Additional records of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association, 1913-2008 (inclusive), 1934-1998 (bulk).

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Additional records of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association, 1913-2008 (inclusive), 1934-1998 (bulk).

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These addenda to the records of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association provide details about annual and executive committee meetings, fundraising, educational activities, and conservation efforts. The bulk of the records consist of minutes, reports, programs, correspondence, and photographs; president's books and scrapbooks highlight yearly activities such as horticultural therapy, civic improvements, flower shows, and the Frysinger Fellowship. The Grace Frysinger Fellowship Exchange makes it possible for two recipients, one from the Associated Country Women of the World and one from WNFGA, to visit rural and urban homes, attend association meetings, and travel throughout the exchange country for one month.

4.59 linear ft. (11 file boxes, 1 folio box, 4 folio+ boxes, 22 photograph folders, 10 audiotapes, 1 videotape)

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Woman's National Farm & Garden Association (U.S.)

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The Woman's National Farm & Garden Association (WNF&GA) is an American non-profit organization dedicated to promoting agriculture and horticulture. Membership is open to men and women; chapters are active in the Northeastern United States and the East North Central States. The WNF&GA was founded in 1914, as the Women's National Agricultural and Horticultural Association, "to promote agricultural and horticultural interests among women, and to further such interests throughout the country." In...

King, Francis, Mrs., 1863-1948

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Louisa was an author of nine books, numerous magazine articles, and a series on gardens and gardening. She founded the Garden Club of Michigan (1912), Garden Club of America, and the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association (1914). She received the National War Garden Commission's bronze medal and the American Horticultural Society's George Robert White medal. Known as the "Fairy godmother of gardening in America" she died in 1948. Her husband, Francis King, was a business man, mayor of Alma...

Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950

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Nolan, Martha A.

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Frysinger, Grace Elizabeth, 1885-

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New England Farm and Garden Association.

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Associated Country Women of the World.

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The Associated Country Women of the World group was organized in June 1933 in Stockholm, Sweden. The object of the group is "to promote and maintain friendly and helpful relations between country women and homemaker associations of all nations, to further the common interests of these groups in the economic, social, and cultural spheres, and to encourage the formation of similar organizations." From the description of Records, 1953-1994. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 4...