Guide to the Carol Greentree Collection MS 305

Finding aid prepared by Samantha Mills

San Diego History Center Document Collection

1649 El Prado, Suite 3

San Diego, CA, 92101

619-232-6203

August 22, 2016

Title: Carol Greentree Collection

Identifier/Call Number: MS 305

Contributing Institution: San Diego History Center Document Collection

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 5.25 Linear feet (11 boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1907-1999

Abstract: This collection contains the subject files and notes of landscape and horticulture historian Carol Greentree, particularly pertaining to the ranchos and missions of San Diego County.

creator: Greentree, Carol

Biographical / Historical Notes

Carol Greentree was a landscape and horticulture historian who was based in San Diego for many years. Her area of expertise and focus of study included the adobe ranchos and missions of California, especially in San Diego County.

Scope and Content

The collection consists primarily of Greentree’s subject files and notes on landscape and horticulture in California, especially as they pertain to the ranchos and missions of San Diego County. Files contain copies of articles, Greentree’s own notes and correspondence, booklets, and brochures. Larger subject areas include the Los Penasquitos Rancho, architect Cliff May, and horticulturist Kate Sessions.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in five series:

Series I: Ranchos;

Series II: Missions;

Series III: Horticulture;

Series IV: Biographical Files;

Series V: San Diego Area History.

Preferred Citation

Carol Greentree Collection, MS 305, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Frank Sweeney in 2014.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

May, Cliff

Sessions, Kate Olivia, 1857-1940

Waterman, Hazel Wood

Adobe houses--California

Del Mar (Calif.)

Gardens

Landscape architecture

Missions -- California

Old Town (San Diego, Calif.)

Ranches -- California -- San Diego County

San Diego (Calif.)

Series I: Ranchos

Box-folder 1:1

Alvarado-Johnson Family Tree (Rancho Penasquitos), 1994

Box-folder 1:2

A Determination of Boundaries for Los Penasquitos Canyon Regional Park Based on Environmental Factors (Master’s Thesis by Constance Ann Willens), 1979

Box-folder 1:3

American Adobes (book), 1989

Box-folder 1:4

Bath/Laundry House (Los Penasquitos), 1994-1996

Box-folder 1:5

Courtyard Plan (Los Penasquitos), 1994-1997

Box-folder 1:6

Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for Los Penasquitos Ranch House Restoration and East Canyon Development, 1984

Box-folder 1:7

El Cuervo Adobe (Los Penasquitos) – (photos), 1996-1998

Box-folder 1:8

Johnson-Taylor Adobe Ranch House, National Register of Historic Places Program, 1980-1993

Box-folder 1:9

Las Flores Rancho, 1968-1998

Box-folder 1:10

Lopez Canyon—Ranch and Orchard (Los Penasquitos), 1998-2002

Box-folder 2:1

Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve: Master Plan, 1993

Box-folder 2:2

Los Penasquitos Plants, 1984-1994

Box-folder 2:3

Los Penasquitos Rancho, 1991-2002

Box-folder 2:4

Manuscript on History of Los Penasquitos by Mary Ward (1 of 2), 1998

Box-folder 2:5

Manuscript on History of Los Penasquitos by Mary Ward (2 of 2), 1998

Box-folder 2:6

Mexican Ranch Era, 1984

Box-folder 2:7

Rancho de Los Penasquitos: On the Road to Yuma by Mary Ward, 1984

Box-folder 3:1

Rancho Era Gardens and Adobes (Articles, Brochures) (1 of 2), 1960-1994

Box-folder 3:2

Rancho Era Gardens and Adobes (Articles, Brochures) (2 of 2), 1960-1994

Box-folder 3:3

Rancho Guajome Gardens, 1969-2002

Box-folder 3:4

Rancho Guajome Ranch House Restoration: Historic Structure Report, 1992

Box-folder 3:5

Rancho Penasquitos History, 1939-1994

Box-folder 4:1

Rancho Santa Margarita, 1943-1999

Box-folder 4:2

Southern California Ranchos and Adobes, 1977-1987

Box-folder 4:3

“Then and Now” Photos of Penasquitos Creek Rancho, 1997

Series II: Missions

Box-folder 4:4

Booklets on California Missions (1 of 2), 1954-1992

Box-folder 4:5

Booklets on California Missions (2 of 2), 1969-1993

Box-folder 4:6

Decoration of the California Missions, 1993

Box-folder 4:7

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia—Lavanderia/Sunken Garden Preliminary Rehabilitation Program, 1992

