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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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.".
Negatives (Photographs), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pepper, Jane G., Philadelphia Flower Show, Photographs, Street, John F. , (John Franklin), 1943-, Slides (Photographs)
This collection consists of miscellaneous photographs and alides of the Flower Show, Harvest Show, Azalea Garden 26th Street Gateway, Community Gardens and other projects.
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.
Announcements, Brochures, Invitations, Pepper, Jane G.
The Development Office ephemera files consists of donor lists, special events and party invitations and membership materials associated with the "1827 Society" "Elizabeth S. Schaffer Society for Planned Giving" "Annual Fund" "Legacy Landscapes Campaign" "Friends of the Azalea Garden" and the "President's Circle."
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.