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Fort Smith Business and Professional Women's Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1121

Scope and Content Note

The records consist of the club's constitutions; bylaws; minutes of the meetings; membership lists; correspondence; financial and other reports; local, regional, state, and national programs; newspaper clippings; newsletters; three issues, 1973, of Widening Horizons, the official publication of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women; publications of the Arkansas and National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., miscellaneous printed material; song books and song sheets; and other material pertaining to the club's activities. It also contains five scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, letters, programs, announcements, photographs, and miscellaneous memorabilia.

Dates

  • ca 1913-1974

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

The Fort Smith Business and Professional Women's Club was organized in February 1913 with the objective to elevate the standards, to promote interests, and to extend opportunities to business and professional women through education.

Extent

0.75 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Acquisition Information

Donna Young, Fort Smith, Arkansas, donated the Fort Smith Business and Professional Women's Club Records to the Special Collections Division on August 13, 1991.

Processing Information

Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in January 1999.

Title
Fort Smith Business and Professional Women's Club Records
Status
Completed
Author
Vera Ekechukwu
Date
1999
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