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Joel Hurt Memorial Park (Atlanta, Ga.)

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

Marie S. Nicholson visual arts material

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS251
Scope and Content This collection contains slides, photographs, and films that document the tulip and garden club related activities of Marie Nicholson and the Tulip Study Club. Color slides provide details of Marie Nicholson's garden and tulip varieties as well as tulip arrangements. Also included in the collection are two architectural drawings by William C. Pauley for a tulip show in the Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia. Of special interest are films documenting Nicholson's East Lake garden in...
Dates: 1934-1965, undated

Tulip Study Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS626
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, financial reports, and clippings that document the history of the social and civic activities of the club. Also a part of the collection are tulip show programs and clippings. Much of the material pertains to Marie Nicholson, club president from 1938 to 1948. A scrapbook from the Atlanta Tulip Show Association, in which many club members also served, provides more details of the Atlanta Tulip Show of 1946.

Dates: 1938-1987, undated

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Subject
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Tulips -- Varieties 2
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 2
Festivals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 1