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Adelle Bartlett Harper papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1136
Scope and Content This collection contains clippings, correspondence, notes, and scrapbooks that document Adelle B. Harper's life as well as members of her family. Material provides insight into Harper's flower shop business, club activities, family life, and her wide variety of interests. Scrapbooks offer details about Auverne Harper's enrollment in Woodberry Hall School for Girls in Atlanta and Shorter College in Rome, Georgia.
Dates: 1864-2017, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Ansley Park Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1132
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, yearbooks, minutes, and financial reports that provide a social and civic history of the club. Scrapbooks offer details about programs, neighborhood projects, and flower shows. Of special interest are scrapbook images of members' gardens and neighborhood islands.
Dates: 1953-2015, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Atkins Park Garden Club photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS259
Scope and Content This collection contains images of homes built in the early 20th century in the Atkins Park neighborhood, Atlanta, Georgia. A variety of architectural styles are represented including Georgian Revival, American Craftsman, and English Tudor. The photographs also provide details of landscape styles as well as popular shrubs and ornamental plants used in front yard gardens. Of special note are two images of the neighborhood stone entrance gateways.
Dates: 1988
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Atkins Park Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS837
Scope and Content This collection consists of minutes, financial papers, and scrapbooks that document the social and civic activities of the club. Minutes include reports and membership information. Scrapbooks provide further detail on the club's programs, civic projects, as well as flower shows both hosted and attended.
Dates: 1929-2004
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Atlanta Woman's Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS353
Scope and Content This collection is comprised of records that provide details on the history of the club. Included in the collection are yearbooks, scrapbooks, pressbooks, newspaper clippings, and programs pertaining to the club's social and civic activities. Of special interest are materials that provide details on the historic Wimbish House.
Dates: 1895-1986, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Azalea Garden Club scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1078
Scope and Content This collection contains a scrapbook that details the social and civic activities of the club. Material includes photographs, correspondence, clippings, and programs. Of special interest are photographs of members' gardens from the Emory University area neighborhood. Additional loose photographs of Eatonton and Griffin, Georgia, from approximately 1938, are found at the end of the scrapbook.
Dates: 1938-1963; Majority of material found within 1959 - 1963
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Beryl Knight Brown papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1090
Scope and Content This collection contains typewritten and handwritten records of nurseries and plants that provide an inventory of Brown's garden on Knollwood Drive in Atlanta in the 1970s. Sizes, quantities, varieties, and prices paid are included in the lists. Awards and a brochure on azaleas and rhododendrons highlight Brown's interest in these plants.
Dates: 1971-1975, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Brookwood Hills Garden Club photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS276
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs of the park in Brookwood Hills including the playground, picnic and pool areas during restoration work by the club. Images show playground structures, picnic tables, planters, stone steps, as well as trees, shrubs, and other plants. Also a part of the collection are photographs of the club's Christmas decorations inside Rhodes Memorial Hall, Atlanta, Georgia. Of particular interest are club members and children shown during park workdays and events.
Dates: 1974-1982, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Brookwood Hills Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS648
Scope and Content This collection contains minutes, reports, yearbooks, and correspondence that document the civic and social activities of the club. Minutes also include membership and financial reports. Scrapbooks detail the club's programs, flower shows, and civic projects. Three of the scrapbooks are devoted to the club's restoration of Brookwood Hills Park in the 1970s.
Dates: 1938-1988, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Buckhead Men's Garden Club of Atlanta, Inc. records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1036
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, rosters, minutes, membership, and financial records of the club. Also included is the club's monthly newsletter, The Good Earth Boys, which highlights their activities. Material also documents the club's operation of three successive greenhouses.
Dates: 1960-2013, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Butterfly Junior Garden Club yearbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS731f
Scope and Content This collection contains one yearbook that details the civic and social activities of the club. Programs, projects, and a membership roster are included in the yearbook. Of special note is the involvement of Northridge Garden Club as the club's sponsor.
Dates: 1960-1961
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Camellia Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS649
Scope and Content This collection contains materials that document the social and civic activities of the club. Two scrapbooks highlight flower shows the club hosted and participated in, including the Junior Flower Show Association's 1949 show, Around the World with Fashions and Flowers.
Dates: 1947-2018, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Captain Francis L. and Elizabeth P. Edmondson papers

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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 Edmondson's...
Dates: 1878-2008, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Cascade Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1087
Scope and Content This collection contains documents that provide a history of the social and civic activities of the club. Materials include clippings, correspondence, histories, minutes, and yearbooks. Scrapbooks offer more details on programs, projects, and club interests on a wide variety of gardening topics. Of special interest are scrapbook images of Cascade Road from approximately 1939.
Dates: 1933-2001, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Chastain Park Garden Club scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS973
Scope and Content This collection contains one scrapbook that documents the club's civic and social activities. Included in the scrapbook are correspondence, clippings, photos, programs, and yearbooks that provide details on the meetings, flower shows, and civic work of the club.
Dates: 1954-2005
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Cherokee Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS650
Scope and Content This collection contains minutes, newsletters, yearbooks, histories, and president's notebooks that document the civic and social history of the club. President's notebooks include correspondence, minutes, newsletters, reports, financial records, and membership information. Also a part of the collection are scrapbooks which illustrate the club's many projects including two scrapbooks devoted to the "Christmas Trees Around the World" project and a scrapbook devoted to the restoration project of...
Dates: 1928-2019, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Cherokee Garden Club visual arts materials

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Collection number: ahc.VIS370
Scope and Content The collection contains images that detail the civic and social history of the Cherokee Garden Club. Included in the collection are photographs of the club's civic projects, flower show arrangements, and needlework. Also a part of the collection are images of club members attending the Garden Club of America Zone VIII meetings and working at fundraising events such as Potlatch and Gardener's Delight. A video and photographs of the Cherokee Garden Library document the early years of the...
Dates: approximately 1935-2014
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Clay Hills Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS652
Scope and Content This collection contains minutes, scrapbooks, and yearbooks that document the civic and social activities of the club. A twenty-five year anniversary book highlights the club achievements including numerous awards from Southeastern flower shows and civic work with local area hospitals.
Dates: 1941-1974, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Clifton Road Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS651
Scope and Content This collection contains materials that document the civic and social activities of the Clifton Road Garden Club. Scrapbooks comprise the majority of the collection and detail the club's monthly meetings, beautification projects, and flower show awards earned by members of the club. Garden publications offer more insight into the club's interests including victory gardens, conservation, and flower arranging.
Dates: 1938-1949, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Club Estates Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS653
Scope and Content This collection contains minutes, reports, clippings, and yearbooks that document the civic and social activities of the club. Also a part of the collection are scrapbooks that provide more detail of the club's projects, programs, and flower shows. Two of the scrapbooks contain personal photos and awards of club member and avid dahlia grower, Mrs. Olive R. Uhl. One scrapbook focuses on the installation of an illuminated fountain in the garden of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home.
Dates: 1939-2008, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

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