Z 1891.000 Jackson Council of Garden Clubs Scrapbooks

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JACKSON COUNCIL OF GARDEN CLUBS SCRAPBOOKS

Organized on January 15, 1931, the Jackson Council of Garden Clubs was composed of smaller neighborhood garden circles, some of which predate the formation of the council. The organization was originally divided into eight districts; each district contained four or more local garden clubs. A list of the charter members of the Jackson Council of Garden Clubs includes the following: Mrs. Harris Barksdale, Mrs. H. F. Crisler, Mrs. E. G. Flowers, Mrs. Joseph Heuck, and Mrs. C. W. Welty.

This collection consists of twenty scrapbooks that contain clippings, photographs, and original essays and artwork by club members, which offer an intermittent history of the activities of the Jackson Council of Garden Clubs from 1932 to 1973. Of particular interest is material related to the gardening activities of Mrs. C. W. Welty, mother of author Eudora Welty, in some of the early volumes.

These fourteen scrapbook volumes contain clippings, photographs, and original essays and artwork related to the activities of all of the various neighborhood garden circles that made up the Jackson Council of Garden Clubs. The scrapbooks appear to have been compiled from smaller scrapbooks submitted by the neighborhood garden circles. Of particular interest are essays and photographs related to Mrs. C. W. Welty in volumes 1, 3, and 6.

• Box 1

  Volume 1: 1938

  Neighborhood garden circles represented: Alta-Raymond, Amaryllis, Arlington, Beauty Lovers, Belhaven, Bellevue, Better Gardens, Chickasaw, Colonial, Country Club, Diligent Diggers, Dixie, Elsinore, Fairview, Flower Lovers, Friendly Diggers, Glad Circle, Lakeview, Marigold, Millsaps, Morning Glory, Riverside, Robinson Road, Rosemont, Sunnywild, Terry Road, Van Winkle, Westview, and Woodland Hills.

  Volume 2: 1939

  Neighborhood garden circles represented: Alta-Raymond, Arlington, Beauty Lovers, Belhaven, Bellevue, Better Gardens, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Colonial, Country Club, Diligent Diggers, Dixie, Elsinore, Fairview, Flower Lovers, Friendly Diggers, Glad Circle, Harmony Hill, Lakeview, Marigold, Millsaps, Morning Glory, Riverside, Robinson Road, Rosemont, Sunnywild, Terry Road, Westview, and Woodland Hills. The volume also contains correspondence dating as far back as 1932.

  Volume 3: 1939-1940
• Box 2

  Volume 4: 1940-1941

  Volume 5: 1941-1942
• Box 3Volume 6: 1945-1946Neighborhood garden circles represented: Alta-Raymond, Arbor Vista, Belhaven, Bellevue, Better Gardens, Chickasaw, Dixie, Elsinore, Flower Lovers, Harmony Hills, Iris, Linden, Magnolia, Meadowbrook, Millsaps, Sherwood, Sunnywild, Westview, and Woodland Hills.
• Box 4Volume 7: 1946-1947

  Neighborhood garden circles represented: Alta-Raymond, Arbor Vista, Belhaven, Bellevue, Better Gardens, Broadmoor, Chickasaw, Country Club, Diligent Diggers, Fairview, Harmony Hills, Magnolia, Meadow Rose, Meadowbrook, Millsaps, Sherwood, Sunnywild, and Westview.

• Box 5

  Volume 8: 1954

  Volume 9: 1954-1955Volume 11: 1964-1966Volume 12: 1966-1968Volume 13: 1968-1970Volume 14: 1970-1972
• Box 7Volume 10: 1959-1964

These four scrapbook volumes contain clippings, photographs, and original essays and artwork by members of neighborhood garden circles. These scrapbooks are similar to the sections that represent the neighborhood garden circles in the Jackson Council of Garden Clubs scrapbooks.

• Box 6Volume 15: Woodland Hills Garden Club, 1940-1943Volume 16: District 6, 1960-1963Volume 17: Edgewood Acres Garden Club, 1957-1971Volume 18: Sunnywild Garden Club, 1932-1973

This series is composed of one scrapbook volume and one folder of loose material related to the Little Acres Junior Garden Club. The scrapbook contains correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

• Box 6Volume 19: Little Acres Junior Garden Club, 1964-1968Volume 20: 1965-1969 (loose material)