Manuscripts

Los Angeles Camellia Council, Ltd. [Parker, Alton B.], (1956-1960)

Description

Included: 2nd Annual Camellia Show and Festival program, 1956; schedule; show regulations; agreement between County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Camellia Council, Ltd., 1956; special meeting of the board of directors; rosters; and Los Angeles Camellia Council, Ltd. by Ralph Peer

See also: Dekker, D.H.; Eshelman, Cecil H; Robinson, John C.; and Los Angeles (Calif.)

Type

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Production date

1947-1960.

Call number

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Creator

Peer, Ralph Sylvester (1892-1960)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peer II, January 2017 and July 2017.

Associated people

Arnold-Forster, W. (1898-)

Erdman, Robert Park, (1878-1966.)

Griffin, Frank. (1875-1965.)

American Camellia Society [To Blount, John A.], (1955-1956)

Manuscripts

Included: Members in Attendance Annual Meeting, 1955; Report of the Secretary, 1955; C. Reticulata, Our Noblest Species by Ralph Peer; Annual Meeting of American Camellia Society, 1955; letters to Directors and Officers, 1955; Audit Report, 1955; American Camellia Society Meeting, 1956; Time-Table and Guide for Visitors, 1956; Audit Report, 1956; Annual Meeting Program, 1956; Registration Information; Spend ACS Week in Southern California by Ralph Peer; Introduction by Ralph Peer; Los Angeles Welcomes ACS, February 1956 by Ralph Peer; California Here We Come by Ralph Peer; and the Beverly Hilton See also: Ackerman, Paul; Ashby, Howard E.; Barnes, A. Emmett and Jr.; Brown, Arthur C.; Buckley, W. Clarence; Dowd, Frank; Du Brul, George; Fulton, W.P.; Gish, Merle S. and Rose; Griffiths, Austin, Jr.; Habel, J.M., Jr.; Harn, Sam P.; Harris, Aubrey C.; Huette, Frederic; Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold), 1875-1965; Judice, Ernest A.; Katz, Jessie W. and Sigmund J.; Lee, Hoyt W.; McLean, David W.; McKinney, J.R.; McKnight, T.K.; Marbury, Stuart Leslie; Parsons, Alison J.; Price, Kenneth G.; Rowell, Milo, 1903-1977; Seibels, Calder W.; Sewell, John Niles; Sharp, Morrie L.; Solomon, Arthur W.; Strother, Dave C.; Wannamaker, L. Caston; Wilmot, Roy J. and Roy P.; Wolfe, Herbert S. (Herbert Snow); and Wood, William T.

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Satomi, Eikichi, 1898-, (1956-1958)

Manuscripts

The Japanese Camellia Society Included: Camellia Rusticana - The Snow Camellia by Eikichi Satomi and Ralph Peer; Search for the Japanese Snow Camellia by Eikichi Satomi and Ralph Peer; The Mysterious Wabisuke by Eikichi Satomi and Ralph Peer; and Furthest North Camellia by Eikichi Satomi and Ralph Peer

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Miscellaneous: Articles and typewritten manuscripts [Peer, Ralph and Monique], (1949-1956)

Manuscripts

Included: How to Live Longer by Ralph Peer; Unusual Journalist by Ralph Peer; Camellia Adventures in Hong Kong by Monique Peer; The Love of Camellias by Monique I. Peer; Camellias Around the World by Ralph Peer; Camellia Tour of Great Britain - 1950 by Ralph and Monique Peer; Camellias Abroad - 1950 by Ralph and Monique Peer; Camellia Journey - 1950 by Ralph Peer; European Camellia Tour by Ralph Peer; Life Before Hollywood by Monique Peer; Camellias in Unusual Places by Ralph Peer; Search for the Yellow Camellia by Ralph Peer; Chinese Camellia by Ralph Peer; Japanese - American Goodwill Camellia Garden by Ralph Peer; Camellias of the Future by Ralph Peer; The Camellia Family Tree by Ralph Peer; Camellias in the U.S.S.R by Ralph Peer; Camellias in America by Ralph Peer; New Varieties of Camellia Reticulata by Ralph Peer; My Favourite Camellias by Ralph Peer; New Southern California Varieties; New Camellias During the Next Ten Years by Ralph Peer; Saluenensis x Reticulata by Ralph Peer; Are Societies Useful? By Ralph Peer; New Camellia Book from Australia by Ralph Peer; Present Trends Among Camellias in the USA by Ralph Peer; Species Camellias by Ralph Peer; Solving Camellia Mysteries by Ralph and Monique Peer; Newly Discovered Chinese Reticulatas for Southern California Camellias Gardens; Camellia Reticulata in California by Ralph Peer; Most Versatile Species by Ralph Peer; The Camellia Sasanqua in the United States of America; Preface; Speech Made in Birmingham, Alabama by Ralph Peer; Report of Mr. Hall - Tree Surgeon; Camellias in Yunnan by Ralph Peer; More About the Yellow Camellia by Ralph Peer; and Pink Princess; and Procedures

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Los Angeles Camellia Council, Ltd. - Magnolia Gardens and Nurseries

Manuscripts

The archive consists of approximately 20,000 typed and handwritten letters from 1948 through 1960. There are a small number of original signed letters that appear to be duplicates or letters not sent. The archive also contains some ephemera: copies of original and published articles, camellia journals, pamphlets, photographs, and other printed matter.

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The Pacific Camellia Society [Harris, Edna C.; Parker, Alton B.; Thompson, Douglas G.; and Thompson, Roy T.], (1949-1958)

Manuscripts

Included: Directories and Camellias Growing in the Snow by Ralph Peer

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Southern California Camellia Society, (1949-1959)

Manuscripts

Included: The Camellia...Its Culture and Nomenclature; The Camellia Review, vol. 12, no. 7, vol. 13, no. 2, vol. 14, no. 1 and 2, vol. 14, no. 5 and vol. 16, no. 3; Summer Trip Through the Southland by Ralph Peer; Southern California Camellia Garden Tour Dates; and Investigating Camellia Species by Ralph Peer See also: Beebe, Elizabeth; Chidamian, Claude; Clairmont, John H.; Dryden, Harold E.; Gale, Carroll M.; Cothran, C.D.; Dryden, Harold E.; Johnson, Clifton W.; McLean, David W.; Metcalf, Edwards H. (Edwards Huntington); Pitkin, Caryll W.; and Tourje, Ebon Carl

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Los Angeles Camellia Council, Ltd. [Parker, Alton B.], (1956-1960)

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