm. F. E. Gurley, 1888 Nov. 11, concerning attack
on Branner for his findings by the gold speculators, and 1888 Dec. 9 concerning the Indiana Geological Survey, appointment
of State Geologist, and formation of American Geological Society; and O. P. Hay concerning Branner running for State Geologist
of Indiana.
box 16, folder 55
Letters In K- Q
1888
Scope and Contents note
Of note: E. H. Mathes concerning attacks on Branner; S. E. Meek on summer field experiences; James E. Mills, San Francisco
geologist, concerning educational responsibilities of State Geologist.
box 17, folder 56
Letters In R - S
1888
Scope and Contents note
Of note: R. R. Rothwell, editor of Engineering and Mining Journal, supporting Branner against his Arkansas critics.
box 17, folder 57
Letters In T - Z
1888
Scope and Contents note
Of note: brothers Albert Taff and J. A. Taff on their summer field experiences; and J. L. Wadly, editor of the Daily News
of Hot Spring, Arkansas, about fair coverage for the Survey and other matters.
box 17, folder 59
Letters In C - D
1889
Scope and Contents note
Of note: W. Albert Chapman on his pamphlet "Brannerite"; T. C. Chamberlin, president of the Univ. of Wisconsin, concerning
various geological projects; and Clarence R. Claghorn on his plans for writing a handbook on American mining practices.
box 17, folder 60
Letters In E - G
1889
Scope and Contents note
Of note: B. W. Everman concerning the unlikelyhood of his receiving a post as consul to South America; and Leon Griswold giving
a full account of summer field work.
box 17, folder 61
Letters In H - K
1889
Scope and Contents note
Of note: David Starr Jordan concerning positions in the Geology Department at Indiana University.
box 18, folder 63
Letters In N - Q
1889
Scope and Contents note
Of note: R. A. F. Penrose with a full report of his work for Branner.
box 19, folder 67
Letters In D - Greer
1890
box 19, folder 68
Letters In Griswold - H
1890
Scope and Contents note
Of note: James M. Hamilton letter of support to Branner exposing the "scoundrels" who had attacked him; and Charles Sumner
Harmon, 1890 Feb. 27, concerning "Three-Cornered Hat" manuscript translated by Branner.
box 21, folder 76
Letters In H - J
1891
Scope and Contents note
Of note: David Starr Jordan letters describing early Palo Alto, early days at Stanford University, and Branner coming to Stanford.
box 21, folder 77
Letters In K - M
1891
Scope and Contents note
Of note: James E. Mills with an analysis of the University and what control the Stanfords could retain.
box 22, folder 81
Letters In A - An
1892 -1900
box 22, folder 82
Letters In Ap - Az
1892 -1900
box 22, folder 83
Letters In B - Bien
1892 -1900
box 22, folder 84
Letters In Bi - Bra
1892 -1900
box 22, folder 85
Letters In Bra - Butler
1892 -1900
box 23, folder 86
Letters In Ca - Chism
1892 -1900
box 23, folder 87
Letters In Cl - Cu
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: E. P. Cubberly, 1897, concerning his work as president of Vincennes and his interest in doing geological work in
some Southern California areas.
box 23, folder 88
Letters In D - Day
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: George Davidson, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, San Francisco, concerning a state survey for California.
box 23, folder 89
Letters In De - Di
1892 -1900
box 23, folder 90
Letters In Do - Dr
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: N. F. Drake, former Branner student, on the Texas Survey, 1894, Stanford, 1897, Ph. D. work in China, 1897, and his
return to U. S. in 1900; includes letters written from Tientsin, China, conerning the Boxer Rebellion and relations with the
Hoovers, 1899-1900.
box 23, folder 91
Letters In Du - Dy
1892 -1900
box 24, folder 92
Letters In E
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: James P. Eagle, Governor of Arkansas, 1892-1900, concerning the survey and personal matters.
box 24, folder 93
Letters In Fag - Fair
1892 -1900
box 24, folder 94
Letters In Fe - Fu
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: letters from W. M. Fishback, Governor of Arkansas, and G. H. Fitch of the San Francisco Chronicle.
