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(RNN) –The Sweet 16 usually marks the point where the blue chippers of college basketball separate from the upstarts. There's not much of "the usual" going on this season, though.
The first week of March Madness had several double-digit seeds advancing. A No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 got knocked out in their openers in addition to the more expected upsets found in 5-12 and 6-11 matchups.
The weekend's contests saw a No. 1 go down (Gonzaga) and another come really close (Indiana). It also saw the first time a 15 seed made its way past the round of 32.
But all these "surprises" aren't that surprising. It's the same way the rest of the 2012-2013 campaign went down.
At least 21 times, top-5 squads lost to an unranked opponent. Broken down into seeds, that means a No. 1 got beat by a No. 7 or lower more than once per week.
Two of the remaining top dogs, Kansas and Louisville, both had three-game losing streaks – five of those six combined losses came to teams not ranked at the time.
Even the typically stable No. 1 in the AP Top 25 became a revolving door, with several teams climbing to – then promptly dropping from – the top slot.
So don't be surprised if another favorite gets knocked off in the next two rounds, and a team no one gave a second thought to a couple of weeks ago is cutting down the nets instead.
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Milwaukee's best rallied from nine down Thursday to beat Davidson 59-58, winning on a last-second shot by junior Vander Blue. On Saturday, the Golden Eagles rallied from an eight-point deficit at halftime to beat Butler by two and make it to their third straight Sweet 16.
Miami cruised through its initial tourney bout with Pacific on Friday, 78-49, but could get little separation Sunday against Illinois late in the game. Down two with one minute left, point guard Shane Larkin hit a 3-pointer for the game's final lead change, and the Hurricanes won 63-59.
Blue's individual performance has been as good as anyone's to this point, but he should have Durand Scott, the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, shadowing him all game. The 'Canes cannot rely on Rion Brown, who averaged 6.5 points per game, to have a repeat of his 21-point performance. They need others besides Larkin to find their shooting stroke.
Both teams bring extra large big men to the party, too, and the inside battle could be the difference in the game. Marquette's Davante Gardner (6'8", 290 pounds) and Chris Otule (6'11" 275) will fight for rebounds against Miami's Kenny Kadji (6'11", 242), Julian Gamble (6'10", 250) but not the injured Reggie Johnson (6'10", 292).
The Cats have been in no danger of getting upset in either of their two games. After taking down Belmont on Thursday, they prevented Harvard from getting anything going on offense and won 74-51. Senior Mark Lyons was the best player on the court both nights, tallying 50 points between the two games.
Ohio State's Aaron Craft made sure the game was in his hands Sunday against Iowa State. After missing free throws and allowing the Cyclones to catch up, the point guard allowed time to tick down to a second before hitting a 3-point shot to win 78-75. Deshaun Thomas, the Buckeyes' leading scorer, has put up 24 and 22 in the two tournament matchups.
Craft, an elite perimeter defender, should be face to face with Lyons most of the time to limit his output. Arizona may lean on its big men to wear down the smaller Buckeyes and find points in the paint.
Arizona's Solomon Hill and Thomas have similar size and offensive playing styles. Both will be asked to step up defensively and on the glass in the matchup of two NBA-caliber talents.
The Ducks showed everyone, including the NCAA selection committee, how deserving they were of a higher seed. Freshman Damyean Dotson led the Pac 12 champs to a 68-55 victory over No. 5 Oklahoma State on Thursday and followed it up Saturday with a masterful 23-point performance against No. 4 St. Louis in the 74-57 win.
Louisville's signature full-court press defense has been suffocating its opponents, causing turnovers and never allowing opposition to find any rhythm. They forced Colorado State to cough the ball up 19 times on the way to winning 82-56 to make the Sweet 16.
Russ "Russdiculous" Smith emerged as a No. 1 scoring option on a roster that remained almost entirely intact from last year's Final Four team. The junior averages 18.4 points per game and 2.2 steals on defense.
The Ducks have a pair of guys who have run the point this year in Dominic Artis and Johnathan Loyd. Their combined experience may give the Ducks an advantage over most teams in handling the Cardinals' constant on-ball pressure.
FGCU has become the media darling of the Big Dance for two reasons: Their fast-paced, oft-dunking style and their history-making run as a No. 15. Oh, and the head coach is married to a supermodel ... so three things.
Most teams play with a lot of passion, but the sheer joy exuding from the Eagles in their first two games has caught on with fans. And it fueled scoring runs like the 17-0 advantage over San Diego State during 7 1/2 minutes of the second half, leading to the 81-71 win Sunday.
The Gators are a favorite to win the tourney among the number-crunching crowd. They are among the top 10 in both offensive and defensive efficiency, or points scored and allowed on a per-possession basis.
With four guys averaging double-digit points, Florida shot a better percentage than all but seven teams this season. That balance carried them through the first two games of the tourney, most recently a 78-64 win over Minnesota that was never in doubt after the first half.
Against Florida Gulf Coast, expect them to keep the tempo slow and try to beat them in the halfcourt. Erik Murphy has scored 15 or more in the two tournament contests and, at 6'10", will have a size advantage on the inside.
The Eagles already showed they can handle a stellar defensive team when they knocked off Georgetown (10th nationally in points allowed). But they had the advantage of being off the radar in the first two games; the Gators have no doubt prepared to counteract the up-and-down-and-up-again approach on offense.
Still, if FGCU stays loose like it was the first week and retains the hot shooting touch, it could dunk its way deeper into the bracket. Not bad for the program's second year of tournament eligibility ... make that four reasons.
