Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Abbey Garden Press (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
- Abstract:
- A collection of letters and manuscripts related to the Abbey Garden Press, Santa Barbara, California.
- Extent:
- 2.3 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Abbey Garden Press records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A collection of letters and manuscripts of botanists and nurserymen specializing in the discovery and cultivation of cacti and succulents. Correspondents in the collection include: Curt Backeberg, Neff K. Bakkers, Edgar M. Baxter, Nicholas E. Brown, Thomas MacDougall, and Ira L. Wiggins.
- Biographical / historical:
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Abbey Garden Press was founded by Scott Edson Haselton (1895-1991). Haselton began printing and publishing as part of the Catus and Succulent Society in 1929 and renamed the business Abbey Garden Press in 1938.
- Acquisition information:
- Gifts of Abbey Garden Press, October 1976 and April 1981.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Huntington Library Staff in approximately 1985; in September 2023, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged alphabetically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Botanists -- California -- Correspondence
Cactus
Nursery growers -- California -- Correspondence
Private presses -- California -- Santa Barbara
Succulent plants
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents) - Names:
- Backeberg, Curt
Bakkers, Neff K.
Baxter, Edgar M. (Edgar Martin), 1903-
Brown, Nicholas Edward, 1849-1934
MacDougall, Thomas
Wiggins, Ira L. (Ira Loren), 1899-1987
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Abbey Garden Press records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191