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John Osborne Varian

also: http://findingaids.stanford.edu/xtf/view?docId=ead/uarc/sc0345.xml;query=;brand=default

The major article on Cowell http://www.jstor.org/pss/3052445

Henry Cowell, John Varian, and Halcyon Steven Johnson American Music Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring, 1993), pp. 1-27 (article consists of 27 pages) Published by: University of Illinois Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3052445 -- http://so-cal-arch-history.com/archives/category/john-varian

"Pauline Gibling Schindler: Vagabond Agent for Modernism, 1927-1936" July 20th, 2010 By John Crosse Write

"avant-garde pianist Henry Cowell who frequently collaborated and stayed with John Varian (see below) and wife Agnes in Halcyon. Irishman Varian was an amateur musician, mystic poet and ardent Thesophist, prominent among the Halcyon sect known as “The Temple of the People.” (See below)."

(Includes portrait of John Varian taken by Ansel Adams)

"...Edward Weston’s Daybook provides another link between Cowell and Halcyon with this August 24, 1930 entry, “Last night to Henry Cowell’s New Operetta, “the Building of Bamba,” given at the Forest Theater: So poorly produced that one could hardly say whether it had possibilities or not. Many of the cast were from Halcyon, colony of mystics. I have my doubts about the esoteric when it does not include the aesthetic! I certainly would not have gone to an opera, disliking stage bellowing, – worse combined with acting, even if the bellowers are good: these were awful, – most of them, but I had hopes this might be a new note, or new music from Henry. But no, much of it sounded like old church hymns poorly sung.”

Another close friend of the Varian’s was Irish poet and mystic Ella Young..." "painter John O’Shea and his wife Molly mentioned earlier. They had a place in Carmel Highlands at which Edward Weston first met Ella Young on February 22, 1930 while doing the O’Shea’s portraits. The O’Sheas also spent a lot of time in Halcyon with their friends, the Varians." ..." Poetry by John Varian was published posthumously."

http://www.templeofthepeople.org/temphist.htm "The Temple of the People: A History" March 3, 2000 Eleanor L. Shumway

"The original group of Temple members included John and Agnes Varian. John was a chiropractor practicing at the Sanatorium and Agnes the first Halcyon Store keeper and postmistress. John had first encountered Theosophy at home in Ireland and found Dr. Dower's group in Syracuse when he emigrated to the U.S. He had a deep connection with Irish mythology and wrote wonderful poetry expressing these ageless mythological truths. He also pinned a special love poem to his wife's pincushion every day. There was much laughter and a spirit of adventure in their household of three sons. The boys, Russell, Sigurd and Eric, were fascinated with electricity and its practical and impractical applications which included attaching electrical current to bed springs and door knobs to the shocked astonishment of visitors. After high school and college, Russell, the dreamer, and Sigurd, the expert in practical applications, did much of their research in Halcyon on the klystron tube that made radar possible. They later moved their operations to Palo Alto, and established the Varian Electronics Firm. Eric stayed in Halcyon, raised his family and worked throughout the Central Coast area as an electrical contractor."

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http://books.google.com/books?id=u4ZWk8_BM7IC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=john+Varian+Halcyon&source=bl&ots=IMem5aKshK&sig=sVn4HQ7VAEizHrugPWuDpSzGlWM&hl=en&ei=VdLDTN2IC4L6lweG6-gE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=john%20Varian%20Halcyon&f=false

Ansel Adams: divine performance By Anne Hammond, Ansel Adams Yale University Press pp. 14-16

-- The Inventor and the Pilot: Russell and Sigurd Varian by Dorothy Varian (Russell's wife) (?Which one was V6 owner's parents?) Hardcover: 314 pages Publisher: Pacific Book Pub; First Edition edition (October 1983) Language: English ISBN-10: 0870152378 ISBN-13: 978-0870152375 "A touching story of two brothers who complement each other's specialties. Russell Varian was innovative while his brother, Sigurd, was skillful in solidifying and materializing his brother's ideas. Nice accounts about a successful family business and its associates."

Work in progress:

John Osborne Varian

also: http://findingaids.stanford.edu/xtf/view?docId=ead/uarc/sc0345.xml;query=;brand=default

The major article on Cowell http://www.jstor.org/pss/3052445

Henry Cowell, John Varian, and Halcyon Steven Johnson American Music Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring, 1993), pp. 1-27 (article consists of 27 pages) Published by: University of Illinois Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3052445 -- http://so-cal-arch-history.com/archives/category/john-varian

"Pauline Gibling Schindler: Vagabond Agent for Modernism, 1927-1936" July 20th, 2010 By John Crosse Write

"avant-garde pianist Henry Cowell who frequently collaborated and stayed with John Varian (see below) and wife Agnes in Halcyon. Irishman Varian was an amateur musician, mystic poet and ardent Thesophist, prominent among the Halcyon sect known as “The Temple of the People.” (See below)."

(Includes portrait of John Varian taken by Ansel Adams)

"...Edward Weston’s Daybook provides another link between Cowell and Halcyon with this August 24, 1930 entry, “Last night to Henry Cowell’s New Operetta, “the Building of Bamba,” given at the Forest Theater: So poorly produced that one could hardly say whether it had possibilities or not. Many of the cast were from Halcyon, colony of mystics. I have my doubts about the esoteric when it does not include the aesthetic! I certainly would not have gone to an opera, disliking stage bellowing, – worse combined with acting, even if the bellowers are good: these were awful, – most of them, but I had hopes this might be a new note, or new music from Henry. But no, much of it sounded like old church hymns poorly sung.”

Another close friend of the Varian’s was Irish poet and mystic Ella Young..." "painter John O’Shea and his wife Molly mentioned earlier. They had a place in Carmel Highlands at which Edward Weston first met Ella Young on February 22, 1930 while doing the O’Shea’s portraits. The O’Sheas also spent a lot of time in Halcyon with their friends, the Varians." ..." Poetry by John Varian was published posthumously."

http://www.templeofthepeople.org/temphist.htm "The Temple of the People: A History" March 3, 2000 Eleanor L. Shumway

"The original group of Temple members included John and Agnes Varian. John was a chiropractor practicing at the Sanatorium and Agnes the first Halcyon Store keeper and postmistress. John had first encountered Theosophy at home in Ireland and found Dr. Dower's group in Syracuse when he emigrated to the U.S. He had a deep connection with Irish mythology and wrote wonderful poetry expressing these ageless mythological truths. He also pinned a special love poem to his wife's pincushion every day. There was much laughter and a spirit of adventure in their household of three sons. The boys, Russell, Sigurd and Eric, were fascinated with electricity and its practical and impractical applications which included attaching electrical current to bed springs and door knobs to the shocked astonishment of visitors. After high school and college, Russell, the dreamer, and Sigurd, the expert in practical applications, did much of their research in Halcyon on the klystron tube that made radar possible. They later moved their operations to Palo Alto, and established the Varian Electronics Firm. Eric stayed in Halcyon, raised his family and worked throughout the Central Coast area as an electrical contractor."

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http://books.google.com/books?id=u4ZWk8_BM7IC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=john+Varian+Halcyon&source=bl&ots=IMem5aKshK&sig=sVn4HQ7VAEizHrugPWuDpSzGlWM&hl=en&ei=VdLDTN2IC4L6lweG6-gE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=john%20Varian%20Halcyon&f=false

Ansel Adams: divine performance By Anne Hammond, Ansel Adams Yale University Press pp. 14-16

-- The Inventor and the Pilot: Russell and Sigurd Varian by Dorothy Varian (Russell's wife) (?Which one was V6 owner's parents?) Hardcover: 314 pages Publisher: Pacific Book Pub; First Edition edition (October 1983) Language: English ISBN-10: 0870152378 ISBN-13: 978-0870152375 "A touching story of two brothers who complement each other's specialties. Russell Varian was innovative while his brother, Sigurd, was skillful in solidifying and materializing his brother's ideas. Nice accounts about a successful family business and its associates."

http://www.beachcalifornia.com/halcyon.html Halcyon a Township in San Luis Obispo County, California "Original Temple members included John and Agnes Varian. John was a chiropractor and Agnes was the first postmistress and Halcyon Store keeper. The Varians had three sons who were interested in electricity. Two of the sons' research in Halcyon helped develop the klystron tube which made radar possible.  Two sons eventually outgrew Halcyon and moved their research to Palo Alto, California,  under the name, Varian Electronics Firm.  "

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http://www.cowellpiano.com/Bio.html

