DeWitt Mother's Club Records

Collection

Identifier: MC 777

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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of microfilmed copies of twenty-two scrapbooks and approximately four linear inches of documents. The documents are comprised mainly of reports written for the state and national A.F.W.C. offices describing the club's activities for the previous year. The club's minute books comprise a separate series (Series 2), as do the club's scrapbooks and guest books (Series 3).

Dates

1916 - 1986

Creator

DeWitt Mothers' Club (DeWitt, Ark.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

In 1916, a number of DeWitt area women organized the "Twentieth Century Mothers' Club." A social and civic organization, the club became affiliated with the Association of Federated Women's Clubs in 1919. It sponsored many local projects, including a soup kitchen for school children during the Great Depression, participation in the Community Improvement Program sponsored by the Sears Roebuck Foundation, and the sponsorship of art contests in the DeWitt area. Foremost among it accomplishments, however, was the sponsorship of the DeWitt City Library, which it helped establish in 1926.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (3 microfilm reels)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Material is arranged and described in three series, each of which is stored on a separate reel of microfilm:

Series 1. Papers and Reports, 1952-1982. Groups 1-11
Series 2. Minute Books, 1916-1981. Volumes 1-15
Series 3. Scrapbooks and Guest Books, 1919-1986. Volumes 16-22

Acquisition Information

The original copies of the DeWitt Mothers' Club Papers are housed in the DeWitt Public Library. They were loaned to Special Collections for microfilming December 2, 1987, by Ms. Edra Lumsden, librarian of that institution.