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Winter Park Garden Club Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2018-002-WPGC
Content Description
The Winter Park Garden Club (WPGC) was first established by the Winter Park Women's Club after holding its first flower show in Florida in 1922. As a non-profit organization, WPGC dedicates itself to further the education of members and the public in the fields of gardening, horticulture, botany, landscape design, conservation of natural resources, civic beautification, public sanitation, and nature studies. Besides Flower Shows, the organization also sponsors Experts' Talks, Hands on...
Dates:
1922 - 2017
Woolson, Constance Fenimore Collection by Clare Benedict
Collection — Box: Woolson
Identifier: PP-Woolson
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers preserved by Clare Benedict in memory of her aunt, the American author Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840 – 1894). The contents partially document Woolson’s literary career, including original manuscripts and reviews of her work, as well as the literary ambitions of her family, in particular those of her niece, Clare Benedict. Very well documented is Benedict’s gift of the Woolson House to Rollins College, largely expressed through the correspondence between...
Dates:
created: 1800-2002
Youngberg, Gilbert A. Papers of the Florida Inland Waterways and the Cross Florida Barge Canal
Collection — Box: Youngberg
Identifier: PP-Youngberg
Scope and Contents
This collection focuses on Youngberg's years in private practice as a consulting engineer on various river and harbor improvement projects in the state of Florida. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, magazine articles, research and reference materials, maps, histories of the Florida east coast and transportation systems, biographies, and government documents. Topics included are beach erosion and shore preservation, the Florida East Coast Canal, and the Gulf-Atlantic Ship...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1919-1951; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/1951