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Table of Contents
Collection Overview
Collection Inventory+/-
Biographical Note/Historical Note
Content Description
Collection Use
Administrative Information
Collection Overview +/-
Collection Inventory +/-
Box 1: Correspondence File, 1937 –1959
Fd 1 2/2/37 – 12/27/39 (7 pieces)
Fd 2 3/4/44 – 9/20/45 (12 pieces)
Fd 3 1/8/47 – 12/23/47 (5 pieces)
Fd 4 4/10/48 – 9/23/48 (7 pieces)
Fd 5 12/15/49 – 12/31/49 (7 pieces)
Fd 6 1/3/50 – 2/13/50 (14 pieces)
Fd 7 8/23/50 – 12/27/50 (13 pieces)
Fd 8 1/21/51 – 12/29/51 (13 pieces 1 item)
Fd 9 1/8/52 – 2/19/52 (10 pieces)
Fd 10 8/1/52 – 12/22/52 (10 pieces)
Fd 11 2/4/53 – 12/18/53 (15 pieces 3 items)
Fd 12 2/4/54 – 10/12/55 (10 pieces 1 item)
Fd 13 7/23/56 – 9/7/56 (10 pieces)
Fd 14 10/20/56 – 12/26/56 (12 pieces 1 item)
Fd 15 1/3/57 – 1/11/57 (16 pieces)
Fd 16 1/17/57 – 1/30/57 (11 pieces 1 item)
Fd 17 2/5/57 – 12/23/57 (20 pieces 1 item)
Fd 18 3/7/58 – 4/28/58 (10 pieces 3 items)
Fd 19 5/27/58 – 5/28/58 (16 pieces 1 item)
Fd 20 3/5/59 – 12/30/59 (6 pieces)
Box 2: Correspondence File, 1960 – 1969
Fd 1 1/1/60 – 1/25/60 (21 pieces)
Fd 2 2/19/60 – 3/19/60 (10 pieces)
Fd 3 4/1/60 – 4/21/60 (10 pieces)
Fd 4 5/6/60 – 5/8/60 (7 pieces 1 item)
Fd 5 2/2/61 – 11/13/62 (8 pieces 1 item)
Fd 6 4/7/63 – 4/30/63 (12 pieces)
Fd 7 5/1/63 – 5/4/63 (11 pieces)
Fd 8 5/5/63 – 5/8/63 (19 pieces)
Fd 9 5/9/63 – 5/14/63 (15 pieces)
Fd 10 5/15/63 – 5/17/63 (6 pieces)
Fd 11 5/20/63 – 5/30/63 (11 pieces)
Fd 12 6/1/63 – 6/23/63 (7 pieces)
Fd 13 7/5/63 – 11/30/63 (17 pieces)
Fd 14 9/20/64 – 12/6/66 (6 pieces 4 items)
Fd 15 7/26/68 – 12/9/68 (6 pieces)
Fd 16 4/16/69 – 9/10/69 (13 pieces)
Fd 17 11/7/69 – 11/20/69 (14 pieces)
Fd 18 12/7/69 – 12/31/69 (9 pieces)
Box 3: Correspondence File, 1970 –1979
Fd 1 9/21/70 – 10/30/70 (8 pieces 3 items)
Fd 2 11/4/70 – 12/29/70 (6 pieces 2 items)
Fd 3 2/26/71 – 3/27/71 (16 pieces 2 items)
Fd 4 4/21/71 – 6/2/71 (8 pieces 2 items)
Fd 5 4/5/72 – 12/25/72 (12 pieces)
Fd 6 2/28/73 – 12/11/73 (6 pieces)
Fd 7 2/5/74 – 6/23/74 (12 pieces)
Fd 8 7/19/74 – 9/26/74 (12 pieces)
Fd 9 11/2/74 – 12/31/74 (11 pieces)
Fd 10 5/1/75 – 12/16/75 (3 pieces 1 item)
Fd 11 2/19/76 – 12/5/76 (10 pieces)
Fd 12 1/1/77 – 9/6/77 (7 pieces)
Fd 13 1/29/78 – 7/27/78 (14 pieces)
Fd 14 8/21/78 – 12/28/78 (9 pieces)
Fd 15 1/22/79 – 7/20/79 (7 pieces 2 items)
Fd 16 No date (7 pieces)
Box 4: Subject File, A-C
Fd 1 "Awards": Distinctive Merit in Outdoor Advertising Art: Presentation at the 13th Annual Exhibition, 1942. (1 piece)
Fd 2 "Awards": Honorary Doctor of Arts Degree: Awarded by Weber State College. June 1, 1974. Invitations to reception in honor of recipients and program for 68th annual commencement at which award was presented. (3 pieces 1 item)
Fd 3 "Awards": Honorary Doctor of Arts Degree: Awarded by Weber State College, June 1,1974. Newspaper clippings pertaining to the award and the donation of the Bransom Collection. (11 pieces)
Fd 4 "Biography": "Artists of the Outdoors: Paul Bransom" by Lilian M. Cromelin. "American Forests and Forest Life." v. 35, no. 3, March, 1929. (1 item)
Fd 5 "Biography": "Paul Bransom", by Dorothy P. Lathrop. "The Horn Book," v. XVI, no. 3, May/June, 1940. (2 items)
Fd 6 "Biography": "Paul Bransom: An Appreciation by Normon Kent." American Artist, v. 11, no. 4, April, 1947. (1 item)
Fd 7 "Biography": "Paul Bransom, The Dean of Canada Lake's Art Colony at 92" by Donald L. Tuttle. "Adirondack Life," v. X, no. 4, July/August, 1979. (1 item)
Fd 8 "Biography": Miscellaneous newspaper articles, Autobiographical sketches, and obituary notices. (7 pieces 4 items)
Fd 9 "Clubs, Institutes and Societies": American Artists Professional League, Inc. Membership card, and Miscellaneous documents, 1957. (4 pieces)
Fd 10 "Clubs, Institutes and Societies": Boone and Crockett Club. Officers roster, By-Laws, List of Members, 1965. (4 pieces)
Fd 11 "Clubs, Institutes and Societies": Emergency Conservation Committee of New York. Publication no. 54, "Finishing The Mammals", by Rosalie Edge, 1936. (1 item)
Fd 12 "Clubs, Institutes and Societies": Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association. Newsletter No. 37, March, 1966. (1 piece)
Fd 13 "Clubs, Institutes and Societies": New York Zoological Society. Miscellaneous articles, 1942, 1943. (2 pieces 1 item)
Fd 14 "Clubs, Institutes and Societies": Salmagundi Club. Annual Report and list of member, 1940; 75th Anniversary, Special Exhibition Program, 1945; miscellaneous receipts, 1958 – 1960. (1 piece 7 items)
Fd 15 "Clubs, Institutes and Societies": Teton Artists Associated Institute. Advertisements and brochures,1960. (23 pieces)
Fd 16 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – A-C": Clippings of illustrations by Darrel Austin (1 piece), Edmund Blampied (3 pieces), and program of exhibition of the watercolor of Chen Chi (2 pieces)
Fd 17 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – Dobie, J. Frank": Biographical data, 1943-1964. (11 pieces 3 items)
Fd 18 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – Dobie J. Frank": Publications inscribed to Paul Bransom from J. Frank Dobie. Andy Adams, "Cowboy Chronicle"s: Juan Oso: "The Merry Christmas Tale of Bigfoot Wallace and the Hickory Nuts; and Old Bill, Confederate Ally." (Original and Xerox copy).
Fd 19 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. - Dobie, J. Frank": Miscellaneous.