box 24, folder 95
Letters In G - Gov
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Gepp, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on life in Brazil.
box 24, folder 96
Letters In Gr - Gz
1892 -1900
box 25, folder 97
Letters In H - Haz
1892 -1900
box 25, folder 98
Letters In Hen - Hoo
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Lou Henry [Hoover] on personal matters; E. W. Hilgard, University of California, concerning U.C. and Stanford joining
in making a topographical map of the valley areas with federal and state cooperation; Robert Hill, Dept. of Interior, U.S.G.S.,
concerning Dumble's handling of the Texas G. S. and the reorganization of the U.S.G.S.; and Herbert C. Hoover on his work
with the California Geological Survey.
box 25, folder 99
Letters In Hop - Hz
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: T. C. Hopkins on paying Hoover $1.75 to pack and ship books to him.
box 25, folder 100
Letters In Ha - Hi
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Lou Henry on her marriage to Herbert Hoover.
box 25, folder 101
Letters In Ho - Hz
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Lou Henry Hoover's letters from Tientsin, China, about their life there.
box 25, folder 102
Letters In I - Johnston
1892 -1900
box 25, folder 103
Letters In Jones
1892 -1900
box 26, folder 104
Letters In K - Ki
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: extensive correspondence from E. B. Kimball, Stanford class of 1895.
box 26, folder 105
Letters In Kl - Law
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: long correspondence of Ajax J. Lamoureux, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, concerning life in Brazil; and Charles Lathrop
concerning the opening of a grammar school on the Stanford campus. Attached to Branner's reply to Lathrop, 1899 March 28,
is a letter from Jane L. Stanford expressing her wish that there not be one.
box 26, folder 106
Letters In L - Lew
1892 -1900
box 26, folder 108
Letters In M - Maw
1892 -1900
box 26, folder 109
Letters In Me - Men
1892 -1900
Scope and Contents note
Of note: T. C. Mendenhall, Supt. U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, concerning controversy about state surveys.
box 27, folder 110
Letters In Met - Mit
1892 -1900
box 27, folder 111
Letters In N - New
1892 -1900
box 27, folder 112
Letters In N - Per
1892 -1900
box 27, folder 113
Letters In Ph - Pr
1892 -1900
box 27, folder 114
Letters In Pu - R
1892 -1900
box 28, folder 115
Letters In S - Shi
1892 -1897
box 28, folder 116
Letters In Si - Smy
1892 -1897
box 28, folder 117
Letters In Sh - Sy
1892 -1897
box 28, folder 118
Letters In Ta - Td
1892 -1900
box 28, folder 119
Letters In To - Tu
1892 -1900
box 28, folder 120
Letters In U - V
1892 -1900
box 29, folder 121
Letters In W - Way
1892 -1897
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Charles D. Walcott, U.S.C.G. Supt., 1892 Nov. 12, concerning state vs. U.S.G.S. controversy.
box 29, folder 122
Letters In We - Will
1892 -1897
box 29, folder 123
Letters In Will - Winn
1892 -1897
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Bailey Willis, Appalachian division of U.S.G.S., on problem of folding; Newton H. Winchell, managing editor of the
American Geologist, regarding the appointment of directors of the U.S.G.S. in 1894.
box 29, folder 124
Letters In Wins - Wit
1892 -1897
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Arthur Winslow, Missouri State Geologist, on problems of maintaining the state survey when the state legislature
was not enthusiastic.
box 30, folder 125
Letters In W - Wa
1892 -1900
box 30, folder 126
Letters In Wem - Will
1892 -1900
box 30, folder 127
Letters In Wil - Wood
1892 -1900
box 30, folder 128
Letters In Wo - Z
1892 -1900
box 30, folder 129
Letters In
1892 -1896
Scope and Contents note
Most of these letters pertain to the printing of the Arkansas Survey reports; correspondents include R. Ellsworth Call, S.
Calvin, T. C. Chamberlin, W. Albert Chapman, and John M. Chase.
box 30, folder 130
Letters In Newsom, J. F.
1892 -1896
box 30, folder 131
Letters In Penrose, R. A. F., Jr. and Press Printing Co.
