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				Jennings Nursery Records
				Collection 64 Jennings Nursery. Records, 1926-1961 12 ft., 1 in., 4 v.
				In 1909, Frederick (Fritz) Huber, Jr. and his father Frederick Huber, Sr. started the Jennings Nursery. They got started by driving a wagon to Welsh, about 12 miles, digging up a hedge of Citrus trifoliata and grafting Satsuma stock. They would travel to various places to get cuttings from shrubs that they considered worthwhile. The early nursery was a small lot next to their first home on the main street of Jennings. Later they developed a 28-acre tract that was Fritz's home place. As the nursery continued to grow, their final location was a 70-acre tract on Highway 90, outside of Jennings. Fritz belonged to many organizations, including American Association of Nurserymen, Texas Association of Nurserymen, Louisiana State Horticultural Association, Inc., American Horticultural Society, Louisiana Camellia Society, American Camellia Society, Louisiana Pecan Growers Association, Southwest Louisiana Nurserymen's Association, and Southern Nurserymen's Association. Through these, he enriched his knowledge of plant materials, and became a well-known and respected figure in these fields. Frederick (Fritz) Huber, Jr. was born in 1886. He married Regina Simon in 1924. They had two children, a daughter, Catherine, and a son, Frederick Felix (Fritz). He and his wife also had six grandchildren. He died in 1958 in Jennings, Louisiana. This collection contains business records such as advertisements, correspondence, invoices, photographs, ledgers, etc. dealing with the Jennings Nursery.
				Series:
				A.	Advertisements				Box 1-4, Box 6
				B.	Correspondence				Box 8-12
				C.	Newsletters				Box 13-14
				D.	Invoices				Box 15-17, Box 24-28
				E.	Photographs				Box 18
				F.	Ledgers, Daybooks				Box 19-23
				G.	Miscellaneous
					a.	Newspaper Clippings			Box 29
					b.	Pamphlets, booklets, etc.			Box 5, Box 7
				H.	Oversize
					4 volumes
				Inventory:
				Box 1
				1-01	Advertisements
				1-02	Same:
				1-03	Same:
				1-04	Same:
				1-05	Same:
				Box 2
				2-01	Advertisements
				2-02	Same:
				2-03	Same:
				2-04	Same:
				2-05	Specification Book
				Box 3
				3-01	Advertisements
				3-02	Same:
				3-03	Same:
3-04	Same:
Box 4
4-01	Advertisements
4-02	Same:
4-03	Same:
4-04	Same:
Box 5
5-01	Miscellaneous: pamphlets, booklets, etc.
5-02	Same:
5-03	Same:
5-04	Same:
Box 6
6-01	Advertisements
6-02	Advertisements
6-03	Advertisements
6-04	Advertisements
Box 7
7-01	Miscellaneous: directories, bulletins, pamphlets, etc.
7-02	Same:
7-03	Same:
7-04	Same:
Box 8
8-01	Miscellaneous Correspondence: n.d.
8-02	Same:
8-03	Correspondence: 1926-1930
8-04	Same: 1929
8-05	Same: 1930
8-06	Same: 1931
8-07	Same: 1932
Box 9
9-01	Correspondence: 1933
9-02	Same: 1934
9-03	Same: 1935
9-04	Same: 1936
9-05	Same: 1937
9-06	Same: 1938-1939
9-07	Same: 1940-1949
Box 10
10-01	Correspondence: 1941
10-02	Same: 1942-1943
10-03	Same: 1942-1943
10-04	Same: 1944-1945
10-05	Same: 1945
10-06	Same: 1946-1947
10-07	Same: 1947
10-08	Same: 1948
Box 11
11-01	Correspondence: 1949
11-02	Same: 1950-1951
11-03	Same: 1952-1953
11-04	Same: 1954-1955
Box 12
12-01	Correspondence: 1956-1957
12-02	Same: 1961
12-03	Same: 1961
12-04	Merchandising and Dates Bulletin
12-05	American Association of Nurserymen
12-06	Newsletter: 1942-1944
12-07	Same: 1945
12-08	Specifications for six feet single-out mounted disc harrow; weed control sprayings; Inventory of plants, June 1930
Box 13
13-01	Newsletter: 1946
13-02	Same: 1947
13-03	Same: 1948-1949
13-04	Same: 1950-1951
13-05	Same: 1952
Box 14
14-01	Newsletter: 1953
14-02	Same: 1954
14-03	Same: 1955-1957
14-04	Legislative Daily Report
14-05	Same:
14-06	NLNA (National Landscape Nurserymen's Association)
14-07	AAN (American Association of Nurserymen)
14-08	Merchandising and Sales Bulletins
Box 15
15-01	Invoices: 1928-1931
15-02	Same: 1932-1936
15-03	Same: 1937-1940
15-04	Same: 1941-1945
15-05	Same: 1946-1949
Box 16
16-01	Invoices: 1950-1951
16-02	Same: 1952-1953
16-03	Same: 1955-1958
16-04	Same: Miscellaneous invoices
16-05	Same:
16-06	Same:
Box 17
17-01	Society for Louisiana Irises
17-02	Dividends: 1948-1950
17-03	Same: 1951-1953
17-04	Same: 1954-1957
Box 18
18-01	Photographs: Camellia Society: 1948
18-02	Same: Camellia Society Banquet: 1950
18-03	Same: Camellia Society Pageant: 1948, 1950
18-04	Same: Louisiana Camellia Society, n.d.
