Vanderbilt Garden Club Records.
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In 1927, Mary Henderson Kirkland, wife of Chancellor James Kirkland, called together a small group of faculty wives and wives of members of the Board of Trust and asked their help with the beautification of the campus. It was not until 1935 that a formal charter was drawn up and the Vanderbilt Garden Club for Campus Beautification became a reality. The Club undertook a number of projects to beautify the campus, including the Iris Project, in which they identified, purchased and planted old varie...