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Guide to the Grunsky Family Papers, 1830-1969

BANC MSS C-B 557

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Table of contents

Collection Contents

Box 1, 4, 5

SERIES 1: Grunsky, Charles (Carl) Albert Leopold (1823-1891), 1830-1881, n.d.

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically and chronologically

Scope and Content Note

Contains correspondence, business papers, legal documents, and diaries from Charles (Carl) Grunsky and his wife, Clotilde Camerer Grunsky. Documents describe daily life in California. Correspondence is generally in German to or from family in Germany. [see also sub series 3.7 Clotilde Grunsky Taylor for family history]

Correspondence

box 1, folder 1-12

Outgoing, 1830-1866, n.d.

Incoming

box 1, folder 13-19

Family (also to first wife, Clotilde Camerer Grunsky (1830-1864)), 1848-1880, n.d.

box 1, folder 20-21

General, 1849-1870, n.d.

box 1, folder 22

Business Papers, 1852-1869, n.d.

box 1, folder 23

Legal Identification Documents, 1851-1881

box 5

Diaries, 1844-1851, 1864

box 4

Diaries, 1852, 1855

box 4

Clotilde Camerer Grunsky Diary, 1852-1859

Box 1-6, 8-10, Carton 1-2, Oversize Folder

SERIES 2: Grunsky, Carl Ewald (1855-1934), 1866-1933

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically and chronologically

Scope and Content Note

The Carl Ewald Grunsky papers are divided into five sub-series, Personal Papers, Correspondence, Writings, Professional Papers, and Printed Materials and Clippings.

2.1: Personal Papers, 1855-1934

Scope and Content Note

Personal Papers contain materials on his education, certificates and commissions, professional history, and sketches of California and the Colorado river.

box 1, folder 24

Education in Germany, 1855-1910

Certificates and Commissions

box 1, folder 25

Documents, 1889-1930

Oversize folder 1A

Certificates, 1889-1930

box 1, folder 26

Professional Record / Biographical Information (includes memoria), 1904-1934

box 1, folder 27-29

Sketches, Watercolors, and Painting (California and unidentified), 1878-1895

box 2, folder 1-2

Sketches and Watercolors (California and the Colorado River), 1907

box 2, folder 3

Miscellany, 1927-1929

2.2.: Correspondence, 1866-1933

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence includes family correspondence (written in German and English), congratulations on his nomination to the Isthmian (Panama) Canal Commission, and a description of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.

box 2, folder 4-5

Outgoing, 1866-1932

Incoming

box 2, folder 6

Family, 1875-1929

box 2, folder 7

General, 1884-1930

box 2, folder 8

California State Library, Milton J. Ferguson, 1926

box 2, folder 9

Herrmann, A. T., 1904

box 2, folder 10

Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964), 1931-1932

box 2, folder 11

Perkins, George (1824-1936), 1926

box 2, folder 12

Phelan, James D., 1904, 1914

box 2, folder 13

Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919), 1904

box 2, folder 14

Troutwine, John C., 1917-1921

box 2, folder 15

Townsend & Loftus, 1930-1933

box 2, folder 16

Correspondence regarding the Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.) [Panama Canal], 1904

box 8

Scrapbook of Congratulatory Correspondence on appointment to the Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.) [Panama Canal], 1904

box 2, folder 17

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (Correspondence from family in San Francisco Area), 1906

2.3.: Writings, 1862-1934, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Writings contain manuscripts of speeches, articles, papers and reminiscences of travel, family, professional, and general topics.

carton 1, folder 1

All American Canal Report, 1919

carton 1, folder 2

Bridges, San Francisco Bay Bridge, 1931, n.d.

carton 1, folder 3-6

Business, Public Policy, and Economics, 1908-1932

carton 1, folder 7

California, 1922-1931

carton 1, folder 8

California Academy of Sciences, 1931

carton 1, folder 9

Calendar Alternatives, 1932

carton 1, folder 10

Climatology (Ice Age), 1924-1934

carton 1, folder 11

Dams and Flood Control, 1927-1931

carton 1, folder 12-13

Engineers and the Engineering Profession, 1917, 1924-1931

carton 1, folder 14

Government, 1922-1932

carton 1, folder 15

International Relations, Peace, 1917-1925

carton 1, folder 16

Panama Canal, 1905, 1912, 1928, n.d.

