Luther Burbank papers, 1830-1989 (bulk 1880-1926).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 12,500 items; 32 containers plus 9 oversize; 2 microfilm reels; 16 linear feetSubject(s): - Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 -- Correspondence
- Bean, Burt C. (Burt Clifford), 1874-
- Burpee, W. Atlee (Washington Atlee), 1858-1915 -- Correspondence
- Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 -- Correspondence
- Fairchild, David, 1869-1954 -- Correspondence
- Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938 -- Correspondence
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 -- Correspondence
- Husbands, José D. -- Correspondence
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 -- Correspondence
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 -- Correspondence
- Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937 -- Correspondence
- Kinsey, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956 -- Correspondence
- Lemmon, J. G. (John Gill), 1832-1908 -- Correspondence
- London, Charmian -- Correspondence
- London, Jack, 1876-1916 -- Correspondence
- Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913 -- Correspondence
- Morrow, William W., 1843-1929 -- Correspondence
- Muir, John, 1838-1914 -- Correspondence
- Samu, Spiegel -- Correspondence
- Schull, George H. -- Correspondence
- Vachell, F. Harvey -- Correspondence
- Van Deman, Henry Elias, 1845-1915 -- Correspondence
- Vries, Hugo de, 1848-1935 -- Correspondence
- Waugh, F. A. (Frank Albert), 1869-1943 -- Correspondence
- Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James), 1848-1923 -- Correspondence
- Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919 -- Correspondence
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 -- Correspondence
- Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1849-1924 -- Correspondence
- Burbank family
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Botany
- Horticulture
- Nurseries (Horticulture) -- California -- Santa Rosa
- Plants
- Botanists
- Horticulturists
Open to research.
Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, sketches, nursery plans and notes, business records, scrapbooks, family papers and genealogies, and printed material concerning Burbank's career as a botanist and his family and personal life. The collection relates chiefly to Burbank's nursery in Santa Rosa, Calif., and to his pioneering work in the development, selection, and propagation of new plant species as well as to the publicity for and the business and financial aspects of that work. Includes transcript of an interview (1913) with Burbank conducted by Burt C. Bean and material relating to the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Correspondents include L.H. Bailey, W. Atlee Burpee, Thomas A. Edison, David Fairchild, Harvey Samuel Firestone, Henry Ford, Herbert G. Gleason, José D. Husbands, David Starr Jordan, Helen Keller, Vernon L. Kellogg, Alfred C. Kinsey, J.G. Lemmon, Charmian London, Jack London, Joaquin Miller, William W. Morrow, John Muir, Spiegel Samu, George H. Schull, F. Harvey Vachell. Henry Elias Van Deman, Hugo de Vries, F. A. Waugh, Edward J. Wickson, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Woodrow Wilson, and Robert Simpson Woodward.
In part, transcripts. [S.l.].
Microfilm of originals in the Luther Burbank Home, Santa Rosa, Calif.
California: Luther Burbank Home, Santa Rosa.
Material lent for microfilming by the estate of Mrs. Luther Burbank, 1978.
Prints and photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Botanist, horticulturist, and naturalist.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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