Fd 20 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – London, Jack": Xerox copies of inscriptions to Paul Bransom from books Written by Jack London. Originals in Bransom Book Collection (3 pieces)
Fd 21 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – London, Jack": Thirty Page pamphlet, "The Strength of the Strong", by Jack London. Charles H. Kerr and Co., Chicago, 1911; Postcard Advertisement with photo of London for "The Valley of the Moon." (1 piece 1 item).
Fd 22 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – London, Jack": Miscellaneous newsclippings regarding his children and the London estate in California.
Fd 23 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – Mochi, Ugo": Newspaper article in "The Standard-Star", New Rochelle, New York, 4-19-76, "Ugo Mochi Still Cuts Shadow Art Masterpieces", by June Schetterer.
Fd 24 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – Rackham, Arthur": Magazine illustrations. (3 pieces)
Fd 25 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – Rockwell, Norman"; Miscellaneous magazine articles. (1 piece 1 item)
Fd 26 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – Siemel, Alejandro (Sasha)": Articles by Siemel: "Capturing the Jungle With Camera and Spear" and " When It's Man vs. Jaguar". Advertisement for Big Game Hunt in Brazil with Siemel. (2 pieces 1 item)
Fd 27 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – Tack, Augustin Vincent": Biography of Tack, 1870 – 1949, The American Studies Group, (cont.) Hilson Gallery, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1968. (1 item)
Fd 28 "Colleagues, Contemporaries, et al. – Miscellaneous": (3 pieces 3 items)
Box 5: Subject File, D-Z
Fd 1 "Exhibitions": Announcements of various art exhibitions in Which Bransom participated, 1902-1976 (8 pieces 1 items)
Fd 2 "Illustrations, List": Bibliographies of books and magazines in which Bransom's illustrations appear. (1 piece 3 items)
Fd 3 "Memorabilia"
Fd 4 "Miscellaneous – Envelopes"
Fd 5 "Miscellaneous – Newspaper Clippings"
Fd 6 "Miscellaneous – Publications"
Fd 7 "Miscellaneous – Quotations"
Fd 8 "Miscellaneous – Receipts": Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Fd 9 "Miscellaneous – Receipts": New York City
Fd 10 "Reviews – An Argosy of Fables": Publisher's advertising Pamphlet and newspaper reviews, 1921. (7 pieces 1 item)
Fd 11 "Reviews – Hunting American Lions": Newspaper review, 1948. (4 pieces)
Fd 12 "Reviews – Tawny Goes Hunting": Newspaper reviews, 1937, (6 pieces)
Fd 13 "Reviews – Wilderness Champion": Junior Literary Guild Review, 1944. (1 item)
Fd 14 "Reviews – The Wind in the Willows": Horn Book review, 1940 and newspaper clippings, (no date). (1 piece 1 item)
Fd 15 "Technical Note": Instructions for making plaster casts from Life (handwritten, no date). (1 piece)
Fd 16 "Technical Note – Washington School of Art": Instructions For drawing animals, 1957. (1 item)
Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-
If there is any truth in the Taoist belief that we pass through life leaving a part of ourselves wherever we go, then I "met" Paul Bransom, "Dean of America's Wildlife Artists," two decades before the day we first sat together in his studio. Given a stack of issues of the "Saturday Evening Post" from the 1930's and 1940's, I remember the day I carefully clipped Bransom's cover and story illustrations of bears, deer and foxhounds and stored them away in my burgeoning picture file. Years later, while living in Canajoharie, N.Y., I suddenly learned that Paul Bransom lived only a few miles north of me at Canada Lake, and that much of his work and certainly many of "my" illustrations had emanated from his studio there.
When we met for the first time in 1977 Paul Bransom was entering his ninety-first year, but what immediately impressed me most was not his artwork or his amazing six-decade career, but his face. In a north light, it is deeply furrowed now, with more seams and creases than an Adirondack back country road. When he talks, it lights up like etched diorite with the memories of sketching expeditions with Texas writer J. Frank Dobie, of the Bronx Zoo lion house and Zoo Director William T. Hornaday, of the books like Jack Londons's "Call of the Wild", and of the thousands upon thousands of sketches, studies and articles for almost every major American magazine – an endless panorama of wild animal designs that issued forth from his brushes and pens.
Paul Bransom began his professional career at 13 as an apprentice draftsman assisting with mechanical drawings for patents, and exacting discipline requiring precise rendering of structure and details. That skill at drawing machines earned him a job with a railroad, where he drew locomotives and box cars, then briefly with General Electric Co. in Schenectady. At the ripe age of 17 he went to New York and the "New York Evening Journal", where he drew a comic strip, "The Latest News from Bugville."
In each job, however, he continued to pursue his avocational sketching of animals, a practice he had begun in childhood. In New York he haunted the lion house of the Bronx Zoo and eventually attracted the notice of William T. Hornaday, the Zoo's famed director. Hornaday, impressed with the young artist's work, granted him the unusual privilege of a studio in the lion house. Finally, with a portfolio of animal drawings under his arm, Bransom began the rounds of publishing houses. The editor of the "Saturday Evening Post", then the nation's largest popular magazine, was so impressed that he bought four cover pictures and several smaller drawings on the spot. The world of comic strips had lost an artist and that of animal art had gained a master.
Paul Bransom first came to the Adirondacks in 1908, when the 22-year-old artist and his wife rented a cottage on Canada Lake for the summer. Next door was the summer camp of Clare Victor Dwiggens, One of America's greatest comic strip artists and creator of the popular panel "School Days." The retreat afforded Bransom the solitude and, of course, the access in the field to animal subjects needed to complete his growing list of assignments from the "Post, Country Gentleman, American Weekly", and other publishing houses. At one time the deadlines and the pressures were so great that a sign hung on the back door, "Pleases, no visitors until after five o'clock." In 1917 the prospering Bransom built his own Canada Lake camp near that of the artist Louis Sarka, and year after year since then he has spent his summers in the Adirondacks, gathering drawings and backgrounds which he translated into finished drawings in the winter in New York.
The living room of the camp, filled with mementos and lighted by a high north window, serving for many years as both living space and studio. Today, the studio is in a smaller room dominated by a high drawing board, a comfortable chair in front of it, and the brushes and colors still conveniently at hand on a low table to the right. From this retreat has come much of Bransom's best work over the years. During the 1920's and 1930's, some 35 magazines used Bransom's illustrations. He illustrated nearly 50 books, including Jack London's "Call of the Wild", Kenneth Grahame's English classic "The Wind in the Willows", and editions of Hunter's Choice by Archibald Rutledge. Book collectors today find his illustrations in books by such celebrated authors as Charles Roberts, Albert Terhune and Rudyard Kipling.
