Ithaca Garden Club records, 1943-2010.
Collection Number: 6881

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Ithaca Garden Club records, 1943-2010.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6881
Abstract:
Yearbooks, scrapbooks, albums containing clippings and programs from events, executive board files, and civic development project folders from the Ithaca Garden Club.
Creator:
Ithaca Garden Club
Quanitities:
9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Founded in 1922, the Ithaca Garden Club is a longstanding member of the City Federation of Women's Organizations (CFWO) in Ithaca, NY.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Ithaca Garden Club records, #6881. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Scope and content

Yearbooks, scrapbooks, and albums containing clippings and programs from events, executive board files, annual reports, presidents' reports, and civic development project folders from the Ithaca Garden Club. Also, biographical sketches of Katharine Ziegler Heasley, Leona "Westy" Gelder, Jane E. Hardy, and Cele Kemple, various club histories, and Beatrice Szekely's civic development chronology with commentary.

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Gardening.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Bylaws and Constitution
1948-1975
Box 1 Folder 2
Obituary - Mrs. Livingston Farrand (Daisy)
1952-1989
Box 1 Folder 3
Annual Report
1950-1964
Box 1 Folder 4
Miscellaneous Flower Show Brochures
Box 1 Folder 5
Handbook for Flower Shows
1997
Box 1 Folder 6-10
The Ithaca Garden Club Yearbooks
1950-2009
Box 1 Folder 11
Report on The House and Garden Tour
June 17, 1960
Box 1 Folder 12
Informal Flower Show "Spring-Singing and Winging"
Apr. 19, 1961
Box 1 Folder 13
Reports - Reta B. Dixon
1960
Box 1 Folder 14
Holiday House
Dec. 21, 1960
Box 1 Folder 15
The Garden Club of Ithaca, N.Y.: The Women's Community Building
1960
Box 1 Folder 16
House and Garden Tour and Flower Show of the Garden Club of Ithaca
May 11-12, 1956
Box 1 Folder 17
Holiday House
Dec. 16, 1959
Box 1 Folder 18
"Color-ama" Autumn Drama
Sep. 20, 1958
Box 1 Folder 19
Garden Club Minutes
1967-1969
Box 1 Folder 20
Ithaca Garden Club
1965
Box 1 Folder 21
Flower Show Photographs
May, 1969
Box 1 Folder 22
The Garden Club of Ithaca Christmas Show
1966
Box 1 Folder 23
Standard Christmas Flower Show
Dec. 7, 1966
Box 1 Folder 24
Seasonal Standard Flower Show
May 21, 1965
Box 1 Folder 25
Home and Garden Tour and Flower Show
Sep. 16, 1964
Box 1 Folder 26
"Noel-Noel" Report of Horticulture Chairman
Dec. 7, 1966
Box 1 Folder 27
"Noel-Noel" Extra Information on Show not recorded in Chairman Report Book
Dec. 7, 1966
Box 1 Folder 28
"Noel-Noel" Report of Chairman of Judges
Dec. 7, 1966
Box 1 Folder 29
Clippings from Papers
1964
Box 1 Folder 30
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Box 1 Folder 31
The Alfaretta May Hale Junior Award of Ten Dollars
1974
Box 1 Folder 32
Ithaca Garden Club
1964
Box 2
The Garden Club of Ithaca Scrapbooks Vol. 2-4
1951-1966
Box 3
The Garden Club of Ithaca Scrapbooks Vol. 5-10
1966-1985
Box 4 Folder 1
De Witt Park
1969-1970
Box 4 Folder 2
Civic Beautification
1971-1972
Box 4 Folder 3
Ithaca Garden Club Meeting Minutes
1969-1971
Box 4 Folder 4
Purple Ribbon Award Application
1969
Box 4 Folder 5
New York State Bronze Medal for Juniors (Girl Scouts) Application
1974
Box 4 Folder 6
Blue and White Rosette Application
1974
Box 4 Folder 7
Blue Rosette Award
1971
Box 4 Folder 8
"Open Doors" Flower Show
1971
Box 4 Folder 10
Procedure Files
1971-1975
Box 4 Folder 11
Strolling Standard Flower Show
1974
Box 4 Folder 12
50th Anniversary
1971
Box 4 Folder 13
Committee Reports
1979-1981
Box 4 Folder 14
Parlimentary and Miscellaneous Documents
1979-1981
Box 4 Folder 15
Civic Development
1983-1984
Box 4 Folder 16
Standard Flower Show
1984
Box 4 Folder 17
Hangwer Theater
1980
Box 4 Folder 18
Treasurer's Reports
1981
Box 4 Folder 19
"Come Fly With Me" Flower Show
Oct. 15, 1980
Box 4 Folder 20
Ithaca Garden Club, Inc.
1979-1981
Box 4 Folder 21
Burling Woods Dedication Ceremony
June 13, 1979
Box 4 Folder 22
Burling Woods
1979-1990
Box 4 Folder 23
President's Report and Misc. Documents
1976-1977
Box 4 Folder 24
National Council Award #10-B Brewer Certificate
1976
Box 4 Folder 25
Report of "We, the people" - A Home and Garden Show
1976
Box 4 Folder 26
"We, the people" - A Home and Garden Show
1969-1970
Box 4 Folder 27
Committee Reports
