Finding Aid for the Page Seed Company Records Biomed.0499

Finding aid prepared by Shira Peltzman, 2020.
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Online finding aid last updated 2020 November 19.
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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 this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

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Preferred Citation

[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.

Processing Information

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 7578173 

Scope and Contents

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