OVERVIEW
Minnesota Historical Society
Garden Club of Ramsey
County.
Records.
1912-2000.
Materials in English.
Constitutions and bylaws, minutes,
correspondence, membership directories, events and program files, newspaper
clippings, committee reports, histories, and financial records of a garden club
located in St. Paul, Minnesota.
5.0 cubic feet (5
boxes).
See [Detailed Description](a9) for shelf
locations
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Garden Club of Ramsey County was organized in April 1912 and is
the oldest continuously operated garden club in Minnesota. Its original name was
the Men's Garden Club of Ramsey County and it was not until 1919 that women
were allowed to attend meetings as guests. Women were granted full membership
in 1932.
The objectives of the club are to stimulate the knowledge and love of
horticulture, floriculture, landscape and vegetable gardening among amateurs;
aid in the protection of native plants and trees; and encourage civic planting.
The club is affiliated with the Minnesota State Horticultural Society.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
This collection includes the records of a garden club located in St.
Paul, Minnesota. The minutes are widely scattered for the first thirty years of
the club and contain a mixture of board of directors, regular membership, and
annual meeting minutes thereafter. Membership directories contain a roster of
members, list of past presidents, bylaws, budgets, and events schedules for
that particular year. Minutes and newsletters of the Minnesota State
Horticultural Society for the 1980s and 1990s are found in the events and
program files. There are several club histories in this collection and club
activities are further documented in the correspondence, committee reports,
newspaper clippings, and financial records. A number of photographs and slides
of members gardens (1991) also are included.
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Topics:
Gardening -- Minnesota -- Societies,
etc.
Horticulture -- Minnesota -- Societies,
etc.
Floriculture -- Minnesota -- Societies,
etc.
Landscape gardening --
Minnesota.
Vegetable gardening --
Minnesota.
Persons:
Chisholm, Mary E., 1911-2009.
Organizations:
Men's Garden Club of
Ramsey County.
Minnesota State
Horticultural Society.
Minnesota Rose Society.
Twin City Iris Society.
Document Types:
Photographs.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here.]
Garden Club of Ramsey County Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples
Accession Information:
Accession number: 15,786; 16,629
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project
grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
(NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 6369899
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
151.I.2.6F
1
Constitutions and bylaws,
1912-2000.
Minutes,
1912-1996.
14 folders.
Widely scattered for years 1912-1935. Minutes for the years 1936,
1939, 1942-1943, and 1994 are missing. Minutes for 1996 contain only the months
of January-February. Many years contain board of directors minutes, regular
membership minutes, and annual membership meeting minutes.
Attendance registers, 1971-1977, 1980-1987.
2 volumes.
Correspondence,
1913-1939.
3 folders.
151.I.2.7B
2
Correspondence,
1941-1998.
14 folders.
Correspondence: Mary E. Chisholm, 1957-1960.
Membership directories,
1912-1936, 1952-1999.
5 folders.
Widely scattered for 1912-1936. 1960 is missing.
151.I.2.8F
3
Events and Programs,
undated and 1913-1982.
17 folders.
151.I.2.9B
4
Events and Programs,
1983-1998.
9 folders.
Primarily minutes and newsletters of the Minnesota State
Horticultural Society and its Seventh District (of which the Garden Club of
Ramsey County was a member).
Newspaper clippings,
undated and 1917-1983.
6 folders.
151.I.2.10F
5
Newspaper clippings,
1984-2000.
3 folders.
Other club records:
Chisholm, Mary E.:
Minnesota Rose Society, 1958-1968.
Twin City Iris Society, 1958-1963.
Committee reports, 1954-1981.
2 folders.
Histories of the club:
Article by L.V. Jordan,
April 1952.
This is Your Life, Garden Club of Ramsey County,
April 1958.
75th anniversary scripts,
1987.
Officer list,
1912-1962.
Lindquist correspondence,
1960-1973.
Miscellaneous,
1929-1985.
Photographs,
1960-1998. 2 folders.
Photography Committee,
1991.
Slides of members gardens.
Financial records:
Treasurer's ledger,
1912-1927.
1 volume.
Treasurer's ledger,
1934-1938.
1 volume.
Treasurer's ledger,
November 1935-January 1946.
1 folder.
Treasurer's ledger,
1953-1964.
1 volume.
Treasurer's ledger,
1985-1995.
1 volume.
Treasurer's statements,
1918-1996.
A mixture of annual and monthly statements. Incomplete.
Budgets and proposed budgets,
1967-1998.