Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Pasadena Orange Growers Association (Pasadena, Calif.)
- Abstract:
- A collection of the business records of the Pasadena Orange Growers Association, California.
- Extent:
- 44.2 Linear Feet (26 boxes, 74 volumes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Pasadena Orange Growers Association records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A collection of approximately 3,500 items from 1893 to 1938, it consists of the business records of the Pasadena Orange Growers Association. These records deal with the company's organization and operation, consisting chiefly of correspondence and accounts with members of the organization; it includes information about: stockholder's meetings; tax information; daily picking records; pest control; marketing; and shipping. The collection also includes bound volumes of annual reports, stock certificates, various accounts, cash books, and receipts.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Pasadena Fruit Growers Association was formed in 1893 to provide centralized marketing for the produce of the members of the organization. The name was changed to the Pasadena Orange Growers Association in 1898. The first packing plant was located on California Street in Pasadena, California, until 1913, when a new building was erected on South Marengo Avenue. The organization prospered, realizing a profit of $200,000 in the years 1916 to 1917.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Pasadena Orange Growers Association, 1938.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1945. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Organization of the Association; 2. Business papers; 3. Correspondence; 4. Operation of the Association.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Citrus fruit industry -- California, Southern
Orange industry -- California -- Pasadena
Accounts -- California -- Pasadena
Business records -- California -- Pasadena
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- Pasadena
Payroll records -- California -- Pasadena - Places:
- Pasadena (Calif.) -- Agriculture -- Citrus fruit
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
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]. Pasadena Orange Growers Association 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