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Preferred Citation:

Seedsmans' Catalogs, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

08/21/2006 - Acc. 2006.54 Cara and Dora Armistead Acc. 2008.218 - Backlog material, source and date acquired unknown.

Biographical Information:

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Dora Travis Armistead

Scope and Contents

Hundreds of catalogs from many gardening businesses in the United States.  These catalogs were known as Seedsmans' Catalogs and sold seeds, plants and gardening supplies.

Includes an alphabetical card index file for Mss. Acc. 2008.218.

Arrangement of Materials:

Series One is Mss. Acc. 2008.218 and Series Two is Mss. Acc. 2006.54 from Dora and Cara Armistead.  Each series is arranged alphabetically by name of seedsman or business.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Catalogs
• Gardening Literary collections.
• Horticultural literature
• Horticulture