1892 -1896
box 31, folder 132
Letters In A - Arm
1900 -1903
Scope and Contents note
Of note: A. Agassiz, 1903 Dec. 15 regarding Branner's papers on Brazil.
box 31, folder 133
Letters In Arn - Az
1900 -1903
box 31, folder 134
Letters In B - Bey
1896 -1903
box 31, folder 135
Letters In Bi - Bri
1896 -1903
box 31, folder 136
Letters In Bro - By
1896 -1903
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Rufus Buck letters from Dawson City, Alaska, 1897-1898, on mining gold in Klondike Country.
box 31, folder 137
Letters In C - Chip
1900 -1903
box 31, folder 138
Letters In Chi - Cu
1900 -1903
Scope and Contents note
Of note: G. A. Clark, 1901 July 31 concerning engineering school taking over public school room at Stanford; and letters by
F. L. Cole from Siberia, 1903, and from Korea, 1902, with geological and general descriptions.
box 31, folder 139
Letters In D - Du
1900 -1903
Scope and Contents note
Of note: letters from N. F. Drake, 1901-1903, from Shanghai, China, about his work with the Imperial Chinese Railway Administration,
with some mention of the Hoovers.
box 32, folder 140
Letters In E - G
1900 -1903
box 32, folder 141
Letters In H - He
1900 -1903
box 32, folder 142
Letters In Hi - Hu
1900 -1903
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Lou Henry Hoover letters from China and England; and Charles Hodges, 1900 Feb. 26 concerning boarding clubs in the
"Camp" on campus and Mrs. Stanford's desire that they not be there.
box 32, folder 143
Letters In I - J
1900 -1903
Scope and Contents note
Of note: D. S. Jordan letter with a random mention of the Ross affair.
box 32, folder 144
Letters In L - Law
1900 -1903
Scope and Contents note
Of note: letters from Ajax J. Lamoureaux, 1900-1903, on his return to the U. S. after 20 years in Brazil and the book on South
American geography that he's writing with Branner.
box 33, folder 145
Letters In Le - Lu
1900 -1903
box 33, folder 146
Letters In M - Me
1900 -1903
Scope and Contents note
Of note: letters from J. A. Means on his experience as a mining consultant in West Africa, Norway, Brazil, and China (with
Hoover).
box 33, folder 147
Letters In Mi - My
1900 -1903
box 33, folder 148
Letters In N - O
1900 -1903
box 33, folder 149
Letters In P - Pri
1900 -1903
box 33, folder 150
Letters In Pro - Q
1900 -1903
box 34, folder 151
Letters In R - Rey
1892 -1903
box 34, folder 152
Letters In Rh - Riz
1892 -1903
box 34, folder 153
Letters In Ro - Ru
1892 -1903
box 34, folder 154
Letters In S - Shep
1896 -1903
box 34, folder 155
Letters In Shi - Su
1896 -1903
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Jane L. Stanford concerning a raise in salary; introduction to Heber Newton; the [Stanford] cemetery not being a
public burying grounds; and invitation to Branner, Abott and Stillman to visit her that evening; and T. W. Stanford concerning
an opal he sent to Branner.
box 35, folder 156
Letters In T - V
1896 -1903
box 35, folder 157
Letters In W - Wild
1899 -1903
box 35, folder 158
Letters In Wile- Z
1899 -1903
box 35, folder 159
Letters In A - B
1904 -1905
box 35, folder 160
Letters In C - D
1904 -1905
box 36, folder 161
Letters In E - Hi
1904 -1905
box 36, folder 162
Letters In Ho - J
1904 -1905
box 36, folder 163
Letters In K - L
1904 -1905
box 36, folder 165
Letters In N - O
1904 -1905
box 36, folder 166
Letters In P - Q
1904 -1905
box 37, folder 167
Letters In R - S
1904 -1905
box 37, folder 168
Letters In T - Z
1904 -1905
box 37, folder 170
Letters In Bart - [Bz]
1906
box 38, folder 172
Letters In D - F
1906 -1907
box 38, folder 173
Letters In G - Hol
1906 -1907
box 38, folder 174
Letters In Hor - [Hz]
1906 -1907
box 38, folder 175
Letters In I - K
1906 -1907
Scope and Contents note
Of note: a collection of notes and letters from David S. Jordan on the earthquake.
box 39, folder 178
Letters In M - O
1906 -1907
box 39, folder 179
Letters In P - Q
1906 -1907
box 39, folder 180
Letters In 1 R
1906 -1907
box 39, folder 181
Letters In S - T
1906 -1907
box 39, folder 182
Letters In T - V
1906 -1907
box 39, folder 183
Letters In W - Z
1906 -1907
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Charles Walcott, director of the U.S.G.S., replying to Branner's attack on the U.S.G.S. and Walcott, 1906 Nov. 9;
and several letters on this subject together with Branner's letter of resignation from the U.S.G.S.
box 40, folder 185
Letters In B
1908 -1909
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Luther Burbank inviting Branner to visit his gardens.
box 40, folder 188
Letters In E - F
1908 -1909
box 40, folder 189
Letters In G - H
1908 -1909
box 40, folder 190
Letters In H
1908 -1909
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Herbert Hoover concerning Hoover giving a series of lectures at Columbia, Yale and Stanford.
box 41, folder 191
Letters In I - K
1908 -1909
box 41, folder 194
Letters In N - O
1908 -1909
box 41, folder 197
Letters In R - S
1908 -1909
box 42, folder 199
Letters In T - V
1908 -1909
box 42, folder 200
Letters In W - Z
1908 -1909
box 43, folder 207
Letters In S
1910
Scope and Contents note
Of note: letter from Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, architects, stating that H. H. Richardson had nothing to do with L.S.J.U.;
their part in the planning and building, and their exclusion from further planning and building by Mrs. Stanford.
box 43, folder 209
Letters In A - B
1911
Scope and Contents note
Of note; Fred Baker on preparation for collecting trip to Brazil; letter describing Brazilian trip, the building of the railroad.
box 47, folder 230
Report to Board of Trustees in re Medical School.
box 48, folder 235
Letters In I - L
1913
Scope and Contents note
Of note: David S. Jordan to Branner upon turning the presidency of Stanford over to him.
box 50, folder 248
Letters In K - L
1914
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Charles F. Lummis regarding Dr. Fleugel's death; personal letters.
box 53, folder 262
Letters In T -Z
1915
Scope and Contents note
Of note: Woodrow Wilson thanking Branner for his suggestion for controlling slides in the Panama Canal.
box 61, folder 302
Letters out, carbons
1920-1921
Manuscripts, drawings, clippings, photographs and maps Series 2
box 63a, folder 309
Notes and manuscripts on Brazil
1882 -1907
box 63a, folder 309a
Correspondence, notes, photographs re Brazilian pottery
1885 -1887
box 63a, folder 310
Manuscript of Dr. Miguel Lisboa, translated by J. C. Branner
box 63a, folder 311
Manuscript of Dr. Miguel Lisboa, translated by J. C. Branner, continued
box 63b, folder 312
Brazil drawings. Some original drawings, most are line copies of photographs.
box 63b, folder 313
Manuscript on the elevation and depression of the northeast coast of Brazil.
box 63b, folder 314
Manuscript on the economic geology of the diamond bearing highlands of the state of Bahia, Brazil.
box 63b, folder 315
Portuguese folksongs collected by Mrs. Waring. Joaquin Nabuco. O Dever dos monarchistas. With notes written by the author
addressed to J. C. Branner
1886 May
box 63c
Card file bibilography of works about Brazil.
box 64, folder 316
Notes of Roderick Crandall on the geology of Brazil
1907
box 64, folder 317
Mining laws of Brazil. Translated from Portuguese by J. C. Branner
July 1920
box 64, folder 317a
Bibliography on the geology of Brazil (bound typescript)
box 64, folder 318
Brazilian textbook of Geology: manuscript
box 64, folder 319
Brazilian textbook of Geology: manuscript
box 64, folder 320
Geologia Elementar: manuscript of the 2nd Edition
box 64, folder 321
Geologia Elementar: manuscript of the 2nd Edition
box 64, folder 322
Geologia Elementar: manuscript of the 2nd Edition
box 65a, folder 323
Correspondence regarding Stanford University establishing an Eucalyptus farm.