18-05	Same: Louisiana Camellia Show, n.d.
18-06	Same: Louisiana Iris Society Shows, 1940s/1960s
18-07	Same: Louisiana Iris Society Shows, n.d.
18-08	Same:
18-09	Same:
18-10	Same:
18-11	Same:
18-12	Same: Cypress Lake, April 12, 1964; April 15, 1964
18-13	Same: Louisiana Iris Arrangements, n.d.
18-14	Same: Shade Trees, n.d.
18-15	Same: USL Greenhouse, 1960: January
18-16	Same: USL Ornamented Horticulture Camellia Pictures, n.d.
18-17	Same: Miscellaneous, 1940s/1960s
Box 19
Ledgers:
Single Entry Ledger: 1925-1926; 1933-1944; 1939 to -- H. C. Fondren
Double Entry Ledger: 1947-1948, A. Ortego, A.C. Germany; 1951 -- Field Inventory
Daybooks:			1923-1924, B.D. Miller; 1926-1930, R.J. Barr; 1927-1928, D.A. Sweeney; J.J. Seily; 1934-1935, F.L. Robinson
Box 20
Daybooks:			1914-1921; 1926-1927, D.A. Sweeney; 1926-1917: Records of Operations; 1928-1929, F.L. Robinson, 1932-1933; 1942-1947; n.d., W.R. Oltis Derridder
Box 21
Order Books:			June, 1932 - June, 1933; 1934-1935; 1934-1935; Feb. 6 - Nov. 5, 1941
Daybooks:			1927-1928, F.L. Robinson; 1928-1930, William A. Curley; 1932-1933, F.L. Robinson; 1932-1933, J.E. Garrett; 1934-1935, D.A. Sweeney; n.d.
Box 22
Daybooks:			1920-1928; 1922-1923, Sweeney, D.A.; 1921-1922, Sarver, Plaisance, Sweney, Barr; 1923; 1928-1932, 1932-1933; 1933-1934, R.E. Lyons; 1936-1937, F.L. Robinson; n.d.
Box 23
Ledgers:
1946-1947, 1947-1948: Stock Books
Order Books:
	January 18, 1939 - February 18, 1940: Purchase Orders
	October 11, 1940 - February 4, 1941: Purchase Orders
	November 7, 1941 - May 7, 1942: Purchase Orders
	May 10, 1938 - December 12, 1938: Deliveries
	December 12, 1938 - March 2, 1939: Deliveries
	March 24, 1943 - December 8, 1943: Deliveries
	March 10, 1938 - January 3, 1939: Purchase Orders
	January 18, 1940 - October 7, 1940: Purchase Orders
	May 7, 1942 - February 22, 1943: Purchase Orders
	March 3, 1939: Deliveries
	December 12, 1942 - March 24, 1943: Deliveries
	May 21, 1942 - December 11, 1942: Deliveries
	April 26, 1940 - January 17, 1941: Deliveries
	December 16, 1941 - February 27, 1942: Deliveries
	January 12, 1940 - February 29, 1940: Deliveries
	October 18, 1939 - January 12, 1940: Deliveries
Box 24
24-01	Invoices and Correspondence: 1928-1929
24-02	Same: 1930-1939
24-03	Same:
24-04	Same:
24-05	Same:
24-06	Same:
24-07	Same:
Box 25
25-01	Invoices and Correspondence: 1930-1939
25-02	Same:
25-03	Same:
25-04	Same:
25-05	Same:
25-06	Same:
Box 26
26-01	Invoices and Correspondence: 1940-1949
26-02	Same:
26-03	Same:
26-04	Same:
26-05	Same:
26-06	Same:
26-07	Same:
26-08	Same:
Box 27
27-01	Invoices and Correspondence: 1940-1949
27-02	Same:
27-03	Same:
27-04	Same:
27-05	Same:
27-06	Same:
Box 28
28-01	Invoices and Correspondence: 1950-1959
28-02	Same:
28-03	Same:
28-04	Same:
28-05	Same:
28-06	Same:
Box 29
29-01	Newspaper clippings and brochures relating to the cultivation of plants
Oversize:
Volume 1:			Ledger, 1914-1930
Volume 2:			Ledger, n.d.
Volume 3:			Ledger - Mitglieder --Buch der Germania 1907 - n.d.
Volume 4:			Scrapbook

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