Cape Egmont Horticultural Society
Production date
1905-1940
1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
Description
The Society was founded by James Burgess, a settler in the Warea area in 1897 or 1898. The society was a very active one with most of the local residents participating in the annual shows which were held in the Warea Hall from 1902 onward. The society went into recess from 1917 to 1934 and again from 1940 to 1967 when a special meeting was convened to wind up the society and transfer accumulated funds to the Warea Hall Society.
The collection comprises two cash-books 1914-1917 and 1934-1940; correspondence (80 items), chiefly about Warea Flower Show, 1935-1940 and two minute books; Cape Egmont Horticulture Society, 1905-1940 and Warea Flower Show, 1906-1935.
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Object detail
1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
Box 1
Warea Flower Show minute book. 1906-1935.
Cape Egmont Horticultural Society cash book. 1914-1917.
Cape Egmont Horticultural Society minute book 1935-1940 includes minutes of final meeting held 17 July 1967.
Cape Egmont Horticultural Society cash book. 1935-1940.
Cape Egmont Horticultural Society record of show prizes. 1936-1937.
Folder.
List of items received from Cape Egmont Horticultural Society per J. S. Stronge. 19 July 1967.
Biographical notes on James Burgess and the Cape Egmont Horticultural Society written by J. S. Stronge. 18 June 1967. (Original notes and copy)
Correspondence 1935-1940 relates to the organization of the Warea Flower Show. Includes letterheads from local firms including Duncan & Davies, Ivan Watkins Flowers, J B McEwan & Co., Swainson's Studios.
Schedules for the autumn flower show 1935-1940.
Bill of sale from the Warea Store. 22 Feb.1934.
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