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Portland Garden Club

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9390
Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell conducted by Marian W. Kolisch on March 4, 1976. Cabell discusses her involvement with the Portland Garden Club, the Pittock Mansion, and the Portland Japanese Garden.

Dates: 1976 March 4

Portland Garden Club lantern slides

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1353
Abstract

This collection is made up of glass lantern slides created for the Portland Garden Club in the 1930s. The club was founded in 1924. Subjects depicted in the collection include the Kerr Gardens, the Frank and Meier estates, and various urban, suburban, and country gardens.

Dates: 1930-1940

The Portland Garden Club plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3122
Abstract

Collection includes 45 blueprint plot plans, elevations, sections and details on 7 sheets of a building for the Portland Garden Club at 1132 SW Vista Ave. in Portland, Oregon, by the firm of Scott & Payne.

Dates: 1953

Portland General Electric Co. Fairlawn substation landscape plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3194
Abstract

Portland Garden Club planting plan on 1 sheet for the Fairlawn substation of the Portland General Electric Co. at SE 82nd Ave. and SE Clay St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1924-1990

Nanny Wood collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 223
Abstract

Handwritten notebooks of Nanny Wood of Portland, Oregon, including details on her gardening activities and flora of interest to her. Also included is an illustrated manuscript on Wood's life and garden, as well as a typescript history of the Skidmore Fountain by Wood's husband, the artist and lawyer Charles Erskine Scott Wood. Nanny Wood's garden is now a portion of the grounds of the Portland Garden Club.

Dates: 1894-2011; Majority of material found within circa 1925-1933

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Portland 4
Architecture 2
Clubs and Societies 2
Gardening -- Oregon -- Portland 2
Architectural Drawings 1