the Santa Barbara Botanic Santa Barbara Botanic Garden GARDEN Papers Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Papers Record number: 1926-1 Extent: 20+ linear ft. Restrictions for use: some restrictions apply. Please consult librarian for permission to use. Copyright status: Material is owned by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and is copyrighted. Historical Note The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden was founded in 1926 as an educational and scientific display garden of California native plants, open to the public. Until 1939 when the Garden incorporated, it was known as the Blaksley Botanic Garden, and a group of trustees from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History oversaw its growth and development. Scope and Content Note The activities of the Garden from 1926 to 1975 are represented in this collection. They cover the directorships of plant ecologist Frederic Clements, who was sent by the Carnegie Institution to Santa Barbara to locate land for a botanic garden, the first ten years of creation and growth under Elmer and Ervanna Bissell’s direction; the development of horticultural research and public education under Maunsell Van Rensselaer’s fifteen years as Director; and the expansion of the research program under Director Katherine Muller from 1950-1973. The bulk of the collection is made up of correspondence with many botanists and horticulturists from around the country. The Garden has taken a leading role in growing a wide variety of native plants from many parts of the state, and much of the experiences of seed collecting, germination, and propagation is found in this correspon- dence. Also included are research files and drafts for books and articles published by Garden staff. Most extensive are files for the various editions of The Trees of Santa Barbara and Ceanothus. Future papers to be added to this collection, as they are processed, are those of Dara Emery, Plant Propagator and Breeder, 1955-1992; Ralph Philbrick, Director 1973-1987; and Clifton Smith, Herbarium Botanist, 1985- 1999. RECORD SUBGROUP 1: BISSELL ADMINISTRATION, 1926-1936 SERIES 1: FREDERIC CLEMENTS PAPERS, 1924-26 FOLDER NO. 1 Correspondence, plan for Blaksley Botanic Garden SERIES 2: CORRESPONDENCE SUBSERIES 1: ELMER J. BISSELL FOLDER NO. 2 Miscellaneous correspondence 3 Maunsell Van Rensselaer, 1935-1939 SUBSERIES 2: ERVANNA BISSELL FOLDER NO. 4 Miscellaneous correspondence 5 Maunsell Van Rensselaer SERIES 3: FINANCIAL RECORDS FOLDER NO. 6 Budget, income statements, bank statements 1926-1936 SERIES 4: MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Notebook: Early Policies, Inception, and Historical Records RECORD SUBGROUP 2: VAN RENSSELAER ADMINISTRATION, 1935-1950 SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE FOLDER NO. 7 AABGA, 1947-49 8 American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature, 1937 9 Arnold Arboretum, 1940-1948 10 Rimo Bacigalupi, 1935-1937 11 L. H. Bailey, 1940-1946 12 Beryl Bard, 1944-1949 13 Mildred Bliss, 1935-1939 14 Mildred Bliss, 1940-1949 15 Dick Boaden, 1942-1946 16 Howard Bodger, 1947 17 Richard M. Bond, 1940-1948 18 H. M. Butterfield, 1938-1948 19 Cactus & Succulent Society, 1938-1946 20 California Department of Natural Resources, 1943-1949 21 California Flower Shows, 1940, 1947 22 California Horticultural Society, 1944-1950 23 Harold Chase, 1945-1951 24 Pearl