The San Francisco earthquake from the geologists point of view, J. C. Branner
May 1906
An early discovery of fullers' earth in Arkansas by J. C. Branner
Feb., 1912
Alexis Perrey: a bit of seismologic history, by Count Montessus de Palloe. Translated by J. C. Branner
March, 1913
The Tejon pass eartquake by J. C. Branner
Oct. 1916
box 65a, folder 324
Earthquake clippings
1920 -1921
box 65a, folder 324a
Scrapbook of clippings on San Francisco
1906
box 65a, folder 325
The Seismological work of John Milne. Manuscript
box 65a, folder 326
Report for Spring Valley Water Company.
box 65a, folder 326a
Installation as president of L. S. J. U., Address, newspaper article, program, invitation of Board of Trustees.
Oct. 1, 1913
box 65a, folder 327
Committee to investigate Panama Canal slides, Correspondence, minutes, report.
1915-1916
box 65b, folder 328
Miscellaneous obituaries of Mrs. Branner.
box 65b, folder 328a
Early Days at Stanford by Mrs. Branner.
box 65b, folder 329
Baker genealogy.
Baker genealogy.
box 65b, folder 330
Penrose, R. A. F, Jr.
Biographical Memoirs, National Academy of Sciences, v. 21, Memorial, reprinted from
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, v. 36, pp. 15-44. Articles on Branner's library.
1927; March 30, 1925
box 66, folder 332
Glass slides of Drake's relief map of California
box 66, folder 333
Geologic maps of Brazil. Plates, cuts.
box 66, folder 334
Geology of South America. Photographs, cuts, clippings.
box 66, folder 335
Geology of Brazil. Photographs, maps, and plates.
box 66, folder 336
Engravings from photographs of Brazil and Yosemite.
box 67, folder 337
Photographs of South America
box 67, folder 338
Photographs of South America
box 67, folder 339
Photographs of South America. Geology
box 68, folder 340
Photograph albums of various trips to Brazil, not labeled or dated
circa 1890-1916
box 68, folder 341
Photograph album, Brazil
Summer 1899
box 68, folder 342
Photograph album, Brazil
Summer 1899
box 68, folder 343
Photograph album, Brazil
Summer 1913
box 68, folder 344
F. L. Garrison, photographer. States of Bahia and Minas Geraes, Brazil
1916
box 69, folder 345
Scrapbooks of photographs of the April 18, 1906 earthquake, compiled by J. C. Branner. 2 v.
box 69, folder 346
Scrapbooks of photographs of the April 18, 1906 earthquake, compiled by J. C. Branner. 2 v.
box 70
Photographs illustrating the effects of the earthquake of April 18, 1906. Mostly made under the direction of J. C. Branner.
box 71
Field notebooks. Included are the notebooks of Branner and his students on the April 18, 1906 earthquake, the earthquake investigation
of 1917, Branner's personal field notes on Brazil, U.S.G.S. Field Section books, and the Stanford Expedition to Brazil
1876, 1887, 1903 and 1910, 1911
box 76
Scrapbook of earthquake clippings. Vol 1. Vol. 2
1910-1915, 1915-1922
box 83
Scrapbooks on the geology of Brazil. 2 vols.
1907-
box 90
Autograph books (2 volumes): miscellaneous autographs, autographs of geologists.
box 92
Geologic map of Brazil. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Geological Society of America.
1919
box 94 os
Map of geology about the mouth of the Rio Amazonas; after Katzer; Sketch map of the approximate limestone areas of the interior
of Bahia, Brazil; Sketch map of parts of Alaogoas and Pernambuco, Brazil
box 72, folder 347
List of the more important publications of J. C. Branner, List of books, pamphlets and maps in the library of J. C. Branner.
1884-1902
box 72, folder 348
Articles of Notes of lectures on botany included.
1883-1886
box 74, folder 357
Articles of
1916-1917, 1919
box 74, folder 358
Articles of and Memorials.
1920, 1921
Books by J. C. Branner Series 4
box 75
List of graduates in geology and mining, Stanford University [1892-1920]
box 77
How and Why Stories.
