SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY HENRY MADDEN LIBRARY CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO

HAROLD G. SCHUTT (1898-1985) COLLECTION, 1846-1994 25 linear feet

ACQUISITION:

The collection was donated by Faith Schutt, Schutt’s wife, and David Schutt, Schutt’s son, in 1986.

ACCESS:

The collection is open for research.

ARTIFACTS:

In box 25.

AUDIOVISUAL:

Audiocassettes in box 25.

COPYRIGHT:Copyright has not been transferred to California State University, Fresno. PHOTOGRAPHS:

In boxes 11-25.

PROCESSED BY:

Nathan N. Orgill, 1999-2000 and Heather Crowder, 2001-2002.

Schutt Collection Biography Harold G. Schutt was a civic leader in Lindsay, California, and an amateur historian of Tulare County. Born in 1898 in Sardinia, New York, Schutt moved to Lindsay in 1908 with his family. In 1916 he graduated from Lindsay High School. Schutt went on to the University of California (Berkeley) where he received a degree in political science. Schutt worked for a short period as the assistant city manager of Blumfield, West Virginia, before he returned to Tulare County in 1923. For one year he did publicity work for the Tulare County Farm Bureau. Schutt also acquired a job at Lindsay Ripe Olive Company in 1923. For twenty-eight of his thirty-seven years with Lindsay Ripe Olive Company, he was superintendent for plant operations. After his retirement, Schutt grew olive and citrus trees on his own farm, Schutt Ranch. Schutt was active in the community of Lindsay. He eventually became a leading figure in the study of the history of Tulare County. He oversaw a series of articles appearing in the Lindsay Gazette on the history of Lindsay. He was active in the Tulare County Historical Society, founding and editing its historical journal, Los Tulares. He also helped to found the Conference of California Historical Societies, serving a term as its president. Schutt devoted much of his time after his retirement to the study of local history, until his death in 1985. Scope and Content Note The Harold G. Schutt Collection measures 25 linear feet and dates from 1846 to 1994. The collection is arranged in four series: Harold G. Schutt, Olives, Tulare County, and Photographs. This collection is the result of Schutt’s interest in Tulare County history and his interest in some aspects of that history, for example, the logging industry, local agriculture, and the history of his adopted hometown, Lindsay. The Harold G. Schutt series (1913-1985) is arranged in two subseries, Personal papers and Schutt Ranch. The Personal papers subseries primarily contains correspondence to and from Schutt, his daily planners, some of Schutt’s literary productions, and a substantial folder on his graduating class in high school (1916). The daily planners are grouped into twelve folders, but each planner is a separate year. The Schutt Ranch subseries contains the records which Schutt kept relating to his citrus and olive farm after his retirement from the Lindsay Ripe Olive Company. Included are records of Schutt’s dealings with the Sierra Citrus Association (mostly annual reports and financial records), as well as some of the financial and legal records of his own farm. The annual reports and the report on operations are both grouped into folders, but each item is a separate year. Schutt took a number of the photographs in the Photographs series, some of which are of him and his family.

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Schutt Collection Scope and Content Note (cont.) The Olives series (1894-1994) is arranged in two subseries, California and General information. The California subseries contains information—primarily newspaper clippings, periodical articles, and printed materials—on olives in California generally. It also contains information on olives and olive companies in Tulare County specifically, along with selected records from Lindsay Ripe Olive Company. The General information subseries contains information on the growing, harvesting and processing of olives in both the United States and selected countries in Europe, specifically, Italy and Spain. It contains government publications, newspaper clippings, and publications of the University of California. Of special interest is a short paper promoting Tulare County olives at the 1939 world’s fairs in San Francisco and New York, which is located in box 5. The Tulare County series (1846-1991) contains general information on the history of Tulare County. This series is divided into a number of different subseries, the most substantial of which are Agriculture, Biographical information, Cities and towns, Historic sites and Natural sites. The Agriculture subseries consists of the materials Schutt collected on various aspects of agricultural history and products produced in Tulare County. The Biographical information subseries consists of materials relating to the lives of Tulare County individuals and families, and also includes correspondence to Schutt, newspaper clippings and some diaries and family histories. The Cities and Towns, Historic sites and Natural sites subseries all consist primarily of newspaper clippings. A large portion of the Cities and Towns subseries has an extensive section on the city of Lindsay. A few items in the section on Lindsay are stored in tubes. The Photographs series (1880-1985) contains a number of photographs, negatives and slides dealing with the history of Tulare County. It is divided into two subseries: Indexed photographs and Non-indexed images. The Indexed photographs cover the largest portion of the series. An item-level index, divided into a number of topical sections, is available. Contact sheets and negatives are also available. The two most extensive sections are Logging, which contains many photographs dealing with the logging industry in the Sierra Nevada in the eastern part of Tulare County, and Agriculture, which contains various pictures dealing with agriculture in Tulare County during the first half of the twentieth century. There is also a large section dealing with the town of Lindsay. The Non-indexed images are not included in the item-level index. They are divided by subject categories and formats. This subseries contains some photographs, most of which deal with the opening of the Tulare County Historical Society’s history museum. It also contains forty-four panoramic prints. There are also a number of color and black-and-white glass lantern slides, negatives, and 35mm color slides as well. Also included are some unidentified negatives that do not have prints. The slides and negatives both cover roughly the same topics as those in the Indexed photographs.

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Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 1 Schutt, Harold G. Personal papers Awards, 1969-1980 [some shelved in map case C, drawer 5] Biography, 1898-1985 Correspondence Incoming, 1933-1980 Outgoing, 1963-1964, 1969 Daily planners, 1933-1934, 1939-1985 (12 folders) Folders 1-9 Box 2 Folders 10-12 Lindsay High School, Class of 1916, 1916-1977 Notes and publications, 1928-1964 and undated (2 folders) Schutt Ranch Photograph, 1959 [shelved in map case C, drawer 4] Records Expenditures, bank records 1913-1923 1925-1942 1943-1954 1953-1958 1957-1958 1957-1960 Ledger sheets 1971-1973 1973-1978 Box 3 Oranges Records, 1958-1959 Remittance statements, 1925-1958 Ranch appraisal, 1973 Tulare County tax statements, 1916-1952 Sierra Citrus Association records Annual reports, 1950-1982 (4 folders) Grower membership agreement, 1968 Ledger sheets, 1977-1981 Report on operations, 1967-1977 (2 folders)

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Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 3 (cont.) Schutt, Harold G. (cont.) Schutt Ranch (cont.) Sierra Citrus Association records (cont.) Sunkist Growers, Inc., board of directors, 1974 Olives California General, 1894-1895, 1970-1978 (2 folders) History, 1880-1978 Lindsay, 1922-1982 Northern California, 1961-1968 Olive-growing companies Golden Eagle Olive Oil Company, 1955-1962 Lindsay Ripe Olive Company Artifacts, undated [in box 25] Factory closing, 1971, 1993 History and description, 1916-1975 (2 folders) Folder 1 Box 4 Folder 2 Job printing and labels, ca. 1920 and undated Member information, 1958-1983 Personnel, 1931-1972 Plant operations, equipment, 1931-1958 Price lists, advertisements, 1921 and undated Printed materials, undated Reports, 1930-1983 Voucher stubs, 1973-1976 Olive-growers’ organizations California Associated Olive Growers, 1974-1976 California Olive Association General, 1915-1970 Technical reports, 1961, 1970 California Olive By-Products Cooperative, 1966 California Olive Industry News, 1947-1971 Consolidated Olive Growers, 1955-1985 (2 folders) Lindsay Lindsay Olive Growers General, 1972-1983

