Russell Gayer Collection of Arkansas Home Demonstration Club Records

Collection

Identifier: MC 2575

Staff Only
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Content Description

The collection consists primarily of Arkansas home demonstration club records, and particularly those related to Washington County home demonstration clubs and to the Washington County Extension Homemakers Council. Of the Washington County club records, the bulk pertain to the Baptist Ford Extension Homemakers Club and to the Busy Bees Extension Homemakers Club (Fayetteville); smaller subsets of materials relate to the Growing 59ers Extension Homemakers Club, the Habberton Extension Homemakers Club, the Viney Grove Extension Homemakers Club, and the Weddington Extension Homemakers Club. Additional records relate to Sebastian County Extension Homemakers Clubs and to state-level and national activities.

Materials include club yearbooks and record books, by-laws, correspondence, event materials, meeting minutes and notes, scrapbooks, photographs, financial records, and other materials.

In addition to home demonstration club records, there is also a small subset of printed materials that were likely collected by clubs or club members, possibly related to events that they held, as well as draft materials for a Goshen United Methodist Church cookbook.

Dates

1937-2014

Creator

Gayer, Russell (Collector, 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

Russell Gayer is a Washington County, Arkansas-based writer. His works include The Perils of Heavy Thinking (Pen-L Publishing, 2014) and One Idiot Short of a Village (Pen-L Publishing, 2018).

Extent

6.17 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Russell Gayer Collection of Arkansas Home Demonstration Club Records was donated to Special Collections by Russell Gayer of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on January 11, 2022. Gayer was given the materials several years ago by an unidentified woman who attended at a local history meeting he hosted at the United Methodist Church in Goshen, Arkansas.