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Archives of Georgetown, Delaware, businesses

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0480
Abstract

The Archives of Georgetown, Delaware, businesses is the gift of Milt Chaski, Jr., who acquired the material in one "odd lot" at an auction sale. The collection consists primarily of materials related to three prominent businesses that were active in Georgetown, Delaware, at the turn of and into the mid-twentieth century: J.W. Blizzard, Layton & Layton, and the Georgetown Gas Company.

Dates: 1893-1991; Majority of material found within 1919-1927

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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Catalogs (documents) 2
Correspondence 2
Financial records 2
Marketing 2
Motion pictures (visual work) 2
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Photographs 2
Roses--History--20th century 2
Slides (photographs) 2
Bills of lading 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Contracts 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
Georgetown (Del.) 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
Manuals (instructional materials) 1
Marketing--United States--History--19th century 1
Marketing--United States--History--20th century 1
Merchants--United States--History--19th century 1
Merchants--United States--History--20th century 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
Receipts (financial records) 1
Roses--Breeding--United States--History--20th century 1
Roses--History--19th century 1
Sales catalogs 1
Stock certificates 1
Sussex County (Del.) 1
Transparencies 1
Travel--History--20th century 1
Wholesale trade--United States--History--19th century 1
Wholesale trade--United States--History--20th century 1
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Conard-Pyle Co. 2
Atlantic Coast Nurseries, Inc. 1
Georgetown Gas Company 1
J.W. Blizzard 1
Layton & Layton 1
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Pyle, Robert 1
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