Freeman, Montine McDaniel
2007-50

 99-012 Box 1 of 6 

General note

NAF 1 of 6 (flat box)

1) Yellow 7" x 9" binder with 3 metal rings labeled "My Favorite Recipes": Has handwritten entries of recipes

2) Certificate in the name of Montine McDaniel Freeman awarded by Tulane University on Saturday, May 17, 1986 on the 50th anniversary of graduation from H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College

3) Framed certificate from the Garden Club of America awarding the Amy Angell Collier Montague Medal to Montine McDaniel Freeman for her role in supporting the restoration of the Gallier House

4) 12" x 14.5" scrapbook with brown leather covers: Only half full. Contains magazine pages with art works. Each page is separated by acid-free paper.

 99-012 Box 2 of 6   One recipe book, one certificate for gardening, one Tulane/Newcomb certificate and one scrapbook.

General note

NAC 2 of 6 (carton)

1) Bundle of letters sent by The Garden Club of America and addressed to Mrs. Richard Freeman in 1973

2) Folders labeled as follows: Nurseries

3) Garden Club of America

4) Meeting of Board

5) National Affairs

6) Nature Conservancy

7) New Orleans Town Gardner: Some pages are stained and discolored

8) Newsletter--Conservation

9) Nominating Committee

10) Preservation and Civic Planting Reports

11) Pettway Letters

12) Past Conservation Reports

13) Past Appointments

14) Organization of N.C.A.

15) Air, Water, Soil Pollution--Pesticides (Koss)

16) Flower Magazines- Includes:

--1. "Fiftieth Anniversary Publication of The Society For Louisiana Irises--1941-1991," edited by Joseph K. Mertzweiller (Franklin Press, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA)

--2. "Special Publication of The Society For Louisiana Irises--1941-1981"

--3. The Camellia Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4, November 1976

--4. The Camellia Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3, August 1976

--5. The Camellia Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, February 1977

--6. The Camellia Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2, May 1978

--7. The Camellia Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2, May 1979

17) Awards

Box 3 of 6 

General note

NAC 3 of 6

1) "Our Heritage in the Delta Kappa Gamma Society," Volume II, by Eunah Temple Holden, 1970: Between pages is a card with photo announcing the birth of John Forney Rowan III on December 22, 1997 (son of Virginia and John Rowan). Also a card with a Scottish recipe.

2) "Our Heritage in the Delta Kappa Gamma Society," Volume II, by Eunah Temple Holden, 1970: Between pages is a card with photo announcing the birth of John Forney Rowan III on December 22, 1997 (son of Virginia and John Rowan). Also a card with a Scottish recipe.

3) Folders labeled as follows- Lagniappe--Junior League of New Orleans- Contains a 1-foot long plastic measuring tape:

--1. Lagniappe--Junior League of New Orleans, Summer 1993

--2. Lagniappe--70th Anniversary of the Junior League of New Orleans, Spring 1994

--3. Lagniappe--Junior League of New Orleans, Inc., Vol. XXXXI, No. 8, May 1972

--4. Lagniappe--Junior League of New Orleans, Volume 55, Number 7, March 1986

--5. Lagniappe--Junior League of New Orleans, Volume 60, Number 4, Summer 1991 (front cover is missing)

--6. Lagniappe--Junior League of New Orleans, Fall 1991

--7. Lagniappe--Junior League of New Orleans, Fall 1994

--8. Lagniappe--Junior League of New Orleans, Fall 1995

4) Recipe Books: Miscellaneous recipes from the Garden Club Cook Book on color recipe cards and recipes from Christ Church Cathedral, Seventh Annual Cooking School, 1971

5) Athens: Receipts in Greek dated to January 1950

6) Austria: Contains travel guides for Austria, business cards of different places in Austria, information about tours, opera and other programs (dating back to the 1960s)

7) Automobile Documentation: Contains a map of Europe and paperwork for the freight shipping of a Lincoln convertible from the U.S. to France in 1950. Folder also has a French and an international driver's license in Montine Freeman's name.

8) Ireland: Miscellaneous maps, brochures, and travel information on Ireland

9) Denmark: Miscellaneous maps, brochures, and travel information on Denmark

10) Expense Account: Notebook listing miscellaneous expenses

11) Correspondence

12) Egypt: Postcards of Egypt and correspondence

13) England: Information about particular places to visit

14) Finland: Miscellaneous maps, brochures, and travel information on Finland

15) France: Miscellaneous brochures, maps, and event programs on France (mostly Paris)

16) Germany: Miscellaneous brochures

17) Istanbul: Postcards and tourist information on Istanbul

18) Kenya: Pamphlet on a hotel

19) 1975-1976 Directory--Natural Science Centers, Published by the Natural Science For Youth Foundation

20) Louisiana Nature Center

21) Italy: Info on hotels, large book on Italy (in English)--staples that hold pages together were not removed so as not to damage the book.

22) Miscellaneous: Laundry receipts; Commencement exercises, Middlebury College, May 26, 1985; newspaper and magazine articles; little pamphlet about the truth on insects; small notebook (empty)

23) Mexico: Brochures about services at a hotel in Puerto Vallarta

24) Misc. Travel Arrangements: Boarding passes dated July 1973 for travels to Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Leningrad, Moscow, and London; correspondence about hotel reservations; 1952 Travel Letter No. 10 from R. S. Hecht about Ethiopia; travel arrangements in the name of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Freeman for travels to Germany, Austria, Yoguslavia, Italy, and Ireland in September-October 1967.

25) Norway: Maps and miscellaneous travel brochures

26) Netherlands: Map

27) Papers, Lectures, and Magazines: Arts & Antiques, March 1998; folder labeled "Antiques Forum Neo-Classicism in America" contains "Summaries of the Lectures and Suggested Readings from the 16th Annual Williamsburg Antiques Forum, 1964" and other essays on architecture

28) Russia: Travel brochure in French on the peoples of the Soviet Union; other brochures

29) St. Lucia: three copies of a tourist brochure

30) Sweden: Maps, brochures, and tourist information

31) Spain: Magazine article on Gaudi's Church in Barcelona

32) Sewing: Magazine "The Romance of the Village Quilts," Mary A. McElwain, Walworth, WI, 1936; correspondence with sewing information

33) United States: Miscellaneous maps and brochures

34) Yugoslavia: Maps and travel brochures

Box 4 of 6 

General note

NAF 4 of 6

1) Folder labeled "Letters-July 1967": Bundle of letters dated to 1967 (letters written by women applying for a position as domestic worker for Mrs. Freeman)

2) Folder containing newspaper and magazine clippings of recipes: Newspaper clippings were not photocopied at the time of processing but will have to be photocopied in the future as some pages are discoloring.

3) Folder labeled "Architecture/Housing"- Contains:

--1. "A Guide to Architecture of New Orleans--1699-1959," by Samuel Wilson, Jr. F.A.I.A., Louisiana Landmarks Society Edition, 1960

--2. "Plan for Kitchen Living," St. Charles Manufacturing Co., 1955

--3. Envelope with a brochure entitled "Sidings" from the US Plywood Corporation and several other (smaller) brochures from Weldwood (a product of US Plywood)

--4. Miscellaneous brochures about house improvement and clippings from architecture/house and garden magazines

4) Sections from magazines--one with recipes, the other with art works

5) Folder labeled "Fashion": Contains a sales catalog labeled "Christmas 1973--Bergdorf Goodman;" a sales catalog from department store Bonwit Teller (1973); pages from fashion magazines with photos of female models

6) Folder labeled "Housekeeping/Gardening"- Contains: May 9, 1965 issue of "The Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine;" a manila folder labeled "Housekeeping Notes" which contains handwritten notes. Newspaper was not photocopied at the time of processing but will need to in the future as pages are discoloring.