The essence of Bransom's art is a private feeling, unfathomable to those who neither hunt nor fish nor know animals intimately. Bransom saw and painted the same animals you and I see, but he saw them better. Deer, foxes, bears, squirrels, moose and mountain lions: there are no surprises in his choice of subject, only the surprise of his achievement in bringing them to vivid life on paper. Technique and practice can account for much of his art, but love of his subject accomplished much more. That love etched the image of fleeting lives of birds and animals onto paper and into our memories forever.
Love of nature and of his subjects is the key to Bransom's art and, he says, to that of his peers in this rather specialized field. Young artists, he observes, think that if they can master the anatomy of a few animals, the rest will come easily, but nothing could be further from the truth. The animal painter who wishes to represent living animals must learn at first hand the habits of those he wishes to portray. An intimate knowledge of the subjects and its reactions to man and other animals, accumulated through hours of study in the field and endless sketching, is a necessary part of the artist's preparation. In Bransom's view, an artist who would study anatomy but not the life of the subject is akin to the actor who pronounces the lines with faultless diction but no emotion.
Bransom's method naturally reflects influences of his early mentors and friends, Walt Kuhn and T.S. Sullivant, both of whom he met during his cartoonist days in New York. To Kuhn, who studied in Munich, he attributed his principles of construction. Sullivant, a caricaturist interested in animals, "taught me how to draw horses." Curiously enough, Bransom never met another wildlife artist, Charles Livingston Bull, whom he credits as having the greatest influence on his work, even though they once both produced illustrations (each unknown to the other) for an edition of the "New International Encyclopedia". Although they both lived and worked near each other in New York and spent summers nearby in the Adirondacks, a long-planned meeting of the two was cut short by Bull's untimely death in 1935.
The value of these other artists to Bransom's early development as an illustrator became evident when I inquired about his formal training. It is not often that one encounters a successful artist – in any field – who has made his way without benefit of at least some formal art training. Formal art had little to do with it, he insists – he completed only about two months of art school. "He was born to draw, and to draw animals," wrote Dorothy Lathrop in "Illustrators of Children's Books", 1744 – 1945, published in 1947 by Horn Book, Inc., Boston. "His love of them was his stimulus, for to him animals were then, and still are now, the most exciting things in the world… he makes us forget his art and remember the animals he draws. And that we do must please him, for he loves animals as most others love only man."
Newer wildlife artists today like David A. Maass, Ray Harm and Roger Tory Peterson, prospering on the photolithographed collector's print, may reach a greater audience. And some other, like Peter Parnell and Maynard Reece, may find greater success with arresting paintings that at the same time evoke both the mystery and dignity of the wild bird on the wing. But no painter yet approaches Bransom's 60-year career of artistic success and earned respect among his colleagues and friends. Bransom has won more than 80 art awards, including the Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Medal of the Artists Fellowship of New York City. He has been president of the Society of Animal Artists, and he has taught at the Teton Artists Associated Art School in Jackson Hole, Wyo. In 1974 he was awarded an honorary degree by Weber State College in Ogden, Utah; now a Paul Bransom Collection hangs in the College's library. When he was 89, the Town of Caroga recognized his achievements with a formal resolution noting his many years of residence at Canada Lake and the many friendships he has made there.
Today, at the age of 92, what does Paul Bransom think of these accolades and tributes? Recently, thinking only of his animals and his art, he wrote:
"The winter wears on… I am impatiently waiting for the time we can return to Canada Lake. I've reached the age when like the old automobile, various important parts begin to wear out and cease to function correctly, but unlike this old car, the old body is not quite so easy to repair and install new parts, especially the eyes – so i mportant to an artist. However, what with visits to various doctors who specialize in all the different parts I manage to get to the studio almost every day to work on pictures which greatly interest me and I hope to finish."
*Reprinted from Adirondack Life, July/August 1979, courtesy of the author. Copyright 1979 by Adirondack Life. All rights reserved.
Content Description +/-
The Paul Bransom Collection is something of a rarity. Though relatively large and containing both textual and nontextual material, it is extraordinarily manageable. Manageable not only for the curator, but for the researcher as well. There are no superfluous accumulations of unrelated items cluttering the collection. Only that which provides information pertinent to an understanding of the donor has been included. Yet it is not a "culled" collection, not has it been manicured to affect a contrived impression. The diversity of its contents negates partiality. It is, in fact, a compendium on the life and work of Paul Bransom; a prerequisite for any detailed study of the man known as "The Dean of America's Wildlife Artists."
To facilitate its use, the collection's contents have been separated into the following groups and inventoried accordingly:
Books – The Bransom Library contains two hundred and thirty titles and includes books illustrated by Bransom, autographed first editions, and volumes bearing personal inscriptions to the artist from such noteworthy authors as Jack London. The register lists the books alphabetically by the author's surname. Though the library is housed in the Special Collections Department, card entries for each book have been filed in both the departmental and the main library card catalogs. To request a particular volume, the patron must obtain the call number from the catalog and specify that it is a volume from the Bransom library.
Manuscripts – The papers of Paul Bransom are contained in five document boxes and include correspondence and subject files dating from 1973 to 1979. The former contains personal letters from such associates as J. Frank Dobie, Joseph W. Lippincott, and Charly Sarka, and business correspondence from various publishers, authors, and gallery curators. The subject file contains an assortment of material ranging from biographical sketches to reviews of Bransom's work. Following the inventory, a selected name and subject index provides the box and folder location of each item and piece. To obtain manuscript material for study, the patron will request the manuscript by collection number (MS 10), the box number and the folder number.
Photographs – Thought small, the photograph collection provides a valuable visual chronicle of Paul Bransom's life, dating from 1921 to 1976. The collection includes photographs of Grace Bond Bransom, J. Frank Dobie, the Salmagundi Club of New York City, and Bransom's Canada Lake Studio. A brief description of each photograph is given in the inventory, along with the individual call numbers. A selected name and subject index is also provided. To obtain a particular photograph, the patron will note both the collection number (P9) and the individual call number.
In addition to this collection, Paul Bransom donated art work and papers to several other repositories. For further study, the researcher is referred to the following institutions:
Archives of American Art. New York City, New York.
Fulton County Historical Society. Gloverville, New York.
Jack London Historical Museum. Glen Ellen, California.
Johnstown Public Library (the Helen I. Hays Collections.) Johnstown, New York.
New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, Connecticut.
Salmagundi Club. New York City, New York.
University of Oregon Library, Department of Special Collections. Eugene, Oregon.
University of Texas Library (J. Frank Dobie Collection). Austin, Texas.
Collection Use +/-
Restrictions on Access:
Open to public research.
