Conard-Pyle Co.
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Conard-Pyle Company records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0634
Abstract
The Conard-Pyle Company of West Grove, Pennsylvania, was a large horticultural enterprise that specialized in the cultivation and hybridization of roses, best known for its famed Star Roses. The papers chronicle Conard-Pyle's evolution from a small-scale retail business to an influential wholesaler, as well as the financial, legal, and marketing concerns of a major nursery company.
Dates:
1891-2000
Conard-Pyle Company records supplement
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0634s
Abstract
The Conard-Pyle Company records supplement includes substantial additions to the series in the original collection, as well as records which constitute three new series related to the Atlantic Coast Nurseries, Inc., printed material, and Robert Pyle's professional papers.
Dates:
1868-2000; Majority of material found within 1910-2000
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- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Contracts 1
- Correspondence 1
- Diaries 1
- France--Description and travel 1
- Gardening--History--19th century 1
- Gardening--History--20th century 1
- Gardening--Periodicals 1
- Gardening--Societies, etc.--History--20th century 1
- Gardening--United States--History--20th century 1
- Histories (literature genre) 1
- Horticultural products industry--History--20th century 1
- Horticulture--History--19th century 1
- Horticulture--History--20th century 1
- Kennett Square (Pa.)--History--20th century 1
- Lectures 1
- Licenses 1
- Negatives (photographic) 1
- Nurseries (Horticulture)--History--19th century 1
- Nurseries (Horticulture)--History--20th century 1
- Nurseries (Horticulture)--United States--History--20th century 1
- Patents 1
- Periodicals 1
- Plant hybridization--History--20th century 1
- Plants, Cultivated--Patents 1
- Plants, Cultivated--Patents--History--19th century 1
- Plants, Cultivated--Patents--History--20th century 1
- Press kits 1
- Roses--Breeding--United States--History--20th century 1
- Roses--History--19th century 1
- Stock certificates 1
- Transparencies 1
- Travel--History--20th century 1 + ∧ less
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