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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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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Records, 1791-2006
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Awards, Ballard, Ernesta Drinker, Bylaws, Charters, Correspondence, Ephemera, Financial records, Flower shows, Gardening, Horticulture, Minutes, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show, Philadelphia Green (Program), Photographs, Public relations, Reports, Scrapbooks, Urban beautification, Wister, John C., (John Caspar)
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) was founded on November 24, 1827 by fifty-three prominent Philadelphians; among them Horace Binney, David Landreth Jr., William Davidson, George Pepper, Nicolas Biddle and Moses Brown. Emulating similar societies existing in England at the time, the men formed their Society to promote "a highly instructive and interesting science for the purpose of improving the growth of vegetables, plants, trees, fruits and flowers.” Since that time, the Society and its membership has fostered... an appreciation of plants, acquiring scientific knowledge about them, disseminating horticultural information, and involving the public in gardening and beautifying the City of Philadelphia." More recently, the Society has worked specifically to beautify the city and help realize William Penn's founding vision for Philadelphia to be a "greene countrie towne." This is a collection of administrative records from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, photographs, reports, slides, pamphlets, financial records, publications, scrapbooks, awards, printing blocks, and medals. The records date from 1791 to 2006 and cover topics such as community-based programs and events, including Philadelphia Green and 10,000 Trees. The records include individuals such as Pennsylvania Horticultural Society President Ernesta D. Ballard and PHS events such as the Philadelphia Flower Show and the Chrysanthemum Show.
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Preliminary Inventory of Philadelphia Green Programs Slide Files
Bonham, J. Blaine, Community gardens, Community gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History, Francisville (Philadelphia, Pa.), Goode, W. Wilson, Green the Schools (Program), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Green (Program), Point Breeze (Philadelphia, Pa.), Slides (Photographs), Susquehanna (Philadelphia, Pa.), Urban beautification
This collection consists of images Philadelphia Green Programs and includes Green the Schools, Garden Mobile, Community Vegetable Gardens and lotscapes, and individual projects in Susquehanna, Point Breeze and Francisville.
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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.
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Preliminary inventory of slides, negatives, CD-ROMs, contact sheets, and photographs from the Philadelphia Flower Show, Harvest
CD-ROMs, City Year (Service corps), Community gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History, Contact sheets, Flower shows, Gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Kellett, Anne B, Land use, Urban, Mills, J. William, (Justin William), III, Negatives (Photographs), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pepper, Jane G., Philadelphia Flower Show, Philadelphia Green (Program), Photographs, Slides (Photographs), Strawberry Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.), Street, John F. , (John Franklin), 1943-, Trees, Urban beautification, Urban gardening, Yeh, Lily
This collection consists of miscellaneous images of the Philadelphia Flower Show, Harvest Show, and various Philadelphia Green and Community Garden projects.
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Preliminary Inventory of the Marketing and Publicity Department Clippings Files
African Violet Society of Philadelphia, American Community Gardening Association, American Horticultural Society, American Ivy Society, Bastianich, Lidia, Becher, Drew, Bonham, J. Blaine, Branas, Charles C., City Harvest (Program), Community development corporations, DeVito, Danny, Edens lost & found (Television program), Enterprise zones, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, Green City Strategy (Program), Lenfest, H. F. , (Harold FitzGerald), Lindemann, Edward, Meadowbrook Farm (Jenkintown, Pa.), Midler, Bette, Neighborhood Gardens Trust, Pepper, Jane G., Philadelphia Flower Show, Philadelphia Green (Program), Philadelphia Zoological Garden, Rendell, Edward G., (Edward Gene), 1944-, Republican National Convention (37th : 2000 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Roots to Re-Entry (Program), Ryerss Museum and Library, Stewart, Martha, Temple University (Ambler Campus), Tree Tenders (Program), TreeVitalize (Program), University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.), Wharton School, White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation (2005 : Saint Louis, Mo.), Williamson College of the Trades (Media, Pa.)
This collection contains press releases and international, national, regional and local news coverage of the activities of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's campaigns and programs, for example, Philadelphia Green, City Harvest, Tree Tenders, Roots to Re-Entry and the Society's work with community gardens and parks. It also includes clippings files and albums created for coverage of the Philadelphia Flower Show. The collection was formed by the Publicity and Marketing Department and transferred to storage in 2013 during the PHS building renovation and post-renovation retrieved and stored in McLean Library.
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Preliminary Inventory of the Philadelphia Green City Gardens Contest Slide Files
Community gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History, Gardening, Gardens--Competitions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Green (Program), Slides (Photographs), Urban beautification, Urban gardening, Urban gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
This collection includes images from Philadelphia Green City Gardens Contest Slide Files and includes individual, community and school gardens contestants. Photographers include Ira Beckoff, John Gouker, Suzanne Wheeling, Gina Burnett, E.H. Field, Abigail Bobrow, and others.
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