Transcript of oral history interview with Alice Pearson
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Interview transcript with Mrs. Alice Pearson conducted by Katherine B. McCormick. During the interview they discuss the founding and the history of The Garden Club and The Tourist Club, as well as the regular activities, lectures, trips, and donations made by the clubs. Interview topics include: The Arboretum; The Audobon Society; Castle Hill Foundation; The Conservation committee of the West Roxbury Women’s Club; The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts; The Italian Relief Fund; Malumet Bird Society; Save the Elms; Save the Redwood League; The Traveler's Club of West Roxbury; The Tourist Club; The West Roxbury Journal; The West Roxbury Women’s Club; The Wildflower Society; Conservation; Ecology; Flower shows; Flower arranging; Horticulture Classes; Lectures; Library Week; Mrs. Harold Arnold; Mrs. Fredrick Atwood; Mrs. E. Carlysle Baker; Mrs. H. H. Buxton; Mrs. Archie Campfell; Mrs. F. D. Chase; Mrs. Cyrus Collins; Mrs. Crockett; Miss Florence Davis; Hazel Davis; Miss Marian Dickey; Mrs. Dukakis; Mrs. Hadley; Miss Florence Hopkins; Mrs. Alonzo Howard; Dr. Howard, Directorof the Arboretum; Carl Jones; Mrs. George H. Jones; Mrs. Benjamin C. Lane; Mrs. Joseph Leach; Mrs. W. O. D. Little; Miss Sarah Livvy; Mrs. Edward Mahaty; Mrs. George E. Manthon; Mrs. James McGlaughlin; Mrs. F. W. Merritt; Mrs. Thomas Motley, Jr.; Mrs. Norris; Mrs. Porter; Mrs. Robert Richards; Miss Esther Sanborn; Dr. Richard Shuties, Director of the Botanical Department at Harvard; Mrs. Winifred Teale; Mrs. Sidney True; Miss Edith Walker; Miss Pauline Walker; Mrs. Wadley (Waverly) T. Wonson; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Faulkner Hospital; Highland Club Hall; Horticultural Hall; Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum; Library Hall; Roslindale Library; The Veterans Hospital; West Roxbury Library; Cape Cod; Centre Street; Crane Estate, Ipswich, Massachusetts; Portsmouth, Rhode Island
