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A list of awards granted to various garden clubs throughout Illinois, as well as potential programs and a letter from the Botanic Garden thanking the Ravinia club for their donation of two rare books regarding Marilyn Alaimo. Included in this folder are awards that do not take the form of ribbons; Award 19, awarded to Marilyn Putz (née Alaimo) for Garden Therapy. Additionally, there is a postcard from Ravinia Garden Club President Marilyn Alaimo thanking them for their contribution to the Botanic Garden’s Collection.

An overview of the Ravinia Garden Club as prepared by the organization, a list of members who participated in it at the time it was prepared, news articles, a copy of the bylaws, and various information regarding the Blue Star Memorial Markers, as well as communication between then Senator Mark Kirk and Marilyn Alaimo congratulating her on receiving to permit to renovate the memorial site.

This file contains yearbooks. Three yearbooks cover the founding articles and members of the Ravinia Garden Club from 1927, and the last one covers the same founding articles and member roster updated from 1928.
Yearbooks: 1927, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934.

This folder contains a laminated list of Charter Members, Honorary Members (both living and deceased), members who obtained various awards and citations for serving in the club, past Presidents, select member profiles, as well as an overview of the Historian’s Files regarding meeting minutes and membership records. Lastly, there is a color photograph and laminated newspaper article dedicated to Ravinia Garden Club member Mary Black.

This folder contains a folder containing multiple documents regarding the Ravinia Garden Club’s application for the Award #18A for renovating the Blue Star Memorial. In this folder are pamphlets from the dedication ceremony, a summary detailing the proposal of the project and its background, the original application form, newspaper articles covering the club receiving the award, and certificate of appreciation from the Officers and Enlisted men from Fort Sheridan, and pictures documenting various stages of the project as it was implemented.

This folder contains an unbound copy of “The Handbook for Flower Shows”, authored by the National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc., and published in 1999.

This folder contains a collection of correspondence between members of the club and members of the community at outside of the club regarding projects that the Ravinia Garden Club was involved in during the years of 1999-2003. This primarily involves communication between members of the club and the District of Highland Park and Moraine Township regarding past, present, and future projects.

This folder includes within the original articles of incorporation of the Ravinia Garden Club filed with the state of Illinois. The official (re) incorporation of which is dated to be July 11th, 1986. Also included are the Garden Club’s Bylaws, correspondence with another regarding potential projects, IRS correspondence regarding their incorporation as a non-profit organization, their non-profit application paperwork with both the state of Illinois and the Federal Department of the Treasury, and correspondence between the then club president Betty Haude and a lawyer regarding their attempt to become a non-profit tax exempt organization.