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May Benedict Maye papers, ca. 1901-1942.
BANC MSS 91/32 cLOCAL
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Title:
May Benedict Maye papers, ca. 1901-1942Creator/Contributor:
Maye, May Benedict., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926Abstract:
Correspondence, poetry, drafts and published articles on various topics; newspaper clippings, reprints, poetry and scrapbook
about Luther Burbank, including reminiscences of the period in which she worked for him. There are also notes and correspondence
in Burbank's handwriting, and both newspaper clippings and a reprint of articles by him. The collection also includes a "stock
book" of plants and seeds which appears to have been dictated by Burbank.
Date:
1901 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Plant breeders -- United States -- Biography
Plant breeding
Plantes -- Amélioration
Plant breeders
Plant breeding
United States
Note:
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1991.046--PIC).
May Benedict Maye worked as Burbank's cook and then as his secretary before his marriage in 1916. She published articles and
poetry much of which concerned Burbank's work.
Type:
Biographies.Poems.
Scrapbooks.
Physical Description:
2 boxes (.6 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 91/32 cLOCAL