A Guide to the Springfield Acres Garden Club Collection, 1956-2010, #MSS 05-81

Fairfax County Public Library
City of Fairfax Regional Library
Virginia Room
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Fairfax, VA 22030-2514 USA
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None

Use Restrictions

Consult repository for copyright information.

Preferred Citation

Springfield Acres Garden Club Collection, MSS 05-81, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

Acquisition Information

Donated by Mrs. Margaet Collmus, Clearwater, FL, in 2001. Additional items donated by Linda A. Guest, President of the Springfield Acres Garden Club, in March 2022.

Processing Information

Chris Barbuschak, January 2025
EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2025

Historical and Biographical Information

The Springfield Acres Garden Club was organized in 1955 in Springfield, Virginia. Estelle Bartyzel served as the club’s first president. The following year, they began publishing a newsletter, joined the National Capital Garden Club League, and held their first Flower Show. Over the last seventy years, they have landscaped and planted trees around the Springfield community including parks, health complexes, shopping centers, subdivisions and along roadways. They have a longstanding relationship with maintaining the landscaping of Richard Byrd Library and Grace Presbyterian Church in Springfield. The club has sponsored lectures, workshops, and classes on gardening and horticulture and written gardening articles for local newspapers. They have also hosted plant sales, annual flower and garden shows, Christmas bazaars, and other fundraising and social events. The club has won multiple awards and ribbons for participation in the National Capital Garden League Shows and other contests. Now in their seventh decade of operation, meetings continue to take place at Springfield’s Grace Presbyterian Church.

Scope and Content

The Springfield Acres Garden Club Collection consists of 7.5 linear feet and spans the years 1956-2010. It consists of scrapbooks that include photographs, correspondence, personal notes, show programs, newspaper clippings, invitations, and awards. Also included in this collection are award applications and certificates, newsletters, programs, yearbooks, and other ephemera. Subjects covered are horticulture, banquet decorating, flower shows, landscape planning, therapeutic gardening, and other activities of the club which is based in Springfield, Virginia.

Container List

Series 1: Scrapbooks, 1956-2010

Box 1 Folder 1: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1956-1959
Box 1 Folder 2: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1956-1959
Box 14 Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1959-1960
Box 14 Folder 2: Scrapbook, 1960-1963
Box 14 Folder 3: Scrapbook, 1969-1970
Box 1 Folder 3: Scrapbook, 1970-1971
Box 1 Folder 4: Scrapbook, 1971-1972
Box 1 Folder 5: Scrapbook, 1972
Box 1 Folder 6: Scrapbook, 1973-1974
Box 2 Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1975 September-1976 May
Box 2 Folder 2: Scrapbook, 1976 June-1977 June
Box 2 Folder 3: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1977 June-1978
Box 2 Folder 4: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1977 June-1978
Box 2 Folder 5: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1978-1979
Box 3 Folder 1: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1978-1979
Box 3 Folder 2: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1979-1980
Box 3 Folder 3: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1979-1980
Box 3 Folder 4: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1980 June-1981 June
Box 3 Folder 5: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1980 June-1981 June
Box 3 Folder 6: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1981-1982
Box 4 Folder 1: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1981-1982
Box 4 Folder 2: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1982-1983
Box 4 Folder 3: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1982-1983
Box 4 Folder 4: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1983-1985
Box 4 Folder 5: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1983-1985
Box 5 Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1985-1986
Box 5 Folder 2: Scrapbook, 1986-1987
Box 5 Folder 3: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1987 September-1989 June
Box 5 Folder 4: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1987 September-1989 June
Box 6 Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1989 September-1990 June
Box 6 Folder 2: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1991-1992
Box 6 Folder 3: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1991-1992
Box 6 Folder 4: Scrapbook, 1991-1992
Box 6 Folder 5: Scrapbook, Flower Show, 1992
Box 7 Folder 1: Scrapbook, 1992-1993
Box 7 Folder 2: Scrapbook , 1993-1994
Box 7 Folder 3: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 1994-1995
Box 7 Folder 4: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 1994-1995
Box 8 Folder 1: Scrapbook , 1996-1997
Box 8 Folder 2: Scrapbook, 40th Anniversary, 1996 April 28
Box 8 Folder 3: Scrapbook, 1997-1998
Box 8 Folder 4: Scrapbook, 1998-1999
Box 8 Folder 5: Scrapbook, 1999-2000
Box 9 Folder 1: Scrapbook, 2000-2001
Box 9 Folder 2: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 2002-2003
Box 9 Folder 3: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 2002-2003
Box 9 Folder 4: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 2004
Box 9 Folder 5: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 2004
Box 10 Folder 1: Scrapbook (1 of 2), 2004-2005
Box 10 Folder 2: Scrapbook (2 of 2), 2004-2005
Box 10 Folder 3: Scrapbook (1 of 3), 2005-2006
Box 10 Folder 4: Scrapbook (2 of 3), 2005-2006
Box 10 Folder 5: Scrapbook (3 of 3), 2005-2006
Box 11 Folder 1: Scrapbook, 2007-2008
Box 11 Folder 2: Scrapbook, 2009-2010
Box 11 Folder 3: Photo Album , c. 1950s-1970s
Box 11 Folder 4: Membership cards, 1968-1970

