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The collection consists of records of the Eta and Alpha Pi chapters (Fort Smith, Ark.) of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, a professional organization of women educators. Materials include chapter yearbooks, an Alpha Pi chapter history, event programs, and newspaper clippings, as well as some materials related to the state-level and international organizations.

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Narrative, ca. 1930s, with revisions, of travels of Arkansas schoolteacher Henry Hudson Davis entitled "An Arkansas Globetrotter-Teacher".

Scope and Content Note The material in the collection, pertaining to the life of America Hamilton Mattix, comprises family and official correspondence, a diary (ca 1914-1928), teacher licenses and contracts (ca 1924-1928), loose pages with pasted newspaper/magazine clippings mostly of poems with a few handwritten notes, Home Economics class notes, a photocopy of Mattix's 1915 class picture, a photograph of Valley View Hall of Honor Inductee plaque, and other papers. The collection further contains papers of Esther...

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Scrapbook, 1922-1925, of Mary Virginia Norris, containing party and dance souvenirs, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and programs of her student days at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, through her first teaching job, Fort Smith High School.

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The collection contains meeting minutes, agendas, member lists, financial records, a constitution, and other organizational records of the Northwest Arkansas Schoolmasters Club and of its predecessor, the Washington County Schoolmasters' Club.

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The Ethyl Louise Harper Phillips Materials include a wedding scrapbook, a wedding gift register, a photograph, and a diary outlining the author's experiences as a teacher.

Scope and Content Note Materials include one item of correspondence. Joseph T. Robinson wrote a letter to Will McKelvey while he was in Cabot, Lonoke County, Arkansas December 6, 1890. Within the letter, Robinson explains to McKelvey that he had accepted a teaching position nine miles from his home with a salary of $45 per month. Robinson indicates in his letter that he has intentions to...

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The scrapbook was created by Bess Wolf to contain mementos of her University experiences, her career as a schoolteacher, and other early experiences. Other materials were inserted into the book throughout her life.

The collection consists of Bess Wolf's scrapbook, three letters written by her parents shortly before their marriage, and a card index of the contents of the scrapbook created at the Fayetteville Public Library.

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The collection contains organizational records of the Washington County Education Association, including meeting minutes, by-laws, financial records, and newspaper clippings. Also included are some documents related to the Washington County Teachers Association, a related organization.