Dig and Delve Garden Club Records

1961-2017
Manuscript Collection #1361
Creator(s)
Dig and Delve Garden Club (Greenville, N.C.)
Physical description
0.5 Cubic Feet, 1 document case, consisting of minutes, correspondence, and constitution and bylaws
Preferred Citation
Dig and Delve Garden Club Records (#1361), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions.

This collection contains minutes (1961-1970, 1999-2005, 2013-2014, 2016-2017) for the Dig and Delve Garden Club of Greenville, North Carolina. Also included are the constitution and bylaws, correspondence, and loose minutes for one meeting in 1975 and one in 1994.


Biographical/historical information

The Dig and Delve Garden Club was started in 1961 in Greenville, North Carolina, and is still in existence. According to its constitution and bylaws, its purpose is "to help beautify our homes and our city; to promote among amateurs, interest in growing and arranging of flowers and shrubs; and to cooperate with other clubs interested in gardening."


Scope and arrangement

The collection contains gaps in the minutes and reports. This collection contains minutes for the years 1961-1970, 1994-2005, 2013-2014 and 2016-2017. Also included are the constitution and bylaws, correspondence, and loose minutes for one meeting in 1975 and one in 1994. The minutes offer details on speakers that the club hosted, as well as activities they participated in.


Administrative information
Custodial History

November 14, 2019 0.5 cubic feet; This collection contains minutes (1961-1970, 1999-2005, 2013-2014, 2016-2017) for the Dig and Delve Garden Club of Greenville, North Carolina. Also included are the constitution and bylaws, correspondence, and loose minutes for one meeting in 1975 and one in 1994. Gift of Edith Malone Rand.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Edith Malone Rand

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright Law.


Key terms
Corporate Names
Dig and Delve Garden Club (Greenville, N.C.)
Topical
Gardening--North Carolina--Greenville
Gardening--Societies, etc.

Container list
Box 1 Dig and Delve Garden Club Records, 1961-2017
Folder a Printed Materials, 1972-1974, undated

Constitution and By-Laws and Correspondence

Folder b Printed Materials, 1961-1965

Minutes

Folder c Printed Materials, 1964-1974

Minutes

Folder d Printed Materials, 1994-2003

Minutes

Folder e Printed Materials, 2003-2005

Minutes

Folder f Printed Materials, 2013-2017

Minutes