Manuscripts
Correspondence (Vernon-Z and unidentified) and Ephemera
- Description
- The collection is semi-catalogued and consists of 1,156 items in six boxes with the manuscripts and documents arranged alphabetically by subject, the correspondence arranged alphabetically by author and the ephemera arranged alphabetically by type. There are 322 manuscripts and documents, most of which pertain to the legal and financial dealings of Cawston Ostrich Farm. There are a few items pertaining to the Atlanta Ostrich Farm and the California Zoological Society. There are also some documents of the Vatcher family and Herbert J. Vatcher, Jr.'s other business interests.
- Production date
- 1898-1952.
- Call number
- mssCawston Ostrich Farm Papers
- Provenance
- Gift of South Pasadena Public Library, November 20, 1968.
- Gift of South Pasadena Public Library, April 14, 1975.