Administrative Information +/-
The Paul Bransom Collection originated from his gift of drawings, illustrations and sketches presented to Weber State College in 1972. Subsequent donations of art work, books and manuscripts were bequeathed by the artist in 1974, and received by the College in 1975, 1980 and 1983. In addition to these contributions, original Bransom paintings were donated by Margaret (Mrs. Fredrick) Osborn of Garrison-on-Hudson, New York, in 1974, and by Mr. George F. Pierrot of Detroit, Michigan, in 1980. Future supplements to the collection, bequeathed by various Bransom admirers and associates, are forthcoming.
At this writing, the collection consists of some 200 pieces of art work, a library containing 230 titles, three linear feet of manuscript material, and thirty photographs. Under the terms of the 1974 agreement with Mr. Bransom, Weber State College received the right to reproduce or reprint the contents of the collection. To maintain the collection in good condition, use of all materials is governed by the following Department restrictions: 1) Books, manuscripts and photographs do not circulate. Research of collection materials must be undertaken in the Department's reading room. 2) Use of pens is prohibited when working with original materials; pencils are recommended for note taking. 3) Permission to duplicate or photocopy materials must be obtained from the Special Collections Curator or an authorized assistant.
Acquisition Information:
Processing Note:
This collection was processed by a Special Collections processor.
Bransom, Paul
Collection materials are in English.
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
5 boxes
Language of the Finding Aid:
Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
Author of the Finding Aid:
Finding aid created by a Special Collections processor.
EAD Creation Date:
Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).
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Subject Terms:
Personal Names:
Bransom, Paul (Paul).
Geographical Names:
Salt Lake City, Utah


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. Cache - Supervi s ion.
Inspection Report on
Cache National Forest,
by L. F. Kneipp! Assistant
April 8; HJ09.
The appeal of Williams and Wetzel from the
Supervioor ' s decision in which they were limited to the
number of 400 head of sheep as new beginners , was thoroughly
discussed with Supervisor Clark , and the records in tne case
examined. Assuming that all statements made by the appellants
are correct , the Supervisor's action in limiting them to a
permi t for 400 head of sheep was entirely justified a.nd in
accordance with his instructions. The appellants have no
reasonable claim to greater grazing privileges than this except
because of the fact tnat their ranch property will feed
a larger number. This year it has been necessary to reject
the applications of twelve bona fide settlers and feeders, who
were practically in the same class as Williams and Wetzel , and
in allowing these people a permit for 400 head full recognition
has been accorded them. It is, therefore, recouunended that
the Supervisor be sustained, and Williams and Wetzel notified
that they will not be allowed privileges for any number of
sheep in excess of 400 head.
The verbal appeal of J. S. Moffat , as agent
for his sons P. D. Moffat and Brother, was also considered.
The circumstances of the case indicate that J. S. Moffat , who
holds permit No. 658 to graze 600 head of sheep , is also
interested in the application of his sons and has an interest
in the sheep, out even if this is not true the Moffat Brothers
Can not be considered as having preference rights over other
new owners whom it was necessary to reject. P. D. Moffat owns
a 40 acre tract of land, of which 14 acres are cultivEted, 20
acres is hay lAnd, and six acres pasturage. His brother does
not own any land at all. Of the 12 applicants rejected at
least half of them had stronger claims for recognition than
Moffat Brothers did. Mr. Moffat has laid stress upon the
fact that these sheep which were to be grazed within the Forest
had been purchased from Nebeker and Hulme , but it may be
pointed out that the latter did not relinquish their range
rights and have made application for the same number of sheep
this year, and consequently the Moffats acquired no rights by
reason of the purchase.
The case of the Hodges Land and Livestock
Company was also considered. The principal source of friction
in this case is in connection with a timber sale, and not with
the e;razing privilege. although Mr. Hodges does feel that he is
being subjected to unnecessary reduction. In 1907 he applied
for a permit to graze 3,600 head of sheep, which was approved
for 3,060 sheep; in 1908 his application was approved for
2, '709 sheep, and in 1909 for 2,550 sheep. As Mr. Clark had
planned a 10% cut on all permits from 2,500 to 3,000 head in
cases where the sheep were fed, it will be seen that Mr.
Hodges was not cut the full sliding scale reduction , and is
being treated very fairly by Mr. Clark. The circumstances
surrounding this case are peculiar. Mr. Hodgen is reported
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to have three wives and a large number of children , and in
order to provide for them equally has organized a stock com-pany
and di stributed the stock among his various children.
His chief claim for preference consideration lies in the
fact that the stock holders in his company number 20 or 30
people , and he believes that the company should be given
greater recogniti on than is accorded an individual. An
examination of the records makes it evident that Mr . Hodges
has been treated very fairly , except that there is a possibility
that the range furniShed him is somewhat inadequate
to his needs, but this can not be determined by the Supervisor
until the summer season enables him to make a proper
inspection, at which time he will take the necessary steps
to allot Mr. Hodges a satisfactory range .
In the case of Nebeker Brothers , permit No .
560--1909 , ooth Ex-Supervisor Woodruff and Supervisor Clark
have made mistakes . The firm of Nebeker Brothers was recognized
in 190~ as new owners and given a permit for 600 head
of sheep , notwithstanding the fact that one owns an interest
in the permit held by Nebeker and Hulme for 2 , 100 head of
sheep, and another owns an interest in the permi t he l d by
Nebeker and Rider for 2 , 100 head of sheep. I n 190~ the firm
was also given State land permit for, I think , 900 head addi tional.
This year Supervisor Clark has granted the firm a
regular paid permit for 1,100 head of sheep, which is practically
an increase in permanent number of 500 head , when , as a
matter of fact, the firm should never have been recognized in
the first place, and at all events should not have been granted
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~ny increase. The ac tion to be taken now is doubtful. I
have no recommendations to make.
The allowances for the use of private lands
within tne Forest is a matter which might properly be given
some attention during the coming season, but it is obvious
that the allo~ances made in past years have been altogether
too liberal. Aquila Nebeker,owning lands in excess of 1 , 900
acres, nas been allowed a free permit for 2,900 head of sheep ,
while the Hodges Land and Livestock Company has been allowed
a free permit for 660 sheep , in lieu of the release of 520
acres. These amounts appear to be excessive and should not
be allowed unless a field examination proves beyond a doubt
that the lands are capable of supporting these numbers of
stock. Supervisor Clark intends to take this matter up as
soon as possible, but it is a subject worthy of the consideration
of the District Office also .
The rights acquired by priority in the use of
the range and the ownership of improved ranch property, and
the rights secured by permits issued under the State ' s quota
in accordance with the contract between the Forest Service and
the State of utah, have been considered practically interchangeable
, and the latest ruling will result in a great deal
of confusion unless it is con~idered tnat some of the old
users of the Forest, to whom the State's quota has been assigned
this year by Supervisor Clark, actually occupy the
same position as persons securing paid permits from the Forest
Service. For the past year or two persons whose rights to
share in the use of the range are unquestioned have been
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persuaded to secure their permits from the State's quota in
order to facilitate this branch of the work , and these parties
must necessarily be restored to the privileges which they en-joyed
before the ruling that the permits issued on account of
State lands convey no ri~hts goes into effect . Mr. Clark
thoroughly understands the situation now, but does not see his
way clear to carry out the latest instructions unless he reA
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calls his letters of approval and makes a relttti! elneli\ of the
State privileges, which, of course, he does not desire to do.
The question of the riehts acquired by State permits must
therefore be held in abeyance until the end of the present
season, after which Mr . Clark will make the necessary adjustments
and allot the State peI'mits ei ther as supplemental to
regular permits or else to neVi owners not otherwise entitled
to consideration.
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This quilt is darling. I need to make a baby quilt in double time. This will do the trick. Thanks!
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I love this! Great way to use the big prints along with the smaller ones. Makes a very nice look - thanks! I printed it!
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I'm crazy about "It's a Hoot", and love Amy's energetic design. Very fun!
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Dropped by from your blog to check out your MBS post. This is a great quilt for pretty fabrics. Your quilting makes it!
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Police say they lost sight of the vehicle, and then later discovered that it had run into the car which had six people inside.
Authorities say three generations of one family were inside the car that was hit by Warthen. Alicia Moxley, 57, and her 3-year-old granddaughter, Jordan Haynes, were pronounced dead at the scene. A 17-year-old girl and Moxley's 58-year-old husband were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. Two boys, 5 and 7 years old, were taken to Children's Healthcare at Egleston.
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"I'm sorry for their loss. It was accident," Warthen said as he was led by deputies into his first court appearance on Thursday.
Warthen is being held without bond. He is scheduled to make another court appearance April 19.
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The Democratic National Convention, where President Barack Obama will officially accept his party's nomination, follows Sept. 4 to 6 in Charlotte, NC.
Although candidates have been sniping at each other for a few weeks, the gloves come off after the conventions and the real campaign season begins with the hard fought battle culminating in the election of a president in November.
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2,286 - Number of delegates represented, plus 2,125 alternate delegates. This is nearly quadruple the 600 voting delegates represented at the first Republican convention.
15,000 - Number of credentialed journalists in attendance. That's 6.56 media outlets per delegate.
56 - Number of delegations in attendance. In addition to delegates from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands also send delegates.
40 - This is the GOP's 40th national convention to nominate a presidential candidate.
3 - Number of times Florida has hosted the Republican National Convention. The Sunshine State also hosted in 1968 and 1972 when Richard Nixon was nominated. Both events were held in Miami Beach.
14 - The number of times Chicago has hosted the Republican National Convention, the most of any city.
1856 - The year the first Republican convention was held. With the city of Philadelphia as its backdrop, the Republican Party - only two years old at the time - nominated John C. Fremont of California for president. A then little-known candidate named Abraham Lincoln lost his bid for vice president to William Dayton.
50,000 - Number of people expected to descend on Tampa for the convention.
81 - The need to communicate with news media and social media has resulted in 81 miles of coaxial, phone and internet cable being installed for the convention.
$175-$200 million - Anticipated direct economic impact for the Tampa Bay area.
7,500 - Number of volunteers working to make the convention happen.
16,000 - Number of hotel rooms reserved by convention organizers.
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Life with an Autism Service Dog, Part III
Jingle knows her girl.
Please note comments are moderated. After being approved your comment will appear below.
Submitted by Anonymous | November 1 2009 | Permalink
As a disabled service dog handler, I do not condone tethering, or the use of "autism service dogs" for children. Many disabled children can benefit from a highly trained emotional support animal, but a $10,000 "anchor" is absolutely ridiculous. Not to mention the fact that the DOJ has stated: "[a]nimals whose sole function is to provide emotional support, comfort, therapy, companionship, therapeutic benefits, or promote emotional well-being are not service animals.''
There is absolutely NO excuse for a public access trained service dog defecating in public. None. This is indicative of poor training, poor handling, or a stressed dog that does not belong working in public.
Dogs that are working with children need to be THE most temperamentally sound working dogs of all. Highly obedience trained and phased by nothing. All dogs can and will break training, but more and more we are seeing money-hungry organizations preying off of desperate parents by placing minimally trained "service" dogs with severely disabled children who are unable to handle them independently.
Submitted by Michelle O'Neil | November 4 2009 | Permalink
"All dogs can and will break training."
It was Jingle's first day with her new family. She IS highly trained, but WE were still being trained.
She is an awesome dog, with an amazing temperment and she's doing exceedingly well with our child.
You might reconsider your stance on tethering if your child had a knack for escaping and repeatedly had been in harm's way as a result. Tethering is an important service to many kids with autism. IF you have not lived it, you don't know. It only takes a second for a child to escape. The service dogs through 4 Paws are part of the three unit team. There is always an adult handler. The tethering allows the child a bit more freedom than always having a human holding their hand, but there is always an adult in the vicinity. Many families are finally able to go out in public after getting a service dog trained in tethering.
We are very happy with our dog from 4 Paws for Ability.
Obviously, you know nothing at all about Autism Assistance Dog work and very little about dogs. How sad you feel the need to show your ignorance in such a hateful manner. Shame on you.
Submitted by Chelsea Budde | November 4 2009 | Permalink
As the mother of two children with autism and the handler of an autism assistance dog with search and rescue skills, I heartily dismiss your "anonymous" opinion and counter it with our experience.
Our 4 Paws For Ability street-certified $20,000 service dog, who was brought home with a mere $9,800 in tax-deductible donations to 4 Paws, a public CHARITY, is without question the most well-behaved dog I have ever encountered. I find it amusing that you believe you've trained dogs so well that you've altered their gastrointestinal function.
We all know that when a handler is first paired with a dog, there is a learning curve: the handler learns about the dog's cues regarding timing of consumption of food and/or water and voiding. This only takes a few weeks to develop, but will not be readily apparent to the new handler during training. Furthermore, when a mammal has to go, they have to go. Accidents do happen. (Our family's dog, whom we've had for 5-1/2 years, has never had an accident in public and only one in private.)
I challenge you, Anonymous, to walk a day in the shoes of a parent of a child with autism. If you're ever in the Milwaukee area, look me up. I'd be glad to learn of your superior skills. And watch you try to keep up with me, my kids, and our service dog. Maybe then you'll see that he is so much more than a "$10,000 anchor." (How appalling that you'd even suggest such a thing!)
