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Orange County (Calif.) -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Amin David papers (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: CRC-2017-01
Scope and Contents

The document collection contains newspaper articles, event programs, case studies, court case documents, and speeches from 1996 - 2016. Awards, certificates of appreciation from various individuals and community organizations range from 1976 – 2016, from such organizations as the Orange County Probation Dept., Hispanic Council of Realtors, Orange County Board of Education, League of United Latin American Citizens, the Anaheim Police Dept., and the Anti-Defamation League.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1976 - 2016

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 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

Fae Lenaire Sutton papers (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-2016-06
Scope and Contents The Fae Lenaire Sutton Collection is composed mostly of documents regarding the ownership, transfer, and sale of property in Southern California. This collection also includes personal family photos, and family documents that trace back to the late 19th century. Items include deeds, contracts, legal correspondence, and photographs. The strength of this collection is found within the real estate documents, and highlights the complexity of managing property in the 20th century. On...
Dates: 1880 - 1990

Haven Seed Company records

 Collection
Identifier: LH-2014-01
Scope and Contents

The collection includes business and personal correspondence, stock seed books, crop books, planting memoranda, vitality test books, receiving books, address books, and notebooks used on sales trips.

Dates: 1850 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1917

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

Mary A. Smart Studio photographs (Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: LH-285-2-1
Abstract

Approximately three hundred black and white photographs of Orange County created by the Smart Studio and its predecessors between 1882 and 1953. The collection includes photographic prints, glass plate negatives and film negatives.

Dates: 1882 - 1953