San Diego History Center (formerly San Diego Historical Society)

Greentree (Carol) Collection, 1907-1999

Carol Greentree Collection, 1907-1999

Summary

Creators:
Greentree, Carol
Abstract:
This collection contains the subject files and notes of landscape and horticulture historian Carol Greentree, particularly pertaining to the ranchos and missions of San Diego County.
Extent:
5.25 Linear feet (11 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Carol Greentree Collection, MS 305, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists primarily of Greentree’s subject files and notes on landscape and horticulture in California, especially as they pertain to the ranchos and missions of San Diego County. Files contain copies of articles, Greentree’s own notes and correspondence, booklets, and brochures. Larger subject areas include the Los Penasquitos Rancho, architect Cliff May, and horticulturist Kate Sessions.

Biographical / historical:

Carol Greentree was a landscape and horticulture historian who was based in San Diego for many years. Her area of expertise and focus of study included the adobe ranchos and missions of California, especially in San Diego County.

Processing information:

Collection processed by Frank Sweeney in 2014.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in five series:

Series I: Ranchos;

Series II: Missions;

Series III: Horticulture;

Series IV: Biographical Files;

Series V: San Diego Area History.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Adobe houses--California
Gardens
Landscape architecture
Missions -- California
Ranches -- California -- San Diego County
Names:
May, Cliff
Sessions, Kate Olivia, 1857-1940
Waterman, Hazel Wood
Places:
Del Mar (Calif.)
Old Town (San Diego, Calif.)
San Diego (Calif.)

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Preferred citation:

Carol Greentree Collection, MS 305, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.

Location of this collection:
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 232-6203
Website
Ranchos
Contents
Alvarado-Johnson Family Tree (Rancho Penasquitos), 1994
Containers:
Box-folder 1:1
A Determination of Boundaries for Los Penasquitos Canyon Regional Park Based on Environmental Factors (Master’s Thesis by Constance Ann Willens), 1979
Containers:
Box-folder 1:2
American Adobes (book), 1989
Containers:
Box-folder 1:3
Bath/Laundry House (Los Penasquitos), 1994-1996
Containers:
Box-folder 1:4
Courtyard Plan (Los Penasquitos), 1994-1997
Containers:
Box-folder 1:5
Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for Los Penasquitos Ranch House Restoration and East Canyon Development, 1984
Containers:
Box-folder 1:6
El Cuervo Adobe (Los Penasquitos) – (photos), 1996-1998
Containers:
Box-folder 1:7
Johnson-Taylor Adobe Ranch House, National Register of Historic Places Program, 1980-1993
Containers:
Box-folder 1:8
Las Flores Rancho, 1968-1998
Containers:
Box-folder 1:9
Lopez Canyon—Ranch and Orchard (Los Penasquitos), 1998-2002
Containers:
Box-folder 1:10
Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve: Master Plan, 1993
Containers:
Box-folder 2:1
Los Penasquitos Plants, 1984-1994
Containers:
Box-folder 2:2
Los Penasquitos Rancho, 1991-2002
Containers:
Box-folder 2:3
Manuscript on History of Los Penasquitos by Mary Ward (1 of 2), 1998
Containers:
Box-folder 2:4
Manuscript on History of Los Penasquitos by Mary Ward (2 of 2), 1998
Containers:
Box-folder 2:5
Mexican Ranch Era, 1984
Containers:
Box-folder 2:6
Rancho de Los Penasquitos: On the Road to Yuma by Mary Ward, 1984
Containers:
Box-folder 2:7
Rancho Era Gardens and Adobes (Articles, Brochures) (1 of 2), 1960-1994
Containers:
Box-folder 3:1
Rancho Era Gardens and Adobes (Articles, Brochures) (2 of 2), 1960-1994
Containers:
Box-folder 3:2
Rancho Guajome Gardens, 1969-2002
Containers:
Box-folder 3:3
Rancho Guajome Ranch House Restoration: Historic Structure Report, 1992
Containers:
Box-folder 3:4
Rancho Penasquitos History, 1939-1994
Containers:
Box-folder 3:5
Rancho Santa Margarita, 1943-1999
Containers:
Box-folder 4:1
Southern California Ranchos and Adobes, 1977-1987
Containers:
Box-folder 4:2
“Then and Now” Photos of Penasquitos Creek Rancho, 1997
Containers:
Box-folder 4:3
Missions
Contents
Booklets on California Missions (1 of 2), 1954-1992
Containers:
Box-folder 4:4
Booklets on California Missions (2 of 2), 1969-1993
Containers:
Box-folder 4:5
Decoration of the California Missions, 1993
Containers:
Box-folder 4:6
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia—Lavanderia/Sunken Garden Preliminary Rehabilitation Program, 1992
Containers:
Box-folder 4:7
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia—Cultural Historic Landscape Preservation Proposal, 1990
Containers:
Box-folder 4:8
Mission San Luis Rey—Preliminary Survey and Field Reconnaissance Report, 1991
Containers:
Box-folder 4:9
Subject File: Mission Gardens, 1937-1997
Containers:
Box-folder 5:1
Subject File: San Diego Mission Gardens, 1970-1992
Containers:
Box-folder 5:2
Horticulture
Contents
Casa de Estudillo, 1958-1993
Containers:
Box-folder 5:3
Historical Trees of San Diego Calendar, 2000
Containers:
Box-folder 5:4
Old Town Botany by Dale Ward (manuscript), undated
Containers:
Box-folder 5:5
Old Town Gardens, 1967-1989
Containers:
Box-folder 5:6
Old Town San Diego Pre-1871 Landscape and Alta California Mission Era Landscape, 1989
Containers:
Box-folder 5:7
Photocopy of E. Benard 1907 Business Diary of Mission Valley Nursery, 1907
Containers:
Box-folder 5:8
Postcards Featuring Historic Gardens of San Diego, c.1907-1935
Containers:
Box-folder 6:1
Proceedings of the Native Plant Revegetation Symposium, 1984
Containers:
Box-folder 6:2
Subject File: Americano Era Gardens, 1978-1993
Containers:
Box-folder 6:3
Subject File: Native American Horticulture, 1984-1996
Containers:
Box-folder 6:4
Torrey Pines, 1952-1994
Containers:
Box-folder 6:5
Biographical Files
Contents
Archer Milton Huntington (book), 1963
Containers:
Box-folder 6:6
Articles and Correspondence about Cliff May, 1992-2000
Containers:
Box-folder 6:7
Cliff May: Articles and Clippings, 1981-1998
Containers:
Box-folder 6:8
Cliff May: Basic Data and Background Information, 1984-1996
Containers:
Box-folder 7:1
Cliff May Oral History Transcript from UCLA Oral History Program (1 of 2), 1992
Containers:
Box-folder 7:2
Cliff May Oral History Transcript from UCLA Oral History Program (2 of 2), 1992
Containers:
Box-folder 7:3
Frances Ryan (Escondido Historian and Horticulturalist), 1987-1990
Containers:
Box-folder 7:4
Harriet Barnhart Wimmer, 1961-1994
Containers:
Box-folder 7:5
Hazel Wood Waterman, 1920-1994
Containers:
Box-folder 7:6
Kate Sessions Agave and Aloe Garden (Balboa Park), 1930-1992
Containers:
Box-folder 8:1
Kate Sessions’ Oakland, 1933-1996
Containers:
Box-folder 8:2
Kate Sessions Statue, Balboa Park, 1985-1998
Containers:
Box-folder 8:3
Kate Sessions: Articles and Clippings, 1935-1997
Containers:
Box-folder 8:4
Roland Hoyt, 1955-1983
Containers:
Box-folder 8:5
Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May (photocopy), 1958
Containers:
Box-folder 8:6
San Diego Area History
Contents
The California Heritage Cookbook, 1976
Containers:
Box-folder 8:7
Columbian Consequences (book), David Hurst Thomas, ed., 1997
Containers:
Box-folder 9:1
Cultural Resource Management, Vol 20, No. 3 (Point Loma Lighthouse), 1997
Containers:
Box-folder 9:2
Del Mar Decades: A History of Del Mar, 1974
Containers:
Box-folder 9:3
Early California Reflections: A Series of Lectures Held at the San Juan Capistrano Branch of the Orange County Public Library, 1987
Containers:
Box-folder 9:4
Folk Costume Patterns and Clothing Materials, 1971-1982
Containers:
Box-folder 9:5
Handbook for the Re-enactment of the Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition 1775-1975, 1975
Containers:
Box-folder 9:6
Index Card Bibliography of Books and Articles on San Diego and California History and Gardens (1 of 2), undated
Containers:
Box-folder 10:1
Index Card Bibliography of Books and Articles on San Diego and California History and Gardens (2 of 2), undated
Containers:
Box-folder 10:2
Los Penasquitos Canyon and Carmel Valley, 1989-1997
Containers:
Box-folder 10:3
New Town Era, 1984
Containers:
Box-folder 10:4
Photocopies of Photos of San Diego’s Expositions, undated
Containers:
Box-folder 10:5
Photocopy of The San Diego Tourist, 1916 Edition, undated
Containers:
Box-folder 10:6
Photos and Architectural Renderings of San Diego’s Expositions (1 of 2), c.1934
Containers:
Box-folder 10:7
Photos and Architectural Renderings of San Diego’s Expositions (2 of 2), c.1934
Containers:
Box-folder 10:8
San Diego County Weather History, 1977-1997
Containers:
Box-folder 10:9
Save our Sculpture!, 1993
Containers:
Box-folder 11:1
Spanish Colonial Era, 1984
Containers:
Box-folder 11:2
Survey of Surveys: A Summary of California’s Historical and Architectural Resource Surveys, 1986
Containers:
Box-folder 11:3
Sweetwater Dam, 1988-1993
Containers:
Box-folder 11:4