Azalea Garden Club (Opelika, Ala.)

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Handwritten list of 29 club members by full name, including Aileen Maxwell Samford, Mary Denson Samford, Evlyn Barnett Samford, Inez Duke Searcy, Gertrude Ross Meadows, Lucy Holcombe Salter, and Lurine Floyd.

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Handwritten notes assigning club members to committees for the dedication: publicity (Mrs. Inez Searcy, Mrs. William Samford, Mrs. Taylor Hurby [?]), luncheon (Mrs. Edward Jones, Mrs. R. L. Wilson, Mrs. Eden [?] Andrews, Mrs. Whittelsey), terrace (Mrs. Frank Boyd, Mrs. George Dyar), hospitality and invitations (Mrs. Judson Salter), telephone (Mrs. R. L. Wilson, Mrs. Julian Palmer, Mrs. W. B. Whatley), and treasurer (Lurine Floyd).

Scope and Contents Typed program with a biographical sketch of Woodham: born in Alabama, bachelor's degree from Auburn University, three years of postgraduate study at the Sculpture Center in New York, 30 awards including the Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship, eleven one-woman exhibitions, and 115 sculptures in collections, among them Scholar's Sphere (1975) for the Northeast Bronx Educational Park, Co-op City. Repeats the Azalea Garden Club's statement on the commission (see OPL010_028). The text gives the...

Scope and Contents This series documents the commission, fabrication, and dedication of Whirlwind, a welded bronze fountain sculpture by Alabama-born sculptor Jean Woodham, presented to the City of Opelika by the Azalea Garden Club on September 20, 1977, and installed on the terrace of the Lewis Cooper, Jr. Memorial Library and Arts Center. Most of the material was created or gathered by Aileen Maxwell Samford, who chaired the club's Whirlwind Project. The records follow the...