RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

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Newport Horticultural Society records (RLC.Ms.023)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680
email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org

Scope & content

This collection consists primarily of records kept by judges at the summer or fall flower shows organized by the Newport Horticultural Society from 1921-1936. These records, kept in bound volumes, typically include the exhibition class number for the flower or vegetable judged and the top ranking exhibitors in each class. Also included are printed lists of the exhibition class numbers to be displayed and judged at their Amateur Flower shows in 1935-1948, individuals’ entry forms for the August 16, 1932, combined flower show, and a dinner program with a brief history of the society from 1940.