Burbank (Luther) Correspondence, March 17, 1904

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Title:: Burbank, Luther Correspondence
Dates:: March 17, 1904
Creators:: Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926
Abstract:: This folder contains a handwritten notecard on which Burbank quotes Socrates to an unknown addressee. A printed title on the notecard identifies it as having come from Burbank’s Experiment Farms in Santa Rosa, CA.
Extent:: 1.0 folder 1 notecard
Language:
Preferred citation:: Luther Burbank Manuscripts, The Society of California Pioneers.

Scope and content:: This folder contains a handwritten notecard on which Burbank quotes Socrates to an unknown addressee. “Burbank’s Experiment Farms” is printed on the card along with “Santa Rosa, Cal”.
Biographical / historical:: Luther Burbank was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, on March 7, 1849. He arrived in San Francisco in 1875, and settled in Santa Rosa Valley. In 1878 he purchased 4 acres of land in Santa Rosa, and later purchased 16 acres of land near what is now Sebastopol, where he established Burbank’s Experiment Farms. He became highly successful in growing and modifying thousands of types of plants. He died on April 11, 1926. Source: History of Sonoma County, California: Its People and Its Resources. (Santa Rosa, CA: Democrat, 1937.), 412-19.
Acquisition information:: Donor and acquisition date unknown
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Kelsey Fox
Date Prepared:: September 28, 2011
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-09-30T14:39-0700

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Preferred citation:: Luther Burbank Manuscripts, The Society of California Pioneers.

Location of this collection:: Society of California Pioneers

300 Fourth Street

San Francisco, CA 94107, US