1921
box 78
Observations made upon the Arkansas River.
1887-1888
box 79
J. C. Branner and J. F. Newsom. The Phosphate Rocks of Arkansas. Bulletin 74. Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
1902
box 80
A Bibliography of clays and the ceramic arts. Columbus, Ohio
1906
A Bibliography of the geology, mineralogy and paleontology of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro
1903
Physical Description: 2 copies
A Bibliography of the geology, mineralogy and paleontology of Brazil.
A geologia cretacea e terciaria da Bacio do Brazil. Sergipe-Alaquoas.
1899
Geologia Elementar. Rio de Janeiro.
1906
Physical Description: 2 copies
Geologia Elementar. 2nd edition. Rio de Janeiro.
1915
Papers on Brazil.
1887-1893
J. C. Branner, translator. Constitutions of Brazil.
1894
The Stone reefs of Brazil, their geological and geographical relations, with a chapter on the coral reefs. Bulletin of the
Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College. V. 44. Cambridge, MA. 1904.
1894
Physical Description: 2 copies
Decomposition of rocks in Brazil. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, v. 7, pp. 255-314
Feb. 1896
The Crastaceous and Tertiary Geolgoy of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin of Brazil. Transactions of the Am. Philosophical Society,
XVI.
(1899)
Physical Description: 3 copies
Catalogue of the Brazilian Library of J. C. Branner.
Portuguese Grammar. New York
1910
Portuguese Grammar. New York, 2nd. Ed.
1914
J. C. Branner, translator. History of the origin and establishment of the inquisition in Portugal. Stanford University, CA
1926
Syllabus of Elementary Geology. Stanford University
1898
Physical Description: 3 copies
box 86
Syllabus of Elementary Geology. 2nd ed. Stanford University
1902
Physical Description: Five copies; copy 5 includes notes by Ada Devendorf from 1906 class.
Syllabus of Elementary Geology. 3rd. ed. Stanford University
1908
Physical Description: 3 copies
J. C. Branner and John F. Newsom. Syllabus of Economic Geology. Stanford University, (annotated).
1895
J. C. Branner and John F. Newsom. Syllabus of Economic Geology. 2nd. Ed. Stanford University
1900
Physical Description: 2 copies
J. C. Branner and John F. Newsom. Syllabus of Economic Geology. 3rd. Ed. Stanford University
1911
Physical Description: 2 copies
box 89
J. C. Branner, director. The Papers of the Stanford Expedition to Brazil in 1911. Vol. I
1914
Physical Description: 2 copies
box 91
Casper Branner of Virginia and His Descendants. Privately printed, Stanford University, CA
1913
Box 92
Casper Branner of Virginia and His Descendants [microfilm]
Physical Description: 2 microfilm reel(s)
box 93
Syllabus of Elementary Geology. 4th. ed. Stanford University
1912
Revolution in Brazil Series 5
box 1, folder 1
Revolution in Brazil: newspaper clippings
1889-1893
box 1, folder 2
Revolution in Brazil: newspaper clippings
1884-1896
box 1, folder 3
Revolution in Brazil: newspaper clippings
1883-1903
box 1, folder 4
Revolution in Brazil: magazine articles
1893-1894
box 1, folder 5
Revolution in Brazil: manuscript notes
box 1, folder 6
Revolution in Brazil: manuscript drafts
Additional papers Accession 2011-062
1885-1925
Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet
box 1, folder 1
Letters by Branner to Miguel A. R. Lisboa (in Portuguese)
1915
box 1, folder 2
Orville A. Derby correspondence with Branner, Herbert Killburn Scott, and others pertaining to work in Brazil
1893-1901
box 1, folder 3
Reprints by Branner
1885-1920
box 1, folder 4
Reprints by other authors
1907-1025
box 1, folder 5
Maps: Caminhamento entre Pouso dos Macacos e Aldeia Queimada and Caminhamento entre Salto do Rio Sepotuba e Porto dos Bugres
1911
box 1, folder 6
Maps: Geologia da linna Caceres ao Rio Sangrador Grande [undated] and Geologia de una partie do estado de Matto-Grosso
1911