Series 2: Publications, 1957-1997

Box 11 Folder 5: Newsletters, 1957-1970
Box 11 Folder 6: Program, Garden Tour and Tea, 1957 April 13
Box 11 Folder 7: Program, 2nd Annual Flower and Garden Show, 1957 September 28
Box 11 Folder 8: Program, Garden Tea and Tour, 1958 May 3
Box 11 Folder 9: Program, 3rd Annual Flower and Garden Show, 1958 September 13
Box 11 Folder 10: Program, 1st Christmas Decorations Display, 1958 December 13
Box 11 Folder 11: Program, 3rd Annual Home and Garden Tour, 1959 April 26
Box 11 Folder 12: Program, 4th Annual Flower and Garden Show, 1959 September 12
Box 11 Folder 13: Program, 4th Annual Home and Garden Tour, 1960 April 24
Box 11 Folder 14: Program, 2nd Annual Christmas Greens Show and Bazaar, 1960 December 3
Box 11 Folder 15: Program, 5th Annual Home and Garden Tour, 1961 May 7
Box 11 Folder 16: Program, 3rd Annual Christmas Greens Show and Bazaar, 1961 December 9
Box 11 Folder 17: Program, Holiday Harmony, 1962 December 8
Box 11 Folder 18: Program, Holiday Greens Show, 1971 December 4
Box 12 Folder 1: Program, Mini Standard Flower Show, 1975 May 5
Box 12 Folder 2: Program, Garden Fair, 1976 May 18
Box 12 Folder 3: Program, Mini Standard Flower Show, 1980 April 15
Box 12 Folder 4: Program, Mini Standard Flower Show, 1982 April 21
Box 12 Folder 5: Program, Standard Flower Show, 1983 March 25
Box 12 Folder 6: Program, Shades of Autumn Standard Flower Show, 1984 October 9
Box 12 Folder 7: Program, Spring in Springfield Flower Show, 1987 April 21
Box 12 Folder 8: Program, Joys of Spring General Standard Flower Show, 1990 April 24
Box 12 Folder 9: Program, Standard Flower Show, 1997 October 21
Box 12 Folder 10: Yearbook, 1958-1959
Box 12 Folder 11: Yearbook, 1960-1961
Box 12 Folder 12: Yearbook, 1961
Box 12 Folder 13: Yearbook, 1969
Box 12 Folder 14: “Bulletin of the National Federation of Garden Clubs” [3 issues], 1970

Series 3: Awards, 1956-2006

Box 12 Folder 15: Garden Therapy Award, 1974-1983
Box 12 Folder 16: Garden Therapy Certificate of Recognition, 1975
Box 12 Folder 17: State Project Award (Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute Landscape Project), 1975
Box 12 Folder 18: May Duff Walters Broze Medal for Church Gardens (Oliviet Chapel Landscape Project), 1978
Box 12 Folder 19: Garden Therapy Certificate of Recognition, 1978
Box 12 Folder 20: Garden Therapy Certificate of Recognition, 1979
Box 12 Folder 21: Garden Therapy Certificate of Recognition, 1980
Box 12 Folder 22: Garden Therapy Certificate of Recognition, 1981
Box 12 Folder 23: Certificate of Recognition (Grand View Landscape Project), 1986
Box 12 Folder 24: Rita Butterworth Award, 1987
Box 13 Folder 1: Educational Award, 1988
Box 13 Folder 2: Evelyn Lang Award, 1990
Box 13 Folder 3: Anne Putney Flory Award, 1992
Box 13 Folder 4: Purple Rosette Award, 1992
Box 13 Folder 5: Standard Flower Show Citation, 1992
Box 13 Folder 6: Standard Flower Show Achievement Award, 2004
Box 13 Folder 7: The Club Program Citation, 2006
Box 13 Folder 8: Award Cards, 1956-1959
Box 13 Folder 9: Award Certificates, 1978-1997