Chase, 1946-1949 25 Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, 1940-1948 26 Frederic & Edith Clements, 1944-1945 27 T. D. A. Cockerell, 1932-1946 28 Frank E. Collier, 1944-1947 29 Ira J. Condit, 1939-1949 30 Olivia Converse, 1944-1948 31 Ralph Cornell, 1940-1950 32 Sarah (Mrs. F. W. M.) Cutcheon, 1940-1945 33 Oswald da Ros, 1942-1945 34 Henry Davis, 1940-1950 35 Hugh & Margaret Dearing, 1941-1947 36 Lockwood de Forest, 1939 37 Mrs. Walter (Margaret) Douglas, 1937-1948 38 Alice Eastwood, 1934-1948 39 Clyde Edmondson, 1940-1942 40 Louis Edmonds, 1941-1944 41 Louis Edmonds, 1945-1950 42 Fairchild Tropical Garden, 1941-1949 43 Beatrix Farrand, 1938-1940 44 Beatrix Farrand, 1940-1942 45 Beatrix Farrand, 1943-1944 46 Beatrix Farrand, 1945-1946 47 Beatrix Farrand, 1946-1950 48 George B. Furniss, 1941-1944 49 Garden Club of America, 1943-1949 50 Garden Clubs of America, 1938-1950 51 Garden Clubs of Santa Barbara, 1943-1951 52 Mrs. Frederick (Clara B.) Gould, 1940-1945 53 Adele Lewis Grant, 1936-1940 54 L. Glenn Hall, 1936 55 T. H. Harper, 1940-1950 56 The Herb Society of America, California Unit, 1948-1949 57 A. C. Hildreth, 1941-1943 58 Bernhard Hoffman, 1937-1949 59 J. J. Hollister, Jr., 1941-1949 60 Mary Hood, 1942-1946 61 John Thomas Howell, 1940-1949 62 Houghton-Mifflin, 1945 63 Hoyt Arboretum, 1949 64 Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1942-1949 65 Institute of Nature, 1945-1949 66 Willis Linn Jepson, 1934-1939 67 Monroe Kidder, 1942-1943 68 Philip K. Knapp, 1942-1945 69 William Lassiter, 1940-1949 70 Library of Congress, 1948 71 Los Angeles County Arboretum, 1949-1950 72 Los Angeles County Department of Forestry, 1940-1944 73 Los Angeles County Museum, 1940 74 Los Angeles Department of Parks & Recreation, 1942-1951 75 Marin Conservation League, 1940-1945 76 Louis B. Martin, 1947 77 Herbert Mason, 1934-1937 78 Herbert Mason, 1938-1939 79 Herbert Mason, 1940-1945 80 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1945-1946 81 Elizabeth McClintock, 1945-1950 82 Frank McCoy, 1936-1937 83 Frank McCoy, 1938-1939 84 H. E. McMinn, 1934-1937 85 H. E. McMinn, 1938-1939 86 H. E. McMinn, 1940-1941 87 H. E. McMinn, 1942 88 H. E. McMinn, 1943-1947 89 H. E. McMinn, 1948-1950 90 Woodbridge Metcalf, 1937-1942 91 Woodbridge Metcalf, 1943-1949 92 Woodbridge Metcalf, Cork Oak Project 1941-1944 93 Missouri Botanic Garden, 1942-1948 94 Reid Moran, 1940-1949 95 Morris Arboretum, 1948 96 Morton Arboretum, 1943-1949 97 M. F. Mosely, 1946 98 C. H. Muller, 1943-1950 99 National Shade Tree Conference, 1945-1949 100 New York Botanical Garden, 1939-1949 101 Nurseries A-G 102 Nurseries H-W 103 Oakland Park Department, 1940-1947 104 Oregon State College, 1941-1945 105 Theodore Payne, 1938-1949 106 Donald Culross Peattie, 1940-1949 107 Plant Pathologists, 1937-1939 108 Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1939-1949 109 Victor Reiter, 1940-1945 110 Archie Rice, 1939-1940 111 Walter Richardson, 1939-1944 112 Peter Riedel, 1939-1942 113 Lutah Maria Riggs, 1942 114 Ed Denys Rowe, 1940-1952 115 Lester Rowntree, 1938-1948 116 Santa Barbara (City), 1943-1949 117 Santa Barbara (County), 1935-1947 118 Santa Barbara School System, 1943-1946 119 Santa Catalina Island, 1937-1949 120 Charles F. Saunders, 1938-1939 121 Charles Francis Saunders—Inventory of book donation 122 Mrs. C. F. (Mira) Saunders, 1941-1943 123 Mrs. C. F. (Mira) Saunders and other family members, 