Orphea Duty Collection of Walnut Grove Home Demonstration Club Photographs
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Content Description
Photographs, primarily of Walnut Grove Home Demonstration Club members and events in Newton County, Arkansas, including a clean-up day at the Walnut Grove Cemetery. Collection materials are copy photographic prints and negatives made from images in a personal scrapbook created by Orphea Duty, a club member. Two photocopies of scrapbook pages illustrating the original context are also included.
Those identified in photographs include Orphea Duty, Josie Clark, Virgie Moore, Easter Willingham, Flora Villine, Blanche Scroggins, and Ella Casey.
Dates
- circa 1940-1941
Creator
- Duty, Orphea (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Conditions Governing Use
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical / Historical
Orphea Lee McFerrin Duty (1898-2002) was a lifelong resident of Newton County, Arkansas. She served as the Boxley postmistress for 45 years, and was an active member of the Boxley Baptist Church and of the Walnut Grove Home Demonstration Club.
Extent
0.03 Linear Feet (2 folders)
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by format.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Orphea Duty Collection of Walnut Grove Home Demonstration Club Photographs was donated to Special Collections by Orphea Duty of Ponca, Arkansas, on July 20, 1991.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed September 2021.
- Title
- Orphea Duty Collection of Walnut Grove Home Demonstration Club Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- September 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu