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Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Atkins Park Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS837
Scope and Content

This collection consists of minutes, financial papers, and scrapbooks that document the social and civic activities of the club. Minutes include reports and membership information. Scrapbooks provide further detail on the club's programs, civic projects, as well as flower shows both hosted and attended.

Dates: 1929-2004

Atlanta Federation of Women's Clubs records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS393
Scope and Content

The bulk of this collection is comprised of organizational scrapbooks and year books. Other materials include newspaper clippings, programs, and club organizational records.

Dates: 1898-1951, undated

Atlanta Music Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS404
Scope and Content This collection consists of records created by the Atlanta Music Club and its subsidiary organizations including correspondence, meeting minutes, rosters, by-laws, financial statements, and committee reports. Also included are marketing materials such as press releases, advertising contracts, correspondence regarding advertising and publicity arrangements, concert series programs, newsletters, and information about artists who performed for the club. The collection contains publications of...
Dates: 1915-2001, undated; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1970

Atlanta Quota Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS431
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of five scrapbooks.

Dates: 1929-1947, undated

Atlanta Woman's Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS353
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of records that provide details on the history of the club. Included in the collection are yearbooks, scrapbooks, pressbooks, newspaper clippings, and programs pertaining to the club's social and civic activities. Of special interest are materials that provide details on the historic Wimbish House.

Dates: 1895-1986, undated

Avondale Estates Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1019
Scope and Content This collection contains the records of the Avondale Estates Garden Club. The collection chiefly consists of the Club's scrapbooks which highlight its projects, awards, and anniversaries. Of particular interest are early scrapbooks from 1938-1940 which describe the Club's involvement in projects to beautify Lake Avondale as a living memorial to G.F. Willis, founder and builder of Avondale Estates, and to establish a bird sanctuary. Also included are yearbooks and history of the Club. These...
Dates: 1931-2019

Bessie Shaw Stafford papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS352
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of personal papers of Bessie Shaw Stafford. Included in the collection are photographs, newspaper clippings, and wedding book of Elizabeth (Bessie) Shaw and George R. Stafford.

Dates: 1892-1950

Carrie L. Reynolds scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS309
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a single scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings pertaining primarily to social and entertainment events.

Dates: 1862-1935, undated

Clay Hills Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS652
Scope and Content

This collection contains minutes, scrapbooks, and yearbooks that document the civic and social activities of the club. A twenty-five year anniversary book highlights the club achievements including numerous awards from Southeastern flower shows and civic work with local area hospitals.

Dates: 1941-1974, undated

Cottage Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1044
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the history of the club, including meeting minutes and reports, flower show programs and awards, yearbooks, clippings, and correspondence. Scrapbooks also detail the social and civic activities of the club.

Dates: 1954-2014

Daughters of the American Revolution Atlanta Chapter records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS512
Scope and Content

This collection contains minute books, reports, treasurer's records, membership lists, correspondence, annual histories, a scrapbook, and other materials that document the activities of the club. Also included is Volume 1, Number 1, of The American Monthly, a DAR publication. Of particular interest is a visitor's register from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Building at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895.

Dates: 1891-1964; Majority of material found within 1891 - 1944

Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chapter, scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS525
Scope and Content

This collection consists of nine scrapbooks documenting the activities of Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chapter.

Dates: 1941-1982

Druid Hills Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1021
Scope and Content

This collection consists of histories, minutes and yearbooks that document the club's civic and social activities. The collection also includes scrapbooks which further document the club's interests and special projects, as well as activities of members such as Marie S. Nicholson and Francis King.

Dates: 1929-2015, undated

Founders Memorial Garden Project Collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS981
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection documents the founding of the Ladies’ Garden Club of Athens and its early history through published materials, transcriptions of newspaper articles, and a manuscript detailing facts about the club. The bulk of the material, however, documents the development of the Founders Memorial Garden at the University of Georgia between 1936 and 1946. The collection primarily contains published articles and correspondence regarding financial contributions to the endeavor and development...
Dates: 1931-1976

Frances Connally Spalding collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS456
Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook documenting the year Frances Connally Spalding spent as a debutante in the Atlanta Debutante Club. Included in the scrapbook is newspaper clippings, correspondence, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1929-1930

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

Junior League of Atlanta records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS347
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of the records of the Junior League of Atlanta. Included in the collection are scrapbooks, yearbooks, minutes, and annual reports as well as programs from events sponsored by the League. Of particular interest is the scrapbook about the Gone With the Wind Ball.

Dates: 1917-1989

Ladybugs Garden Club scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1207
Scope and Contents

This collection contains scrapbooks that provide details of civic and social activities of the Ladybugs Garden Club. The scrapbooks include photographs, yearbooks, correspondence, and program materials that highlight the club's interests. Flower show programs and awards are also a part of the collection. Of special note are items that offer insight into the club's civic work creating and maintaining gardens and greenspaces for numerous organizations.

Dates: 1991-2008

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