Citrus and horticulture collection

Finding aid prepared by Hollie Johnson, Processing Archivist.
Special Collections & University Archives
The UCR Library
P.O. Box 5900
University of California
Riverside, California 92517-5900
Phone: 951-827-3233
Fax: 951-827-4673
Email: specialcollections@ucr.edu
URL: http://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.


Descriptive Summary

Title: Citrus and horticulture collection
Date (inclusive): 1886-1949, undated
Date (bulk): 1910-1930
Collection Number: MS 121
Creator: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department
Extent: 3.71 linear feet (8 boxes)
Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains photographs, publications, and other material regarding the citrus industry in California, Florida, and Louisiana in the early twentieth century. Most of the items in the collection are black and white photographs featuring avocados, pecans, and other fruit, as well as shade trees and flowers. Select citrus publications and advertisements from the early 1900s are also included.
Languages: The collection is in English.

Access

This collection is open for research. Access to nitrate negatives (boxes 3-6) is restricted due to preservation and safety hazards.

Publication Rights

Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Citrus and horticulture collection (MS 121). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Acquisition Information

Provenance unknown.

Processing History

Processed by Hollie Johnson, Processing Archivist, 2011.
Processing of the Citrus and horticulture collection was generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The University of California, Riverside was awarded a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from 2010-2012, "Uncovering California's Environmental Collections," in collaboration with eight additional special collections and archival repositories throughout the state and the California Digital Library (CDL). Grant objectives included processing of over 33 hidden collections related to the state's environment and environmental history. The collections document an array of important sub-topics such as irrigation, mining, forestry, agriculture, industry, land use, activism, and research. Together they form a multifaceted picture of the natural world and the way it was probed, altered, exploited and protected in California over the twentieth century. Finding aids are made available through the Online Archive of California (OAC).

Collection Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, publications, and other material regarding the citrus industry in California, Florida, and Louisiana in the early twentieth century. Most of the items in the collection are black and white photographs featuring avocados, pecans, and other fruit, as well as shade trees and flowers. Select citrus publications and advertisements from the early 1900s are also included.
A portion of this collection remains unprocessed . Please contact Special Collections & Archives for additional information regarding this material.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged into three series as follows:
  • Series 1. Citrus industry, 1886-1949, undated
  • Series 2. Non-citrus crops, undated
  • Series 3. Trees and flowers, undated

Separated Material

Nitrate negatives (boxes 3-6) have been physically separated from this collection. This material remains unprocessed and access is restricted.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Avocado
Citrus fruit industry
Horticulture

Genres and Forms of Materials

Photographs
Publications


 

Series 1. Citrus industry 1886-1949, undated

Series Scope and Contents

This series contains photographs, publications, and other material regarding the citrus industry in California, Florida, and Louisiana. Images depict many aspects of the citrus industry, including packing houses, workers, orchards, equipment, industry meetings, and events.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged sequentially according to box and folder number.
Box 1, Folder 1

Photographs and press clippings of citrus exhibits. Includes an image of the 1886 Anaheim exhibit at the Southern California Citrus Fair 1886

Box 1, Folder 2

Color negative of a Riverside orange packing label undated

Box 1, Folder 3

Photographs and descriptions of orchard equipment from the book The Citrus Industry Volume 3 1929, undated

Box 1, Folder 4

Publications about citrus products including essential oils and fruit juice 1914-1916, undated

Box 1, Folder 5

Photographs of citrus orchards and citrus trees 1930, 1946-1949, undated

Box 1, Folder 6

Photographs of citrus fruit 1934, undated

Box 1, Folder 7

Photographs of orchard equipment 1929, undated

Box 1, Folder 8

Photographs of citrus packing houses, packing house workers, and equipment. Includes images from the Placentia packinghouse in 1910 and Fullerton orange packers in 1895 1895-1946, undated

Box 1, Folder 9

Manuscripts, photographs, and other material from a business trip to Florida by J.A. Prizer of Fullerton, California, director of the exchange orange products company 1949

Box 1, Folder 10

Press clippings and other materials from the Citrus Protective League of California 1911-1931

Box 2, Folder 1

Publications about the California citrus industry 1900-1913

Box 2, Folder 2

Publications about the California citrus industry 1913-1936, undated

Box 2, Folder 3

Publications from the citrus industry in Florida and Louisiana 1914-1915, undated

Box 3

Scrapbook containing press clippings regarding the Southern California citrus industry and related agriculture 1908-1913

 

Series 2. Non-citrus crops undated

Series Scope and Contents

This series contains black and white photographs of avocados and avocado trees, pecans and pecan trees, peaches, and apples. Select photographs are of scientific observations showing the cross sections of fruit samples.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 2, Folder 4

Photographs of avocados and avocado trees undated

Box 2, Folder 5

Photographs of fruit including apples, peaches and grapes undated

Box 2, Folder 6

Photographs of pecans and pecan trees undated

 

Series 3. Trees and flowers undated

Series Scope and Contents

This series contains black and white photographs of trees and flowers. Images depict shade trees and palm trees from Riverside, California, flower displays, flower shows, and single stems. Select photographs regarding scientific observations that feature handwritten notes about the type, size, and proper name of flowers are also included.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged sequentially by box and folder number.
Box 2, Folder 7

Photographs of trees and tree bark undated

Box 2, Folder 8

Photographs of flowers and flower displays undated