1944-1954 124 Kate O. Sessions, 1937-1938 125 Don Sexton, 1943-1949 126 Carl Sharsmith, 1944-1946 127 Clifton Smith, 1943-1947 128 Ned Smith, 1937-1945 129 Southern Pacific Company, 1940-1954, 1966 130 G. Ledyard Stebbins, 1939-1948 131 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Storke, 1944, 1948 132 Thomas M. Storke, 1945-49 133 V. T. Stoutemeyer, 1947-1950 134 Helen (Mrs. Oakleigh) Thorne, 1942-1952 135 John M. Tucker, 1940-1941 136 John M. Tucker, 1942-1950 137 U. S. Office of Civilian Defense, 1937-1942 138 University of California, Berkeley, 1942-1945 139 University of California, Los Angeles, 1942-1945 140 University of California, Santa Barbara, 1950 141 University of Washington Arboretum, 1938-1950 142 William Van Dersal, 1941-1949 143 Frans Verdoorn, 1948-1949 144 John Whitehead, 1938-1950 145 John C. Wister, 1947-1950 146 Donald Wyman, 1941-1950 147 Miscellaneous Correspondence, A 148 Miscellaneous Correspondence, B 149 Miscellaneous Correspondence, C-D 150 Miscellaneous Correspondence, E-G 151 Miscellaneous Correspondence, H-I 152 Miscellaneous Correspondence, J-K 153 Miscellaneous Correspondence, L 154 Miscellaneous Correspondence, M 155 Miscellaneous Correspondence, N-P 156 Miscellaneous Correspondence, R-U 157 Miscellaneous Correspondence, V-Z SERIES 2: PUBLICATIONS SUBSERIES 1: TREES OF SANTA BARBARA, 1940 and 1948 editions FOLDER NO. 158 Tree Lists, 1940 159 Preliminary Research – Tree Lists 160 Pre-Publication Correspondence 161 Correspondence-City of Santa Barbara, 1940 & 1948 Editions 162 Articles Written for Santa Barbara News-Press, 1941 163 Reviews of 1940 Edition 164 Post-Publication Correspondence 1941-1953 SUBSERIES 2: CEANOTHUS, 1942 FOLDER NO. 165 Project Description 166 Copyright, 1942 167 Miscellaneous Correspondence 168 Letters in Support of SBBG (used to seek funding for Ceanothus book) 169 Wm. Arnold-Forester, Cornwall, England – Exchanges of Ceanothus and Other Plants and Seeds, 1937-1947 170 Robert Casamajor, 1941-1944 171 Walter Lammerts, 1944-1946 172 Clarence R. Quick, U.S.D.A., Berkeley, 1938-1949 173 James Roof—Research, 1938-1941 174 W. H. Warren, Parks Superintendent, Victoria, B.C, 1941 175 Post-Publication Correspondence SUBSERIES 3: MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS FOLDER NO. 176 Articles: “Notes from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden,” 177 Articles—Rough Drafts 178 Correspondence with Magazines 179 Radio Shows and Lectures, 1935-1938 180 Radio Shows and Lectures, 1940-1946? 181 Press Releases, 1937-1950 182 Santa Barbara News-Press Articles 183 Leaflets—Requests for, 1944-1950 184 Acceptance Speech, Bulkley Gold Medal Award, Garden Club of America, 1943 185 Diplacus Article—Data and Correspondence, 1938-1944 SERIES 3: SUBJECT FILES FOLDER NO. 186 Alnus rubra Distribution—Correspondence, 1935-36 187 California State Tree Proposal and Adoption, 1935-37 188 California Trees—Lecture Notes 189 Camphor Oil Production—Correspondence, 1942-43 190 Cheilanthes cooperae Discovery—Correspondence and Map 191 Cupressus sargentii—Data, 1935-36 192 Fremontia Journal Proposal, 1948 193 Guayule Rubber Research, 1942-43 194 Metasequoia glyptostroboides Planting Project, 1950-51 195 Podocarpus Project, 1943-46 196 Redwood Exhibit, 1940-50 RECORD SUBGROUP 3: MULLER ADMINISTRATION, 1950-1973 SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE FOLDER NO. 197 Beaudette Foundation, 1959-60 198 E.R.