Totten, Adelaide, 1890-1974.
Biographical notes:
Adelaide Williams Totten was a leader in the garden club movement and served as organizer of the Chapel Hill Garden Club; president of the Garden Club of North Carolina, 1935-1937; and director of the South Atlantic District of the National Council of State Garden Clubs, 1942. She was also a certified flower show judge.
From the description of Adelaide Totten papers, 1918-1973 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 28048590
Adelaide Williams Totten, daughter of E. P. Williams, was born in 1890 in Stedman, N.C. In 1923, she married Henry Roland Totten (1892-1974), professor of botany at the University of North Carolina, 1913-1963, and army reserve officer, who served in France during World War I. Except for their brief stay at Camp Blanding, Fla., during World War II, the Tottens lived in Chapel Hill until they both died in 1974.
Addie Totten attended Flora McDonald College and also took courses at UNC. She was a leader in the garden club movement and served as organizer of the Chapel Hill Garden Club; president of the Garden Club of North Carolina, 1935-1937; and director of the South Atlantic District of the National Council of State Garden Clubs, 1942. She was also a certified flower show judge.
From the guide to the Adelaide Totten Papers, 1918-1973, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
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Subjects:
- Flower gardening
- Flower shows
- Gardeners
- Gardening
- Gardening
- Women
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- Chapel Hill (N.C.) (as recorded)
- North Carolina (as recorded)
