MS 165 Asher Family Day Book
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- San Diego History Center Document Collection
- Creator
- Asher family
- Title
- Asher Family Day Book
- ID
- MS 165
- Date [inclusive]
- 1912-1913
- Extent
- 0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- The collection consists of a day book belonging to the Asher family, recording personal and professional information activities and accounts for 1912-1913.
Preferred Citation
Asher Family Day Book, MS 165, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Josephus Marion Asher (1833-1912) arrived in San Diego in 1869 and was the first commercial nurseryman in the area, providing buyers with fruit trees, shrubs, and vines from his Fruit Vale ranch in Paradise Valley. Asher was married to Sarah Haley Clark (1844 – 1913) and they had eight children, including Josephus Marion Asher, Jr. and Robert H. Asher (hermit of Palomar).
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the Asher family day book for 1912-1913, recording personal and professional activities and accounts. Beginning at the day book’s front inside cover, there is an index listing the book’s contents in alphabetical order by account name with its corresponding pages. The accounts are generally arranged with entries by date and with notations in credit and debit columns. The accounts record business activities for the nursery as well as family spending accounts and purchases, such as dairy and poultry records. The book also includes records of personal accounts such as letters sent and received and taxes paid by the family throughout the year. There are also some intimate details of personal life including the deaths and burials of Josephus Asher, Sarah Asher, and Mary Elizabeth Asher.
Arrangement
Contents are arranged as stated in the alphabetical index of contents on the book’s inside front cover.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
San Diego History Center Document Collection July 12, 2012
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Amanda Hughes on July 12, 2012.
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
- Asher family
Geographic Name(s)
- Paradise Valley (Calif.)
- San Diego (Calif.)
- San Diego County (Calif.)
Personal Name(s)
- Asher, Josephus Marion
- Asher, Mary Elizabeth
- Asher, Sarah Haley
Subject(s)
- Account books
- Agriculture — Accounting
- Horticulture
- Nurseries (Horticulture)
Collection Inventory
| Box-folder | ||||
| Asher Family Day Book, 1912-1913
Entries of Interest: Alphabetical Index of Contents (inside cover and pages following) Death and funeral arrangements of Josephus M. Asher (page 1) Accounts, death and funeral arrangements of Sarah Asher (pages 2-3) Death and funeral arrangements of Mary Elizabeth Asher (page 12) Green house records (page 98) Records of letters sent and received (pages 122-129, 134-137) Dairy records (pages 148-166) Poultry records (pages 190–215) Record of taxes paid (page 259) |
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