Gardens.

Scope and Contents The Richmond Garden Club Records document the history of the organization as well as various projects they worked on with other community partners. The club members were very active in the preservation of White Hall State Historic Shrine and designed and maintained gardens there. They have also worked with various local organizations including Girl Scouts, Richmond City Government and the Richmond Area Arts Council to build Monarch Butterfly gardens, beautify Irvinton and downtown Richmond...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, financial records and legal documents that were left in Elmwood at the time of Emma Watts' death. The collection spans three branches of the family (Parkes, Walker, and Watts) and covers nearly 150 years. The bulk of material is from 1878 and later and pertains to the Watts family; however, the Parkes family, particularly James B. Parkes, is well-represented within the collection. The Watts family owned thousands of acres of...