Seedsmans' Catalogs
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Scope and Contents
Hundreds of catalogs from many gardening businesses in the United States. These catalogs were known as Seedsmans' Catalogs and sold seeds, plants and gardening supplies.
Includes an alphabetical card index file for Mss. Acc. 2008.218.
Dates
- Creation: 1817-1970
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1840-1960
Creator
- Armistead, Dora Travis, 1890-1979 (Person)
- Armistead, Rowland Cara (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
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Biographical Information:
Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Dora Travis Armistead
Extent
10.50 Linear Feet
Arrangement of Materials:
Series One is Mss. Acc. 2008.218 and Series Two is Mss. Acc. 2006.54 from Dora and Cara Armistead. Each series is arranged alphabetically by name of seedsman or business.
Acquisition Information:
08/21/2006 - Acc. 2006.54 Cara and Dora Armistead Acc. 2008.218 - Backlog material, source and date acquired unknown.
- Title
- Guide to the Seedsmans' Catalogs
- Author
- Anne Johnson.
- Date
- 2010-05-18
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository