Sesame Club of Fordyce, Arkansas, Records

Collection

Identifier: MC 1211

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Scope and Content Note

Microfilm copy of minutes, correspondence, scrapbooks, and other records created or collected by the Sesame Club of Fordyce, Arkansas. Also includes a hand-drawn club poster, mounted on wood board.

Dates

1917-1992

Creator

Sesame Club of Fordyce, Arkansas (Organization)

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 Sesame Club of Fordyce is a women's social and service organization affiliated with the Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs. The group has been involved in numerous community improvement projects in Fordyce since its founding in 1917.

Extent

0.02 Linear Feet (4 microfilm boxes and 1 oversize folder)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

A committee of Sesame Club members prepared the records for microfilming. Their inventory has been arranged within series based on document type:

1, Minutes, 1968-1992
2, Correspondence, 1969-1992
3, Yearbooks, 1917-1992
4, Pressbooks, 1958-1992
5, Community Improvement Project Scrapbooks, 1966-1988
6, Other Scrapbooks, 1969-1991
7, Miscellaneous Records, 1926-1992

Acquisition Information

Minutes, correspondence, scrapbooks, and other records created or collected by the Sesame Club of Fordyce, Arkansas were loaned to Special Collections for microfilming by Vivian O. Whitley, Thornton, Arkansas, on August 5, 1992.

Processing Information

Processed by Kim Allen Scott, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in February 1993. Oversize Folder 1 was incorporated into the collection by Katrina Windon in September 2022.