Warren Waterhouse papers
Scope and Contents
The certificate of inspection, dated June (or January?) 8th, 1896, was issued by the Oregon State Board of Horticulture. Waterhouse's nursery stock was inspected and passed muster.
The letter, dated October 6, 1896, is from A. T. Webb, of Webb Sage and Lock company, commending Waterhouse on his cherry crop. Webb related that he had kept the boxes of cherries for two months, even travelling with them, and states that "the Waterhouse is a wonderfully good keeping cherry."
Also in the collection is a printed temperance poem by Waterhouse, titled "A Terrible Picture," undated.
Dates
- Creation: 1896
Creator
- Oregon. Board of Horticulture (Organization)
- Webb, A. T. (Person)
- Waterhouse, Warren (Person)
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Extent
0.025 linear feet (1 container) : 1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Warren Waterhouse, of Monmouth, Oregon, was a cherry grower. The collection (1896) consists of a certificate of inspection of nursery stock, a letter regarding Waterhouse's cherries, and a poem written by Waterhouse regarding temperance.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Tanya Parlet.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
Subject
- Waterhouse, Warren (Person)
- Webb, A. T. (Person)
- Waterhouse, Warren (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Warren Waterhouse Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository