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 Library Records and Files, 1964-1980
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".
Preliminary Inventory of the Awards Files Ephemera, 1971-2013
Preliminary Inventory of the Awards Files Ephemera, 1971-2013
Brochures, Chanticleer (Wayne, Pa.), Decals, Ephemera, Foster, J. Gordon, Frederick, William H., (William Heisler), 1926-, Howard, Nancy Putnam, Miller, Everitt L., Neukrug, Howard M., Off, Walter, Olin, Laurie, Postcards, Styer, J. Franklin , (John Franklin), 1900-, Vail, June M.
This Awards ephemera collection includes brochures, meeting pamphlets, award winner testimonials, postcards, broadsides connected with the Gold Medal Plant Award program and the orgianization's highest honor, the PHS Distinguished Achievement Medal. The Distinguished Achievement Medal has been presented by PHS since the 1960s to an individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions to the field of horticulture or has used horticulture as an avenue to create positive social change in the Greater Philadelphia region. Since its inception in 1978, the Gold Medal Plant Award program of The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has recognized trees, shrubs and woody vines of outstanding merit. The program was originally conceived by noted nurseryman Dr. J. Franklin Styer, who realized homeowners and gardeners needed to learn about superior woody plants for their landscapes.
Preliminary Inventory of the Membership Ephemera Files, 1924-2014
Preliminary Inventory of the Membership Ephemera Files, 1924-2014
Announcements, Ballots, Brochures, Garden tours, Membership cards, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Membership Department, Postcards, Programs (Documents)
The Membership Ephemera files include published materials include membership renewal and gift membership announcements and forms, invitations, and membership cards; Garden Visit brochures; and, announcements, brochures and associated materials for PHS-sponsored travel.
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.