Finding aid of the Luther Burbank Correspondence C057740
Finding aid prepared by Kelsey Fox
Society of California Pioneers
September 28, 2011
300 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA, 94107-1272
(415) 959-1849
pkeats@californiapioneers.org
Title: Burbank, Luther Correspondence
Identifier/Call Number: C057740
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
1 notecard
Date: March 17, 1904
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.
creator:
Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection open for research
There are no restrictions on access
Existence and Location of Originals note
The Society of California Pioneers. 300 Fourth Street. San Francisco, CA 94107
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”.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donor and acquisition date unknown
Luther Burbank Manuscripts, The Society of California Pioneers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926
Botany
Santa Rosa (Calif.)