7) "Life Recipe File Cards" (10" x 14" book with detachable recipe cards--no date to be found)

8) 11" x 14" book entitled "The Famed Scholz Design Collection," (Scholz Holmes, Inc., Toledo, OH, 1962)

9) February 1958 issue of "Town & Country"--"Mardi Gras in New Orleans"

10) Folder labeled "Music": Contains a menu; booklet "Meal Planning With Exchange Lists" (Ochsner Foundation Hospital, Ochsner Clinic--no date); music score for "The Forest Prince: An Operetta"

11) Folder labeled "Misc. Architectural Pictures" (pages taken from magazines):

12) White "The Greenhouse" folder: Contains recipes, name tags, a paper napkin

13) Folder labeled "Cordon Bleu Recipes": Contains two copies of "Dione Lucas Cooking Series," Thursday, February 11, 1954, presented by the Women's Auxiliary of the New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Society

14) Folder labeled "Bon Appetit": Contains the May-June 1968 issue of "Bon Appetit: The Magazine of Good Taste"

15) Folder labeled "Art": Contains pages from the November 1937 issue of "Fortune"

16) Folder labeled "Cajun-Creole Cookery": Contains two copies of "Cajun-Creole Cookery: A Section of The Daily Iberian," September 23, 1961 (Commemorating the 20th Annual Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair). The newspaper magazines were not photocopied at the time of processing but will need to be in the future as pages are brittle and discoloring.

Box 5 of 6 

General note

NAC 5 of 6

1. Admissions Committee

2. Annual Directory: Names and Addresses of Presidents

3. Annual Meeting and Board of Associates

4. Atomic Plant Information and Atomic Energy Information

5. Bissell, Mrs. George P. : Letter

6. Botanical Names of Local Plants

7. Bulletin Information

8. Byrd, Helen- Historic Preservation

9. Certificates of Conservation: Applicants, etc.: for Zone—and Information about them

10. Committee Reports

11. Conservation 1974

12. Conservation Chairman Zone 7 1971-72

13. Conservation Chairman Zone 9

14. Conservation Education

15. Conservation Representation

16. Conservation Representatives of all zones 1971-72

17. Correspondence, Tax Information, and Miscellaneous notes

18. Donations

19. Doolan, Mrs. Jerome K. (Elvina)

20. Education- Vice Chairman under Mrs. Greeley: Conservation- Mrs. Elder

21. Environment

22. Estuaries

23. Fact Sheet

24. Flower Show- Zone IX- 1969

25. Founders Fund

26. Garden Clubs in: Tyler, TX. River Oaks, TX, and Pilgrimage (Natchez), MS

27. Garden Club of America: Calendar and Liasons

28. Garden Clubs of Dallas, TX and Greenville, MS

29. Garden Clubs of Houston, TX and Laurel, MS

30. Garden Clubs of Nashville, Knoxville, and Lookout Mountain (TN)

31. Interchange Fellowship

32. Land Use and Recycling

33. Landscaping and Gardening Information

34. Legislation

35. Letters to Conservation Chairman

36. Little Rock Garden Club

37. Longue-Vue Gardens Information

38. Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service

39. Louisiana Landmark Society

40. Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission

41. Magnolia Garden Club of Beaumont, TX

42. Memphis Little Garden and Garden Clubs

43. Miller, Mrs. James R.: Vice Chairman of Conservation Land Use

44. Monthly Meeting of Conservation Committee

45. Mrs. Greeley: National Conservation Chairman

46. New Orleans Garden Study Club

47. New Orleans Town Gardener

48. Noteworthy Modern Architecture in New Orleans and Restorations

49. Programs

50. Proposal Budget—1975 (Annual Meeting in Washington)

51. RCA Names

52. Reports from Conservation Chairman of Individual Clubs

53. Speakers at Board Meetings

54. Waller, Wilhelmine

55. Zone IX- 1971- And Zone Divisions 1975-1976

Box 6 of 6 

General note

1. 1965-1967

2. Decorating Info from NY Oct. 1969 and earlier

3. Rug

4. Decorating Freeman

5. Clippings and Brochures 1966-68

6. Decorating Information 1953-1962

7. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Richard W. Freeman

8. 1948-1957

9. 1947-1965

10. 1954-1963

11. 1964-1966 clippings and notes

12. Large box with miscellaneous appliance and project manuals