Osborne (James), South Coast Botanic Garden Collection, July 23, 1961-2014

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Title:: James Osborne South Coast Botanic Garden Collection
Dates:: July 23, 1961-2014
Abstract:: This collection includes documents, letters, programs, publications, and other material related to the South Coast Botanic Gardens. Subjects include the history and operation of the South Coast Botanic Garden and its 50th-anniversary celebration.
Extent:: .42 linear feet and 1 box
Language:: English and Collection material is in English.
Preferred citation:: [title of item] James Osborne South Coast Botantic Garden Collection, Courtesy of the Department of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills

Scope and content:: The James Osborne South Coast Botanic Garden Collection (1961-2014) consists of .42 linear feet of documents, publications, letters, programs, and other material related to the South Coast Botanic Garden.
Biographical / historical:: The South Coast Botanic Garden is located in Palos Verdes, California. Before 1956, the land was used to mine diatomaceous earth. After mining had declined, the land was sold to Los Angeles and used as a sanitary landfill until Los Angeles could come up with a plan for the area. In 1961 Frances Young and other private citizens brought the idea to the County Board of Supervisors to turn the land into a botanical garden, and in April 1961 the first significant planting had begun. Today the plant collection consists of more than 200,000 plants.
Processing information:: Processed by Jennifer Hill, 2018.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Places:: Botanical gardens--California
Botanical garden trustees
South Coast Botanic Garden

Collection Guide Author:: Jennifer Hill
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-10-29 19:11:32 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:: There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Terms of access:: All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:: [title of item] James Osborne South Coast Botantic Garden Collection, Courtesy of the Department of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills

Location of this collection:: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections

University Library, 5th Flr (5039)

1000 E. Victoria Street

Carson, CA 90747, US