Records, 1951-2005, and two oversize scrapbooks, 1951-2005, re club activities which included landscaping at the Carolina Children's Home, arbor day activities, garden and flower shows, and an AM radio show on WIS during the early 1950s; includes photographs, correspondence, clippings, and ephemera. Oversize scrapbook, 1951-1981, re the club's work on the grounds of the Carolina Children's Home; 1952 Camellia Show; and historical essay from 1971: "20 Years: the Painted Daisy Club," by Ruth Folley. This volume also includes correspondence, Mar. and Dec. 1967, re the club's participation in the RSVP program supporting servicemen in Vietnam, in which Columbia organizations adopted military units serving in Southeast Asia; the garden club received thank-you notes for it's gifts sent to enlisted men serving in the 213th Assault Support Helicopter Company. Ephemera in this volume includes promotional materials for other civic work, including broadside, "Turn on your porch ligh! Fight polio tonight" (29 Jan. 1953). Second oversize scrapbook, 1981-2005, includes programs; obituaries and other clippings re members; photographs of neighborhoods and gardens in Heathwood and elsewhere; images of Ikebana, Japanese flower arrangements completed by members; and farewell email, 18 May 2004, re disbanding of the club. Both oversize scrapbooks include specimen scripts, 25 Sept. 1952 and [ca.1953], from Garden Topics, a talk show that aired on WIS-AM radio hosted by Mrs. Rachel Coward. Fifteen notebooks, 1954-2004, re financial records, minutes of monthly meetings, and planning for annual projects [housed in 1 carton].
