Palo Alto Garden Club (Emmetsburg, IA) Records, Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries

Finding Aid

PALO ALTO GARDEN CLUB (EMMETSBURG, IOWA)
RECORDS, 1959-1994
QUANTITY: 2 linear feet.

Acquisition: The records (donor no. 1108) were donated by Agnes Ankeny in 2007.

Access: The papers are open for research.
Copyright: Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.

Preferred Citation: Box #, Palo Alto Garden Club Records (Emmetsburg, IA), Iowa Women’s Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.

Photographs: In Boxes 2-5.
Audiovisual: None.

Processed by: Courtney Walters, 2008.

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History

The Palo Alto Garden Club of Emmetsburg, Iowa was formed in March 1937. The club had fifty-one members when it joined the Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa in 1942. The goals of the club were to stimulate knowledge and love for gardening, encourage the conservation of natural resources, partake in civic planting, and develop the art of flower arranging. Club activities included community landscaping projects, an anti-litter campaign, and garden shows. A Young Palo Alto Garden Club was established in 1965.

Scope and Content Note

The Palo Alto Garden Club (Emmetsburg, IA) records date from 1959-1994 and measure two linear feet. The records are arranged in five series: Administration, Club activities, Scrapbooks, Newsletters and Artifacts. Award applications include photographs of club members and their projects. Non-PAGC events consist of programs for shows of other Iowa garden clubs. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and club histories.

Box List

Box 1
ADMINISTRATION: Constitution, 1991
Minutes, 1940-1980 (4 folders)
Annual reports, 1979-1993 (scattered) and undated
Guest book, undated

Box 2 CLUB ACTIVITIES: Applications for awards, 1965-1992 (4 folders)

Box 3: Garden show materials, 1964-1986
Program books, 1960-1984, and 1987, 1989
Horticulture and design notes, 1962-1966, 1981-1988 and undated (3 folders)
Events, non-PAGC, 1959-1994 and undated
General, 1966, 1970 and undated
Newspaper clippings and reading material, 1960-1992 and undated

Box 4: Scrapbook, [in conservation]

Box 5 SCRAPBOOKS: Scrapbook, 1962, 1970-1980
Scrapbook, 1986-1991

Box 6
NEWSLETTERS: Non-Garden Club, 1979-1993
Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa, 1977-1994

Box 7 ARTIFACTS: Ribbons, 1957-1968

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