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Every Saturday Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1270
Scope and Contents This collection documents civic, social, and intellectual activities of the Every Saturday Club through administrative records, minutes, yearbooks, and pa. The bulk of the content pertains to club meetings where members presented papers that they wrote on each year’s theme. In addition, the collection includes member papers, articles written about members, documentation about the club's founding, 100 year anniversary, and an Atlanta History Center exhibit in 1994 celebrating the club’s...
Dates: 1889-2023, undated

Friends of the River collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1269
Scope and Contents These records document the efforts of the environmental and educational organization Friends of the River to preserve and protect the Chattahoochee River Corridor. Included are correspondence, financial records, membership lists, newspaper clippings, agendas, minutes, pamphlets, periodicals, publications, and subject files that highlight the work of this group and members Marcia Bansley and Claude Terry. The collection also includes organizational records from other environmental groups...
Dates: 1966-2016, undated

Georgia Botanical Society photographs

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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

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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

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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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Georgia Botanical Society 4
Mellinger, Marie 3
Seiferle, Norma K. 3
Atlanta Historical Society 2
Bushnell family 2