Fruit Sales, 1914-1921

The Siebenthaler Collection is divided into two series. The first series is comprised of the business records of the Siebenthaler Nursery. The types of material with the collection include sales records, payroll and employment records, cash and inventory records, and various ledgers and journals. Also contained is printed material and manuscripts relating to flowers plants, trees, etc. which are relevant to the nursery and landscape business. The date of the earliest record is 1877. The latest records (excluding a brief history of the firm) are 1944. The bulk of the material falls in the last two decades of the nineteenth century and the first three decades of the twentieth century. There are occasional gaps in the material. However, most of the collection is its records of the everyday financial operation and sales of the company. The collection is weak in material relating to the care and nature of various horticulture aspects of the firm although this information can be gleaned from several of the records.

The second section of the collection is comprised of personal material. It is primarily correspondence of some of the members of the Siebenthaler family. Also included are some of the members of the Siebenthaler family. Also included is some genealogical material, estate papers, i.e. wills, inventories and obituaries, receipts and bills and bank (both checking and savings) books. The earliest material is correspondence of John Siebenthaler which begins in 1881. The latest material dates 1911. Although some of the material is revealing, overall, it is weak in that it is not comprehensive nor does it tell us too much about the Siebenthaler's personal lives.