Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - Archive Collections Guides

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This ongoing collection consists of finding aids created for the archival holdings of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (1827- ). Included are guides to historical materials such as the PHS minute books, administrative records, and PHS initiatives and programs for events including the Philadelphia Flower Show and Philadelphia Green. Finding aids also cover the extensive image file collections, glass slides, and ephemera connected with the activities of the Society.
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Inventory of the Records of Philadelphia Green and Associated Programs, 1970-2009
Agreements, Announcements, Ballard, Ernesta Drinker, Bel Arbor Community Garden, Bowmer, Cheryl, Brewery Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), Brochures, Budgets, Campbell Square Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Carroll Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Center City Green (Project), Clark Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Cliveden Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Community development, Urban, Community gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History, Contracts, Correspondence, Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, Ephemera, Fels Center of Government, Fernhill Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Francisville (Philadelphia, Pa.), Frankford Avenue Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), Friends Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), Garden of R.U.N. (Philadelphia, Pa.), Garden Tenders (Program), Gas Station Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), Glenwood Green Acres (Philadelphia, Pa.), Greene Countrie Towne (Program), Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa., Minutes, Neighborhood Gardens Trust, Nichols, Mamie, 1917-2009, Norris Square (Philadelphia, Pa.), Olde Richmond (Philadelphia, Pa.), Olin, Victoria, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pepper, Jane G., Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia City Planning Commission, Philadelphia Green (Program), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Point Breeze (Philadelphia, Pa.), Port Richmond (Philadelphia, Pa.), Reports, Shusterman and Schiller (Firm), Shusterman, Heidi, Slides (Photographs), Spilka, Gerri, Strawberry Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.), Susquehanna (Philadelphia, Pa.), Urban beautification, Urban gardening, West Hagert (Philadelphia, Pa.), West Shore (Philadelphia, Pa.), William Penn Foundation, Yeh, Lily
This is a collection of administrative and other records documenting the Philadelphia Green Initiative as well as other programs including Neighborhood Vacant Lands, Center City Green, Greene Countrie Towns and others. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, photographs, reports, slides, pamphlets, financial records, studies, and publications. The records date roughly from 1970 to 2006 and cover topics such as community-based horticultural programs and events. The collection is divided into eight series: "Materials relating to the founding and early years" "Philadelphia Green's Initiatives" "Greene Countrie Townes" "Grant Proposals" "Center City Green and Neighborhood Vacant Land studies" "Slides, photos, and negatives documenting the projects" and "Slide Albums.".
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Preliminary Inventory of Library Records and Files, 1964-1980
Accessions registers, American Philosophical Society, Ballard, Ernesta Drinker, Bookmarks, Brochures, Card catalogs, Catalogs, Correspondence, Evans, Janet, Gardening, Horticulture, Invitations, Landscape architecture, Library catalogs, Microfilms, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. McLean Library., Postcards, Visitors' books, Wolfe, Mary Lou
Library Records and Files include correspondence, early book catalogues, materials on library exhibitions, programs and projects as well as library acquisitions records, catalogue card shelf lists of rare books, Pennsylvania Collection, and special collections, and a microfilm reel titled "PHS Library Accession Books #01 thru 16399".
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