Asher Family Day Book, 1912-1913

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Summary

Title:
Asher Family Day Book
Dates:
1912-1913
Creators:
Asher family
Abstract:
The collection consists of a day book belonging to the Asher family, recording personal and professional information activities and accounts for 1912-1913.
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Asher Family Day Book, MS 165, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of the Asher family day book for 1912-1913, recording personal and professional activities and accounts. Beginning at the day book's front inside cover, there is an index listing the book's contents in alphabetical order by account name with its corresponding pages. The accounts are generally arranged with entries by date and with notations in credit and debit columns. The accounts record business activities for the nursery as well as family spending accounts and purchases, such as dairy and poultry records. The book also includes records of personal accounts such as letters sent and received and taxes paid by the family throughout the year. There are also some intimate details of personal life including the deaths and burials of Josephus Asher, Sarah Asher, and Mary Elizabeth Asher.

Biographical / historical:

Josephus Marion Asher (1833-1912) arrived in San Diego in 1869 and was the first commercial nurseryman in the area, providing buyers with fruit trees, shrubs, and vines from his Fruit Vale ranch in Paradise Valley. Asher was married to Sarah Haley Clark (1844 – 1913) and they had eight children, including Josephus Marion Asher, Jr. and Robert H. Asher (hermit of Palomar).

Processing information:

Collection processed by Amanda Hughes on July 12, 2012.

Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.

Arrangement:

Contents are arranged as stated in the alphabetical index of contents on the book's inside front cover.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Amanda Hughes
Sponsor:
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Date Prepared:
July 12, 2012
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-12-06T10:13-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

Asher Family Day Book, MS 165, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Location of this collection:
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 232-6203
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