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Adelaide Totten

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By Adelaide Totten

Adelaide Totten papers, 1918-1973.

Totten, Adelaide, 1890-1974 · 1918

Gardening is the through line of Adelaide Totten's papers, 1918 to 1973, one thousand items in two linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4122. Topics include flower gardening in North Carolina, the judging of flower shows, the Garden Club of North Carolina and the National Council of State Garden Clubs, with H. R. Totten also named and Chapel Hill as the local setting.

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