Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Quimichis Colony
- Abstract:
- Records from the Quimichis Colony, an American-financed firm that acquired land on the west coast of Mexico for the growing of agricultural products. Richard Bard was president.
- Extent:
- 11.67 Linear Feet (28 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Thomas Robert Bard papers: Quimichis Colony, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains the business papers (correspondence, by-laws, stock information) of the Quimichis Colony between 1909-1958. There are also some photographs.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Quimichis Colony was an American-financed firm that acquired 75,000 acres of land on the west coast of Mexico between Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta for the growing of bananas, sugar cane, pineapple, corn and other agricultural products. Richard Bard, son of Senator and Union Oil Company of California president Thomas Robert Bard (1841-1915), was president of the Quimichis Colony.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Archie Bard, April 1973.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
- 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]. Thomas Robert Bard papers: Quimichis Colony, 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