PUBLIC "-//Fairfax County Public Library//TEXT (US::ViF::vif00093::A Guide to the Thursday Morning Garden Club Collection)//EN" "vif00093.xml" A Guide to the Thursday Morning Garden Club Collection, 1965-2010 Thursday Morning Garden Club Collection MSS 05-47 © 2024 Fairfax County Public Library. All rights reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created by Ross Landis, January 14, 2024 Description is in English A Guide to the Thursday Morning Garden Club Collection, 1965-2010 A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library MSS 05-47

Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library Descriptive Summary Fairfax County Public Library The Thursday Morning Garden Club Collection, 1965-2010 MSS 05-47 3.5 linear feet English The Thursday Morning Garden Club Collection consists of 3.5 linear feet and spans the years 1965-2010. The collection contains club yearbooks, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, and scrapbooks of photos, newspaper clippings, and event programs. Thursday Morning Garden Club Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Use Restrictions

Consult repository for information

 Preferred Citation

Thursday Morning Garden Club Collection, MSS 05-47, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

 Acquisition Information

Donated by Sandra Butcher, President of the Thursday Morning Garden Club, in September 2011

 Processing Information

Jessica Koenig, March 2018EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

 Historical and Biographical Information

The Thursday Morning Garden Club was named for their meeting time on the third Thursday of every month. The club was formed in 1965 in the Potomac Hills subdivision in McLean, Virginia and disbanded in 2010 due to decreasing membership. Throughout its history, the club held monthly meetings with presentations on gardening-related topics or tours of local and regional gardens, and held several social events throughout the year for the enjoyment of its members. The club was active in the Potomac Hills community, sponsoring the neighborhood Christmas decorating contest, supporting efforts to develop a recreational park in the Potomac Hills area, implementing neighborhood beautification projects, and supporting a number of organizations with charitable donations. The club’s last official activities included the installation and dedication of a bench in the Adams-Nelson-Sewell-Hirst Cemetery in the Potomac Hills subdivision in November 2010 and donation of the club’s remaining balance to local charity Share, Inc.

 Scope and Content

The Thursday Morning Garden Club Collection consists of 3.5 linear feet and spans the years 1965-2010. The collection contains club yearbooks, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, and scrapbooks of photos, newspaper clippings, and event programs. Subjects include the history and events of the Thursday Morning Garden Club and the Marie Butler Leven Preserve.

Series 1: Administrative Papers, 1968-2010, Box 1

This series contains yearbooks of the Thursday Morning Garden Club featuring club members, officers, committees, by-laws, meetings and events, and copies of gardening-related newspaper articles and tips; President’s Books featuring annotated meeting minutes, membership and committee member lists, select correspondence, and the annual President’s Report; gardening resources; records of meeting attendance; records of club parties; materials from the National Capital Area Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.; duties of club officers and chairladies; records related to community projects, such as preservation of Anoria park land (later named Marie Butler Leven Preserve), Marie Butler Leven Preserve tree tagging, Marie Butler Leven Preserve Master Plan, installation and maintenance of the Potomac Hills neighborhood sign, and the Potomac Hills Christmas decoration competition; and records related to club disbandment and installation and dedication of a bench in the Adams-Nelson-Sewell-Hirst Cemetery. Also included is a DVD of the cemetery bench dedication ceremony.

Series 2: Correspondence, 1966-2009, Box 1

This series includes copies of correspondence to and from the club, including letters for coordinating event logistics, conveying charitable donations, corresponding with local agencies regarding community projects or issues of concern to the club, and informing or querying club members about club issues.

Series 3: Financial Records, 1965-2009, Box 1

This series includes receipts for club expenses, treasurer’s reports showing monthly income and expenses, cancelled checks, lists of charitable donations, and checking account statements.

Series 4: Meeting Minutes, 1965-2009, Box 1

This series includes minutes of monthly club meetings and annual Executive Board meetings, including select President’s Reports.

Series 4: Scrapbooks, 1956-2004, Box 2

This series includes five scrapbooks with photos from club events as well as lists of club officers, event programs, and newspaper clippings.

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 Index Terms Marie Butler Leven Preserve (McLean, Va.) McLean (Va.) - History Potomac Hills (McLean, Va.) Thursday Morning Garden Club (McLean, Va.) Container List Series 1: Administrative Papers, 1966-2010 Yearbooks, 1968-1974, 1968-1974 Yearbooks, 1974-1979, 1974-1979 Yearbooks, 1979-1982, 1979-1982 Yearbooks, 1982-1986, 1982-1986 Yearbooks, 1986-1989, 1986-1989 Yearbooks, 1990-1994, 1990-1994 Yearbooks, 2003-2007, 2003-2007 President’s Book, 1974-1975, 1974-1975 President’s Book, 1975-1976, 1975-1976 Gardening Resources, Undated Potomac Hills Street Tree Planting Recommendations, Undated Membership Application, Undated Potomac Hills Christmas Decoration Competition, 1963, 1966-1969 Meeting Attendance , 1968-1977 Anoria Park Land and Kirby Road Widening, 1969-1978 Potomac Hills Sign, 1970-1972 Marie Butler Leven Preserve Tree Tagging, 1971-1977 Parties , 1972-1975 Materials of National Capital Area Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., 1976-1981 Duties of Officers and Chairladies, 1981-1982 Marie Butler Leven Preserve Master Plan , 1985-1987 Club Disbandment and Cemetery Bench Dedication [includes DVD], 2009-2010 Adams-Nelson-Sewell-Hirst Cemetery, 2009-2010 Series 2: Correspondence, 1966-2009 Correspondence, 1966 December-1972 June Correspondence, 1973 October-2009 September Series 3: Financial Records, 1965-2009 Receipts and Expenses, 1965 November-1978 April Receipts and Expenses, 1995 July-2002 November Receipts and Expenses, 2007 November-2010 November Treasurer’s Reports, 1965 November-1974 September Treasurer’s Reports, 1974 October-1982 May Treasurer’s Reports, 1997 September-2000 September Treasurer’s Reports, 2000 September-2004 March Treasurer’s Reports, 2004 September-2009 October Cancelled Checks, 1969-1978 Donations, 1987-2002 Checking Account Statements , 2000-2003 Series 4: Meeting Minutes, 1965-2009 Meeting Minutes, 1965 December-1971 May Meeting Minutes, 1971 August-1975 May Meeting Minutes, 1975 June-1977 May Meeting Minutes, 1981 September-1982 May Meeting Minutes, 1982 August-1986 May Meeting Minutes, 1986 June-1991 May Meeting Minutes, 1991 September-1996 June Meeting Minutes, 1996 September-2009 October Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1966-2007 Scrapbook, 1966-1985, 1966-1985 Scrapbook, 1982-1990, 1982-1990 Scrapbook, 2004-2005, 2004-2005 Scrapbook, 2000-2001, 2000-2001 Scrapbook, 2006-2007, 2006-2007