A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 43899, 52360
Library of Virginia
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Boxwood Garden Club records, 1937-2007, 2012, 2017. Accession 43899, 52360. Organization records collection, The Library of
Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Boxwood Garden Club, Richmond, Virginia
Papers, 1937-2007, 2012, 2017, of the Boxwood Garden Club of Richmond, Virginia, containing meeting minutes, attendance records,
yearbooks, financial reports, bank records, by-laws, programs, registers, photographs, slides, clippings, articles, magazines,
and other materials concerning the Boxwood Garden Club's activities, programs, community service, and projects, as well as
its role as a member of the Garden Club of Virginia. Collection is organized into the following series: Series I: Minutes,
1945-2205. Series II: Organization Reports and Records, 1937-2003. Series III: Yearbooks, 1979-2007. Series IV: Tablescapes
and Tablescapes II, 1985-1987. Series V: Garden Club of Virginia, 1979-2002. Series VI: Miscellaneous. Series VII: Scrapbooks,
1937-2005.
This collection is arranged into the following series:
Series I: Minutes, 1945-2005.
Series II: Organization Reports and Records, 1937-2003, 2012.
Series III: Yearbooks, 1979-2007.
Series IV: Tablescapes and Tablescapes II, 1985-1987.
Series V: Garden Club of Virginia, 1979-2002.
Series VI: Miscellaneous.
Series VII: Scrapbooks, 1937-2007.
Minutes, 1945-2005 contains minutes for monthly meetings, executive meetings, and annual meetings; agendas; attendance; financial
reports; reports; yearbooks; and other materials detailing the activities of the Boxwood Garden Club.
Box 1
Folder 1
Minutes,
1945-1949 (includes annual and executive meeting minutes, attendance, yearbooks).
Box 1
Folder 2
Minutes,
1949-1950 (includes annual and executive meeting minutes, attendance, yearbooks).
Box 1
Folder 3
Minutes,
1950-1953 (includes annual and executive meeting minutes, attendance, yearbooks).
Box 1
Folder 4
Minutes,
1953-1958 (includes annual and executive meeting minutes, attendance).
Box 1
Folder 5
Minutes,
1957-1965 (includes annual and executive meeting minutes, attendance).
Series II: Organization Reports and Records ,
1937-2003, 2012 .
Boxes 3
Extent: 1 box.
Organization Reports and Records, 1937-2003, contains annual reports, bank book, bank records, by-laws, financial reports,
treasurer's reports, histories, State Corporation Commission papers, and Internal Revenue Service papers for the Boxwood Garden
Club.
Box 3
Folder 1
Annual reports,
1951-1957 .
Box 3
Folder 2
Annual reports,
1958-1965 .
Box 3
Folder 3
Annual reports,
1965-1969 .
Box 3
Folder 4
Annual reports,
1969-1975 .
Box 3
Folder 5
Annual reports,
1969-1986 .
Box 3
Folder 6
Organization papers,
1984-1985 (SCC and IRS papers, by-laws, bank papers).
Series IV: Tablescapes and Tablescapes II ,
1985-1987 .
Boxes 4-5
Extent: 2 boxes.
Tablescapes, 1985, and Tablescapes II, 1987, contains advertising, brochures, fliers, programs, reports, negatives, photographs,
slides, and other papers relating to the Boxwood Garden Club programs Tablescapes and Tablescapes II.
Box 4
Folder 7
Tablescapes,
1985, planning.
Box 4
Folder 8
Tablescapes,
1985, photographs and negatives.
Box 4
Folder 9
Tablescapes,
1985, slides.
Box 4
Folder 10
Tablescapes,
1985, miscellaneous papers.
Box 5
Folder 1
Tablescapes II,
1987, publicity.
Box 5
Folder 2
Tablescapes II,
1987, publicity report, including advertising.
Box 5
Folder 3
Tablescapes II,
1987, brochures and pamphlets (see also box 9, folders 3-4).
Box 5
Folder 4
Tablescapes II,
1987, planning.
Box 5
Folder 5
Tablescapes II,
1987, miscellaneous papers.
Box 5
Folder 6
Tablescapes II,
1987, miscellaneous papers and photographs.
