Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Summary Information

Repository:
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Title:
Preliminary Inventory of the Membership Ephemera Files
ID:
2018.12
Date:
1924-2014
Physical Description:
2.0 Linear feet (4 boxes)
Location note:
ARC
Language of the Material:
English
Abstract:
The Membership Ephemera files include published materials include membership renewal and gift membership announcements and forms, invitations, and membership cards; Garden Visit brochures; and, announcements, brochures and associated materials for PHS-sponsored travel

Preferred Citation note

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Preliminary Inventory of the Membership Ephemera Files, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society McLean Library

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

McLean Library100 N. 20th StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19103215-988-8782mcleanlibrary@pennhort.org

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research use

Conditions Governing Use note

Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Public Relations and Marketing Department image collection, 1958-2005; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society records, 1791-2006

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Index Terms

  • Index Terms
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Membership Department.
  • Garden tours
  • Postcards
  • Ballots
  • Brochures
  • Membership cards
  • Programs (Documents)
  • Announcements

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Container List

Series 1. Membership lists, activities, events, programs, brochures and tickets

Title/DescriptionInstances
PHS Programs (chiefly divided into separate programs for Spring, Fall and Winter); 1961 "Schedule of Activities", 1943-1961Box 1 Folder 1
Announcements. "Schedule of Activities for PHS Members", 1978-2000Box 1 Folder 2
Membership Luncheon and Dinner Announcements, tickets., 1934-1965Box 1 Folder 3
Postcard announcements, ballots, and programs for the Annual Meetings, 1925-1977Box 1 Folder 4
Membership renewal and gift membership announcements and forms, invitations, and membership cards, 1926-1939Box 2 Folder 1
Membership renewal and gift membership announcements and forms, invitations, and membership cards, 1940-1956Box 2 Folder 2
Membership renewal and gift membership announcements and forms, invitations, and membership cards, 1957-1967Box 2 Folder 3
Membership renewal and gift membership announcements and forms, invitations, and membership cards, 1968-1979Box 2 Folder 4
Membership renewal and gift membership announcements and forms, invitations, and membership cards, 1980-1989Box 2 Folder 5
Membership renewal and gift membership announcements and forms, invitations, and membership cards, 1990-1999Box 2 Folder 6
Members Appreciation Day invitations, 2003-2011Box 2 Folder 7
PHS Open House invitations for new members, flower show membership booth volunteers; PHS Reception and Garden Tour invitations for sustaining, sponsoring and contributing members; PHS Reception, Garden Party for new members (1999 -- and Flower Show membership volunteers), 1982-2007Box 2 Folder 8
Brochures. "Vendors offering discounts to PHS members," "Listing of Reciprocal Arboreta, Gardens, and Conservatories," "PHS Members: Save on a new Subaru, 2000-2013Box 2 Folder 9
"Assessment of Membership Growth: Executive Summary. June 2001", 2001Box 2 Folder 10

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Series 2. Garden Visits

Title/DescriptionInstances
Brochures and postcards for the "Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Garden Visits"; Garden Visits planning documents, forms, budgets, and "Gardens Visited" reports; "Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 1972 Society Hill Garden Tour" directions, narrative and map, 1924-1972Box 3 Folder 1
Garden Visits brochures. "Garden Visits Philadelphia," "Garden Visits Moorestown/Haddonfield," "Garden Visits Upper Main Line," "Garden Visits Swarthmore/Media," "Garden Visits Ambler/Fort Washington," "Garden Visits Haverford," "Brandywine Valley," "Garden Visits Lower Main Line," "Garden Visits French Creek/Upper Chester County," and "Garden Visits Suburban Trenton,", 2001-2005Box 3 Folder 2
Garden Visits brochures. "Garden Visits Chestnut Hill and Vicinity," "Garden Visits Meadowbrook Area," "Garden Visits Bucks County," "Garden Visits West Chester Town and Country," "Garden Visits Northeast Montgomery County," "Garden Visits Swarthmore/Media, Pennsylvania," "Garden Visits A Day in the Country: Pottstown to Boyertown.", 2006-2010Box 3 Folder 3

