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Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association records (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CA-01
Abstract The collection spans 1914 to 1983, with the bulk of materials dating from 1914 to 1952, and consists of administrative records, business papers, and artifacts documenting the operations of the Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association (ACFA). Administrative records include two volumes of Board of Directors minute books (1932-1938, 1939-1951) and a stockholder's minute book (1915-1950) that chronicle the organization's governance and decision-making processes. Business documents comprise annual...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1914 - 1952; 1914 - 1983

Citrus Collection subject files (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CE-1 - 6
Scope and Contents

The Citrus Collection Subject Files contain a variety of materials realted to the Citrus Industry. These materials include reports and production estimates, citrus growing, marketing and citrus disease, and information about prominent individuals within the citrus industry.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1956 - 1977

Citrus labels and packaging (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CA-28
Scope and Contents The strength of this collection is found in the variety of marketing materials related to the citrus industry. Most notably are three document boxes of fruit crate labels spanning geographically across Southern California, Northern California, and Mexico. This collection also includes fruit wrappers, fruit bags, and Sunkist promotional signage. The entirety of this collection provides insight into how the citrus industry presented their product throughout the early Twentieth Century. The art...
Dates: 1895 - 1960

Elisha Palmer papers (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-2016-07
Scope and Contents The Elisha Palmer papers largely consists of legal documents (deeds, mortgages, a land patent signed by President Woodrow Wilson, lease agreements and tax records), correspondence (oil and land related). It also contains a great deal of his records regarding his citrus crops going back to the mid-1920s (harvest receipts and growers association bulletins), his oil interests maps and revenues from his property dating back to the late teens), and a few notable advertising pamphlets and blurbs...
Dates: 1897-1965

Local History Subject Files (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-2018-09
Scope and Contents note

The Local History Collection focuses on the history of Orange County California and the cities within Orange County, Southern California and to a lesser extent California as a whole.

The collection includes 3860 cataloged books and pamphlets, correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts, maps, memoribilia, microfilm, papers, periodicals, posters and photographs.

Dates: 1776-2024; Majority of material found within 1920 - 2015

Placentia Mutual Orange Association records (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CA-03
Scope and Contents

this collection contains two document boxes, nine minute books, and two appraisal books. Also found within the collection are trademark and patent certificates for different labels used by the Placentia Mutual Orange Association, as well as crate labels and logos. There are also growers lists from 1918-1940, and a folder containing correspondence between the Association and John C. Tuffree.

Dates: 1918 - 1975

Placentia Orange Growers Association records (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CA-02
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one document box with organizational papers, including annual reports and company correspondence. Additionally, there are eight minute books and the company's wrought iron seal. Together this collection highlights approximately sixty years of citrus history regarding the Placentia Orange Growers Association.

Dates: 1908 - 1963

Yorba Linda Citrus Association records (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CA-04
Scope and Contents The Yorba Linda Citrus Association collection includes business documents that range from 1912 to 1965. Items included are financial and banking documents, correspondence, meeting minutes, contracts, and documents related to the stocks and stockholders. The strength of this collection is found within the business correspondence and meeting minutes. All of these documents come together to provide the researcher with a historical overview of the Yorba Linda Citrus Association, as well as a...
Dates: 1912 - 1965