Lectures given under the auspices of the California Academy of Sciences, 1892, with related materials, 1891-1892.

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Lectures given under the auspices of the California Academy of Sciences, 1892, with related materials, 1891-1892.

Notes for, Creation by Law (lecture 1), The Fundamental Groups of Animals (lecture 2), Mammals of California (lecture 4), The Bird (lecture 5), Song Birds of California (lecture 6). Also, notes for "Evolution of the colors of North American Land Birds", which was subsequently published by the California Academy of Sciences; and notecards for a lecture on evolution delivered before the Laurel Hall Club, 1891. Collection includes an invitation to six lectures, notes for giving lectures one and two (folders 2 & 3), and notes for lectures four through six (folders 4, 5, 6). Collection also includes notes, lecture cards and a list of lantern slides.

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Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937

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Poet, adventurer, naturalist, and artist Charles Augustus Keeler was born in Milwaukee, and spent his teen-aged years in California. He attended the University of California, and took a position with the California Academy of Sciences; he joined the Sierra Club, and published books on natural sciences. He next focused on poetry, and published several books of verse, as well as drama. He made a trip around Cape Horn, and in 1899 took part in the Harriman Expedition to Alaska, where he befriended ...

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