Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Ongoing collection.
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. Acc. 2016. 175 was added to the collection on 10/2016. For information on accessions received 2009 and later, please consult a staff member.
Series 1-7 are arranged chronologically: Scrapbooks, Office Files, Yearbooks, and slides. See Acquisition section for specific accession information.
Additions received after original processing will be added as new series.
The 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. The Iris is their flower.
Green Spring Garden Club, Inc. records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Acc. 2012.073 accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in March 2012.
Annual scrapbooks, garden and home tour brochures and schedules, membership lists, slides and business records documenting the Green Spring Garden Club, Inc., located in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Financial records, history, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other business records.
Mss. Acc. 2009.567
Includes two scrapbooks, 2005-2006 and 2006-2007, as well as miscellaneous ephemera, circa 1950s-1980s.
Contains the scrapbooks for 1958-1959, 1959-1960, 1998-1999, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010. .Acc. 2012.073 Addition
Contains two scrapbooks of events for the Green Spring Garden Club for 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. Acc. 2015.034
Photograph yearbook albums from 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. Also contains a bound photograph album of the 55th Annual Christmas Homes Tour. Acc. 2016.175
Bound scrapbook for Green Spring Garden Club, Inc. 2012-2013, includes photos of the Executive Board, monthly meetings, and newspaper clippings showcasing the club's seasonal activities. Acc. 2019.136
A single scrapbook from the Green Spring Garden Club, Inc. The scrapbook has a puffy cover patterned in green with branches, flowers, butterflies, and a nuthatch. There is an indented section in the cover with the club name. The interior includes a title page, meeting agendas, minutes, member pictures, reports, event photographs, and article clippings.