Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1849, Mar. 7 | Born, Lancaster, Mass. |
| 1871 | Opened plant nursery in Lunenburg, Mass. |
| 1871-1875 | Developed the Burbank potato |
| 1875 | Moved to Santa Rosa, Calif. |
| 1890 | Married Helen Coleman (divorced 1896) |
| 1893 | Published first descriptive seed catalog, New Creations |
| 1904-1906 | Visiting lecturer, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. |
| 1905-1910 | Awarded $10,000 annual stipend by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. |
| 1914-1915 | Published Luther Burbank, His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application (New York: Luther Burbank Press. 12 vols.) |
| 1916 | Married Elizabeth Waters |
| 1926, Apr. 11 | Died, Santa Rosa, Calif. |
| 1927 | Posthumous publication with Wilbur Hall of The Harvest of the Years (Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 296 pp.) |