Collection Number: D-084

Extent

6.4 linear feet

Biography

Member of a prominent California beekeeping family and a commercial beekeeper until 1941; president of the Alameda County Beekeepers' Association (1949-1951), apiary inspector for Alameda County (1950-1951), and apicultural assistant for the University of California, Davis, (1952-1964).

Description

Correspondence, research notes, and research papers concerning early American beekeeping history; collection also contains a series of correspondence and poetry from William Everson and articles about and a painting by Henry Miller.

Inclusive Dates

1939-1972.

Subject

Apiculture

Access

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