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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Gardner Family papers
Creator:
Gardner family
Creator:
Gardner, Henri F.
Creator:
Gardner, Dian Rathbun
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0759
Physical Description:
13.0 Linear Feet
(12 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1877-1960
Abstract: The Gardner family was important in the land development and citrus production of Orange County, California. His son, Dian
Rathbun Gardner, was a attorney who helped establish the Gardner Company by the family heirs after the death of his mother,
Emma Howard Gardner, in 1935. The company dissolved in 1961 following the death of Dian Rathbun Gardner. The collection consists
of correspondence, clippings, legal material, and ephemera relating to Henri F. Gardner, his wife Emma H. Gardner, his son
Dian Rathbun Gardner, and the Gardner Company of Orange, California. Also includes account books, bank statements, correspondence
and stock certificates relating to water development in Orange County, employee records and files on citrus production of
the Gardner Company.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Gardner Family papers (Collection 759). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dion L. Gardner 1962, 1970.
Processed by Saundra Taylor, May 1970.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9914704853606533
The Gardner family was important in the land development and citrus production of Orange County, California; Henri F. Gardner,
landowner and developer, also played a role in water development of the county during the late 19th and early 20th centuries;
his son, Dian Rathbun Gardner, was an attorney who helped establish the Gardner Company by the family heirs after the death
of his mother, Emma Howard Gardner, in 1935; the company dissolved in 1961, following the death of Dian Rathbun Gardner.
Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, legal material, and ephemera relating to Henri F. Gardner, his wife Emma
H. Gardner, his son Dian Rathbun Gardner, and the Gardner Company of Orange, California. Includes over 100 land deeds, leases,
and rental agreements from 1874-1918, Henri Gardner's daily journals for the 1880s, and papers dealing with the estate of
Emma Howard Gardner. Also includes account books, bank statements, correspondence and stock certificates relating to water
development in Orange County, employee records and files on citrus production of the Gardner Company.
This collection contains materials on land development and citrus production in Los Angeles and Orange counties. It is divided
into three sections: 1) The papers of Henri of Henri F. Gardner (1852-1918), land owner and developer, ca. 1877-1918. Included
in this section are land deeds, leases, rental agreements, tax records, journals, and materials relating to water development
in Orange County during the late 19th early 20th centuries. 2) The papers of Dian Rathbun Gardner, lawyer and manager of Gardner
Company. These papers cover the period ca. 1920-1961, and contain materials relating to the estates of H.F. Gardner, his widow
Emma Howard Gardner (d. 1935), and the setting up of the Gardner Company by the Gardner heirs following the death of Emma
Gardner. 3) The papers and business records of the Gardner Company, ca. 1935-1961. These files are arranged alphabetically
and include account records, employee files, some legal correspondence, etc. The company was dissolved in 1961, following
the death of Dian R. Gardner.
Arranged in the following series:
- Papers of Henri F. Gardner (Box 1).
- Papers of Henri F. Gardner and Emma H. Gardner (Box 2).
- Papers of Dian Rathbun Gardner and misc. (Boxes 3-4).
- Gardner Company papers (Boxes 5-12).
For further information about the background of Henri F. Gardner and the Gardner family, see
History of Orange County California With Biographical Sketches.... By Samuel Armor. Los Angeles, 1921. pp. 1125 (*F 868 06A7).
- 3 photographs of South Pasadena Ostrich Farm, ca.1897.
- 1 photograph of Palo Alto tree, 1897.
- 1 photograph of Ontario, California, 1889.
All of the above were added to the Picture Collection (Collection 99). UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Santa Ana Valley Walnut Growers Association. By-laws of incorporation. Santa Ana, 1898.
Removed for separate cataloging as local imprint.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Citrus fruit industry -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Family papers.
Water resources development -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Real estate development -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Gardner family--Archives.
Gardner, Dian Rathbun--Archives.
Gardner, Henri F.--Archives.
Gardner Company (Orange County, Calif.)
Gardner Company (Orange County, Calif.)--Archives.