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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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Anne Wertsner Wood Slide Collection, 1940-1983
Anne Wertsner Wood Slide Collection, 1940-1983
Flower shows, Flowers, Gardening, Gardens, Lecture notes, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show, Slides (Photographs), Trees, Anne Wertsner Wood (1907-2004)
Anne Wertsner Wood (1907-2004) was a horticulturist, writer and lecturer from the Philadelphia area. She was an active leader in the gardening community at the local, national, and international levels. She is recognized for her participation in numerous flower shows, garden creations, outreach activities, writings and lectures. This collection contains slides compiled and used by Anne Wertsner Wood. There are two boxes of color photographic slides that date from 1940 to 1983, with the bulk of slides dating from 1940 to 1960. The slides document Wertsner's travels to various local and international gardens, her involvement with the Philadelphia Flower Show, and her involvement in community activities.
Garden Club of Philadelphia Members' Gardens Lantern Slide Collection, 1930-1935
Garden Club of Philadelphia Members' Gardens Lantern Slide Collection, 1930-1935
Garden Club of America, Gardens, Gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Horticulture, Landscape architecture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Lantern slides
The Garden Club of America was established in 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the Garden Club of Philadelphia and eleven other garden clubs met to create a national garden club. Its purpose is to foster the knowledge and love of gardening and to restore and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and gardening and conservation efforts. This collection consists of 205 glass lantern slides, donated by the Garden Club of America, of Philadelphia area gardens and homes, including Andalusia, Stenton, Highlands, and Ludington. The collection also contains several portraits of notable Philadelphians and horticulturists and landscape plans. Included are 35mm slide reproductions of many of the lantern slides. The lantern slides date from the year 1930
John Wister Lantern Slide Collection, 1930-1940
John Wister Lantern Slide Collection, 1930-1940
Flowers, Gardening, Gardens, Gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Horticulture, Landscape architecture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Lantern slides, Wister, John C., (John Caspar), 1887-1982
John Casper Wister (1887-1982) devoted his life's work to horticulture. He was a noted author, editor, speaker, organizer, hybridizer, designer, planter and all around flower lover. Wister was closely affiliated with numerous horticultural organizations including the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the American Rose Society, the John Bartram Association, the American Daffodil Society and the American Iris Society. He also served as director of Swarthmore College's Arthur Hoytt Scott Horticultural Foundation and the Tyler Arboretum in Media, Pennsylvania. This collection contains lantern slides dating from 1930 to 1940 and consists of 220 slides in total. The first series consists of 109 slides of different gardeners from the Philadelphia area. The second series consists of 111 slides and depicts different flowers and gardens from around Philadelphia, the surrounding areas and Europe. This is a very rich collection that researchers interested in Philadelphia gardens or 1930s gardens and horticulture would wish to consult. It is a visually compelling collection, useful for exhibits, publications and online productions.
Preliminary Inventory of Slide Files Related to the City Gardens Contest, Exhibitions and Events Other Urban Greening Projects
Preliminary Inventory of Slide Files Related to the City Gardens Contest, Exhibitions and Events Other Urban Greening Projects
Community gardens, Community gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History, Gardens, Gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Land use, Urban, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show, Philadelphia Green (Program), Slides (Photographs), Tree Tenders (Program), Urban beautification
This collection consists of images of the City Gardens Contest, PHS Exhibitions and Events, and other urban greening projects including the Azalea Garden Party, Ile Ife, the Harvest Show and the John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Guild House.
Preliminary Inventory of the Philadelphia Flower Show Ephemera and Records Files, 1970-2015
Preliminary Inventory of the Philadelphia Flower Show Ephemera and Records Files
Admission tickets, Announcements, Awards, Brochures, Clippings (Information artifacts), Coasters (Containers), DVDs, Ephemera, Evans, Janet, Fliers (Printed matter), Flower shows, Forms (Documents), Gardening, Gardens, Handbills, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Education Department, Philadelphia Flower Show, Postcards, Posters, Press releases, Refrigerator magnets, Stickers, Surveys (Documents), Wharton School
Various departmental Philadelphia Flower Show ephemera files transferred periodically to the Library ending in 2015. Materials chiefly consist of brochures, announcements, handbills, forms, posters, reports, programs, tickets, awards lists, and official guides to the show.