Guide to the Evergreen Cemetery Collection – Research Collection Contents (File Cabinets)

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Series I. Individual and Family Files

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series consists of four file cabinet drawers containing folders with information, photos, and research materials pertaining to individuals and families buried at Evergreen Cemetery, arranged in alphabetical order: Abbe-Zinn.

File Cabinet 1, Drawers 1-4

Series II. Tour Notes and Information

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series consists of eighteen folders containing information and research materials from past tours and events conducted at and about Evergreen Cemetery, as well as one small box of tour notes from past Evergreen docent Renie Leaman.

Folder #1: Ladies of the Evening Tour

Folder #2: Chinese History Tours

Folder #3: Black History Tours

Folder #4: Civil War/GAR Tours

Folder #5: Veterans Tours

Folder #6: Ghost Stories Tours

Folder #7: Murders, Suicides, and Mayhem Tour

Folder #8: Suicide Project Tour

Folder #9: Local Politicians Tour

Folder #10: Tree and Flower Tour

Folder #11: Women’s History Tours

Folder #12: Wild and Wooly Tour

Folder #13: Notes from Other Tours

Folder #14: Slideshow Presentation

Folder #15: School Tour Aids

Folder #16: Docent Training

Folder #17: Past Event Flyers and Schedules

Folder #18: Student Poems and Drawings

File Cabinet 2, Drawer 1

Series III. Research Materials

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series consists of seven folders containing research materials relating to Evergreen Cemetery, such as gravestone preservation guidelines and information about Evergreen’s history, as well as one binder containing copies of plot maps.

Folder #1: Evergreen History

Folder #2: Masonic Plot Information

Folder #3: Mary Wood’s Evergreen Book Notes

Folder #4: Copy of Dorothea Bourne’s Lot Drawings

Folder #5: Copies of Plot Maps

Folder #6: Cemetery and Gravestone Preservation Info

Folder #7: H.E.L.P. Brochures

File Cabinet 2, Drawer 1