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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Abbey Garden Press records
Creator:
Abbey Garden Press (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: mssAbbey
Physical Description:
2.3 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1929-1971
Abstract: A collection of letters and manuscripts
related to the Abbey Garden Press, Santa Barbara, California.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at
the Huntington Library for more information.
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.
[Identification of item]. Abbey Garden Press records, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Abbey Garden Press, October 1976 and April 1981.
Abbey Garden Press was founded by Scott Edson Haselton (1895-1991). Haselton began printing
and publishing as part of the Catus and Succulent Society in 1929 and renamed the business
Abbey Garden Press in 1938.
A collection of letters and manuscripts of botanists and nurserymen specializing in the
discovery and cultivation of cacti and succulents. Correspondents in the collection include:
Curt Backeberg, Neff K. Bakkers, Edgar M. Baxter, Nicholas E. Brown, Thomas MacDougall, and
Ira L. Wiggins.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff in approximately 1985; in September 2023, Gayle M.
Richardson created the finding aid.
Arranged alphabetically.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssHM 44423-44448; 47754-47834.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Botanists -- California -- Correspondence
Cactus
Nursery growers -- California -- Correspondence
Private presses -- California -- Santa Barbara
Succulent plants
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Backeberg, Curt
Bakkers, Neff K.
Baxter, Edgar M. (Edgar
Martin), 1903-
Brown, Nicholas Edward, 1849-1934
MacDougall,
Thomas
Wiggins, Ira L. (Ira Loren),
1899-1987