Finding aid to the Hillside Garden Club Papers

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
HILLSIDE GARDEN CLUB PAPERS
The collection includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, photographs,
yearbooks, club history, and scrapbooks about the activities of the Hillside Garden Club
of Lynchburg, Virginia. Of special interest is a survey of historic buildings erected
before 1860 in the City of Lynchburg and in the counties of Campbell, Bedford, and
Amherst.
SEE: “Lessons Learned from a Poet’s Garden,” by J. B. White; SB470 .S63 W538 2011
BOX 1

1-1
1-2
1-3
1-4

Annual Meeting (1969)
Annual Meeting (1978) (I)
Annual Meeting (1978) (II) (Program)
Annual Meeting (1978) (III) (Reports,
Miscellaneous)
1-5 Annual Meeting (1978) (IV) (Financial Records)
1-6 Annual Meeting (1978) (V) (Slides)
1-7 Awards

BOX 2

2-1 DILLARD, Margaret Corlett (DeLacy GRAY Memorial Medal)
2-2 History
2-3 Miscellaneous
2-4 "Notable Buildings Erected Before 1860"
2-5 Minutes (1968-1973)
2-6 Minutes (1973-1983)
2-7 Photographs
2-8 Scrapbook (1982-1987)
2-9 Scrapbook (1989-1991)
2-10 HGC and the Old City Cemetery 1985-2008

BOX 3

3-1
3-2
3-3
3-4

BOX 4

4-1 Photograph Album (1987-1989)
4-2 Scrapbook (1935-1955)
4-3 Memorial Folder (Jacqueline Marshall BARKER)
(Continued)

Yearbooks (1936-1959)
Yearbooks (1961-1977)
Yearbooks (1982-1990)
Scrapbook (Rose Show, 1987)

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HILLSIDE GARDEN CLUB PAPERS
(Continued)
[BOX 5]

Scrapbook (1955-1961)

[BOX 6]

Scrapbook (1962-1969)

[BOX 7]

Scrapbook (1972-1975)

[BOX 8]

Scrapbook (1975-1980)

[BOX 9]

Scrapbook (1975-1979)

[BOX 10]

Scrapbooks (1991-1997)

[BOX 11]

Scrapbooks (1999-2003)

[BOX 12]

Scrapbook (2003-2005)
Minutes September 2005 – June 2011
Yearbooks (1993- )
Minutes September 2011-June 2013
Minutes September 2013-June 2015
80th Anniversary DVD (September 2015)

BOX 13

13-1
13-2
13-3
13-4

[BOX 14]

Scrapbook (2005-2009)

[BOX 15]

Scrapbook (2010-2012)

[BOX 16]

Scrapbook (2013-2015)

[BOX 17]

Scrapbook 80th Anniversary

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
HILLSIDE GARDEN CLUB
The Hillside Garden Club, first known as the Junior Garden Club, was organized in
Lynchburg, Virginia, in July 1935. Originally with a membership limited to 20 members,
the Club became a member of the Garden Club of Virginia in 1953 and increased its
membership to fifty members. In 1954, the Club joined with the Lynchburg Garden Club
in the promotion of Historic Garden Week, an annual event in the State of Virginia.
Through the years, the Club has participated in beautification projects in the city, in
operating a nature camp, and in the restoration of the Aviary in Miller Park.
Hillside has embraced various projects, including the grounds at Point of Honor,
the Aviary, the Old City Cemetery and Lynchburg Grows.
A major focus is Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer’s garden, described by
the late poet as “half my world.” The club began restoring the garden in 1983 and now
maintains it. In 2009, the Garden Club of Virginia chose the project for its Common
Wealth Award, Hillside’s second such award.
[Hillside Garden Club Papers, MS1117, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; The News &
Advance, Garden Day, April 29, 2014, p. 34.]

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
HILLSIDE GARDEN CLUB PAPERS
The collection includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, photographs,
yearbooks, club history, and scrapbooks about the activities of the Hillside Garden Club
of Lynchburg, Virginia. Of special interest is a survey of historic buildings erected
before 1860 in the City of Lynchburg and in the counties of Campbell, Bedford, and
Amherst.
[Detailed finding guide available with the collection.]

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