Description
The Nursery and Seed Ephemera Collection began when the Department of Special Collections conducted a thorough review of the
Nursery and Seed Catalog Collection. For the purposes of this collection, nursery and/or seed ephemera is promotional literature,
plant or seed listings without ordering information, or catalogs for garden supplies other than plants or seeds.
Background
The Nursery and Seed Ephemera Collection began when the Department of Special Collections conducted a thorough review of the
Nursery and Seed Catalog Collection. Many of the items in that collection did not seem to fall within the scope of that collection:
items with no ordering information were better classified as promotional or trade literature; and some of the catalogs were
for garden supplies, not seeds.
Restrictions
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Availability
Collection is open for research.