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Luther Burbank papers, 1830-1989

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BOX 18-20 Notes and Sketches, 1886-1925
Notes and sketches made by Burbank of fruit and plant species.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 18 Apple trees
(4 folders)
Berries, cherries, and grapes
BOX 19 Cherry trees
Crosses
Daisies
Gladioli
Grafting charts, vibrations, etc.
Grapes
Lilies
Lilies and berries
List of plants and seeds
Miscellany
New plums
Hybrids and crossings
Peach trees
Peach trees, plumcots, and nectarines
(3 folders)
BOX 20 Pear trees
(3 folders)
Plum trees
(3 folders)
Quince trees
Strawberries
Miscellany
BOX 21-25 Business Records, 1871-1921
Account books, order books, plan books, seed and stock records, subscription books, and an inventory of Burbank's nursery operations.
Arranged alphabetically by type of record and chronologically therein.
BOX 21 Account books
1882-1888
(6 folders)
BOX 22 1898-1902
Inventory, 1871-1874
Order books
1881-1885
(6 folders)
BOX 23 1885-1889
(5 folders)
BOX 24 Plan books, 1883-1921
(5 folders)
BOX 25 Seed records
Domestic, 1905-1914, undated
(2 folders)
Foreign, 1902-1904
Stock records, 1887-1894
Subscription books, undated
(2 vols.)
BOX 26-40 Miscellany, 1894-1922
Clippings, calling cards, invitations, programs, seed catalogs, membership cards, magazines, journals, printed matter, and scrapbooks.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein.
BOX 26 Clippings
California earthquake, 1906
Miscellaneous
(4 folders)
Printed matter
Calling cards and tickets
Invitations
BOX 27 Journals and magazines
Century Magazine, 1905-1911
(2 folders)
Guide to Nature, 1910-1913
Miscellaneous, 1894-1922
(2 folders)
BOX 28 (5 folders)
BOX 29 (6 folders)
BOX 30 (4 folders)
Overland Monthly, 1903-1908
(2 folders)
Sunset Magazine, 1901-1909
(2 folders)
BOX 31 (1 folder)
Membership cards
Programs
Seed catalogs
(2 folders)
Scrapbooks
Index
Membership cards
Programs
Seed catalogs
(2 folders)
BOX 32 Vol. 3, 1901-1904
BOX 33 Vol. 4, 1902-1905
BOX 34 Vol. 5, 1905
BOX 35 Vol. 6, 1905-1906
BOX 36 Vol. 7, 1906-1907
BOX 37 Vol. 8, 1907-1908
BOX 38 Vol. 9, 1908
BOX 39 Vol. 14, 1913-1917
BOX 40 Vol. 17, 1915-1922
BOX 41 Addition, 1989
Printed matter.
BOX 41 Historic American Buildings Survey, Documentation No. CA-2254 of Gold Ridge Farm, Luther Burbank's Experimental Farm, Sebastopol, Calif., 1989
REEL 1-2 Microfilm, 1864-1964
Microfilm shelf no. 17,388
Correspondence, family papers and genealogies, nursery plans and notes, financial records, scrapbooks, and miscellany retained by the Luther Burbank Home, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Arranged and described to reflect the arrangement of the Burbank Papers in the Library of Congress.
REEL 1 Family papers
Correspondence, 1919, undated
Genealogies, 1864, undated
Writings and anecdotes, 1921-1926, undated
Correspondence
General, 1874-1964, undated
(2 folders)
Bryan, Mary Baird, 1911-1912
Edison, Thomas A., 1915-1920
Keller, Helen, 1925
Kinsey, Alfred C., 1925
London, Jack, 1905
Scopes trial, Dayton, Tenn., [1925]
Wilson, Woodrow, 1916
Nursery plans
Plan books, 1881-1908, 1926
(2 vols.)
Plan map, 1914
Plant descriptions, 1908-1921
Plant notes, 1890, 1892, 1896
Financial records
Bank books
1883-1898
1902-1903, 1909-1917
Deeds, 1874-1913
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