Four Seasons Garden Club Records (MS-131)
Scope and Content
Series I, Administrative, includes the Club's constitution and bylaws, anniversary booklets, meeting minutes, presidents' reports, committee reports, correspondence, project and program information, financial records, and a few other miscellaneous items. One of the "miscellaneous" files contains a list of the officers' duties, an introduction for Herr Mistaufen, and other items.
Series II, Member Directories, consists of several decades' worth of official membership directories, as well as less detailed member lists.
Series III, Slides and Photos, includes photographs from various club activities, such as meetings and parties, dating mainly from the 1980s to 2000, as well as binder of photographic slides featuring gardens and meetings, dating from approximately 1968 to 1983.
Series IV, Scrapbooks, contains scrapbooks documenting Club activities, including photos, newspaper articles, and sample invitations, from the 1930s to early 2000s.
Dates
- Creation: 1928 - 2006
Creator
- Four Seasons Garden Club (Dayton, Ohio) (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on accessing materials in this collection.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
History of Four Seasons Garden Club
Organized in 1928, the Four Seasons Garden Club of Oakwood has raised money through various activities such as bulb sales and auctions to fund beautification projects around the Dayton area - including the landscaping of Shawen Acres Children's Home, "Whip-poor-will" Girl Scout Camp, and the Italian Cloister at the Dayton Art Institute - and to provide other community services.
Full Extent
7 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Four Seasons Garden Club is an organization founded in 1928 to raise money for beautification projects around the Dayton area. The collection contains meeting minutes, membership directories, reports, financial records, correspondence, program files, scrapbooks, and photographs.
Statement of Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series.
- Series I: Administrative
- Series II: Member Directories
- Series III: Slides and Photos
- Series IV: Scrapbooks
Acquisition Information
The Four Seasons Garden Club collection was placed on deposit with Wright State University by the Club in June 1983.
Subject
- Four Seasons Garden Club (Dayton, Ohio) -- Archives (Organization)
donor
- Four Seasons Garden Club (Dayton, Ohio) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Four Seasons Garden Club Records (MS-131)
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Original finding aid by Lanny Weaver, 1983; revised by Lisa Rickey, 2026.
- Date
- 2026
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 1992: Nancy Schurr
- 2012: Seanne Finley
- 2026: Lisa Rickey
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
