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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

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.

Administrative/Biographical History

The Peachtree Battle Garden Club of Atlanta, Georgia, was formed in 1943 "to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, the study and culture of flowers, landscape gardening, protection of native trees, plants and birds, and the encouragement of civic planting." The club is organized under a constitution, by-laws, and is governed by a board of officers elected annually. The club is a member of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. and affiliated with several other garden associations. The club has participated in and hosted numerous flower shows winning many awards. The club has supported the E. Rivers Elementary School with a grounds beautification project as well as the Buckhead business district with many green space plantings. The club has supported several other organizations such as the Florence Crittendon Home, Area #3 grounds of the Atlanta Board of Education at the intersection of Peachtree Road and Peachtree Battle Avenue, Scottish Rite Children's Hospital, the American Red Cross, the Garden Therapy program at the Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia, and Home and Neighborhood Development Sponsors (HANDS).

Extent

8.789 linear ft. (one half document case and five oversize boxes)

Language

English

System of Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically according to titles supplied by staff.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 2009

Description Control

This collection was processed in 2012.

Title
Peachtree Battle Garden Club records
Author
Jennie Oldfield
Date
2012
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

Contact:
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Atlanta GA 30305
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