Middlebury Garden Club records, 1933-1994.

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Middlebury Garden Club records, 1933-1994.

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Reports, minutes, by-laws, letters, programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, secretarys' books, treasurers' account books, and other records, including information about local and statewide projects relating to town and highway beautification, environmental education, natural resources, nuclear power plants, and social programs. Among the club's many presidents have been Ruth A. Hesselgrave (1963-1969), Velma Walker (1965), and Marjory Clagett (1968-1969) who later became president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont.

3 linear ft. (9 v., 4 boxes)

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Hesselgrave, Ruth Avaline

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Ruth Avaline Hesselgrave (1897-1991), like her parents, attended Middlebury College (1914-1918). After graduating from Middlebury, she went on to receive Masters degrees from Middlebury College and Yale University. Charles E. Hesselgrave (1868-1921), Ruth's father (Middlebury, 1893) maintained his connection to the college throughout Ruth's childhood by teaching at summer sessions. In 1918 he went to Europe as secretary with the 26th Division in France (1918-1919). Upon his return, Charles and h...

Clagett, Marjory

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Walker, Velma, of Middlebury, Vt.

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Velma Walker was interested in the future of Route 7 because of her position as president of the Middlebury Garden Club and because her home was located on Route 7. The Middlebury Transportation Committee was a local citizens committee formed in Nov. 1973 to help plan the future of Route 7 in Middlebury: if a bypass should be built east or west of the village; if the existing route should be relocated or widened; or if nothing should be done. The committee, appointed by the Addison County chairm...

Middlebury Garden Club (Middlebury, Vt.)

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The Middlebury Garden Club was founded as the Middlebury Outdoor Circle in 1933, assuming its present name in 1935. Issues of interest and projects have included the Billboard Bill debated in the Vermont Legislature (1963-1965) and other highway beautification efforts, Battell Woods and Means Memorial Woods projects in Middlebury, a "garden therapy" project at the Elm St. group home in Middlebury, beautification of Porter Hospital and Porter Nursing Home and of Triangle Park in Middlebury, as we...

Porter Hospital (Middlebury, Vt.)

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