Henry Cowell - piano music Biography

"From his teenage years through 1931, Cowell was involved with the theosophist colony of Halcyon in California. Theosophy is difficult to describe (or understand, for that matter). The word theosophy simply translates as “god wisdom,” theo and sophia are the Greek words for God and wisdom, respectively. In the most general sense, the religion of theosophy encompasses ideas from many faiths and sees itself as one of the oldest belief systems in the world.  Cowell became involved in theosophy when he befriended John Varian, a neighbor of his in Menlo Park and then-leader of Halcyon.  Varian, a native of Ireland, was well-versed in Celtic legends, and because of Cowell's father's heritage, Cowell was drawn to Varian, these stories, and subsequently the theosophic philosophies. 16   Although the residents at Halcyon embraced liberal viewpoints on many subjects, their choices of music were fairly conservative. Varian described the music at Halcyon as “sangtified raggtime [sic]” and “rehymnified hymn music [sic].” 17 During Cowell's time at Halcyon he convinced members that they should perform his music saying, “You ought not to be singing those hymns. They have nothing to do with the oneness of man and the universe. You ought to sing my music.” After playing some of his “elbow music” for them, they agreed. 18 Throughout his early career, Cowell also wrote several works with Irish themes, many of which were written for and performed at Halcyon."

16. Steven Johnson, "Henry Cowell, John Varian, and Halcyon," American Music, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring 1993): 3.

17. Johnson, 15-16.

18. Charles Seeger quoted in Rita Mead, Henry Cowell's New Music: 1925-1936 (Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1981), 21.

http://www.varianinc.com/cgi-bin/nav?/corp/history

Varian, Inc. An Early History

In April 20, 1948, the Secretary of State of California affixed the Great Seal of the State to the Articles of Incorporation of Varian Associates. The articles were signed by nine persons who were named as directors of the new corporation; they were: Edward L. Ginzton, William W. Hansen, Richard M. Leonard, Leonard I. Schiff, H. Myrl Stearns, Dorothy Varian, Russell H. Varian, Sigurd F. Varian and Paul B. Hunter. ...In support of this ambitious undertaking were $22,000 of capital, and six full-time employees - the Varian brothers, Dorothy, Myrl Stearns, Fred Salisbury, and Don Snow. In addition, Edward Ginzton, Marvin Chodorow, William Hansen, and Leonard Schiff, all of whom were on the faculty at Stanford, supplied technical and business assistance. Dick Leonard, a San Francisco attorney, was legal counsel, while Paul Hunter, a patent attorney, was the protector of ideas.

The articles of incorporation, which ran to 15 pages, described seven lines of business including the development and manufacture of:"...evacuated or gas-filled envelopes for, or for use in the production, generation... of electricity... and of radiation..." -- in other words, electron tubes..."...Circuits, and other means of assembling or using any of the foregoing elements and principles for radio, radar, television..." – a description of our involvement in three major markets."

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http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/news/1995_Jan_4.CREATR44.html "Russell Varian (1899-1959)" Wednesday Jan 4, 1995 Peter Gauvin "Together the Varian brothers developed the klystron tube that became the basis of microwave radar and helped the Allies win World War II. Russell was the inventor of the pair, finding ways to put Sigurd's ideas into workable devices. With colleagues, the two founded Varian Associates. The firm was located initially in San Carlos but later it became the first company to move into Stanford Industrial Park....A great outdoorsman, he devoted part of his earnings to saving Coast Range redwoods. Dorothy Varian, Russell's widow, told the story of the brothers and their career in a book titled, "The Inventor and The Pilot."" - http://ftp.sunet.se/wmirror/www.netvalley.com/svhistory.html

A Few Quotes From... Silicon Valley History

by Gregory Gromov

"Silicon Valley History Milestones"

1937—Stanford professor William Hansen teams with brothers Sigurd and Russell Varian to develop the klystron tube. Their work continues through WWII and leads to the development of radar and the 1948 founding of Varian Associates. 1951—Stanford Industrial Park is established as a “center of high technology close to a cooperative university.” Varian Associates, General Electric, and Eastman Kodak quickly sign leases.

"About 40 years ago, Stanford University had some financial problems. The authorities of university tried to solve the problems by leasing part of the university land to high-tech companies for 99 years.

Carolyn Tajnai clarified this point of Stanford's history in more detail:

" In the 1950's, the idea of building an industrial park arose. The university had plenty of land over 8,000 acres....but money was needed to finance the University's rapid postwar growth. The original bequest of his farm by Leland Stanford prohibited the sale of this land, but there was nothing to prevent its being leased. It turned out that long-term leases were just as attractive to industry as out right ownership; thus, the Stanford Industrial Park was founded. The goal was to create a center of high technology close to a cooperative university. It was a stroke of genius, and Terman, calling it ``our secret weapon,'' quickly suggested that leases be limited to high technology companies that might be beneficial to Stanford. In 1951 Varian Associates signed a lease, and in 1953 the company moved into the first building in the park. Eastman Kodak, General Electric, Preformed Line Products, Admiral Corporation, Shockley Transistor Laboratory of Beckman Instruments, Lockheed, Hewlett-Packard, and others followed soon after." Fred Terman, The father of Silicon Valley by Carolyn Tajnai, 1995

According to Varian Associates it was a simple decision:

"Gradually, facilities were moved from leased quarters in San Carlos to a quiet corner of Stanford land, thus creating what is today the Company's headquarters site, and incidentally bringingi nto being the Stanford Industrial Park - the most successful complex of its kind in the world." Source: Varian Associates: An Early History ---

http://books.google.com/books?id=AcGFlqSqNEUC&pg=PA977&lpg=PA977&dq=dorothy+varian+inventor&source=bl&ots=xK2Ve6-Vth&sig=Oh30zAN_6GU11NAfPQZ8TqEUI2A&hl=en&ei=KeLDTJayF8Tflgff4PkE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=dorothy%20varian%20inventor&f=false

Fiber optics illustrated dictionary By Julie K. Petersen

p. 977 (Dorothy Varian) ---

Hicks, Michael (2002). Henry Cowell, Bohemian. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02751-5 (from wiki article on Cowell) "Cowell soon returned to California, where he had become involved with a theosophical community, Halcyon, led by the Irish poet John Varian, who fueled Cowell's interest in Irish folk culture and mythology. In 1917, Cowell wrote the music for Varian's stage production The Building of Banba; the prelude he composed, The Tides of Manaunaun, with its rich, evocative clusters, would become Cowell's most famous and widely performed work.[6] In later years, Cowell would claim that the piece had been composed around 1912 (and Dynamic Motion in 1914), in an evident attempt to make his musical innovations appear even more precocious than they already were.[7]"

-- http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/utopia/uc16.html

"America and the Utopian Dream: Utopian Communities"

"Halcyon" © Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library "A group of Theosophists from Syracuse, New York, moved to Oceana, California, in 1903 to form the Halcyon community. They rejected the teachings of Katherine Tingley, the head of the movement at the time, in favor of a return to the original work of Madame Blavatsky. They built a sanatorium for the treatment of liquor, morphine, and opium addiction. Socialism and communal property marked the group and drew the attention of reformers like novelist Upton Sinclair.

(Page includes group photo with John Varian captioned "Halcyon’s Leaders. Photograph, early 1920s.") - http://www.cpii.com/history.cfm

Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI) Company Information

copyright 2010

"History"

" In 1948, Russell H. Varian and Sigurd F. Varian, the historical founders of CPI’s business, founded Varian Associates and introduced the klystron as its first commercial product."

"In its early years, Varian Associates’ products included vacuum electron tubes, an expanding instruments product line, an embryonic accelerator activity and a venture into geophysical instruments. In the mid-1950s, the company invented an all-electronic vacuum pump for manufacturing vacuum electron tubes. The company soon realized that the vacuum pump had applications far beyond tube processing and launched additional lines of business.

In the early 1950s, the Canadian government asked Varian Associates to create a local source for the production of microwave vacuum electron devices. The company established Varian Associates of Canada Limited in 1954 in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. This business has since become the Communications & Medical Products Division of CPI, a premier manufacturer and technology leader in microwave communication products and high-frequency switching power supplies and control systems for medical and industrial markets.

By 1958, Varian Associates had grown to approximately 1,300 employees and generated approximately $20 million in sales."

Wikilinks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cowell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tides_of_Manaunaun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcyon,_California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varian_Associates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladera,_California (Sigurd Varian) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klystron

Note affiliation with Ansel Adams, Sierra Club (Russell and Sigurd)