A Guide to the Garden Club of Virginia Records, 1923-2008 #44888

Historical Information

The Garden Club of Virginia is an active association of forty-seven garden clubs, whose members collectively form a group of more than 3,300 civic leaders from around the Commonwealth. The Garden Club of Virginia exists to celebrate the beauty of the land, to conserve the gifts of nature and to challenge future generations to build on this heritage. It sponsors three major flower shows annually, presents various educational programs, and makes awards to encourage community conservation and beautification projects. Most notably, the Garden Club of Virginia is recognized for its Historic Garden Week, a statewide tour of gardens and homes. Proceeds from the tour are used to fund garden restoration projects throughout Virginia. With over $14.5 million realized since its inception in 1929, the Garden Club of Virginia has restored the gardens at more than fifty properties.

Contents List

Series I. Subject Files, 1930-2006 .

Boxes 1-3

Extent: 3 boxes.

The subject files contain historical and other information on specific gardens and homes in Virginia that were included on tours during Historic Garden Week, planning files for the event, and articles, drafts, and essays written by Charlotte Taylor Massie (1917-2000). There are also copies of the club's journal and newsletter for various years in this series.

Box 1 Folder 1
Abbotts' Garden (Windsor Farms) .
Box 1 Folder 2
Agecroft .
Box 1 Folder 3
Barboursville Visitors' Register, 1930-1940 .
Box 1 Folder 4
Belle Air (Charles City County) .
Box 1 Folder 5
Berkeley .
Box 1 Folder 6
Bottomley, William Lawrence .
Box 1 Folder 7
Brandon .
Box 1 Folder 8-10
Eastern Shore .
Box 1 Folder 11
Executive Mansion .
Box 1 Folder 12
Garden Club of Virgina Journal .
Box 1 Folder 13
Garden Gossip .
Box 1 Folder 14
Garden Retreats: Stopping to Smell the Roses, Henrico County TV (DVD), 2006 .
Box 2 Folder 1-3
Historic Garden Week - Planning, 1981-1987 .
Box 2 Folder 4-6
Homes and Gardens of Old Virginia, 1962 .
Box 2 Folder 7-8
Information on Estates Open for Historic Garden Week .
Box 2 Folder 9-13
Massie, Charlotte Taylor - Articles, Drafts, Essays .
Box 2 Folder 14
"Memories of Garden Week" .
Box 2 Folder 15
Mount Sterling .
Box 2 Folder 16
Nanzatico .
Box 2 Folder 17
Pamunkey River and West Point .
Box 3 Folder 1
Restorations .
Box 3 Folder 2
Riverview Farm .
Box 3 Folder 3
Roseland Manor .
Box 3 Folder 4
Sherwood Forest .
Box 3 Folder 5
Shirley .
Box 3 Folder 6
Stratford Hall Gardens .
Box 3 Folder 7
Town and Country .
Box 3 Folder 8
Tradescant .
Box 3 Folder 9
Upper Brandon .
Box 3 Folder 10
Virginia Highway Historical Markers Since 1948 .
Box 3 Folder 11
Virginia House .
Box 3 Folder 12
Westover .

Series II. Homes and Gardens of Old Virginia, 1966 .

Box 4

Extent: 1 box.

This series of materials concerns publication of the fourth edition of Homes and Gardens of Old Virginia in 1966, and includes tables of contents, drafts of descriptions of homes and gardens to be included in the volume, and correspondence with some of their owners. The files are arranged by area of the state, and were kept by Adelia C. Matthews (1899-1982), who was secretary to the editorial committee.

Box 4 Folder 1
Area 1 - Alexandria and Fairfax County .
Box 4 Folder 2
Ares 2 - Warrenton .
Box 4 Folder 3
Area 3 - Fauquier, Loudoun, and Culpeper Counties .
Box 4 Folder 4
Area 4 - Winchester and Clarke County .
Box 4 Folder 5
Area 5 - Fredericksburg Area .
Box 4 Folder 6
Area 6 - Northern Neck .
Box 4 Folder 7
Area 7 - Upper James River .
Box 4 Folder 8
Area 8 - Hanover County .
Box 4 Folder 9
Area 9 - Richmond .
Box 4 Folder 10
Area 10 - Lower James River .
Box 4 Folder 11
Area 11 - Surry, Southampton, and Isle of Wight Counties .
Box 4 Folder 12
Area 12 - Suffolk .
Box 4 Folder 13
Area 13 - Williamsburg .
Box 4 Folder 14
Area 14 - Yorktown .
Box 4 Folder 15
Area 15 - New Kent and King William Counties .
Box 4 Folder 16
Area 16 - Gloucester, Mathews, and Middlesex Counties .
Box 4 Folder 17
Area 17 - Norfolk and Princess Anne County .
Box 4 Folder 18
Area 18 - Eastern Shore .
Box 4 Folder 19
Ares 19 - Orange County .
Box 4 Folder 20
Area 20 - Albemarle County .
Box 4 Folder 21
Area 21 - Staunton .
Box 4 Folder 22
Area 22 - Lexington .
Box 4 Folder 23
Area 23 - Lynchburg .
Box 4 Folder 24
Area 24 - Danville .
Box 4 Folder 25
Area 25 - Roanoke .

Series III. Publicity Files, 1923-2008 .

Boxes 5-13, 16-21

Extent: 15 boxes.

The majority of the collection consists of publicity files for Historic Garden Week, including newspaper clippings and supplements, magazine articles, brochures, booklets, correspondence, and drafts of articles and press releases prepared for publication in various state and national newspapers and journals. This series is arranged by year. Material for a particular year could be in more than one box, depending on size.

