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Title: Town and Country African Violet Club
Dates: 1956-2012
Collection Number: MSS 11114
Quantity: .75 feet
Abstract: Consists of records of the Town and Country African Violet Club, including minutes, financial records, printed material, photographs, program listings, and material from the Club’s 50th anniversary in 2007.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by club member Shirley D. Hintz on February 7, 2012. The collection was processed and this inventory created by Emily E. Schultz in February 2012.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
Copyrights: Copyrights to this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U.S. Code or an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.
Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
Transfer: A banner from the club’s 50th anniversary was offered to the Museums Division in
January-February 2012.
BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY
Box 1:
1 Minute book/scrapbook, 1956-1965
2 Minute book/scrapbook, 1969-1974
3 Minute book/scrapbook, 1974-1983
4 Minute book/scrapbook, 1982-1989
5 Minute book/scrapbook, 1989-2002
6 Minute book/scrapbook, 2004-2011
7 Program listings, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012
Box 2:
1 50th Anniversary material: club history, program, napkins, scrapbook, 11/8/2007
2 Manuscripts: “The Most Important Requirements for Good Growing of African Violets” by
Maisie Yakie, 1957 and “Violet Culture” by unidentified, 1957
3 Brochures and printed material, 1983-2012
4 African Violet magazine, 2007, 2010-2011
5 Financial books, 1977-1999 and 2000-2011
6 “The Once and Future Violet” DVD, 2010 AVSA Convention and Show, Raleigh, NC
7 Photograph album, 1962-2011
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