Tuckahoe Garden Club records, 1928-2006

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Tuckahoe Garden Club. Records, 1928-2006. Accession 42687, 43740. Organization records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Tuckahoe Garden Club. Records, 1928-2006. Accession 42687, 43740. Organization records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond.

Background

Scope and content:

Records, 1928-2006, of the Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton, including annual reports, budgets, clippings, correspondence, minutes, publications, and yearbooks. Also included are associated files of the Garden Club of America and the Garden Club of Virginia.

This series includes minutes for monthly, executive, and membership meetings. The minutes include agendas, attendance, clippings, correspondence, financial reports, newsletters, program ideas, reports, and other materials detailing the activities of the club.

This series includes budgets, clippings, correspondence, histories, publications, reports, and yearbooks. Included are annual reports by the treasurers, board and other chairwomen; copies of the Gardening Guide, a compiled monthly list of gardening tips; and yearbooks, 1930-2002, containing lists of officers, histories, programs, and member information. The histories include clippings, correspondence, written histories, reports, and photographs. Also included are committee notes; memorials to members; photographs; and revisions to the constitutions and by-laws.

This series includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, programs, and reports documenting projects sponsored by the Tuckahoe Garden Club. Major projects include the restoration of the gardens at the Edgar Allen Poe Museum, John Marshall House, and the Micro-Climate Wall at the Science Museum of Virginia. Also included is information on Massie Medal Awards received; grants to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond Hill garden, and renovations at Richmond Library Park. Educational programs include composting projects, flower arranging courses, and lectures with Sheila McQueen and Martha Stewart.

This series includes miscellaneous subject files and a scrapbook of the Tuckahoe Garden Club. Included are clippings regarding conservation, flower arranging, and native plants, as well as copies of the newsletter, Garden Gossip. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings regarding the club.

This series includes annual reports, correspondence, directories, handbooks, manuals, meeting minutes, newsletters, programs, and reports relating to the Garden Club of Virginia and the Garden Club of America.

Includes annual meeting and board of governor meeting minutes, correspondence, directories, flower shows notes and programs, newsletters, and reports relating to the Garden Club of Virginia.

Includes annual reports, correspondence, directories, handbooks, manuals, minutes, and newsletters relating to the Garden Club of America.

Biographical / historical:

The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton was formed 16 May 1928 and became a member of The Garden Club of Virginia in 1933 and of The Garden Club of America in 1952. The Club is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including the education of its members and the general public by advancing interest in and promoting gardening among amateurs; by lobbying for protection of our native resources; by restoring, preserving and documenting historic gardens; and by encouraging civic planting and roadside beautification. Throughout it's history the Club has been involved in a variety of programs, from restoration of the gardens at the John Marshall House, publication of the Gardening Guide, donations to the Science Museum and Richmond Public Library for planting projects, and the sponsorship of talks and symposiums.

Acquisition information:

Gift of the Tuckahoe Garden Club, 2006 (Accession 42687).

Gift of the Tuckahoe Garden Club, 2008 (Accession 43740).

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into the following series:

  • Series I. Minutes, 1928-2006
  • Series II. Administrative records, 1928-2002
  • Series III. Projects, 1965-2002
  • Series IV. Subject files, 1932-2000
  • Series V. Garden Club of Virginia- Garden Club of America, 1956-2004

Arranged chronologically.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Arranged into two subseries.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Physical description:
8.3 cu. ft. (24 boxes)