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Friends of the River collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1269
Scope and Contents
These records document the efforts of the environmental and educational organization Friends of the River to preserve and protect the Chattahoochee River Corridor. Included are correspondence, financial records, membership lists, newspaper clippings, agendas, minutes, pamphlets, periodicals, publications, and subject files that highlight the work of this group and members Marcia Bansley and Claude Terry. The collection also includes organizational records from other environmental groups...
Dates:
1966-2016, undated
Georgia Botanical Society photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS257
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographic prints that document the activities and membership of the society. Items provide details of field trips, plant identification and rescues, conservation projects, and meetings. The majority of the images are of identified sites in Georgia, but a few items are of other sites in Southeastern states. Native plants and trees are included as well as rivers, swamps, mountains, and rocky outcrops. Members such as Marie Mellinger, Norma Seiferle, Vivian...
Dates:
approximately 1937-2000, undated
Norma K. and Edwin J. Seiferle papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1050
Scope and Content
This collection contains articles, memoranda, and correspondence relating to professional and civic organizations with which the Seiferles were involved. Among those organizations are the Atlanta Historical Society, the Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Botanical Society, and the Highpoint Civic Association. The collection also contains personal correspondence, coursework, family history, environmental studies, and travel interests. Material highlights a wide range of topics such as...
Dates:
1867-1989, undated
Norma K. and Edwin J. Seiferle photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS296
Scope and Content
This collection contains images that document the social and civic activities of the Seiferles. The majority of images were taken on their hiking and botany trips, sometimes with groups such as the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club (GATC). Photographs are largely of gardens and flora, but also include scenic landscapes, mountains, rivers, harbors, and coastlines. Plant images are mostly identified and a great number of photographs are from the Seiferles' own Atlanta garden (later incorporated...
Dates:
1875-1988, undated
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- Botanists -- Georgia 3
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- Gardening -- Southern States 2
- Mountains -- Georgia 2
- Native plants for cultivation -- Georgia 2
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- Acquisition of property -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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- Georgia Botanical Society 3
- Seiferle, Norma K. 3
- Atlanta Historical Society 2
- Bushnell family 2
- Georgia Appalachian Trail Club 2
- Georgia Conservancy 2
- Kelton family 2
- Mellinger, Marie 2
- Seiferle family 2
- Seiferle, Edwin J. 2
- Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Bansley, Marcia (Marcia Dew) 1
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
- Chattahoochee River Coalition 1
- Friends of the River (Chattahoochee River) (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Georgia Canoeing Association 1
- Heath, Eugene Schofield, 1880-1972 1
- Highpoint Civic Association (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Junior League of Atlanta 1
- Legacy Foundation Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Terry, Claude, 1937-2019 1
- Trees Atlanta Inc. 1 + ∧ less
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