Shirley Heard 4-H Scrapbook
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Scope and Content Note
This collection contains Shirley J. Heard’s scrapbook that includes newspaper clippings of Heard’s various awards and photographs. Also included are Cotton, Clothing, Leadership, and Standard 4-H reports.
Dates
- 1946-1993
Creator
- Heard, Shirley, 1934- (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
Shirley Jacquelyn Heard was born on June 24, 1934 to Carl and Georgia Heard in Etowah, Mississippi County, Arkansas. She attended Keiser High School. In 1944, she joined 4-H and excelled at Home Economics, especially dress-making, and singing. During her membership, Heard was elected as the president and song leader in the Keiser 4-H Club, vice-president and song leader of the 4-H County Council, and the state song leader. In 1951, Heard attended the National 4-H Congress in Chicago.
She continued her 4-H membership at the University of Arkansas and became the president of the Girls’ 4-H House as a freshman. She represented her House in the Gaebale Beauty Show and was a candidate for “Sweetheart of the University of Arkansas” in 1953. She graduated with a B.S.H.E. In 1966, she received a Masters Degree in Family Life Education and eleven years later, a Masters in Guidance and Counseling.
In 1956, Heard married Glenn Brackett, a fellow 4-H member. They lived together in Hornersville, MO where she taught Home Economics. Mr. Brackett died in 1981. Heard remarried in 1989 but later divorced. In 2001, she married Fayban Courteney Mathey, her current husband.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Acquisition Information
The Shirley Heard 4-H Scrapbook was donated to the Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries, on April 25, 2007, by Shirley Heard Mathey.
Processing Information
Processed by William R. Quinn; completed in June 2010
Creator
- Heard, Shirley, 1934- (Person)
- Title
- Shirley Heard 4-H Scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- William R. Quinn
- Date
- 2010
- 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