Name/Title
Broomfield Garden Club Scrapbook 1957-1958Entry/Object ID
2022.8.1Scope and Content
The front cover is green, detailed with flowers, and leather. Embossed with "Broomfield Garden Club". Within there is an award for a Certificate of Membership dated June 25th, 1956. Picture of Mrs. John Nickels who was the president of the club from 1957-1958... also contains a biography. Two checks to the Bank of Lafayette in 1957. Contains clippings of meeting dates and other important dates and events that the club was a part of. Also contains an article of Amelia "Kozy" Kozisek about her time as a Broomfielder and her family.
Additional section is named "Flower Show" with a newspaper section describing the event with a picture. Contains a newspaper clipping of "Postmaster and Mrs. Miles Crawford" about their family and what they have done in the community. Mrs. John Nickles is mentioned as a special guest who gave the President of Broomfield Garden Club, Marie Evatz, a President's pin. A special stamp was made in honor of the Broomfield Garden Club, two of which are inside the scrapbook. A clipping also discusses the Club sponsoring the Boys and Girls Club. Clippings also discuss park plan meetings. A picture discusses a Junior Garden Club of younger children. Plans for the East Broomfield Park. An award for Appreciation for Volunteer Service to The Wallace School for the Broomfield Garden Club's time. Pamplet of "Beyond the Garden Wall" at the Broomfield Methodist Church. Two blue ribbons, one for the Flower Show and the other for the Colorado Federation of Garden Clubs, scrap book. Some of the news clippings on the back page are from the beginning of 1959. Picture of Mrs Ruth Buckbee,
Members listed: Mrs Wallace Bell, Mrs Frank Bennington, Frank Branch, Mrs George Brown, Mrs Elizabeth Brunner, Mrs Miles Crawford, Mrs Viola Crooks, Mrs Arthur Dunphy, Mrs Joseph Evatz, Mrs Edgar Gibbons, Mrs, W.T. Hughes, Mrs Ray Kennedy, Mrs. Amelia Kozisek, Mrs Melvin Parham, Mrs E.J. MacCormack, Mrs Sam McKewan, Mrs Elmer Perkins, R.I. Sager, Mrs William Sauer, Mrs Albert Schillo, Mrs Helen Searle, Mrs W.C. Shaklee, Mrs Donald R. Smith, Mrs Arnold Weyerman, Mrs J.R. Woodward, Mrs Robert Wray, Mrs Henry Raubach, Marie Evatz, Anahree Bell, Lisa Brown, Helen Hughes, Mrs Ferrel Dow, Mrs Ernest Lang, Mrs Howard Riedy, Mrs Richard Webb, Mrs R.B. Wray, George Kelley. New Officers Pauline Smith- President, Bernadine Woodward- Vice President, Gladys Gibbons- Secretary, Helen Wray- Treasurer.
There is also hand-painted and colored flowers and birds throughout the pages as decoration with paint and colored pencils. These were painted by Lucille McEwan, mother of donor.Collection
Permanent CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
ScrapbookNomenclature Primary Object Term
AlbumNomenclature Sub-Class
MemorabiliaNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Groups of people, Gardening, Gardens, Women, FlowersSearch Terms
Broomfield Garden Club, Broomfield Heights, Women's Groups, LandscapingArchive Details
Creator
Lucille McEwanDate(s) of Creation
1957 - 1959Archive Notes
Date(s): 1957-1959Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Emily Crawford