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The Weeders, a non-profit garden society and member of the Garden Club of America, was founded in the early 1900s under the motto "Learn to labor and to wait." Since then, its membership has included many notable local women, such as Mrs. Nathan Hayward, Mrs. John Cadwalader, Mrs. C. Jared...
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| Collection: | The Weeders Records |
| Collection Number: | 3555 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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9.7 Linear feet ; 22 boxes |
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The Weeders, a non-profit garden society and member of the Garden Club of America, was founded in the early 1900s under the motto "Learn to labor and to wait." Since then, its membership has included many notable local women, such as Mrs. Nathan Hayward, Mrs. John Cadwalader, Mrs. C. Jared Ingersoll, Mrs. Stacy B. Lloyd and Mrs. Charles J. Biddle. In 1965, The Weeders joined the Garden Club of Philadelphia, the Planters Garden Club, and other local garden societies to form the Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America. The Weeders' mission was to provide "a community which offers friendship and the opportunity to participate in horticultural, artistic, environmental, and civic endeavors."
This collection contains the organizational records of the Weeders, a ladies' gardening club. The records include admission committee records, 1934-2004; committee minutes and treasurer's reports, 1914-2004; flower show records, 1932-1989; horticultural essays presented by members; programs, photographs, albums, and scrapbooks; documentation on the club's history; and VHS tapes of the cable television program "You and Your Environment." This collection contains the organizational records of the Weeders, a ladies’ gardening club. The records include admission committee records, 1934-2004; committee minutes and treasurer’s reports, 1914-2004; flower show records, 1932-1989; horticultural essays presented by members; programs, photographs, albums, and scrapbooks; and documentation on the club’s history. The collection has been organized into four series. Series I, Administrative Records, contains minutes, 1914-1990; executive committee minutes, 1942-1990; minutes of committee reports, 1993-2004; admissions materials, 1947-1959 and 1960-2005; attendance records, 1962-1965; and treasurer’s records 1920-1929 and 1970-1995. Series II, Programs, houses records from the Philadelphia Flower Shows, 1937-1968; various scrapbooks, 1971-1989; yearly programs, 1920-1999; Weeders’ papers organized by authors’ last names, 1907-1916; and a box of VCR tapes for the cable television program “You and Your Environment.” Series III, Photographs, Certificates, and Awards, contains three boxes of memorabilia spanning the group’s 100 year history. There is a scrapbook, 1937-1961; miscellaneous awards, 1902-1939; the Esther Lloyd Morton awards, 1944-1976; and a GCA annual meeting scrapbook, 1982. Series IV collects miscellaneous materials into two boxes, including the Weeders’ by-laws, 1934-1987; correspondences, 1928-1964; “The Garden Club of America: President’s Handbook,” 1929-1977; and the Weeders’ horticultural committee binder, 1953-1973. |