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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Meadowbrook Forest Garden Club Scrapbooks, 1955-2006
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-194
Primary Creator: Meadowbrook Forest Garden Club (1955-2006)
Extent: 7.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 09/00/2006
Subjects: Norfolk (Va.), Women--Societies and clubs
Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Cookbooks, Dried flowers, Histories (literature genre), Membership lists, Minutes (administrative records), Photographs, Scrapbooks, Yearbooks
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Seven scrapbooks of the Meadowbrook Forest Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia from its inception in 1955 to its disbanding in 2006. The scrapbooks include photographs, yearbooks, programs, certificates, and clippings documenting the club's activities.
Biographical Note
The Meadowbrook Forest Garden Club was organized on December 6, 1955. Its objective was "to promote the love of gardening among amateurs, and by mutual helpfulness to beautify our individual gardens, and to encourage civic planting and beautification." Membership was limited to Meadowbrook Forest and Hunt Club Point neighborhoods, and later Meadowbrook Terrace. The club flower was the rose and the club shrub was the camellia. The club motto was, " Let us show appreciation unto God by striving to make more beautiful that which he has given us." The club dissolved in August 2006 due to declining membership.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
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:
Meadowbrook Forest Garden Club by donation
Preferred Citation:
Meadowbrook Forest Garden Club Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-194, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed October 6, 2021.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Item 1: Scrapbook 1, 1955-1965
- Box 2
- Item 1: Scrapbook 2, 1965-1969
- Box 3
- Item 1: Scrapbook 3, 1970-1976
- Box 4
- Item 1: Scrapbook 4, 1976-1986
- Box 5
- Item 1: Scrapbook 5, 1986-1993 June
- Box 6
- Item 1: Scrapbook 6, 1993 September - 2004 June
- Box 7
- Item 1: Scrapbook 7, 2004-2006
- Includes original minutes for 1955-1957 along with original constitution and by-laws. There are also pages of events from 1999-2003.
