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Springdale Business and Professional Women's Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1371

Scope and Content Note

The records consist of the club's twenty-five scrapbooks spanning from 1941 to 1995. They contain newspaper clippings, yearbooks, membership rolls, lists of the officers, budget, awards, letters, picture post cards, newsletters, announcements, programs, brochures and leaflets, admission tickets, photographs (1988-1989 yearbook contains a group picture with George Bush), and miscellaneous memorabilia. The records also contain the club's minutes of the meetings, by-laws, membership lists, an accounting ledger, awards and certificates not displayed in the scrapbooks, yearbooks, a song book We Sing, and the club flag.

Dates

  • 1941-1994

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 Springdale B. & P.W. Club was organized on February 7, 1941 with the help of the Fayetteville B. & P.W. Club. Ethel Smith served as the first president. The club received its charter from the National Federation on March 17, 1941 and resolved to pursue the organizational objectives: to elevate the standards, to promote interests, and to extend opportunities to business and professional women through education.

Extent

5.9 Linear Feet (13 boxes)

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by type and chronologically.

Acquisition Information

Thelma Harris of Springdale, Arkansas, donated the Springdale Business and Professional Women's Club (B.& P.W) Records to the Special Collections Division on August 27, 1997.

An additional scrapbook (Box 13) was donated by Jane Treat.

Processing Information

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

Updated by Katrina Windon in November 2019 to incorporate an additional donation (Box 13).

Title
Springdale 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