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Series 3. Travel and Tours

Title/DescriptionInstances
Brochures and postcards for the "Garden Lovers' Pilgrimage" (Holland), "Irish Garden Tour," "Bonsai and Chrysanthemum Tour of Japan," "Garden Tour of Spain and Portugal," "Garden Tour Barcelona-Majorca-The Riviera," "North with the Spring Garden Tour: From Charleston to Washington," "Pilgrimage to the Caribbean," "Tour of Maine Coast Gardens," "Horticulturists Tour of the Pacific Northwest," "Caribbean Pilgrimage," "Long Weekend in Charleston," "Mexican Holiday," "Follow Spring North in Eastern Europe: A Tour Featuring Gardens and Sights of Three Great Cities. Athens. Dubrovnik. Vienna,' 'Two Special Tours to Europe," "Exploring the Islands of Hawaii," "Voyage to Mayaluum: Land of the Mayas," "Garden Tour, Balimore Md.," "Spring in Greater New York," "Scandinavian Sojourn," "Portals of Western Europe,"Fly to Egypt and Sail the Red Sea," and "Island World of Britain", 1938-1979Box 4 Folder 1
Brochures and postcards for the "China: The Mother of Gardens," "Amazon Passage," "Mediterranean Spring, Gardens and Islands," "Visit the Gardens of Scotland," "Visit the Gardens of Italy," "The Gardens of East Anglia and Yorkshire," "Gardens In and around London," "The Chelsea Flower Show and Scottish Gardens," "Southern Sojourn: Gardens in Savannah and Charleston," "Southeast Asian Odyssey," "Gardens, Flora and Fauna of Kenya," "Gardens in Germany," "Gardens of Holland and Belgium,"Great Gardens of England," "Gardens of Scotland," "Gardens in Holland and England", 1980-1992Box 4 Folder 2
Brochures for the "Gardens of Yorkshire, Northumberland and Southern Scotland," "Gardens in Savannah and Charleston," "Spring Gardens in Australia and New Zealand," "Gardens of Worcestershire, Dorset, Wiltshire and London," "Gardens in Holland and Belgium," "Gardens of Rhode Island," "Gardens of Normandy, the Berry Region, in and around Paris," "The Gardens of Switzerland," "The Gardens of Santa Fe and Albuquerque,"Gardens in Suburban Boston, 1993-1999Box 4 Folder 3
Brochures for the "Gardens of Southern France Provence and the Riviera," "Gardens of Ireland," "Gardens of Portugal," "Gardens of the Pacific Northwest," "Gardens of the Pacific Northwest," "Gardens of the Upper Hudson," "Gardens of Shropshire and Oxford," "Burgundy Gardens of Delight," "Gardens of Germany," "Gardens of Western Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Environs," "The Gardens of Scotland," "Gardens of Spain: Madrid and Andalusia," "The Gardens of the Lake District and Lincolnshire", 2000-2004Box 4 Folder 4
Brochures for the "Gardens Along the Maine Coast," "The Gardens of the Cotswolds and Severn Valley," "New Zealand Gardens in the Spring," "Gardens of Seattle and Portland," "The Gardens of Sussex and Norfolk," "The Gardens of Wales and Hampshire," "Trip to the Tournament of Roses Parade Pasadena CA," "The Gardens of Dorset and the Thames Valley", 2004-2008Box 4 Folder 5
Brochures for "The Gardens of the Borders and South-West of Scotland," "The Gardens of Cornwall and Dorset," "Charlottesville, Virginia," "PHS Travels to Hawaii," "Bath and the Gardens of Wiltshire", 2009-2012Box 4 Folder 6
Brochures for "PHS Travels to The Amazon: Orchids of Peru," "PHS Travels to Southern India: Sacred Stems--Tea, Spices, and the Power of Plants," "The Gardens of Cambridge, Leiscestershire and Rutland," "Mosaiculture and the Gardens of Montreal," "The Beauty of Britain," "Floral Wonders of South Africa", 2012-2014Box 4 Folder 7

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Preliminary Inventory of the Membership Ephemera Files, 1924-2014

MLA citation style
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,. Preliminary Inventory Of The Membership Ephemera Files, 1924-2014. no date. 1924.
APA citation style
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,. (1924). Preliminary Inventory of the Membership Ephemera Files, 1924-2014. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A42882
Chicago citation style
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,. “Preliminary Inventory Of The Membership Ephemera Files, 1924-2014”, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - Archive Collections Guides, 1924. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A42882.
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