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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Preliminary Inventory of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Education Department Ephemera Files, 1943-2012
Preliminary Inventory of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Education Department Ephemera Files, 1943-2012
Announcements, Brochures, Coloring books, Gardening, Lectures, Newsletters, Pennock, J. Liddon, Jr., 1913-2003, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Education Department, Symposia (Conferences), Workshops (Seminars)
Ephemeral materials from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Education Department consisting of newsletters, broadsides, announcements relating to workshops, lectures, Tree Tenders program, and conferences and symposia.
Preliminary Inventory of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Harvest Show Files, 1967-2002
Preliminary Inventory of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Harvest Show Files, 1967-2002
Admission tickets, Announcements, Brochures, Ephemera, Posters, Reports
This preliminary Inventory of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Harvest Show Files includes announcements, brochures, tickets, floor plans, award certificates, and reports.
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.
Preliminary Inventory of the Philadelphia Green City Gardens Contest Slide Files, 1988 - 2003
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.
Preliminary Inventory of the Photograph Files of the Society of Little Gardens of Philadelphia, 1930-1939
Preliminary Inventory of the Photograph Files of the Society of Little Gardens of Philadelphia, 1930-1939
Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), Church gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, College Club (Philadelphia, Pa.), Dooner, Richard T., First Unitarian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Franklinia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Girard College, Logan Square (Philadelphia, Pa.), Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire, Print Club (Philadelphia, Pa.), Pritchett, Ida W., Rittenhouse Square (Philadelphia, Pa.), Society of Little Gardens (Philadelphia, Pa.), Swann Memorial Fountain (Philadelphia, Pa.), Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Western Savings Fund Society (Philadelphia, Pa.), Women's City Club of Philadelphia
This collection comprises photo files gifted to PHS from the Society of Little Gardens of Philadelphia. A few photos are dated and some are signed by the photographer. Photographers include Ida W. Pritchett, Richard T. Dooner, "De Lardi' [possibly Alfred de Lardi]. The collection includes residential gardens and gardens of the Philadelphia Contributionship, Women's City Club, Philadelphia Art Alliance, the Mutual Assurance Company, the Print Club of Philadelphia, Girard College and the Roof Reading Room of the Main Branch of Free Library of Philadelphia. In addition, there are photographs of the gardens of Old Christ Church and the Unitarian Church on Chestnut and Van Pelt Streets, as well as the Swann Memorial Fountain on Logan Circle and views of Rittenhouse Square.
Preliminary Inventory of the Publications Department Additional Image Files
Preliminary Inventory of the Publications Department Additional Image Files
Ballard, Ernesta Drinker, Bel Arbor, Brewery Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), Campbell Square Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Carroll Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Center Square (Pa.), Chanticleer (Wayne, Pa.), Clark Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Cliveden Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Community development, Urban, Community gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History, 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 of the Cities (Philadelphia, Pa.), Gas Station Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), Glenwood Green Acres (Philadelphia, Pa.), Goode, Velma Williams, Gorgas Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Hamilton Street and Ridge Avenue Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), Howell Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Hunting Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Interstate Land Management Corporation, Jefferson Square Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), John F. Kennedy Boulevard (Philadelphia, Pa.), Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.), Konrad Square (Philadelphia, Pa.), Las Parcelas (Philadelphia, Pa.), Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.), Lees, Carlton B., Lots of Love Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), LOVE Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Malcolm X Memorial Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Manayunk Park (Philadelphia, Pa., Mario Lanza Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), McPhail, Ann Smallidge , 1928-2017, McPherson Square Library, Mifflin Square Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), New Kensington Community Development Corporation, Norris Square (Philadelphia, Pa.), Olde Richmond (Philadelphia, Pa.), Pennock, J. Liddon, Jr., 1913-2003, Philadelphia Flower Show, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.), Point Breeze (Philadelphia, Pa.), Slides (Photographs), Strawberry Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.), Susquehanna (Philadelphia, Pa.), Tate, James H. J, (James Hugh Joseph), 1910-, Temple University (Ambler Campus), Udall, Stewart L., United States Conference of Mayors, University of Pennsylvania. Morris Arboretum, Urban beautification, Urban gardening, West Hagert (Philadelphia, Pa.), West Shore (Philadelphia, Pa.), William McKinley School (Philadelphia, Pa.). Eagles Playground
Departmental image files transferred to the Library in 2010. Materials chiefly consist of slides and photographs documenting the various PHS members events, outreach programs, workshops and tours. Files include Philadelphia Green and individual urban gardens documentation.
Preliminary Inventory of the Published Materials of the Neighborhood Gardens Association (NGA), 1995-2008
Preliminary Inventory of the Published Materials of the Neighborhood Gardens Association (NGA), 1995-2008
Announcements, Annual reports, Brochures, Bush-Brown, Louise, 1897-1974, Neighborhood Gardens Trust, Newsletters, Stokes, Charlotte C.
Materials documenting the early years of the Neighborhood Gardens Association (Neighborhood Gardens Trust). The collection includes an early history of Philadelphia Neighborhood Gardens, annual reports and newsletters.
Preliminary Inventory of the Rittenhouse Square Flower Market Files, 1914-1981
Preliminary Inventory of the Rittenhouse Square Flower Market Files, 1914-1981
Bauer, Dorothy, Clippings (Information artifacts), Correspondence, Garden Club of America, Large, Mrs. George Gordon Meade, Photographs, Posters, Rhoads, Elise Logan, Rittenhouse Square (Philadelphia, Pa), Rittenhouse Square Flower Market Association, Rittenhouse Square Improvement Association, Rivinus, Marion Willis, 1890-, Slides (Photographs), Stationery
This collection consists of histories, records, news clippings and visual materials connected to the Rittenhouse Square Flower Market. The Market founded by Mrs. George Gordon Meade Large debuted on May 20, 1914 and drew its inspiration from Mrs. Large's visit to the Paris Flower Market in the Place de la Madeleine. The Market was envisioned as a charity event and the 1914 event raised The first Flower Market $1,250 each for The Children's Hospital, the Hope Day Nursery, and the Rittenhouse Square Improvement Association.