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Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.)

 Organization

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Green Thumb Garden Club photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS272
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs and slides that provide details of the social and civic activities of the club. Images include flower arrangements and flower show displays, vegetable crops in the Tullie Smith House (later Smith Family Farm) garden, and members at club meetings. Of special interest are images of the courtyard garden at the Haven Home, as well as members helping residents with garden therapy projects.

Dates: approximately 1954-1976

Green Thumb Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS665
Scope and Content

This collection includes material that documents the civic and social activities of the club. Minutes, clippings, and yearbooks provide details on the club's meetings, flower shows, and civic work. Several scrapbooks are dedicated to individual civic projects including the Tullie Smith House field crops garden and the grounds of the Fairhaven School. Garden plans for the school drawn by landscape architect Eugene Martini are also part of the collection.

Dates: 1953-1987, undated

Ivy Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS670
Scope and Content

This collection includes scrapbooks that illustrate the history and, social and civic activities of the club. Community projects, flower shows, and club meetings are detailed in the scrapbooks. Several scrapbooks highlight the club's support of the Wren's Nest and the gardens at Tullie Smith Farm at the Atlanta History Center.

Dates: 1948-2017

Magnolia Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1135
Scope and Content The Magnolia Garden Club records include clippings, minutes, newsletters, and scrapbooks, which document the club's social and civic history and activities. The oldest scrapbook, 1922-1949, primarily contains material in reference to Mrs. John (Adelle B.) Harper's speaking engagements and activities with both the Perennial Garden Club (1922-1934) and the Magnolia Garden Club (1935-1949). Three scrapbooks from 1969 highlight the club's community project for the Sheltering Arms Day Care....
Dates: 1922-2016, undated

Northwood Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS674
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection consists mainly of scrapbooks, but also includes minutes and records documenting the Club’s membership meetings, civic and social activities, as well as special projects.

Dates: 1947-2019

Poppy Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS942f
Scope and Contents

This collection contains items that document the club's efforts to support the Tullie Smith House and Farm. Included in the collection are writings about the Tullie Smith House, correspondence about the publication of the Tullie Smith House booklet, and Atlanta Historical Society (later Atlanta History Center) publications and newsletters. Of special interest are notes for a Yule Log slide presentation.

Dates: 1978-1979

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  • Subject: Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta X

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Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
Gardening -- Georgia -- Societies, etc. 3
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 3
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 2