Submitted by e4 | November 4 2009 | Permalink
Nobody asked you to condone anything. The organization in question has an extensive record of helping families and kids in very significant ways. The benefits are well documented, and the dogs are certified, with or without your approval.
In your comment you reference things that aren't mentioned in this article, which makes it sound like you have a prepared schick that you trot out to disparage this organization. In other words, it sounds like you have a grudge for some reason.
If you are disabled service dog handler then you must be a disabled person with a service dog, and you are entitled to your opinion, but whether you "condone" something or not does not speak to whether the service is not encredibly important to the child and family, and certainly it has little to do with what is legally protected under the law. In essence, the service dog performing tethering is like a guide dog for the blind, keeping the child from crossing into oncoming traffic or becoming lost. They cannot "see" or "process" information like traffic or unsafe situations, especially when their senses are overwhelmed by new or very busy/noisy environments. The difference being that the child is impaired in such a way they may not be able or willing to hold onto the dog's harness. These kids have legitimate disability under federal law, and the dogs are task trained to mitigate this disability and benefit the child. Without tethering these children would largely need to be locked away inside their house, because the child will not hold the parent's hand and cannot be kept safe. This is hardly an "anchor" and is not used to stake the child in the front yard. These kids are now getting out more regularly to stores, malls, the zoo, using public transit, traveling, and Disneyland. All things they may not have been able to experience otherwise.
You also took the DOJ statement out of context and did not include the rest of their position: ''[t]he term service animal includes individually trained animals that do work or perform tasks for the benefit of individuals with disabilities, including psychiatric, cognitive, and mental disabilities.'' Tethering, tracking, providing focus and grounding as well as behavior mitigation for autistic children falls under this statement.
Perhaps there are money-hungry organizations out there, but if you intended to imply that 4 Paws for Ability was such an organization, I strongly disagree with you. They have radically transformed the lives of many of their disabled clients and families. I know, I am one, and have talked to many more. Our 4 Paws service dog is impecably trained, extremely well behaved, temperamentally sound, and unphased by any environment we have taken her into thus far, including the hospital.
Submitted by Jen | November 4 2009 | Permalink
I have seen Jingle in action and she is neither poorly trained, stress or handled wrongly. She is a dog who had an accident and as a dog handler PLEASE do not say you have never had a doggie accident on your hands before. This "anchor" you speak of...would you rather have this little girl get hit by a car because mom/dad lost their grip just one time crossing a parking lot?? Tethering in itself is grounds for a service dog. Autism Service Dogs DEFINATLEY have a place in this world and they are here to stay baby!! WOO HOO!! It is ashamed that you do not see the amazing things these dogs for these kiddos....but it doesn't really matter what you think because we, the parents, know that life is better with our new doggies and we have 4 Paws For Abilty to thank for that!
First of all I would like to say that WE are NOT DESPERATE parents!!!!!!! We want what is best for our child just like any other parent in this world!! I am a parent of a child with autism and severe seizure disorder that has a 4 Paws dog. This organization is like family to us!!! They don't just train our dogs and hand them over and say here you are. They spend countless hours making sure our children have the right dog who can perform for them correctly and offer the love and support that they need! We have had our dog now for 2 yrs. and cannot say enough how much our dog has changed not only my son's life, but the whole family!! She has gave my son who functions on a 2yr. old level at the age of 9 so much independence and reduced his seizures GREATLY!!!!!! This is something that medicine nor any other treatment has EVER been able to give to him!!! She goes to a public school with him everyday and has even helped out other children just by being in the room with them. I have seen and been around other agencies service dogs and they cannot hold a candle next to our 4 Paws dog!!!!!!!! If you want my opinion and anyone else that has or has ever seen the change that a 4 Paws dog and Karen and the whole staff has made in my childs life the 10,000 is nothing compared to what these dogs can offer these children, so until you have personally had a 4 Paws dog in your life or a friend or families life you have no room to speak!!!!!!!!! One other thing that I would like to add ANY service dog is still just a dog, they are not some kind of robot and accidents DO happen, just like any of your children could have an accident in public!!!!
Submitted by Service Dog Mama | November 4 2009 | Permalink
A $10,000 anchor??? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Autism Service Dogs are trained to SEARCH for their charges if/when they take off without notice - an event all too common among children with autism. Hardly a month goes by without news of a child with autism dying because s/he "eloped" - ran out or away unsupervised. Many children with autism also have no fear of dangerous situations, walking into traffic or a nearby pool, pond or lake, or going outside without a coat or shoes in sub-zero weather.
Yes, there is a very vocal minority who object to tethering. My guess is that they are either unaware or ignorant to the fact that tethering is a way of preventing accidents and injuries to these children. It also reinforces the appropriate behavior - staying with your parent, teacher, etc. rather than running off.
If you don't believe in tethering, don't - but don't ask me to take unnecessary risks with my child's life. And don't defame a highly lauded, credible agency just because their philosophy is different from yours.
Next time you feel the need to criticize talk to the driver of the car that hit a child with autism (who later died from his injuries) or the woman who saw the situation, called 911 for help but witnessed the child hit by that car. Talk to the schoolmates traumatized by the loss of their peer. Or talk to the parents who blame themselves for their child's accidental death.
AN AUTISM SERVICE DOG is A LIFESAVER as well as a calming influence. Time and time again these dogs have been shown to increase academic and social skills among children with autism in addition to allowing them (and their families) to experience a more normal life, rather than remaining shut-ins to avoid the risk of the child running off.
Submitted by Mark K | November 4 2009 | Permalink
Well, Anonymous, your post goes a long way to demonstrating the old axiom "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
Submitted by Annienonymous | November 8 2009 | Permalink
Can Anonymous really be this uneducated on the topic?
This statement by anonyomous gives insight in a number of areas -
--- Insensitivity of human beings to others
If I had posted something like this, I would be hoping to find a way to quickly get the post deleted before the search engines pick it up and the rest of the world sees it!
Submitted by Julie | January 15 2010 | Permalink
I find the comment of anonymous quite ignorant. I am not a parent of a child with autism but I am partnered and tethered with my Labrador Service Dog, as an adult with Epilepsy. I have had my dog for 4 short months, see her as nothing short of a blessing and she has changed my life by alerting to seizures before I have any idea something is about to happen. As a woman with complex partial seizures in addition to tonic clonic, my service animal increases my level of safety. I no longer wander into traffic when confused, set potholders on fire or place myself in harm's way. Much like a child with Autism, I NEED to be tethered to my animal for my own safety. I would not hesitate to tether a child whose animal's handler is trained in such techniques.
