Annual scrapbooks, garden and home tour brochures and schedules, membership lists, slides and a few business records of the Green Spring Garden Club, Inc., located in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Green Spring Garden Club in Williamsburg, Virginia was organized in 1958 to "give younger mothers and ladies in Williamsburg an organization to join who wanted to advance their knowledge of gardening, development of home grounds and to aid in protecting the forest, wild flowers and birds. Membership was limited to 25 persons. Iris was their flower. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
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Series 1-7 are arranged chronologically: Scrapbooks, Office Files, Yearbooks, and slides. See Acquisition section for specific accession information.
Additions received after original processing was completed will be added as new series.
Material sent to SCRC via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Accessions: Mss. 2002.10 - original accession with 7 boxes which includes scrapbooks, brochures, slides, yearbooks and more. Mss. 2002.48 Addition - Scrapbooks, 1990's Mss. 2003.17 Addition - Scrapbook, 2000-2001 Mss. 2003.35 Addition - Scrapbooks, memberships booklets (1959-1963), files, photographs Mss. 2003.48 Addition - Scrapbook, 2001-2002 Mss. 2004.54 Addition - Scrapbooks, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, Christmas Homes 2002 and 2003. For information on accessions received 2009 and later, please consult a staff member. Acc. 2016. 175 was added to the collection on 10/2016.
Ongoing collection.
Acc. 2012.073 accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in March 2012.
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