Ernest Braunton papers

The collection contains 69 items. There are three manuscripts, including an essay about horticulturist Theodore Payne and a poem read before the Illinois Association of Los Angeles, California. The 40 items in the correspondence section are arranged by author. Most of the correspondence is composed of replies to Ernest Braunton's inquiries regarding various horticultural statistics and facts. Other letters, including those from Walter Raymond, are in regard to the operation and dissolution of the Southern California Horticultural Society. The 26 items in the ephemera section are arranged alphabetically by type. The majority of the ephemera are records and documents of the Southern California Horticultural Society. There is also a pamphlet on Point Lomos, California. Subjects in the collection include: history of agriculture in California; horticulturalists of California; and history of horticulture in California.

Notable participants include: H. M. Butterfield, Newton Drury, Gustavus Eisen, Francesco Franceschi, Theodore Lukens, Woodbridge Metcalf, Walter Raymond, Forrest Shreve, H. A. Spoehr, J. Harrison Wright, California Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Carnegie Institution of Washington's Division of Plant Biology, Los Angeles Time, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, US Bureau of Plant Industry, US Forest Service, University of California's College of Agriculture and the University of Riverside's College of Natural and Agriculture Sciences.