As for deficating on a floor. Many scenarios other than neglect of the animal can cause accidents. My animal has vomited in a mall (and because she was working, attempted to keep walking, while I delayed her and cleaned it up) and had diarrhea (also attempting to keep walking). While cleaning up the diarrhea (I always carry a "spill kit" in her pouch) she proceeded to have more stool leaking out and her back legs were shaking as she knew this was unacceptable behavior - she was attempting to keep going as her first priority is ME. As a responsible handler I took her outside just 20 minutes prior and had not fed dinner to her to avoid the need to defecate. Sometimes a dog gets sick in the most terrible moment and it isn't just the handler at fault. Most responsible people who have service dogs are mortified when such events occur and would not condone such behavior by their animal. Sometimes "accidents happen."
Submitted by Teresa | July 10 2013 | Permalink
You are absolutely positively WRONG. I cannot believe what you have written here! If you knew anything about Autism or autistic children and their needs, you would not be writing these things. First of all, every single ASD (high functioning or not) is considered a neurological disorder, just like seizures. As an AS patient and SD handler, I can tell you, my dog is NOT an emotional support animal, and a SD for an autistic child isn't either. Look up this website: http://www.iaadp.org/psd_tasks.html. This site explains SOME of the tasks an autism SD may preform in a psychiatric capacity. What many people do not understand is that autism SDs take on tasks from nearly every SD classification. My dog performs some tasks like a seeing eye and a mobility dog would, keeping me from entering traffic or getting lost, and helping me with my balance issues, both common tasks for autisim SDs, especially for children. When a SD preforms the "tether" command, they are preventing the child from running away, something that happens quite often with autistic children. When they run, they end up getting lost, hurt, or worse. The "tether" helps to keep them safe, a task that CERTAINLY mitigates their disability, as they wouldn't be running willy nilly uncontrolled if they weren't autistic. If you really want to get picky though, to be considered a SD, the dog merely needs three tasks to mitigate the disability, and as I'm sure you know, having JUST three tasks is hard to accomplish when you really need a SD. There is a WIDE array of tasks these dog can and do preform for these children which DEFINITELY classifies them as a SD and NOT a glorified "anchor" or emotional support animal.
When the author of this post was talking about Jingles urinating in the elevator she was still training, and accidents happen. If you are in fact a handler, you should recognize this and know that the dogs do in fact have bad days occasionally and as the author said, they're animals, not robots. While in training, things happen! The dog doesn't just go out into public knowing exactly how to act! They make mistakes and learn from them, that's how great service dogs are made. Also, these children are not at all expected to independently handle their SD's. An adult is almost always present, just like any other normal child is supervised. They are not all of a sudden expected to be on their own. In fact, many times, it is the parent giving the commands, not the child. The dog is there because they are able to do specific things that a parent simply cannot. Being autistic myself, I know how much having a furry pal makes a difference. I am simply able to connect to my SD in a way I cannot connect with people. Of course my dog provides emotional support, just as I'm sure yours does, but that is not at all her sole purpose, it is merely a side benefit.
Though I will not disagree with your statement about money hungry organizations, the rest of your post is disgraceful. It shows how incredibly ignorant you are. Next time, get all of the facts before you decide to post something like this. Not every disability is visible. Just because you can't see or understand what a dog is doing for these individuals does not mean they are useless or fake. As a handler yourself I would expect a little more understanding from you.
People who know little to nothing about a subject should not be so quick to show their ignorance to the world.
I must respectfully disagree with anonymous. You seem to be very misinformed as to the duties of an autism assistance dog. Yes, my son's service dog does provide him emotional support, but she also provides him the ability to function in public without having a serious meltdown due to anxiety. She provides him with the ability and desire to interact with the world around him- things I am sure that you take for granted. She disrupts his "stimming" so he can focus, be productive and learn. As for a $10,000 anchor- worth EVERY penny. While visiting Washington DC, my son(tethered to his service dog) and our family were crossing a very busy street. My son is obsessed with numbers, and as we got to the other side of the street he attempted to run back into traffic to look at the countdown of the crosswalk sign. He would have easily broken my grip had I just been holding his hand. He would have been KILLED by oncoming traffic. many families of children on the autism spectrum feel that going out in public is just too difficult, so they retreat- service dogs give many individuals and their families freedom to live life again. Also, the child is not the handler of the dog, as you implied. The dog, child and ADULT are a 3 person team. Clearly, you do not have a child with autism, or even know someone who does. Your ignorance about the disorder itself was very apparent.
To the person who posted who didn't "condone" tethering, I want to point out that you don't understand what tethering provides the child and family, and you have grossly mischaracterized it as an "anchor". You are neither an expert on this kind of service dog nor on the Federal laws protecting them. You took the DOJ quote out of context and did not provide the rest of the DOJ statement: ''[t]he term service animal includes individually trained animals that do work or perform tasks for the benefit of individuals with disabilities, including psychiatric, cognitive, and mental disabilities.'' Autism and the tasks these autsim dogs have been individually trained to perform fall squarely under this definition.
While there may be money-hungry organizations out there, I certainly hope you didn't mean to imply that 4 Paws for Ability was one of them. I strongly disagree with you. The dogs they have placed have transformed the lives of their clients and families for the better. I know, we are such a family, and I have talked to many more. The service dog we received from them has an incredible temperament and is very well trained. She is unphased by any place that we have taken her, from malls, to public transportation, and the hospital.
Why would anyone want to be nasty to a parent trying all they can to help their child? Do you know what it's like to live with autism? I honestly hope my biggest problem is that my service dog defacates in public. Anything providing comfort and help to my son whether it does it's business is worth it to me. You cannot put a price on quality of life. Seems to me like you have a chip on your shoulder in regards to autistic children. Shame, Shame on you!!!
I think you should not talk about what you no nothing about. Many of these children are incredible escape artist and scare their parents to death on a daily basis. The dog is not just an anchor, she is a well trained service dog or she would not be certified. She is train to search for that child, interrupt inappropriate behaviours, and keep the child safe by not letting the child run off (hence the tether. Plus she is trained to be incredibly tolerant of all children so it is appropriate for the the dog to attend school with the child. It give the child some independence and the parents piece of mind. Until you have walk in their shoes you should not criticize. This is new to this family and the dog, give them time, it is a work in progress. No Person/service dog partner relationship just happens- it takes time and the development of their relationship.
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Big bold sound can be yours practically anywhere with the Sony 20-Watt Bluetooth Wireless Speaker wi...
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Model: CMTSBT100 |
Catalog #: 55065084
Maximize your music options with the Sony 50-Watt Bluetooth Speaker with CD Player. Its magnetic flu...
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