Country Posey Garden Club (Flatrock Township, Henry County, Ohio) records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0598

Collection Overview

Abstract

The records of the Country Posey Garden Club consist of minutes with membership and financial information, scattered correspondence, ribbons, annual program booklets, and scrapbooks with photographs and clippings, ranging from 1947 to 1997.

Dates

  • Creation: 1947-1997

Extent

1.38 Cubic Feet (3 legal manuscript boxes)

.5 Cubic Feet (2 wrapped (oversize) scrapbooks )

Creator

Scope and Contents

The records of the Country Posey Garden Club document the history and activities of the Henry County women's group from 1947 to 1997 when the club disbanded. The records include a full series of minutes, which include membership and financial information, scattered correspondence which illustrates the variety of projects in the community through thank-you notes as well as the network of cooperation between other garden clubs in Henry County. There is also a series of correspondence and other communications with the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs, of which Country Posey was a member in District 1. In addition, the collection includes a series of the annual program booklets of the club, and a couple of scrapbooks with photographs and clippings, all of which illustrate the scope of activities and friendships shared in the club.

Biographical / Historical

Part of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs, District 1, the Country Posey Garden Club was one of a group of clubs in Henry County including groups in Liberty Center, Holgate, and Florida, which formed the Henry County Unit of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs. The Spade and Trowel Garden Club in Florida was the first established in 1938. Country Posey Garden Club was the second established group, founded in 1947 and affiliated with the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs in 1948. Due to a decline in membership, the Country Posey Garden Club was disbanded in the fall of 1997.

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Center for Archival Collections through the cooperation of Berneda Foreman of Napoleon, Ohio starting in the spring of 1991 with the final donation on September 12, 1997, at the time the club disbanded.

Title
Guide to Country Posey Garden Club (Flatrock Township, Henry County, Ohio) records
Author
Marilyn Levinson, Kaysie Harrington
Date
1997, April 2004, April 2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin