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- 1939-2003 (Creation)
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This folder contains within it various documents regarding the civil projects that the Ravinia Garden Club either assisted or participated in during the years of 1939-2003, with the majority of the public works occurring in the earlier half of the 20th century. These documents include consultations with various Horticulturalists, letters to and from the Chicago Botanic Garden, quotes for supplies, work, and plants, committee, and annual reports on the club’s activities regarding their civic work, as well as surveys, maps, diagrams, outlines, and plans for the aforementioned works. Notable civic works included in this folder are the Ravine Project, the Botanical Collection of Flowering Crab Trees and various renovations in and to Jen Jensen Park, as well as renovations to the Ravinia Business District and the outlying neighborhoods.