Descriptive Summary
Rainbow Garden Club (San Antonio, Tex.)
Rainbow Garden Club Records
1996-2007Materials are in English.and Spanish.
MS 350
.2 linear feet (1 Box)
The University of
Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
The Rainbow Garden Club is an LGBT organization devoted to broadening member's knowledge about plants, gardening and landscape design. The club was founded in 1996 in San Antonio, Texas. The bulk of the collection is an incomplete run of the Rainbow Garden Club's newsletter, Rainbow Gazette. Also included in the collection are membership materials and select correspondence and meeting minutes.
Historical NoteThe Rainbow Garden Club is an LGBT organization devoted to broadening member's knowledge about plants, gardening and landscape design. The Club was founded in 1996 in San Antonio, Texas. Meetings usually take place on Saturday or Sunday at 11:00 am on the second or third weekend of each month and are held in members' homes, but are occasionally held at other locations of interest, such as the San Antonio Botanical Gardens or The Antique Rose Emporium. Each meeting consists of a brief review of club business, a presentation by a guest speaker on various garden related topics, followed by a pot luck lunch, where each member brings a covered dish to share with the group.
Rainbow Garden Club also organizes field trips to points of interest outside of San Antonio, such as The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, or Peckerwood Gardens in Hempstead, Texas.
Each meeting consists of a brief review of club business, a presentation by a guest speaker on various garden related topics, followed by a pot luck lunch, where each member brings a covered dish to share with the group.
Source: Rainbow Garden Club Yahoo group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rainbowgazette/
Scope and Content NoteThe bulk of the collection is an incomplete run of the Rainbow Garden Club's newsletter,
Rainbow Gazette. Also included in the collection are membership materials and select correspondence and meeting minutes.
Organization of Collection
- Original Deposit of 2011 (Acc. 2011-016)
Access Restrictions
This collection is housed at UTSA's Main Campus and must be accessed via the John Peace Library Special Collections reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form.
Usage Restrictions
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no other known archival collections created by Rainbow Garden Club (San Antonio, Tex.) at the date of
accessioning.
Acquisition Information
Donation from Sir Oliver Smith in April 2011 (Acc. 2011-016).
Processing Information
The collection has been processed and encoded by Nikki Lynn Thomas, Manuscripts Curator.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rainbow Garden Club records, MS 350, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
Index Terms
Organizations
Rainbow Garden Club (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subjects
Clubs--Texas--San Antonio.Gardening--Societies, etc.Gardening--Texas. Gays--Texas--Societies and clubs.
Locations
San Antonio (Tex.)
Genres/Formats
Correspondence.Membership lists.Minutes.Newsletters.
Local Subjects
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resources
A Detailed Description of the Collection
Rainbow Garden Club records
1Correspondence,1998-1999 1Meeting minutes and notes, 1996-1997 1Membership materials, 2000-2007 and undated 1Rainbow Gazette newsletter 1June 1996 1July 1996 1Volume 1, Issue 6,November 1996 1Volume 2, Issue 5,April-May 1997 1Volume 3, Issue 1,January 1998 1Volume 3, Issue 7,July 1998 1Volume 3, Issue 10,October 1998 1Volume 3, Issue 12,December 1998 1Volume 4, Issue 2,February 1999 1Volume 4, Issue 3,March 1999 1Volume 4, Issue 4,April 1999 1Volume 4, Issue 5 (partial newsletter),May 1999 1Volume 4, Issue 6,June 1999 1Volume 4, Issue 7,July 1999 1Volume 4, Issue 8,August 1999 1Volume 4, Issue 10,October 1999 1Volume 4, Issue 11,November 1999 1Volume 4, Issue 12,December 1999 1Volume 5, Issue 1,January 2000 1Volume 5, Issue 2,February 2000 1Volume 5, Issue 3,March 2000 1Volume 5, Issue 4,April 2000 1Volume 5, Issue 5,May 2000 1Volume 5, Issue 6,June 2000 1Volume 5, Issue 7,July 2000 1Volume 5, Issue 8,August 2000 1Volume 5, Issue 10October 2000 1Volume 5, Issue 11,November 2000 1Volume 5, Issue 12,December 2000 1Volume 6, Issue 2,February 2001 1Volume 6, Issue 3,March 2001 1Volume 6, Issue 4,April 2001 1Volume 7, Issue 3,March 2002 1Volume 7, Issue 4,April 2002 1Volume 7, Issue 5,May 2002 1Volume 8, Issue 11,November 2003 1Volume 9, Issue 2,February 2004 1Assorted materials, 1997-2003