Sylvia Swartz Papers Addendum
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Scope and Content Note
Materials include awards, plaques, invitations, newsletters, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, correspondence, photographs, lectures, academic publications, research journals, club minutes, constitutions, charters, University of Arkansas job applications and notices of change in job status, poetry by Otis Hite, and confidential papers pertaining to illegal recruitment of Jim Barnes.
Dates
- 1930-2001
Creator
- Swartz, Sylvia, 1899-2003 (Person)
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
Sylvia Swartz received her bachelor's and masters degrees in plant ecology in 1923 and 1928, respectively, from the University of Cincinnati. She moved to Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, in 1929, where she became active in both participant and leadership roles of many community service organizations, including the League of Women Voters of Washington County, the Girl Scouts of Northwest Arkansas, the Area Agency on Aging, and the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board. She was also Fayetteville's first woman to be elected to a public office. She served as the vice mayor of Fayetteville, as well as the chair of the Arkansas Water Resources Committee for Comprehensive Energy Services.
This collection also contains the papers of Dr. Delbert Swartz, the husband of Sylvia Swartz. He served as a professor and chairman of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville's Botany and Bacteriology Department for thirty-seven years until his death in 1966. He also served as the chairman of the University's Faculty Committee on Athletics, president of the Southwest Conference, and vice president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Extent
11.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Acquisition Information
The Sylvia Swartz Papers Addemdum was donated to Special Collections by Sylvia Swartz, on July 26, 1990.
Processing Information
Processed by Lori Neumeier; completed in October 2008
- Title
- Sylvia Swartz Papers Addendum
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lori Neumeier
- Date
- 2008
- 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