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Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Gardenia Garden Club scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1060
Scope and Content

This collection contains scrapbooks that highlight the civic and social activities of the club. The scrapbooks include photos, awards, correspondence, and reports. A large amount of material is dedicated to the club's civic project of landscaping and supporting the A. G. Rhodes Home for Incurables. One scrapbook is devoted to the Junior Flower Show Association activities of which the club was a member.

Dates: 1949-1998

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

Holton Mastin diaries

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1143
Scope and Content This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, legal documents, and political writings, including text of speeches and letters to the editor of local newspapers that reflect Henry Alexander's activism in the Republican Party during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Legal and professional documents include Alexander’s affiliation with the American Bar Association, correspondence to the General Assembly and with the Fifth District of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs....
Dates: 1960-2008, undated

Indian Creek Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS668
Scope and Content This collection contains yearbooks, histories, flower show programs, and project reports that document the activities of the club. Scrapbooks provide details of meetings, social events, and numerous civic projects of the club. Of special interest is the club's history of the section of Lenox Road that was known as Indian Creek Acres by the resident members. Also of note is a report for a civic project to save the landmark Buckhead tree on which the original buck's head was hung, and gave...
Dates: 1939-1984

Iris Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS669
Scope and Content

This collection contains scrapbooks, yearbooks and minutes which document the club's social and civic activities. Also part of the collection are landscape plans for the Orchard Terrace of the Thornton House project. Several scrapbooks focus on the Iris Garden and Woodland Glen that the club created in Winn Park of the Ansley Park neighborhood.

Dates: 1928-2009, 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: 1948-2019

Junior Flower Show Association scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS414
Scope and Content

This collection contains three scrapbooks that provide details of the social activities and flower shows of the association.

Dates: 1948-1956

Laurel Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS671
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that detail the civic and social history of the club. Included in the collection are histories, yearbooks, clippings, and program materials. Also a part of the collection are reports that highlight special projects and horticultural interests of the club and serve as applications for awards with regional and national garden club organizations.

Dates: 1946-1978

Lenox Park Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS672
Scope and Content This collection contains histories, minutes, and correspondence that document the history of the social and civic activities of the club. Scrapbooks provide further detail on the programs and projects of the club. One scrapbook is devoted to the Expressway Beautification Association project that the club participated in from 1952 to 1956. Also a part of the collection are scrapbooks describing the club's support of the Eventide Home for Elderly Women. Much material highlights the club's...
Dates: 1935-1977, undated

Louise B. Hastings papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1096
Scope and Content

This collection contains bulletins, pamphlets, and programs that describe the social and civic activities of Louise Hastings. Additional material includes detailed histories and events of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. Of special note are handwritten speeches that Hastings gave to regional clubs.

Dates: 1926-1978, undated

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

Marie S. Nicholson papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS242
Scope and Content The collection consists primarily of a series of scrapbooks documenting the activities of Marie Nicholson as president and member of the Tulip Study Club, president of the National Tulip Society, and an active speaker and organizer of tulip festivals in Atlanta. Also included in the collection is correspondence pertaining to Nicholson's involvement with clubs and various civic organizations within the Southeast region. The collection contains a series of posters Nicholson created detailing...
Dates: 1938-1975, undated

Mark W. Johnson & Woodruff Seedsmen coupon

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS711f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a three dollar discount coupon produced by Mark W. Johnson & Woodruff Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1869

Mimosa Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS673
Scope and Content This collection contains attendance ledgers, yearbooks, and scrapbooks that document the social and civic activities of the club. The scrapbooks include clippings, yearbooks, and flower show awards and ribbons. One scrapbook is devoted to the club's civic project landscaping the grounds of the Atlanta Speech School's new location on Northside Parkway in 1967. This scrapbook includes landscape drawings by landscape architect, William L. Monroe. Other materials include documentation on the...
Dates: 1928-2013

Mount Paran Woods Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1000
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection includes minutes, newsletters, programs, financial records, and correspondence of the Mount Paran Woods Garden Club, documenting both the Club's social and civic activities. Treasurer's records consist of budgets, financial reports, and invoices. The Club's tax documentation includes material relating to the Club's tax-exempt status. The Club's scrapbooks provide a history of the Club's numerous social and civic activities over the decades, including details regarding the...
Dates: 1955-2019

Neighborhood Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS677
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the club's social and civic activities. Scrapbooks detail the club's monthly meetings and special events attended. The club's ongoing civic project of the neighborhood parkway beautification is highlighted throughout the collection.

Dates: 1931-1973, undated

Northridge Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1072
Scope and Content

This collection contains yearbooks and one scrapbook that provide information on the civic and social activities of the club. Included in the yearbooks are details on meetings and programs, civic activities, and flower shows. The scrapbook includes photos, correspondence, and clippings that further illustrate the club's interests, including the club's support of Cyclorama Restoration, Inc. to restore the Atlanta Cyclorama painting.

Dates: 1953-1980

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: 1947-2023

Peachtree Battle Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1032
Scope and Content

This collection contains material that documents the club's history. Included in the collection are scrapbooks that detail the club's social activities, programs, civic projects, and flower shows that the club attended or hosted.

Dates: 1947-2005

Peachtree Dunwoody Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1061
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the social and civic history of the club. Several of the club's beautification projects are detailed and scrapbooks provide further information on the gardening topics studied such as the effects of automobile exhaust on gardens, soybeans, and soil lead poisoning.

Dates: 1967-1987