Busch Gardens of Pasadena research collection of G. B. Cowles, 1900-2006

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Title:: Busch Gardens of Pasadena research collection of G. B. Cowles
Dates:: 1900-2006
Creators:: Cowles, Gary B., collector
Abstract:: The collection contains the material Gary B. Cowles gathered in his research on Busch Gardens, Pasadena, California.
Extent:: 436 items in 39 boxes
Language:: The records are in English .
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Busch Gardens of Pasadena research collection of G. B. Cowles, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

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.
Biographical / historical:: Gary B. Cowles, a resident of Pasadena, California, has been researching Busch Gardens for several years. http://www.pasadenagardens.com/
Acquisition information:: The collection was a gift to the Huntington Library from Gary B. Cowles, February 2015.
Rules or conventions:: Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Gardens -- California -- Pasadena -- Pictorial works
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

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black
Date Prepared:: © 2015
Date Encoded:: Machine readable finding aid encoded by Brooke M. Black in November 2015

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to following web site.
Terms of access:: 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.

Location of this collection:: Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108, US