carton 1, folder 17

Public Utility Rates, n.d.

carton 1, folder 18-19

Reminiscences, 1862-1908, 1930 n.d.

carton 1, folder 20

San Francisco, 1921, 1928, 1930, n.d.

carton 1, folder 21

Standard of Value, 1930-193219

carton 1, folder 22-23

Water, 1923-1931, n.d.

carton 1, folder 24

Widening of city streets, 1922

carton 2, folder 1

Miscellany, Unidentified Notes, n.d.

2.4.: Professional Papers, 1873-1938, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Professional Papers consist of materials on Carl Ewald Grunsky tenure as San Francisco City Engineer, notebooks (generally containing notes and figures relating to professional activities though some notebooks contain personal reflections), and the card file index from the office he later shared with his son, Eugene Lucius Grunsky.

carton 2, folder 2

San Francisco City Engineer, Public Works, 1904-1929

carton 2, folder 3

Inventions and Patents (Sewer System, Suspension Bridge, Air Ship), 1927-1930

carton 2, folder 4

Sutter's Fort Restoration Materials (includes sketches), 1907, 1926, 1930, 1938

carton 2, folder 5

Topographic Stadia Surveying: a manual with reduction tables and a new type of reduction diagram, 1917

box 4

Notebooks, 1880-1927

box 5

Notebooks, 1873-1899

box 6

Notebooks, 1904-1931

box 6

Clear Lake Dam Photograph Book with Notes, 1913

Office Card files, n.d.

carton 3

Writings A-Z, Maps A-R

carton 3

Maps S-Z, Books A- F

carton 3

Books G-Z, General Office File A-B

carton 3

General Office File C-Sn

carton 3

General Office File So-Z, Miscellany

2.5.: Printed Materials and Clippings, 1880-1934, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Printed Materials and Clippings include books from the UC Berkeley Architecture Association and San Francisco Architectural Club. Collected newspaper clippings feature Carl Ewald Grunsky's work and interests, including California and Stockton history. [see also sub series 3.7 Clotilde Grunsky Taylor for family history]

carton 2, folder 6

Year Book of the University of California Architectural Association, 1914, 1914

carton 2, folder 7

San Francisco Architectural Club Yearbook, 1915, 1915

carton 2, folder 8-9

Personal Clippings, 1903-1934

carton 2, folder 10

Scrapbook Clippings, 1907-1910

box 8

Scrapbook of Clippings, General, Collected by Marta Kate Powers Grunsky, 1880-1931

carton 2, folder 11

German Language Clippings from Post War Germany, ca. 1920-1924

carton 2, folder 12

Water Resources Clippings, n.d.

carton 2, folder 13-15

California and Stockton History Clippings, ca. 1922-1934, n.d.

Box 2-3, Carton 2

SERIES 3: Grunsky Family, 1831-1955, n.d.

Arrangement

The Grunsky Family sub-series is grouped by family members.

Scope and Content Note

Consists of family member correspondence, professional records and writings on family history.

3.1.: Grunsky Family, 1831-1933, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Grunsky family documents include unidentified correspondence, translations of correspondence, information on land in Stockton, and miscellany.

box 2, folder 18-20

General Correspondence, 1831-1934, n.d.

box 2, folder 21

Translations of Family correspondence (German to English) Ewald and Otto's Trip to Germany (1872-1878), and From Post-War Germany (1919-1920), 1872-1878, 1919-1920

box 2, folder 22

Miscellany (includes copy of John Wilson's recollections of Mexico), 1882-1885, n.d.

box 2, folder 23

Miscellany, Stockton Land, 1921-1922, 1933

3.2.: Powers Family, 1849-1883, 1905-1907, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Powers Family materials are from Martha Kate Powers Grunsky, wife of Carl Ewald, and her father Aaron Hubbard Powers. [see also sub series 3.7 Clotilde Grunsky Taylor for Powers family history]

Correspondence

box 3, folder 1

Outgoing, 1851, n.d.

box 3, folder 2

Incoming, 1852-1864

box 3, folder 3

Miscellany, 1849-1865

box 3, folder 4

Martha Kate Powers Grunsky Friendship Album, 1874-1883

box 3, folder 5

Martha Kate Powers Grunsky Correspondence, 1905-1907, n.d.

3.3.: Grunsky, Charlotte (Lottie) Fredricka (1853-1920), 1862-1920

Scope and Content Note

The correspondence of Charlotte (Lottie), sister of Carl Ewald, contains information on family affairs, including descriptions of World War I Germany.

Correspondence

box 3, folder 6

Outgoing, 1862-1884

box 3, folder 7

Incoming, 1868-1922

3.4.: Grunsky, Otto Maximilian (1857-1922), 1872-1921, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

The correspondence of Otto, brother of Carl Ewald, contains information on family affairs, including descriptions of World War I Germany.

Correspondence

box 3, folder 8

Outgoing, 1872-1874, n.d.

box 3, folder 9

Incoming, 1920-1921

3.5.: Grunsky, Anna Pauline (1879-1935), 1920-1923

Scope and Content Note

The correspondence of Anna, half-sister of Carl Ewald, contains information on family affairs, including descriptions of World War I Germany.

box 3, folder 10

Incoming Correspondence, 1920-1923

3.6.: Grunsky, Eugene Lucius (1886-1947), 1906-1941

Scope and Content Note

The materials from Eugene Lucius, son of Carl Ewald, are professional, describing his engineering projects and research including his notebooks, small binders of notes and figures relating to professional activities and projects, generally organized by subject.

carton 2, folder 16

Professional Record, ca. 1916

box 7

Notebooks, 1906-1936, n.d.

carton 2, folder 17

Notebook, 1906-1917

carton 2, folder 18-19

Date books, 1940-1941

Printed Materials

carton 2, folder 20-22

Golden Gate Bridge Reports: Chief Engineer, Traffic Engineer, Wing Report, 1930

carton 2, folder 23

Hoover Dam Bidding Specifications, 1931

box 8

Ventura County, California Water Survey Reports, 1939

3.7.: Taylor, Clotilde Grunsky (1891-1994), 1954-1969

Scope and Content Note

The documents of Clotilde Grunsky Taylor, daughter of Carl Ewald, contain genealogies and family history materials.

box 3, folder 11

Correspondence, 1934, 1951-1952

box 3, folder 12

Genealogical Materials and Correspondence, 1954

box 3, folder 13-14

The Story of the Lives of Charles and Clotilde Grunsky, 1823-1891, as Revealed in Diaries and Letters to their respective Families. ed. Clotilde Grunsky Taylor, 1955

box 3, folder 15-17

Stockton boyhood; Being the reminiscences of Carl Ewald Grunsky which cover the years from 1855 to 1877. ed. Clotilde Grunsky Taylor, ca. 1959

box 3, folder 18

Recollections of the Aaron H. Powers Family; The story of the lives of the various family members as revealed in letters and events . ed. Clotilde Grunsky Taylor, 1969

Collection Contents

Grunsky, Charles (Carl) Albert Leopold (1823-1891), 1830-1881, n.d.

Grunsky, Carl Ewald (1855-1934), 1866-1933

Personal Papers, 1855-1934

Correspondence, 1866-1933

Writings, 1862-1934, n.d.

Professional Papers, 1873-1938, n.d.

Printed Materials and Clippings, 1880-1934, n.d.

Grunsky Family, 1831-1955, n.d.

Grunsky Family, 1831-1933, n.d.

Powers Family, 1849-1883, 1905-1907, n.d.

Grunsky, Charlotte (Lottie) Fredricka (1853-1920), 1862-1920

Grunsky, Otto Maximilian (1857-1922), 1872-1921, n.d.

Grunsky, Anna Pauline (1879-1935), 1920-1923

Grunsky, Eugene Lucius (1886-1947), 1906-1941

Taylor, Clotilde Grunsky (1891-1994), 1954-1969

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