Busch Gardens of Pasadena research collection of G. B. Cowles
Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black
Manuscripts Department
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San Marino, California 91108
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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
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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
Box 1
Binder: "The Annex" 955 South Orange Grove, Lowe, Blossom, Busch, Shedd
Box 2
Binder A. H. Fleming & Fowler
Box 4
Binder: Adolphus Busch Thesis & Biographies
Box 5
Binder: Anheuser-Busch, Brewing, Saloons/Warehouses, Advertising, Palace Restaurant, F. Heim, Bauer, Scharwitz, A-B Bottling
Co., Ads of Competition
Box 6
Binder: Busch Gardens 1904 to 1917 (end)
Box 7
Binder: Busch Gardens 1918 to End/Pump House PPTY. & Aerials
Box 8
Binder: Busch Gardens Articles, Histories, Notes, Misc., L.A. Times List
Box 9
Binder: Busch Gardens Lower Gardens Photos - A
Box 10
Binder: Busch Gardens Lower Gardens Photos - B
Box 11
Binder: Busch Gardens Upper Gardens Photos - A
Box 12
Binder: Busch Gardens Upper Gardens Photos - B
Box 13
Binder: Busch Neighbors/Busch Gardens People
Box 14
Binder: Death of Adolphus Busch 50th Anniv./Gold Cup, Philanthropy, "Adolphus" - Pullman Car, Adolphus Hotel, Property in
Southern California
Box 15
Binder: Deeds, Maps, Surveys, Aerials, Sanborns, Assessor's Maps & Records, Drawings. Deeds before & after 1904, Perpetual
Deeds, Deeds re: Garden's Subdivision, New Subdivision Maps, Building Description Blanks, Building Permits, City Minutes re:
New Tracts
Box 16
Binder: Lilly Busch "Villa Lilly"
Box 17
Binder: Mrs. Carlota Busch Webster's Scrapbook 1928 to End Compiled by E. V. Krug
Box 18
Binder: Misc. Busch & Family
Box 20
Binder: Pasadena Hospital Minutes, Motion Pictures, Tournament of Roses, Art/Artists, Arroyo/Grand Ave., Anti-Booze, Arroyo
Park Plan, A.M.A. Event - 1911 - A
Box 21
Binder: Pasadena Hospital Minutes, Motion Pictures, Tournament of Roses, Art/Artists, Arroyo/Grand Ave., Anti-Booze, Arroyo
Park Plan, A.M.A. Event - 1911 - B
Box 22
Binder: Photos (Lower Gardens) Contemporary
Box 23
Binder: Photos (Upper Gardens) Contemporary - A
Box 24
Binder: Photos (Upper Gardens) Contemporary - B
Box 25
Binder:Postcards - Busch Gardens
Box 26
Binder: Robert Gordon Fraser (Hewes Park, etc.)/F. C. E. Mattison, Edmund V. Krug, E. H. Lockwood
Box 27
Binder: The Adolphus Busch, Sr. Family Genealogy by Nicholas A. Curry (2003)
Box 28
Binder: Wilhelmina & Lt. Scharrer, August A., Sr; Carl Busch; Anna Busch…Busch Family Misc.
Folder 1
A History of Anheuser-Busch, 1852-1933, by Ronald Jan Plavchan
(1970)
1 item. With handwritten notes by Gary B. Cowles.
Folder 2
B.G. Booklets/Brochures/Fold-out Postcards
(1916)
14 items. Item #53. With handwritten list.
Folder 3
Black & White Snapshots
[approximately 1900]
Folder 4
Blow-ups of 1937 Aerial
(1934-1937)
28 items. Item #52. With original notes.
Folder 5
Booklet: The Busch Gardens Pasadena California by the Shriners
(1912, May 11)
Folder 6
Deeds/Real Estate
(1921-2004)
Folder 7
Donation Forms
(2005-2006)
Folder 8
Fraser & Son, Ltd. Catalogs
(1931-1938)
Folder 9
Fraser & Son, Ltd. Catalogs
(1941-1942)
Folder 10
FW Nelson Scrapbook - 2 small images
(1912)
Folder 11
J. Lawrence Photos
(1906-1919)
Folder 12
J. P. Graham Photos Index
[undated]
4 items. Item #59. Includes one photograph and original folder.
Folder 13
Ken Carlson Photos: Entrance to Lower Gardens
[undated]
Folder 14
Miscellaneous Glossy Images
(1909-1910)
Folder 15
Notebook kept by Gary B. Cowles
[undated]
Folder 16
Prints of Glass Plate Negs
[undated]
Folder 17
Remembering by Alice Busch Tilton
(1947, Dec.)
1 item. Photocopy of book.
Folder 18
Scrapbook Pages
[undated]
2 items. Item #60 and #67.
Folder 19
Slides - Busch Gardens, Green Hotel, Arroyo, etc.
(1900-1939)
Folder 20
Watercolors
[undated]
2 items. Item #61 and #62.
Box 30
Contemporary Photographs and Books
Folder 1
Contemporary Photographs
[undated]
Folder 2
Making Friends is Our Business: 100 Years of Anheuser-Busch: monograph
(1953)
Folder 3
Under the Influence: The Unauthorized Story of the Anheuser-Busch Dynasty: monograph
(1991)
1 item. With highlights and three pages of notes.
Box 33
Glass Plates
5 items. Plus original glass plate box.
Box 36
Rolled Item: Busch Oversize Photos (copies)
Box 37
Rolled Item: Sylvia's BG in B & W
Box 38
Rolled Item: Busch LA Properties
Box 39
Rolled Item: Busch's "Sea Wall" L. Gardens
