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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Page Seed Company records
Source:
Ian Brabner
Creator:
Page Seed Company
Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0499
Physical Description:
.4 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1896-1958
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access
special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on
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Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Page Seed Company Records (Collection 499). Louise M. Darling
Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Ian Brabner from the Franklin E. Murphy, M.D. Fund, 2015.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7578173
A collection of approximately 425 incoming and outgoing letters and invoices documents the
business activities of the Page Seed Company, founded in 1896 by Erford Lydell Page and
Cornelia Page in Greene, Chenango County, New York. Letterheads on outgoing letters
(1901-1946) and outgoing invoices (1911-1958) trace the company's changes in emphasis over
time, from "growers of seeds, bulbs and plants (1901-1913) to "seedsmen" (from 1912),
"growers and importers of seeds" (1913-1914), "growers and importers of garden, field and
flower seeds" (1920-1923), "growers and importers of seeds" (1930), or "growers and
wholesalers of seeds" (1956-1958). Incoming letters (1896-1957) and invoices (1897-1942)
chiefly quote seed availability and prices, or shipments send or received, or involve order
or contract disputes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ian Brabner