Box-folder 4:8

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia—Cultural Historic Landscape Preservation Proposal, 1990

Box-folder 4:9

Mission San Luis Rey—Preliminary Survey and Field Reconnaissance Report, 1991

Box-folder 5:1

Subject File: Mission Gardens, 1937-1997

Box-folder 5:2

Subject File: San Diego Mission Gardens, 1970-1992

Series III: Horticulture

Box-folder 5:3

Casa de Estudillo, 1958-1993

Box-folder 5:4

Historical Trees of San Diego Calendar, 2000

Box-folder 5:5

Old Town Botany by Dale Ward (manuscript), undated

Box-folder 5:6

Old Town Gardens, 1967-1989

Box-folder 5:7

Old Town San Diego Pre-1871 Landscape and Alta California Mission Era Landscape, 1989

Box-folder 5:8

Photocopy of E. Benard 1907 Business Diary of Mission Valley Nursery, 1907

Box-folder 6:1

Postcards Featuring Historic Gardens of San Diego, c.1907-1935

Box-folder 6:2

Proceedings of the Native Plant Revegetation Symposium, 1984

Box-folder 6:3

Subject File: Americano Era Gardens, 1978-1993

Box-folder 6:4

Subject File: Native American Horticulture, 1984-1996

Box-folder 6:5

Torrey Pines, 1952-1994

Series IV: Biographical Files

Box-folder 6:6

Archer Milton Huntington (book), 1963

Box-folder 6:7

Articles and Correspondence about Cliff May, 1992-2000

Box-folder 6:8

Cliff May: Articles and Clippings, 1981-1998

Box-folder 7:1

Cliff May: Basic Data and Background Information, 1984-1996

Box-folder 7:2

Cliff May Oral History Transcript from UCLA Oral History Program (1 of 2), 1992

Box-folder 7:3

Cliff May Oral History Transcript from UCLA Oral History Program (2 of 2), 1992

Box-folder 7:4

Frances Ryan (Escondido Historian and Horticulturalist), 1987-1990

Box-folder 7:5

Harriet Barnhart Wimmer, 1961-1994

Box-folder 7:6

Hazel Wood Waterman, 1920-1994

Box-folder 8:1

Kate Sessions Agave and Aloe Garden (Balboa Park), 1930-1992

Box-folder 8:2

Kate Sessions’ Oakland, 1933-1996

Box-folder 8:3

Kate Sessions Statue, Balboa Park, 1985-1998

Box-folder 8:4

Kate Sessions: Articles and Clippings, 1935-1997

Box-folder 8:5

Roland Hoyt, 1955-1983

Box-folder 8:6

Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May (photocopy), 1958

Series V: San Diego Area History

Box-folder 8:7

The California Heritage Cookbook, 1976

Box-folder 9:1

Columbian Consequences (book), David Hurst Thomas, ed., 1997

Box-folder 9:2

Cultural Resource Management, Vol 20, No. 3 (Point Loma Lighthouse), 1997

Box-folder 9:3

Del Mar Decades: A History of Del Mar, 1974

Box-folder 9:4

Early California Reflections: A Series of Lectures Held at the San Juan Capistrano Branch of the Orange County Public Library, 1987

Box-folder 9:5

Folk Costume Patterns and Clothing Materials, 1971-1982

Box-folder 9:6

Handbook for the Re-enactment of the Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1775-1975, 1975

Box-folder 10:1

Index Card Bibliography of Books and Articles on San Diego and California History and Gardens (1 of 2), undated

Box-folder 10:2

Index Card Bibliography of Books and Articles on San Diego and California History and Gardens (2 of 2), undated

Box-folder 10:3

Los Penasquitos Canyon and Carmel Valley, 1989-1997

Box-folder 10:4

New Town Era, 1984

Box-folder 10:5

Photocopies of Photos of San Diego’s Expositions, undated

Box-folder 10:6

Photocopy of The San Diego Tourist, 1916 Edition, undated

Box-folder 10:7

Photos and Architectural Renderings of San Diego’s Expositions (1 of 2), c.1934

Box-folder 10:8

Photos and Architectural Renderings of San Diego’s Expositions (2 of 2), c.1934

Box-folder 10:9

San Diego County Weather History, 1977-1997

Box-folder 11:1

Save our Sculpture!, 1993

Box-folder 11:2

Spanish Colonial Era, 1984

Box-folder 11:3

Survey of Surveys: A Summary of California’s Historical and Architectural Resource Surveys, 1986

Box-folder 11:4

Sweetwater Dam, 1988-1993