Townshend Stith and Katharine Layne Brandegee papers, 1871-1926 | University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley

Scope and Contents: The Townshend Stith and Katharine Layne Brandegee Papers document the professional lives of the Brandegees, noted California botanists associated with the California Academy of Sciences and the University of California at Berkeley. From 1894 to 1906 the Brandegees lived in San Diego, where they developed an extensive herbarium and library, donated to the University Herbarium after they moved back to Berkeley in 1906.  While in San Diego Townshend, accompanied occasionally by Katharine, made frequent trips to Baja California and became an expert on the flora of the Cape region. The Brandegee papers consists of correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, printed material, photographs, and personal papers. Noted correspondents include Alice Eastwood and Edward Lee Greene. Photographs include portraits of the Brandegees, their house and herbarium in San Diego, and photographs from their explorations in Baja California.