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Fayetteville Business and Professional Women's Club Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MC 883

Scope and Content Note

The scrapbooks were created by the Fayetteville chapter in order to document the activities of the club. They include newspaper clippings, photographs, and programs pertaining primarily to local club events, but state, regional, and national Business and Professional Women's Club affairs are also included. Scrapbooks for May 1946 - Dec 1964 are missing.

Dates

  • 1929 - 1984

Creator

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

Organized in July, 1919 at St. Louis, Missouri, the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs is the oldest and largest organization created to promote the interests of business and professional women. The Fayetteville chapter was formed in 1924 by Mrs. W.S. Gregson and fourteen other charter members. Its members supported the public library, the United Relief Association, the Red Cross, Harmon Playfield, and various city beautification projects.

Extent

15 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

Scrapbooks pertaining to the Fayetteville Business and Professional Women's Club were donated by that organization to the University Libraries periodically from the 1940s through the 1980s. Originally cataloged in the Arkansas Collection of the Special Collections Department, the scrapbooks were transferred to the manuscripts division on September 19, 1986 by Andrea Cantrell, one-time librarian in the Special Collections Department.

Processing Information

Prepared by Anthony J. Wappel, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in August 1988.

Title
Fayetteville Business and Professional Women's Club Scrapbooks
Status
Completed
Author
Anthony J. Wappel
Date
August 1988
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444