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News From The President, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Our annual meeting for 1974 has been tentatively scheduled for Saturday, December 28, to take place in Chicago in conjunction with the annual convention of the American Historical Association. Please keep this date open and be on the lookout for additional information concerning the meeting and the business to be transacted, most importantly that of electing a new president.

A Mormon Mother: An Autobiography Annie Clark Tanner, John B. Harris

BYU Studies

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Introductory Pages, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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The Historians Corner, James B. Allen

BYU Studies

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Discovering The World Of The Bible Lamar C. Berrett, Gilbert W. Scharffs

BYU Studies

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The Words Of Saint Peter From His Throne In The Vatican, Carma De Jong Anderson

BYU Studies

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The Law Of Adoption: One Phase Of The Development Of The Mormon Concept Of Salvation, 1830-1900, Gordon Irving

BYU Studies

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Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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History Of The Swiss American Historical Society, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

4. Years of Silence*

Professor Senn realized that the society faced many difficulties. For one thing, membership had dwindled. There were 45 life members but only 61 annual members who had paid their dues for 1949. The treasurer considered them "fairly active" even though few had paid their dues for 1950 and only three of four for 1951. Swiss clubs and organizations had stopped paying their membership dues as long back and 1939. True, there was a stack of 120 cards of former members but they had not been hard from since the early 1940s. This was a bleak picture …

Introductory Remarks, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The present newsletter contains four items which, hopefully, will be of interest to SAHS members. Professor Heinz K. Meier presents the fourth part of his history of the Swiss American Historical Society. He shoes with much tact and lucidity how the organization almost vanished in the late 1950's and how its revival occurred largely due o the efforts of Dr. Lukas F. Burckhardt, then Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington.

Bookreviews, George A. Codding Jr.

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Dear Dr. Burckhardt:

During the research for a new book on Swiss federalism, I had the occasion to renew my acquaintance with a book which has probably received far less attention among those interested in Switzerland than it perhaps should have. The book in question is William Gorhan Rice, Law Among States in Federacy: A Survey of Decisions of the Swiss Federal Tribunal in Intercantonal Controversies (Appleton, Wisconsin: C.C. Nelson Publishing Company, 1959), the writing of which was subsidized, according to the author, by the Penrose Fund of the American Philosophical Society and the University of Wisconsin.

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Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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An American Glances At Switzerland: Horace Greeley's Swiss Journey 1851

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

I left Milan an 5 o'clock on the morning of the 10th, via Railroad to Como, at the foot of the Lake of like name, which we reached in an hour and a half, thence taking the Swiss Government Diligence for this place, via the pass of St. Gothard. Even before reaching Como (only some twenty miles from Milan), the spurs of the Alps had begun to gather around us, and the little Lake itself is completely embosomed by them. Barely skirting its southern border, we crossed the Swiss frontier and bade adieu to the Passport swindle for a season, …

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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New Species Of American Corthylini (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Stephen L. Wood

Great Basin Naturalist

The following species are described as new to science: Monarthrum cordicticum, M. tetradontium, M. conversum, M. bidentatum (Mexico), M. subgranulatum (Honduras), M. morsum, M. carinatum, M. adustum, M. insignatum, M. fastigiorum, M. limulum, M. carinulum, M. infradentatum, M. corculum, M. posticum, M. proximum (Costa Rica), M. proprium, M. notatum (Costa Rica, Panama). M. bifoveatum (Costa Rica, Venezuela), Corthycyclon caliginis, C. furvus, C. morulas (Costa Rica), C. tardus (Costa Rica, Panama), Corthylocurus debilis (Costa Rica, Panama).

Full Issue, Vol. 34 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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Front Matter, Vol. 34 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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Growth And Development Of The Western Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys Megalotis Megalotis, Gary H. Richins, H. Duane Smith, Clive D. Jorgensen

Great Basin Naturalist

Growth rates, gestation period, litter size, reproductive age, sex ratios, and development were studied on 198 litters of Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis (Baird). Growth was characterized by several standard skull and body measurements and was partitioned into four phases of 1–3, 4–12, 13–22, and 23–70 days. Growth was best described by measurements of tail length, ear length, and dried eye-lens weight. Reproductive activity began as early as 38 days for females and 59 days for males. The gestation period was 22 days, and the mean litter size was 3.83 (range 1–7). Sex ratio was 53.49 percent males to 46.51 percent females. …

The Name Of The Baja California Cape Wormsnake, Hobart M. Smith, Kenneth R. Larsen

Great Basin Naturalist

The type-specimen of Glauconia boettgeri Werner, 1899, is consubspecific with L. h. slevini Klauber, 1931. The valid name of the Baja California Cape wormsnake accordingly is Leptatyphlops humilis boettgeri (Werner).

The Species Of Calineuria And Doroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae), Bill P. Stark, Arden R. Gaufin

Great Basin Naturalist

The genus Doroneuria is reviewed, and characters necessary for recognition of its two included species are figured. Doroneuria baumanni, sp. nov., is described for the male, female, and nymph, and a male holotype and female allotype are designated. Calineuria is removed from the synonymy of Doroneuria, and the genus is characterized in detail. Distributional data are presented for species in both genera.

The Anatomy And Taxonomy Of Vanclevea (Asteraceae), Loran C. Anderson, Phillip S. Weberg

Great Basin Naturalist

Wood, leaf, and floral anatomy of Vanclevea stylosa is compared with that of several possibly related species in the genera Acamptopappus, Eastwoodia, Grindelia, Haplopappus, and Petradoria. Although V. stylosa was originally described as a Grindelia, it is clearly distinct from that genus. Of the taxa studied, it is most closely allied to Haplopappus salincinus and H. scopulorum. The taxonomy, morphology, and distribution of the monotypic Vanclevea are detailed, and known exsiccatae are listed.

A Revision Of The Echidiocarya Section Of Plagiobothrys (Boraginaceae), Larry C. Higgins

Great Basin Naturalist

This revision discusses two closely related species of Plagiobothrys (Boraginaceae) found in the southwestern United States and central Chile. One of the two species, P. collinus, is composed of five varieties that range from southern California and western Arizona to central Chile in South America. The following new combinations are proposed: P. collinus var. californicus, P. collinus var. gracilis, P. collinus var. ursinus, and P. collinus var. fulvescens. Detailed keys, synonymy, and descriptions are given for each entity.

End Matter, Vol. 34 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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Contributions To The Concepts Of Reproductive Cycles And The Systematics Of The Scalaris Group Of The Lizard Genus Sceloporus, Hobart M. Smith, William P. Hall

Great Basin Naturalist

The concept of parity type is proposed as a criterion of relationship among members of the Sceloporus aeneus–scalaris complex, with members of S. aeneus being regarded as viviparous and those of S. scalaris, as oviparous. The viviparous S. goldmani is regarded as a relative of S. aeneus, and S. a. subniger is not regarded as intermediate between S. scalaris and S. aeneus. The proposal by Davis and Smith that S. a. aeneus is oviparous and specifically distinct (as S. aeneus) from S. a. bicanthalis (as S. bicanthalis) is rejected. S. aeneus is hypothesized to have a biennial reproductive …

Body Size, Body Composition, And Behavior Of Juvenile Belding Ground Squirrels, Martin L. Morton, Catherine S. Maxwell, Charles E. Wade

Great Basin Naturalist

Juvenile Belding ground squirrels were studied in the Sierra Nevada. Females were more trappable, had smaller home ranges, and tended to enter hibernation earlier than males. The primary sex ratio was 1:1. Individuals first emerged from the natal burrow at three to four weeks of age and a body weight of 35 g. Body weight and linear dimensions increased thereafter until hibernation began. Maximum prehibernatory weight of 200 to 260 g was attained at about 12 weeks of age. Prehibernatory fattening began at about six weeks of age. Maximum lipid stores attained weighed about 80 percent of the lean, dry …

Ecological Aspects Of Cercocarpus Montanus Raf. Communities In Central Utah, David Lee Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

Ecological and environmental aspects relating to Cercocarpus montanus Raf. Communities were investigated. Twenty study sites were sampled and described. All factors were then analyzed utilizing statistical methods. Signigicantly correlated factors to C. montanus parameters (i.e., frequency, density, cover, height) were: positive correlation--percent clay, percent clay-silt, percent litter cover, and total soluble salts in soil; negative correlation--percent silt-sand, percent sand, soil pH; exposed surface rock, Amelanchier alnifolia cover, Gotierrezia sarothrae cover and altitude. Several individual factors were singled out as being of importance in C. montanus communities; howerver, it was shown that a combination of factors was most important in determining …

End Matter, Vol. 19 No. 4

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

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Front Matter, Vol. 19 No. 4

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

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End Matter, Vol. 19 No. 3

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

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Front Matter, Vol. 19 No. 3

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

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