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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.

This folder contains black and white photographs that document the Flowering Crab Tree Collection at various stages of its development, as well as one of the commemorative plaque.

A collection of internal communication and memos between club members, news clippings regarding events and programs that the club sponsored or held, and project reports from park planning and improvements that they were involved in from the years of 1971-2008.

A collection of projection slides converted from photographs taken at a flower show that the garden club hosted. The slides provided do not indicate the date, place, or time the event took place.

This folder contains within various flower show schedules and pamphlets that provide the itinerary and description of each show between the years of 1973-1993. These pamphlets are from the “Fragrant Fantasies” show from 1980, “All on a Summer’s Day” in 1990, “Melodies of Spring” from 1985, “Hail Columbia” from 1993, “In the Fullness of Time” from 1973, “Ravinia, Her Charms and Destiny”, from 1977, “Great Performances in Bloom” in 1983, and “Perennials” in 1998. These pamphlets are arranged in the same order as they were received, and contains many duplicates that have original notations and documents from their original owners. The last pamphlet includes a list of former club members and selected dignitaries, a 70th anniversary award, and a letter from the National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc.

This box and single folder store only three white envelopes in them that contain the original handwritten and typed Meeting Minutes and Treasurer Reports from the years of 1974 to 2000. There are various versions of the reports contained within these envelopes, such as regular board meetings, general assembly meetings, and meetings combined between both the board members and the regular assembly.
Additionally, there are a few meetings minutes detailing the events of special meetings where outgoing and incoming board members convened to pass on their duties.
These envelopes are arranged as they were received, with the older documents arranged in the first folder, and the newest arranged in the last folder.

This folder contains various flower show pamphlets and advertisements that commemorate some of the clubs anniversaries between the years of 1977-2007

A green scrapbook that contains within the various original correspondences, mailing lists, and notices sent to members of the Ravinia Garden Club and members of the public advertising their events and Programs

A Letter to the Editor of ‘Garden Talk’ from Ravinia Garden Club President Marilyn K. Alaimo regarding an upcoming lecture program titled “Jens Jensen Remembered”, which discusses his landscape architecture works and the application of his design principles. Also included is a list of different potential classes and those who would teach them.