Abbey Garden Press Records: Finding Aid mssAbbey

Gayle M. Richardson

The Huntington Library

September 2023

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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.

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Preferred Citation

[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.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

Processing Information

Processed by Huntington Library Staff in approximately 1985; in September 2023, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

General

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

Box 1, Folder 1-58

Backenberg-Blossfield

Box 2, Folder 1-49

Brown-Wiggins