Garden Club of Virginia, 1979-2002, contains programs for annual meetings and Board of Governors meetings; member register
and supplement to register, 2000-2002; materials for the Garden Club of Virginia meeting in Richmond in 1979; and programs,
photographs, thank-you notes, and other materials for the Garden Club of Virginia meeting in Richmond in 1999.
Box 5
Folder 8
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting,
1979, programs, registers, Garden Club of Virginia Journal .
Box 5
Folder 9
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting,
1979, invitations, reservation cards, correspondence, miscellaneous.
Box 5
Folder 10
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting,
1979, maps and mementos.
Box 5
Folder 11
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting,
1999, miscellaneous materials.
Box 6
Folder 1
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting photographs,
1999, reception, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Box 6
Folder 2
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting photographs,
1999, reception, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; reception, Maymont.
Box 6
Folder 3
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting photographs,
1999, reception, Maymont.
Box 6
Folder 4
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting photographs,
1999, meeting, Jefferson Hotel.
Box 6
Folder 5
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting photographs,
1999, reception, Jefferson Hotel.
Box 6
Folder 6
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting thank-you notes and cards,
13-14 May 1999 .
Box 6
Folder 7
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting thank-you notes and cards,
15-16 May 1999 .
Box 6
Folder 8
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting thank-you notes and cards,
17 May 1999 .
Box 7
Folder 1
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting thank-you notes and cards,
18 May 1999 .
Box 7
Folder 2
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting thank-you notes and cards,
19 May-June 1999 .
Box 7
Folder 3
Garden Club of Virginia [annual meeting?],
[1999?], photographs and negatives.
Box 7
Folder 4
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting,
2001 .
Box 7
Folder 5
Garden Club of Virginia annual meeting,
2002 .
Box 7
Folder 6
Garden Club of Virginia Board of Governors,
1987 .
Box 7
Folder 7
Garden Club of Virginia Board of Governors,
2001 .
Box 7
Folder 8
Garden Club of Virginia Board of Governors,
2001-2002 .
Box 7
Folder 9
Garden Club of Virginia register and supplement to register,
2000-2002 .
Miscellaneous contains articles, art work, awards, certificates, clippings, correspondence, magazines, medals, meeting minutes,
notes, photographs, postors, rosters, slides, and other materials concerning Bandy Field (Richmond, Va.), the Three Chopt
Garden Club, the Tuckahoe Garden Club, the James River Garden Club, the Hampton Roads Garden Club, the Garden Club of the
Middle Peninsula, flowers, Garden Club of Virginia rose shows, Gunston Hall gardens, and Garden Gossip magazine
Box 7
Folder 10
Boxwood Garden Club 70th Anniversary,
2007 .
Box 7
Folder 11
Correspondence,
1967-1999, no date .
Box 7
Folder 12
Historic Garden Week,
2002, slides.
Box 7
Folder 13
Bettie Pardee talk,
1993, papers and slides.
Box 7
Folder 14
Sybil Sylvester book discussion,
2017 .
Box 7
Folder 15
Mary Glen Taylor papers.
Box 7
Folder 16
Miscellaneous papers.
Box 8
Folder 1
Bandy Field papers,
2003 .
Box 8
Folder 2
Bandy Field photographs,
2003 .
Box 8
Folder 3
Meeting of the four "Garden Club of Virginia " clubs,
1987-1988 .
Box 8
Folder 4
Hampton Roads Garden Club yearbook,
2005-2006 .
Box 8
Folder 5
Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula yearbook,
2005-2006 .
Box 8
Folder 6
James River Garden Club yearbook,
2005-2006 .
Box 8
Folder 7
Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton yearbook,
2005-2006 .
Box 8
Folder 8
"Water Damage to Boxwoods. "
Box 8
Folder 9
"What Are Those Arrangers Up To Now? "
Box 8
Folder 10
"Christmas Decorations in Elizabethan Times. "
Box 8
Folder 11
"Let's Grow Lilies " handbook.
Box 8
Folder 12
"A Source List of Garden Flowers. "
Box 8
Folder 13
Garden Club of Virginia 35th Annual Rose Show,
1971 .