Flower Arrangers Club of Georgia photographs
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs that document the club's flower arranging activities and its members. A large amount of material pertains to charter member Marie Fort's career as a flower arranger, flower show judge, and author. Additional images include arrangements and table setting decorations entered in flower shows at the Atlanta Garden Center at Rich's and other venues. Also a part of the collection are images of flower arrangements made by members such as Lucy Evans and Polly Harris. Of special interest are photographs of identified club members and other members of Atlanta garden clubs.
Dates
- approximately 1940-1972, undated
Creator
- Fort, Marie Johnson (Person)
- Flower Arrangers Club of Georgia (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Administrative/Biographical History
The Flower Arrangers Club of Georgia was organized in 1950 by a group of flower show judges to study rules and principles of judging and to strive for uniformity and understanding in judging through constructive work and criticism. Among the club's notable members were Elizabeth P. Edmondson (1920-2012), honorary executive Marie J. Fort (1892-1969), Sara H. Jordan (1906-2005), and Marie Stevens Walker Wood (1883-1973). The club was governed by elected officers such as president, vice president, and treasurer. The club was a member of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., Fulton Federation of Garden Clubs, and the North Georgia Council of Flower Show Judges. An early club project was the publication of a three volume set, Artistry of Arrangement, from 1951 to 1954. Club members judged and participated in numerous flower shows as well as flower arrangement courses. Many members were also active in other garden clubs and wrote flower arranging and flower show judging books.
Extent
341 image(s) (247 black and white photographic prints, 60 color negatives, 36 color transparencies, six color photographic prints)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically according to titles supplied by staff.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Some items in this collection are located in cold storage (CS) as indicated by the descriptive inventory. Patrons must allow 24 hours after retrieval of item(s) before viewing material.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1983, with subsequent additions
Description Control
This collection was processed in 2017.
- Atlanta Garden Center
- Club Estates Garden Club (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Floral decorations -- Georgia
- Flower Arrangers Club of Georgia
- Flower arrangement -- Georgia
- Flower shows -- Georgia
- Flower shows -- Judging -- Georgia
- Fort, Marie Johnson
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Societies, etc.
- Table setting and decoration -- Georgia
- Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs
- Title
- Flower Arrangers Club of Georgia photographs
- Author
- Jennie Oldfield
- Date
- June 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository