Descriptive Summary
Administration Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Busch Gardens of Pasadena research collection of G. B. Cowles
Dates: 1900-2006
Collection Number: mssBuschGardens
Creator OR Collector:
Cowles, Gary B., collector
Extent:
436 items in 39 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection contains the material Gary B. Cowles gathered in his research on Busch Gardens, Pasadena, California.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Administration Information
Access
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information,
please go to following
web site .
Publication Rights
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
[Identification of item], Busch Gardens of Pasadena research collection of G. B. Cowles, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Acquisition Information
The collection was a gift to the Huntington Library from Gary B. Cowles, February 2015.
Biography
Gary B. Cowles, a resident of Pasadena, California, has been researching Busch Gardens for several years. http://www.pasadenagardens.com/
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the material collected by Gary B. Cowles during his research on the original Busch Gardens in Pasadena,
California. The collection is chiefly made up of 28 binders of research material that include newspaper clippings, copies
of newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, etc., all related to Busch Gardens, the Busch family and their Pasadena neighbors,
Anheuser-Busch Company, and Pasadena history, as well as Busch's gardener Robert Gordon Fraser. Also included: research notes,
ephemera, tourism material, monographs, compact discs, slides, glass plate negatives, drawings, watercolors, and maps. Cataloger
noted Cowles' orginal item numbers and all of Cowles' original notes were kept and help with photograph identification.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Busch, Adolphus, 1839-1913
Cowles, Gary B., collector
Fraser, Robert Gordon
Corporate Names
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Subjects
Gardens -- California -- Pasadena -- Pictorial works
Geographic Areas
Busch Gardens (Pasadena, Calif.) -- History
Busch Gardens (Pasadena, Calif.) -- Photographs
California, Southern -- History -- 19th century
California, Southern -- History -- 20th century
Pasadena (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History -- Pictorial works
Genre
Clippings (information artifacts) -- California, Southern
Compact disks
Glass plate negatives
Photograph albums -- California, Southern
Postcard albums -- California, Southern
Research (document genres) -- California, Southern
Slides (photographs) -- California, Southern