1975-1977
Box 4 Folder 28
Crab Memorial Tree Project
1973-1974
Box 4 Folder 29
Civic Development
1973-1978
Box 5 Folder 1
Unsolicited Citation New York State Award #13
1976
Box 5 Folder 2
Mrs. John Nagle, President Ithaca Garden Club
Apr.1971 - Mar.1973
Box 5 Folder 3
Ithaca Garden Club, Mrs. H.B.Rumph, Jr.
1976
Box 5 Folder 4
Tompkins Hospital Landscaping: Photos and Plans
1980-1983
Box 5 Folder 5
Ithaca Garden Club, Inc.
1981-1983
Box 5 Folder 6
IGC Minutes, Budget, and Other Documents
1985
Box 5 Folder 7
Ithaca Garden Club Correspondence
1983-1985
Box 5 Folder 8-9
Garden Club Minutes
May 1982 - Jan. 1985
Box 5 Folder 10
History of Project Reconstruction Home
1988-1990
Box 5 Folder 11
Yearbook "Our Trees, Our Treasure"
1990-1991
Box 5 Folder 12
Various Garden Club Documents
Feb. 1991 - Mar. 1993
Box 5 Folder 13
Unsolicited Award Application
Oct. 4, 1989
Box 5 Folder 14
Elsie M. Cook Award for Landscaping
1988-1990
Box 5 Folder 15
Ithaca Garden Club Documents
1989-1991
Box 5 Folder 16
Civic Development
1988-1991
Box 5 Folder 17
Garden Study Award
Oct. 26, 1988
Box 5 Folder 18
Civic Development Award: Marcham Garden
1989
Box 5 Folder 19
Certificate of Merit for Blue Star Memorial By-Ways
1983
Box 5 Folder 20
Collection of Ithaca Garden Club Photographs
1986-1988
Box 5 Folder 21
Crabapple Replacement Project Civic Development
1987
Box 5 Folder 22
Civic Development
1985-1987
Box 5 Folder 23
Corporate Meetings
1992-1995
Box 6 Folder 1
Executive Board Minutes of the Ithaca Garden Club
Mar. 5, 1985 - Mar. 1987
Box 6 Folder 2
Executive Board
1989-1991
Box 6 Folder 3
Sixth District Tompkins County Chairman
1987-1992
Box 6 Folder 4
Ithaca Garden Club Documents
1987-1989
Box 6 Folder 5
Executive Board Minutes of the Ithaca Garden Club
Mar. 1987 - Mar. 1989
Box 6 Folder 6
Executive Board
1991-1992
Box 6 Folder 7
Tea at Elsner's
1992
Box 6 Folder 8
Junior Gardening: Susan McCutcheon and Donna Munger
1991-1993
Box 6 Folder 9
House and Garden Tour
June 10, 1992
Box 6 Folder 10
Ithaca Garden Club Scrapbook
1989-1990
Box 6 Folder 11
Board Meeting Minutes
1993-1994
Box 6 Folder 12
Citation for a Flower Show in a Public Building
1994
Box 6 Folder 13
"A Country Garden" Garden Tour and Tea
June, 1996
Box 6 Folder 14
Executive Board Documents
1993-1995
Box 6 Folder 15
"Summer Pleasures" Garden Tour Boutique and Stawberry Social
June 26, 2002
Box 6 Folder 16
Christmas Tea
1994
Box 6 Folder 17
The Lillian Arend Horticulturist of the Year
1994
Box 6 Folder 18
Garden Club Questionnaire
Mar. 1995
Box 6 Folder 19
Miscellaneous Documents
Box 6 Folder 20
Ithaca Garden Club District 06
Box 6 Folder 21
State, Regional, and National Information of Federated Garden Clubs
1993-1995
Box 6 Folder 22
IGC Board Minutes
May 1995 - Mar. 1997
Box 6 Folder 23-24
Ithaca Garden Club Scrapbook
1992-1995
Box 6 Folder 25-26
Miscellaneous Documents
Box 7 Folder 1-2
President Judy Barker
1997-1999
Box 7 Folder 3
"Celebrating an American Generation" Flower Show
Sep. 19, 2001
Box 7 Folder 4
"Earth, Wind, and Fire" Flower Show
Sep. 24, 1997
Box 7 Folder 5
"Captivating Color" Flower Show
Sep. 29, 1999
Box 7 Folder 6
Committee Reports
1997-1999
Box 7 Folder 7
Kitchen Tour
1997
Box 7 Folder 8
Christmas Tea at the Zelko's
DEc. 11, 1996
Box 7 Folder 9
Standard Flower Show Citation Award Application
Sep. 30, 1999
Box 7 Folder 10
Standard Flower Show Citation Award Application
Sep. 30, 2001
Box 7 Folder 11
Annual Spring Luncheon
2002-2003
Box 7 Folder 12
New Member Tea
Oct. 2002
Box 7 Folder 13
Committee Reports
2001-2003
Box 7 Folder 14
Board Meeting Minutes
July 2001 - May 2003
Box 7 Folder 15
"Celebrating an Admirable Generation" Flower Show
Sep. 19, 2001
Box 7 Folder 16
Awards
2001-2003
Box 7 Folder 17
Johnson Art Museum: Art and Flowers Exhibit
May 21, 2003
Box 7 Folder 18
Bus Tours
June 2002 - June 2003
Box 7 Folder 19-20
President's Book: Mary Lou Garrity
2001-2003
Box 7 Folder 21-22
President Jeanne Yarussi
1999-2001
Box 7 Folder 23
Women's Community Building
Box 7 Folder 24
City Federation
Box 7 Folder 25
Civic Development
1999-2000
Box 7 Folder 26
Blue Star Dedication and History
Sep. 12, 2000
Box 8 Folder 1-2
President Donna Clark's Resource Book
2003-2005
Box 8 Folder 3-4
President Resources
2005-2007
Box 9
Ithaca Garden Club Scrapbooks
1995-2003
Box 10
Ithaca Garden Club scrapbooks
2003-2010
Box 11
Photographs of holiday tea and garden-gating fundraiser
2007-2010
Box 11
Ithaca Garden Club "Yearbooks"
2009-2014