THE GARDEN CLUB OF RAMSEY COUNTY:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Garden Club of Ramsey County, creator.
	Title:	Garden Club records.
	Dates:	1900-2017 (bulk 1912-2012).
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Constitutions and bylaws, minutes, correspondence, membership directories, events and program files, newspaper clippings, committee reports, histories, some photographs, and financial records of a garden club located in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
	Quantity:	6.25 cubic feet (6 boxes and 5 folders in 1 partial box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations

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. 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, and was a member of the Society's Seventh District.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

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 and members' gardens also are included.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

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; 17,426; 17,655

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: 990063698990104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location	Box
151.I.2.6F	1	Bylaws, 1912, 1937, 1959-1983.


		Bylaws and constitutions, 1912-2000.


		Minutes, 1912-2001. 18 folders.
			Widely scattered for years 1912-1935. Minutes for the years 1936, 1939, and 1942-1943 are missing. Many years contain board of directors minutes, regular membership minutes, and annual membership meeting minutes.


Location	Box
151.I.2.7B	2	Minutes, 2002-2004. 3 folders.


		Attendance registers, 1971-1977, 1980-1987.


		Correspondence, 1913-1939, 1941-1977. 11 folders.


Location	Box
151.I.2.8F	3	Correspondence, 1978-1998. 6 folders.


		Correspondence: Mary E. Chisholm, 1957-1960.


		Membership directories, 1912-1936, 1952-2017. 7 folders.
			Widely scattered for 1912-1936. 1960 is missing.


		Membership roster: Historic, undated.
			Compiled data, in spreadsheet form.


		Events and Programs, 1957-undated and 1913-1961. 5 folders.
			Primarily minutes and newsletters of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society and its Seventh District.


Location	Box
151.I.2.9B	4	Events and Programs, 1957-1985. 15 folders.


Location	Box
151.I.2.10F	5	Events and Programs, 1985-1998. 7 folders.


		Newspaper clippings, undated, 1917-2012. 10 folders.


		News notes, 1983-1984, 1987.


Location	Box
143.J.19.6F	6	Other club records:
			Chisholm, Mary E.:
				Minnesota Rose Society, 1958-1968.
				Twin City Iris Society, 1958-1963.
			Committee reports, 1954-1981. 2 folders.
			Displays, 1910-2012.
			Flower shows, 1966-1973.
			Histories:
				Garden Club of Ramsey County by L.V. Jordan, April 1952.
				This is your life, Garden Club of Ramsey County, April 1958.
				75th anniversary scripts, 1987.
				90th anniversary scrapbook (disassembled), 2002. 3 folders.
			Membership dues, 1935-1946.
			Officer list, 1912-1962.
			Lindquist correspondence, 1960-1973.
			Miscellaneous, 1929-1985.
			Photographs, 1900-1998. 2 folders.
			Photography Committee: Slides of members' gardens, 1991.


		Financial records:
			Treasurer's ledger, 1912-1927. 1 volume.
			Treasurer's ledger, 1934-1938.
			Treasurer's ledger, November 1935-January 1946.
			Treasurer's ledger, 1953-1964.
Location	Box
142.I.12.10F	7		Treasurer's ledger, 1985-1995.
			Treasurer's reports: Miscellaneous years, 1929-1975.
			Treasurer's statements, 1918-1996.
				A mixture of annual and monthly statements. Incomplete.
			Budgets and proposed budgets, 1967-1998, 2012.


		Miscellany, 1929-1985.

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, author.

Organizations:: Men's Garden Club of Ramsey County.; Minnesota State Horticultural Society, author.; Minnesota Rose Society, author.; Twin City Iris Society, author.

Document Types:: Color slides.; Photographs.

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THE GARDEN CLUB OF RAMSEY COUNTY:

OVERVIEW

HISTORICAL NOTE

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS