By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Ghent Garden Club Records, 1986-2002, 2009-2013
ID: 001/01/MSS 2016-054-b
Creator: Ghent Garden Club
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged primarily in chronological order. Photographs from the scrapbooks are separated into Box 2.
Date Acquired: 07/05/2016
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Photographs, booklets, handbooks, awards, yearbooks, and other materials relating to the Ghent Garden Club in Ghent, Norfolk, Virginia from 1986-2013. The three scrapbooks, consisting primarily of photographs, cover 1986-2002 and include candid shots of group members, business meetings, luncheons, club auctions, floral arrangements, guest speakers, field trips, and holiday celebrations. The remaining records range from 1996-2002 and 2009-2013.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Martha Frost by donation
Preferred Citation:
Ghent Garden Club Records, MSS 2016-054-b, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed February 23, 2022.
Other Note:
The scrapbooks were disassembled from magnetic photo albums; the photographs were individually sleeved into polyethylene envelopes in Box 2.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1: Club Records
- Folder 1: Scrapbook 1, 1986-1990
- Folder 2: Scrapbook 2, 1990-1996
- Folder 3: Scrapbook 3, 1996-2002
- Folder 4: Booklet, Plant entries presented by Ghent Garden Club, 1996
- Folder 5: Awards, 1998-1999
- Folder 6: Booklet, Plants Planted For Awards, 2000
- Folder 7: Awards, 2000-2002
- Folder 8: Booklet, Plant Entries, 2002
- Folder 9: Newsletter, Tidewater News & Views, 2009 Fall
- Folder 10: Publication, Old Dominion Gardener, 2009-2010
- Folder 11: Guest Speakers List, Council of Garden Clubs of Virginia Beach, 2009-2011
- Folder 12: Handbook, Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., 2009-2011
- Folder 13: Yearbook, Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., Tidewater District, 2009-2011
- Folder 14: Miscellaneous records, Ghent Garden Club, 2009-2013
- Folder 15: Booklet, The 72nd Annual Rose Show, 2010
- Folder 16: Handbook, Ghent Garden Club, 2011-2012
- Folder 17: Yearbook, Virginia Federation of Gardem Clubs, Inc., Tidewater District, 2011-2013
- Box 2: Photographs
- Folder 1: Photographs from Scrapbook 1, 1986-1990
- Folder 2: Photographs from Scrapbook 2, 1990-1996
- Folder 3: Photographs from Scrapbook 3, 1996-2002