Box 16 Folder 1
1923 .
Box 5 Folder 1
1929 .
Box 20 Folder 1
1930 .
Box 16 Folder 2
1933 .
Box 16 Folder 3
1936 .
Box 16 Folder 4
1938 .
Box 5 Folder 2
1941 .
Box 20 Folder 2
1941 .
Box 5 Folder 3
1947 .
Box 5 Folder 4
1948 .
Box 5 Folder 5-7
1949-1954 .
Box 5 Folder 8
1950 .
Box 5 Folder 9
1951 .
Box 5 Folder 10
1952 .
Box 5 Folder 11
1953 .
Box 16 Folder 5
1953 .
Box 5 Folder 12
1954 .
Box 5 Folder 13
1955 .
Box 20 Folder 3
1955 .
Box 5 Folder 14
1956 .
Box 5 Folder 15
1957 .
Box 20 Folder 4
1957 .
Box 5 Folder 16
1958 .
Box 20 Folder 5
1958 .
Box 5 Folder 17
1959 .
Box 16 Folder 6
1959 .
Box 20 Folder 6
1959 .
Box 6 Folder 1-3
1960 .
Box 16 Folder 7
1960 .
Box 20 Folder 7
1960 .
Box 6 Folder 4
1961 .
Box 16 Folder 8
1961 .
Box 20 Folder 8
1961 .
Box 6 Folder 5-6
1962 .
Box 16 Folder 9
1962 .
Box 20 Folder 9
1962 .
Box 6 Folder 7-9
1963 .
Box 16 Folder 10
1963 .
Box 20 Folder 10
1963 .
Box 7 Folder 1-2
1964 .
Box 7 Folder 3-6
1965 .
Box 16 Folder 11
1965 .
Box 20 Folder 11
1965 .
Box 7 Folder 7-8
1966 .
Box 16 Folder 12
1966 .
Box 20 Folder 12
1966 .
Box 8 Folder 1
1966-1967 .
Box 16 Folder 13
1967 .
Box 8 Folder 2
1968 .
Box 16 Folder 14
1968 .
Box 20 Folder 13
1968 .
Box 8 Folder 3
1969 .
Box 16 Folder 15
1969 .
Box 20 Folder 14
1969 .
Box 8 Folder 4-5
1970 .
Box 17 Folder 1
1970 .
Box 21 Folder 1
1970 .
Box 8 Folder 6
1971 .
Box 17 Folder 2
1971 .
Box 21 Folder 2
1971 .
Box 8 Folder 7
1972 .
Box 17 Folder 3
1972 .
Box 21 Folder 3
1972 .
Box 8 Folder 8
1973 .
Box 17 Folder 4
1973 .
Box 21 Folder 4
1973 .
Box 8 Folder 9
1974 .
Box 17 Folder 5
1974 .
Box 21 Folder 5
1974 .
Box 8 Folder 10
1975 .
Box 17 Folder 6
1975 .
Box 21 Folder 6
1975 .
Box 9 Folder 1
1976 .
Box 9 Folder 2-3
1977 .
Box 17 Folder 7
1977 .
Box 9 Folder 4
1978 .
Box 9 Folder 5
1979 .
Box 9 Folder 6-7
1980 .
Box 17 Folder 8
1980 .
Box 9 Folder 8
1981 .
Box 17 Folder 9
1981 .
Box 9 Folder 9-10
1982 .
Box 10 Folder 1-2
1983 .
Box 10 Folder 3
1984 .
Box 21 Folder 7
1984 .
Box 10 Folder 4
1985 .
Box 17 Folder 10
1985 .
Box 10 Folder 5-6
1986 .
Box 17 Folder 11
1986 .
Box 10 Folder 7-8
1987 .
Box 21 Folder 8
1987 .
Box 11 Folder 1
1988 .
Box 11 Folder 2-3
1989 .
Box 17 Folder 12
1989 .
Box 21 Folder 9
1989 .
Box 11 Folder 4
1990 .
Box 18 Folder 1
1990 .
Box 21 Folder 10
1990 .
Box 11 Folder 5
1991 .
Box 18 Folder 2
1991 .
Box 21 Folder 11
1991 .
Box 11 Folder 6
1992 .
Box 18 Folder 3
1992 .
Box 21 Folder 12
1992 .
Box 12 Folder 1-3
1993 .
Box 18 Folder 4
1993 .
Box 21 Folder 13
1993 .
Box 12 Folder 4-5
1994 .
Box 18 Folder 5
1994 .
Box 21 Folder 14
1994 .
Box 12 Folder 6-7
1995 .
Box 18 Folder 6
1995 .
Box 21 Folder 15
1995 .
Box 12 Folder 8-10
1996 .
Box 18 Folder 7
1996 .
Box 21 Folder 16
1996 .
Box 12 Folder 11-13
1997 .
Box 18 Folder 8
1997 .
Box 21 Folder 17
1997 .
Box 18 Folder 9
1998 .
Box 18 Folder 10
1999 .
Box 19 Folder 1
2000 .
Box 19 Folder 2
2001 .
Box 21 Folder 18
2001 .
Box 19 Folder 3
2002 .
Box 19 Folder 4
2003 .
Box 19 Folder 5
2004 .
Box 19 Folder 6
2005 .
Box 19 Folder 7
2006 .
Box 19 Folder 8
2007 .
Box 13 Folder 1-2
2008 .
Box 19 Folder 9
2008 .
Box 13 Folder 3
n.d. .
Box 19 Folder 10
n.d .