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Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 4 (cont.) Olives (cont.) California (cont.) Olive-growers’ organizations (cont.) Lindsay (cont.) Lindsay Olive Growers (cont.) Newsletters, 1979-1984 Lindsay organizations, 1964-1994 Olive Advisory Board, 1958-1968 Box 5 Miscellaneous, 1922, 1977-1981 Problems, 1963-1981 Statistics, 1920-1960 Tulare County, 1949-1955 General information Clippings and printed materials, 1916-1981 (3 folders) Foreign olive industry Italy, 1957 Spain, 1937-1963 Government publications, 1940-1960 Log Financial records, 1973-1984 Marketing orders, 1958-1960 Mechanical picking, 1948-1964 Olive oil, 1932-1959 Processing techniques, 1925-1958 Promotion, 1939 [1939 world’s fairs in New York and San Francisco] Propagation, 1960-1966 and undated (2 folders) Recipes, 1934-1962 Standards, 1934-1952 “The Story of the Olive” (Samuel B. Rawls), 1947 University of California, reports, 1971-1980 Tulare County Agriculture Agricultural machinery, 1919-1973 Avocados, 1967 and undated Barbed wire, 1976

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Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 5 (cont.) Tulare County (cont.) Agriculture (cont.) Caterpillar Tractor, 1906-1960 Citrus General information, 1955-1983 (2 folders) History National orange show programs, 1911 Newspaper clippings, 1961-1970 (2 folders) “Strolls in the Groves,” 1967-1968 Cotton, 1921-1966 and undated Box 6 Grain, 1937, 1986 and undated Kaweah Tractor, 1956-1978 and undated Lindmore Irrigation District, 1902-1974 Lobue packing plant, 1970 Water quality report, 1969 Wind machines, 1909-1977 Biographical information Barieau family, 1974 Berry, George Stockton, 1917-1978 and undated Borglum, Solon Hannibal, 1922-1981 and undated Cairns family, 1949 Challacombe, J. R., 1952-1969 [1 item shelved in map case C, drawer 5] Cleary family, 1918-1976 Curtiss, C. C., 1950-1956 Doctor, Joe Articles, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985 Articles in Exeter Sun, 1981-1984 (3 folders) “Shotguns on Sunday: The Biography of a California Badman,” 1975 Gardener, W. J., diary, 1898 George, Dr. Samuel Gregg, 1905-1980 Gillette, King C., 1912-1981 Harris, Benjamin Franklin, 1955-1981 Higgins, F. Hal, 1886-1969 Hopping, George Redstone, 1899-1970 Hutchinson family, 1882-1974

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Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 7 Tulare County (cont.) Biographical information (cont.) Jones, Herbert C., 1910-1957 Kimes, W. F., 1970-1976 McNear, George W., 1886-1989 Mehrten family, 1975-1978 and undated Mitchell, Annie R., 1969-1981 Moore, Austin D., 1955-1956 and undated Opitz, Karl, 1977 Otter, Floyd Biography, 1968-1983 “Men of Mammoth Forest,” 1961-1963 (3 folders) “View from Hatchet Mountain,” 1969-1985 (3 folders) Photographers, 1971-1980 Savage, James D., 1951-1974 and undated Smith, James Harvey, 1921-1975 Wormer, F. S., “The Diary of F. S. Wormer: Alaska 1898-1899,” 1898-1899 (2 folders) Miscellaneous, A-L, 1912-1984 and undated Miscellaneous, M-Z, 1912-1984 and undated Buildings Masonic building, 1957-1963 Schools, 1952 and undated Surprise School, 1955-1964 Businesses Electric utilities, 1913-1983 Kaweah Post Office, 1983 and undated New England Tunnel and Smelting Company, 1873-1881 and 1966 Visalia Saddle Company, 1958-1991 and undated Visalia Stock Saddle Company, 1881-1982 and undated Cities and towns Allensworth, 1972-1982 Alpaugh, 1956, 1981 Badger, undated California Hot Springs, 1975-1983 Connor’s Station, 1947-1949 Delano (Kern County), 1963-1969

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Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 7 (cont.) Tulare County (cont.) Cities and towns (cont.) Dillon’s Mill, 1948-1978 Dinuba, 1953-1963 Drumm Valley, 1975-1976 and undated Ducor, 1918-1919, 1953-1981 Exeter, 1901-1903, 1948-1982 and undated [1 pin in box 25] Box 8 Farmersville, 1867-1869, 1951-1983 Fort Tejon (Kern County), 1954 Fountain Springs, 1853-1893, 1957-1982 Four Creeks, 1852, 1950 Goshen, 1874 Happy Valley, 1981 Ivanhoe, 1913, 1949-1985 and undated Kaweah, 1889, 1921, 1947-1984 and undated Kaweah Oaks, 1948-1984 Lemon Cove, 1976-1983 “Lemon Cove and Ducor,” 1977-1978 (1 binder) Lindsay Agriculture Lindsay Citrus Growers Association, undated Lindsay Fruit Association, 1977 and undated Lindsay Irrigation, Water Development, and Land Co., undated Lindsay Packing House (oranges), 1954, 1983 Oranges, general, ca. 1908, 1983 and undated Strathmore Irrigation District, 1915-1965 Banks and banking, 1958-1975 Buildings, 1958, 1973-1974 Churches, 1894, 1922-1984 [some shelved in map case C, drawer 5] [1 item in a tube] Clubs, 1970, 1976 History “Hutchinson Recollections of the Early Days in Lindsay,” 1892, 1901-1904, 1954-1978 Lindsay history, 1901-1984 “Lindsay Yesteryears in Pictures,” 1968-1976 “Memories of the San Joaquin Valley” (Perry Mills), 1980 “Pioneer California Sketches” (H. C. Bailey), 1930-1931, 1952 9

Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 8 (cont.) Tulare County (cont.) Cities and towns (cont.) Lindsay (cont.) History (cont.) San Joaquin Valley Bandits (Frank Latta), undated History Walk, 1976-1977 Hospitals, 1941, 1978 Index to Lindsay Gazette, 1902-1923 [in box 25] Lewis Creek, 1980 Lindsay Talc Mill, 1960 Maps, undated (2 folders) Folder 1 Box 9 Folder 2 Mt. Whitney Hotel, 1929, 1935, 1962-1980 and undated Olive bowl pins, 1950-1959 and undated [in box 25] Orange Blossom Festival, 1928-1948, 1968-1984 and undated [pins and 1 ribbon in box 25] Promotion and celebration, 1915-1977 and undated Railroads, 1976 and undated Redwood slab, 1963-1980 Schools, 1891-1899, 1917-1982 [some shelved in map case C, drawer 5] [1 framed blueprint against north wall] [2 items in tubes] Sports, 1948-1960 Theatres, 1973-1975 and undated Water and sewers, 1979 Mineral King, 1875-1876, 1953-1973 and undated Pixley, 1943-1948, 1980-1981 Plainview, 1976 Porterville, 1949-1984 Round Valley, undated Springville, 1897, 1900-1981 Stone Corral, 1921, 1952-1981 and undated Strathmore, 1907-1982 Tailholt, 1889, 1948-1949, 1970-1985 Terra Bella, 1911, 1943-1984 Three Rivers, 1951-1983 Traver, 1971-1974 Tulare, 1951-1976 10

Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 9 (cont.) Tulare County (cont.) Cities and towns (cont.) Visalia, 1902-1904, 1949-1985 Waukena, 1963-1975 and undated Woodlake, 1948-1979 Woodville, 1955-1982 Yettem, 1956 and undated Yokohl Valley, 1932, 1947, 1977 Ethnic groups Chinese Americans, 1984 Japanese Americans, 1978-1985 and undated Native Americans Treaties, 1958, 1974 Tulare County, 1922-1985 and undated [some shelved in map case C, drawer 5] Tule River Indian Reservation, 1949-1983 and undated Government Copies of laws, 1846, 1852,1882 [some shelved in map case C, drawer 5] Crimes and criminals, 1902, 1977-1984 Box 10 Politics and government, 1922, 1972 Tulare County Board of Trade, 1901-1972 Historic sites Cemeteries, 1960-1975 and undated End of the Trail, 1968-1972 [1 photo shelved in map case C, drawer 4] Fremont Trail/Butterfield Stage Line, 1945-1960 and undated Jordan Trail, 1964, 1965, 1977 Maps, undated [shelved in map case C, drawer 5] Poole’s Ferry, 1976 Tulare County, 1959-1978 History General, 1952 San Diego Mission Olive vs. San Antonio Olive, 1933-1963 “Tales of the Paradise Ridge,” 1964 Time-Life Books, 1963-1976 Tulare County Historical Society Meetings, 1949-1956 and undated (2 folders) Meetings on audiocassette [in box 25] Combs, undated 11

Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 10 (cont.) Tulare County (cont.) History (cont.) Tulare County Historical Society (cont.) Meetings on audiocassette (cont.) Dinuba, 1977 Dinuba Japanese, undated Drumm Valley, undated Fountain Springs, undated Giant Forest, Chamber of Commerce, 1971 Hutchinson, William, 1974 Johnston, Hank (Visalia), undated Kaleidoscope of Lindsay, undated Kaweah Indians, undated Lindsay Class of 1916, undated (2 cassettes) Lindsay, John, undated McLain, undated Notes at the Olive Association, San Francisco (David Chan), undated Pogne Hotel Marker, 1973 SAMMIS, 1970 SETCA, 1977 Smithsonian-Harrington Country Store, Lindsay, Visalia, and Captain Donovan, undated Sparks, Roscoe, undated Three Rivers Number one, undated Number two, undated Number three, undated Number four, 1977 Tulare, Silviera, undated Unknown, undated Welch, Emma (Woodlake), 1977 Wiggins, undated Wind machines (Bob Glick), 1977 Wood, Coke (Porterville), 1971 Publications, 1910-1980 (1 binder) U.S.S. Tulare, 1955-1980 [1 photo shelved in map case C, drawer 4] Lumbering Big trees, exhibits, 1921, 1946-1950 “Lumbering in Tulare County” (H. Barton), 1907 12

Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 10 (cont.) Tulare County (cont.) Sawmills, 1923-1971 and undated (1 binder) Tulare County, 1946-1981 Maps, 1930s [shelved in map case C, drawer 5] Natural sites Charter Oak, 1947-1948 Floods, 1928-1969 General Noble Tree, undated Giant Forest, 1905 and undated Hercules Tree, 1946-1984 Kings Canyon National Park, 1959-1966 and undated Mima mounds, 1941-1984 Mooney Grove, 1937-1974 Mountain Home State Forest, 1952-1983 [1 photo shelved in map case C, drawer 4] Place names Rock basins, 1906-1984 Sequoia National Park General, 1924-1980 and undated Founding, 1890 Box 11 Sierra Nevada, 1883-1939, 1981 Tulare County, 1950 and undated Tulare Lake, 1886, 1984 Transportation Aviation, 1910-1954, 1981 and undated Railroads, 1887, 1959, 1976 Southern Pacific, 1928, 1948 Visalia Electric Railroad, 1955-1985 Photographs Indexed photographs [contact sheets and negatives available] Agriculture Agricultural machinery, 1887-1890, 1905-1970 (3 folders) [some in box 15] Agriculture, 1888, 1904-1975 (2 folders) [some in box 15] California cooperative creameries, 1920, 1924 Citrus packing houses, 1905, 1950-1962 and undated Fresno scrapers, 1906 and undated Camp Nelson, 1864-1968 13

Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 11 (cont.) Photographs (cont.) Indexed photographs (cont.) City government, 1910, 1952 and undated Floods and fires (natural disasters), 1906-1955 and undated Harold G. Schutt and family, 1912-1949 Historical markers, 1949-1976 and undated (2 folders) Hutchinson family, 1880-1976 Indian rock basins and pictographs, 1935-1975 Kaweah Colony, 1884-1975 and undated Kern River Canyon, 1910s, 1950s (2 folders) Box 12 Lindsay Lindsay, 1890-1977 (2 folders) [some shelved in map case C, drawer 4] [some in box 15] Lindsay High School, Class of 1916 reunion, 1915-1982 [some in box 15] Lindsay Ripe Olive Company, 1921-1963 and undated (7 folders) Lindsay schools, 1905-1967 and undated Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District, 1934-1970 and undated Views near Lindsay, 1934-1959 and undated Logging Flume, 1912 and undated [some in box 15] Logging, 1851-1912, 1947-1955 and undated (7 folders) [some in box 15] Folders 1-5 Box 13 Folders 6-7 Men on trees, 1885-1905, 1955 and undated (3 folders) [some in box 15] Mills, 1882-1905, 1963 and undated (3 folders) [some in box 15] Other trees, 1881-1901, 1947-1984 and undated World’s Fair Tree, 1892 [some in box 15] Meetings and banquets, 1937, 1948, 1961 Mima mounds, 1979 Mooney Grove, 1958, 1971, 1976 and undated Moro Rock, 1923-1927 Mt. Whitney trip, 1928 Mountain scenery, 1906-1972 (3 folders) Box 14 Olive trees, 1922-1963 People, 1866-1982 and undated (3 folders) [some in box 15] Porterville, 1892-1894 and undated 14

Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 14 (cont.) Photographs (cont.) Indexed photographs (cont.) Rivers, undated C. Frank Scrivner—Southern Pacific Stations, 1890-1902 Small valley and Tulare County towns, ca. 1920, 1949-1975 (2 folders) [some in box 15] Transportation, 1923-1975 and undated Unidentified places, undated U.S.S. Tulare dedication, 1950s Visalia, 1903, 1921-1953 and undated [some in box 15] Yosemite, 1950-1983 and undated Box 15 Oversize photographs Agricultural machinery, 1885-1947 Agriculture, 1888-1933 Lindsay, California Lindsay, 1898-1976 Lindsay High School, Class of 1916 reunion, 1915-1982 Logging Flume, 1888-1912 Logging, 1888-1905 Men on trees, 1888-1955 Mills, 1882-1916 World’s Fair Tree, 1892 People, 1889-1974 Small valley and Tulare County towns, 1920, 1949-1975 Visalia, 1880-1953 Box 16 Non-indexed images Agricultural machinery, 1919-1973 [shelved in map case C, drawer 4] Agriculture, 1888 and undated [some shelved in map case C, drawer 4] “D” photographs, undated (2 binders) [negatives in box 18] Exposition, undated Historic sites, undated Lindsay, undated Logging Flume, undated [shelved in map case C, drawer 4] Hume Mill, 1912 [shelved in map case C, drawer 4]

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Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 16 (cont.) Photographs (cont.) Non-indexed images (cont.) Logging (cont.) Mountain scenes, 1912-1915, 1947-1964 and undated [some shelved in map case C, drawer 4] Panoramic prints, undated (44 prints) [shelved with oversize Larson materials] [1 framed against east wall] [some negatives in boxes 20-23] [1 framed, shelved in map case C, drawer 4] People, 1953, 1955, 1976 and undated [some shelved in map case C, drawer 5] Schools, 1963-1975 and undated Tulare, undated [shelved in map case C, drawer 4] Tulare County History Museum Exhibit items, 1953-1985 Historical buildings, 1958-1963 and undated Museum building and grounds, ca. 1970 Miscellaneous, 1952-1975 and undated (2 folders) [some shelved in map case C, drawer 4] Box 17 Oversize images Kings River Canyon, undated Box 18 Negatives “D” negatives, undated [in boxes A-E] Glass negatives, undated (14 negatives) Box 19 Miscellaneous negatives, undated [in boxes A-D] Boxes 20-23 Panoramic negatives, undated (30 negatives) Box 24 Slides [mostly color] Lantern slides Agricultural exhibits, undated (11 slides) [in box A] Agricultural machinery, undated (17 slides) [in box B] Agriculture, 1900-1910 and undated (21 slides) [in box E] Logging, 1892-1913 and undated (34 slides) [in boxes D and E] Mountain scenes, undated (14 slides) [in box C] Tulare County towns, 1904-1912 and undated (33 slides) [in boxes F and G] 16

Schutt Collection Box no. Description Box 25 Photographs (cont.) Non-indexed images (cont.) Slides [mostly color] (cont.) 35mm slides, undated (174 slides) Odd sizes: Olives California Olive-growing companies Lindsay Ripe Olive Company Artifacts, undated [in boxes A1-B1] Tulare County Cities and towns Exeter, 1901-1903, 1948-1982 and undated [1 pin in box A2] Lindsay Olive Bowl pins, 1950-1959 and undated [in box A2] Orange Blossom Festival, 1928-1948, 1968-1984 and undated [pins and 1 ribbon in box A2] History Tulare County Historical Society Meetings on audiocassette, 1971-1977 (30 audiocassettes) [in boxes A3 and B3]

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