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,...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers relating to Annetta Carter’s career as a botanist at the University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley and as a plant collector in Baja California. Included are papers related to Carter’s dozens of expeditions to Baja California, field books from plant collecting trips, personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts of writings and lectures, and photographs from trips to Baja California and elsewhere. Files from her research on the...