Asheville Garden Club Collection
M79.5
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- Asheville Garden Club
- ID
- M79.5
- Date [bulk]
- Bulk, 1959-1976
- Date [inclusive]
- 1923-1976
- Extent
- 0.2 Linear feet ; 1 box
- Physical Description
- Copies of documents and newspaper clippings
- Location
- Located in Special Collections, Row 8 Section 5
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Asheville Garden Club Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville
Scope and Contents
A small number of documents from the Asheville Garden Club, primarily related to the creation of botanical gardens on the campus of Asheville-Biltmore College (now UNC Asheville), and a submission for the Gapen Silver Cup for Conservation, that includes a history of the wild flower group, their conservation actions and gardens.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu
Rights
No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the University Archives, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processing Information
Originally processed by Special Collections staff, 2003, 2005 (JW), and 2009 (HW). Refoldering and new finding aid by Colin Reeve, December 2016
Collection Inventory
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Folder 1: General Program for Conservation for the period April 1, 1959 -April 1, 1960, submitted as application for the Gapen Silver Cup for Conservation |
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Folder 2: Correspondence and clippings regarding the creation of the Asheville-Biltmore College Botanic Gardens, 1960, and 1967 |
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Folder 3: Letter to Asheville City Manager regarding airport landscaping, 1960 |
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Folder 4: Correspondence with NC National Forests regarding obtaining plant specimens, 1960 |
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Folder 5: Correspondence regarding education programs, 1961 & 1969 |
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Folder 6: List of projects, 1923 - 1960 |
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Folder 7: Minutes, University Botanical Gardens at Asheville Inc., 1976 |
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