Miscellaneous records of the Horticultural Society of Chicago, 1890-1904: [Book Plate]

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  • Title Miscellaneous records of the Horticultural Society of Chicago, 1890-1904
  • Subtitle [Book Plate]
  • Author Horticultural Society of Chicago.
  • Date 1890-1904
  • Description Book Plate from Miscellaneous records of the Horticultural Society of Chicago, 1890-1904. Records in this volume include constitution, minutes, financial records, membership rosters, lists of officers, premiums awarded and notices of meetings; various announcements, passes and membership cards affixed to endpapers; typed or printed matter and contemporary newspaper articles affixed to pages or loosely inserted.
  • Description Founded on October 1, 1890, the Horticultural Society of Chicago, known today as the Chicago Horticultural Society, was dedicated to the encouragement and promotion of the practice of horticulture in all its branches and the fostering of an increased love of it among the people. The Chicago Horticultural Society operates the Chicago Botanic Garden, which opened in 1972 and is one of the world's great living museums.
  • Physical Description Handwritten and typed ledger; Ink on paper
  • Physical Description 217 p. : ill. ; 36 cm.
  • Note Half-bound in brown leather; spine lacking.
  • Subjects Horticultural Society of Chicago--Administration; Horticultural Society of Chicago--Archives; Chicago Botanic Garden--History; Horticulture--Illinois--Chicago--Societies, etc.
  • Names Horticultural Society of Chicago; Chicago Horticultural Society
  • Collection Archives of the Chicago Horticultural Society
  • Repository Lenhardt Library, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois
  • Sponsorship Illinois State Library grant funding to digitize in 2015. The volume was digitally imaged by the NEDCC Imaging Lab in compliance with FADGI specifications.
  • Local Identifier Rare QK73.U62C43 1890
  • File Name Miscellaneous_Records-002
  • Citation [Title], Archives of the Chicago Horticultural Society, Lenhardt Library, Chicago Botanic Garden.
  • Item Url http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/ncbglib01/id/14099/rec/18
  • Digital Collection Chicago Botanic Garden, Lenhardt Library
  • Rights This image may be used freely, with attribution, for research, study and educational purposes. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact the Lenhardt Library, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022. Email: library@chicagobotanic.org