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Citrus fruit industry -- Orange County (Calif.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association records (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CA-01
Scope and Contents Included in the collection are two volumes of the Board of Directors minute books (1932-1938)(1939-1951), and a volume of the stockholder's minute book (1917-1950). Also included are annual reports, and writing on the early history of the organization by longtime director, J.J. Dwyer, in 1943. There are also folders containing circular letters, contracts, business papers and records of Leonard Hessel's finances and receipts. Two wrought iron seals of the Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association as...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1917 - 1951

Citrus Associations records (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CA
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of various citrus associations papers. Most of the associations are geographically concentrated around Southern California, although some of them are from other areas.

Dates: 1916 - 1980

Citrus Books and Pamphlets

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CB-1
Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of one hundred thirty-one (131) books and pamphlets related to the Citrus Industry in California and Arizona.

Dates: 1888 - 1991

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

Foothill Groves, Inc. records (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CA-5
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents pertaining to Foothill Groves, Inc. operations, two meeting minute books that cover the years 1914-1929.The strength of this collection lies in its documents, particularly ones regarding agreements Foothill Groves made with other companies. Especially noteworthy are agreements with the Pacific Electric Railway, and with the Yorba Linda Co-op Fruit Association, both of which shed light on regular business practices in the citrus industry during...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1914 - 1929

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

Sunkist Growers Incorporated records (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-CA-9
Scope and Contents

The Sunkist Growers Incorporated records consist of two document boxes that contain records. Notable items include the organization's annual reports (1957-1973), statistical bulletins (1941-1980), newsletters (1970s), and packing house photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1941 - 1973