Papers, ca. 1900-1940.

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Papers, ca. 1900-1940.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38929689

Collection contains correspondence, 2 scrapbooks, photographs, and printed materials related to Theodosia Burr Shepherd and her work as a pioneer of seed culture in Ventura, CA. Includes a typescript biography of Theodosia B. Shepherd by her daughter, Myrtle Shepherd Francis. Most of the correspondence is to and from Myrtle S. Francis, who controlled the Theodosia B. Shepherd Company and its flower gardens after her mother's death. Correspondents include Florence Yoch and Luther Burbank. Many photographs in the collection are of various plants and flowers, and others are of Theodosia Burr Shepherd and Myrtle Shepherd Francis.

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7409052

University of California, Los Angeles

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Francis, Myrtle Shepherd.

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Theodosia B. Shepherd Company.

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Shepherd, Theodosia Burr.

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Theodosia Burr Shepherd was born in Keosauqua, IA; she was the daughter of Augustus Hall, a lawyer who later became Chief Justice of Nebraska; she married W.E. Shepherd on Sept. 9, 1866, and they moved to CA for her health in 1873; in 1881 she sent a package to Peter Henderson, a seedsman in NY, who encouraged her to grow seeds and flowers in the Ventura climate; she built up a business, the Theodosia B. Shepherd Company, which annually issued a retail catalogue and two wholesale lists; in 1902 ...