Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.(Digital materials do have access restrictions)

Preferred Citation

MSS 5520, Albemarle Garden Club Records-Periwinkle Garden (Addition 12) Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Susan K. Turner to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 13 June 2018.

Biographical / Historical

The Albemarle Garden Club, founded in 1913 in Charlottesville, Virginia, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the knowledge and love of gardening, environmental conservation, and community beautification. It's affiliated with both the Garden Club of Virginia (GCV) and the Garden Club of America (GCA). The club has a rich history, including its role in the founding of the GCV and its contributions to Historic Garden Week

Source: history of the albemarle garden club AI Google. 8/5/2025

https://www.albemarlegardenclub.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=90329&module_id=535804

Content Description

This addition to MSS 5520, Albemarle Garden Club records (Periwinkle Cottage), contains one thumb drive with text description of the Garden Club of America's Garden History & Design Committee, 2016 (incl. planting lists, licenses, copies of articles, and possibly photos) and one folder labeled AGC Periwinkle Cottage 2017, Albemarle Garden Club Zone VII, Periwinkle garden Submission 2017. The folder contains miscellaneous papers and one disc labeled "Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens: Periwinkle Cottage Garden," containing photos and captions.

Related Material

Accession MSS 5520 through 5520-f and Addition 11. The records contain minutes, committee reports, president and treasurer reports, state and national club reports, yearbooks, handbooks, programs, state Board of Governors' meetings reports, a register, and material from the files of the club. Of interest are papers concerning a suit joined against the University of Virginia over "Morea, " a Charlottesville estate. In addition there are miscellaneous letters from Club members as well as histories of the Club written by Elizabeth B. Gamble and Mary Stuart Cocke Goodwin. The former contains many amusing anecdotes documenting the social life and customs of the members who were also among the socially and economically elite of Albemarle County. These earlier additions are described in the VIRGO catalog.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Gardens
• clippings (information artifacts)