Georgia Botanical Society
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Captain Francis L. and Elizabeth P. Edmondson papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1109
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents that provide professional and personal details about Captain Francis and Elizabeth Edmondson and the Edmondson family. Material includes United States Navy correspondence and publications documenting Edmondson's navy career. Personal interests of Francis and Elizabeth are illustrated through Civil War history clippings, publications from civic organizations, and Cyclorama Restoration, Inc. correspondence. Also a part of the collection are Elizabeth...
Dates:
1878-2008, 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
Georgia Botanical Society records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS979
Scope and Content
This collection contains clippings, correspondence, surveys, research, and minutes that provide details on the civic activities of the society. A large amount of material consists of biological surveys of Georgia flora as well as botanical papers and research on native, rare, and endangered plant species in Georgia. In addition, meeting and field trip summaries offer insight into the society's interests and conservation projects. The writings of several members are included such as Marie...
Dates:
1893-2007, 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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- Conservationists -- Georgia 4
- Wild flowers -- Identification 4
- Botanists -- Georgia 3
- Botany -- Georgia 3
- Native plants for cultivation -- Georgia 3
- Wilderness Areas -- Southeastern States 3
- Appalachian Trail 2
- Endangered plants 2
- Endangered plants -- Georgia 2
- Endemic plants 2
- Gardening -- Southern States 2
- Mountains -- Georgia 2
- National Parks and reserves 2
- Plants conservation -- Georgia 2
- Rare plants -- Georgia 2
- Trees 2
- Appalachian Mountains 1
- Botanical specimens -- Georgia 1
- Botany -- Southern States 1
- Chemists -- Georgia 1
- Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Churches -- Georgia -- College Park 1
- Environmentalists -- Georgia 1
- Express highways -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Flower arrangement -- Georgia 1
- Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Flower shows -- Judging -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Flowering trees -- Southern States 1
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 1
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Societies, etc. 1
- Gardens -- Conservation and restoration -- Georgia 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) 1
- Herbaria -- Georgia 1
- Land use -- Georgia 1
- Mines and mineral resources -- Georgia 1
- Mountains -- Middle Atlantic States 1
- Mountains -- Northeastern States 1
- Nurseries (Horticulture) -- Catalogs 1
- Parks -- Georgia -- Fulton County 1
- Parks -- Southern States 1
- Pinup art -- United States 1
- Plants -- indentification 1
- Rock plants 1
- Sandy Springs (Ga.) 1
- Trees -- Georgia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Weeds 1
- Wild flowers 1 + ∧ less
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