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Horticulture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Arboretum Association records

 Collection
Identifier: HCC-001
Abstract

The Haverford College Arboretum Association records include materials related to Arboretum programming, events, membership, finances, and campus initiatives from its founding in 1974 to 2018. The collection also includes a smaller amount of materials related to the Arboretum Association's predecessor, the Haverford College Campus Club.

Dates: 1929-2018
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Painter Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-110
Abstract The Painter family was an early Pennsylvania Quaker family that married into the Minshall family of Delaware County. In 1681, William Penn granted Thomas Minshall a land tract which now includes the Tyler Arboretum. The property was home to eight generations of the same family. The collection includes family correspondence, business and legal papers, property records, papers on interests and concerns of the Painter brothers, genealogical papers, and miscellaneous deeds and other papers...
Dates: 1687-1948
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-111
Abstract The Arthur Hoyt Scott Horticultural Foundation was established at Swarthmore College in 1929 as a memorial to Arthur Hoyt Scott (1874-1927). The intention of the Foundation was to focus on plantings appropriate to Eastern Pennsylvania, creating a practical "garden of ideas" for amateur gardeners while at the same time improving the campus. The name changed to Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College in 1986. This collection consists of slides of plants, the Scott Arboretum, Arboretum employees,...
Dates: 1925 - 2005
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Swarthmore Garden Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG7-002
Abstract

The Swarthmore Garden Club, Swarthmore, Pa., was founded in 1958 with the purpose "to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening among both amateur and experienced gardeners." The collection contains minutes and reports, 1958-2014 (with gaps), scrapbooks and other miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1958 - 2018
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Swarthmore Horticultural Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG7-020
Abstract

Contains the records of the Swarthmore Horticultural Society, founded in 2001 and dedicated to enhancing the public spaces in the Borough of Swarthmore, Delaware County, PA.

Dates: 2002 - 2018
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections