Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center (KARE) Tea Trials Records, 1964-2016, bulk 1964-1981
Online content
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center
- Abstract:
- Digital copies of correspondence, field notes, forms, proposals, reports, and field data related to tea trials conducted by UC Agricultural Extension and Lipton Tea Co. at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (KARE) in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Extent:
- 174 Files and 124 Megabytes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center (KARE) Tea Trials Records, AR-227, Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
Background
- Scope and content:
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In the 1960s and 1970s, UC Agricultural Extension and Lipton Tea Co. conducted research at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (KARE) to investigate the potential for commercial tea growing in California. This collection documents the progress and results of the research through correspondence, field notes, project proposals, progress reports, field data, and related reference material.
- Biographical / historical:
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The UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (KARE) is located in Parlier, California, in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. Dedicated in 1965, the facility is a research base for off-station scientists from UC Riverside, UC Davis and UC Berkeley, and farm advisors from San Joaquin Valley UC Cooperative Extension.
Source: Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center: About Us http://kare.ucanr.edu/About_us/. Last accessed 6 June 2019.
- Acquisition information:
- Records transferred by Global Tea Initiative founder Katharine Burnett, 2019.
- Processing information:
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This collection was processed by Liz Phillips. Items in this collection are digital surrogates scanned from print copies by Jeff Dahlberg, Center Director, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension (KARE).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center (KARE) Tea Trials Records, AR-227, Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library100 NW QuadDavis, CA 95616-5292, US
- Contact:
- (530) 752-1621