Modern Literature Club of Fayetteville Records
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Scope and Content Note
The papers consist of two series - administrative records, and records of club activities. Administrative records include minutes, correspondence, club histories written by Eloise Baerg, lists of presidents and their activities, an incomplete collection of yearbooks, and photographs. Records of club activities include reading lists and book reviews. However, the majority of items in this series consist of taped oral histories of club members prepared by ten selected club members in 1987. Each interviewee was questioned about their own lives, Fayetteville, the University of Arkansas, modern literature, and the history of the Modern Literature Club.
Dates
- 1926-2018
Creator
- Modern Literature Club (Fayetteville, Ark.) (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 Fayetteville Modern Literature Club is one of the oldest women's clubs in the city. Founded in 1926 as a book study group within the Fayetteville chapter of the American Association of University Women, members of the organization gathered twice a month to review and critique readings in contemporary literature.
Extent
3.1 Linear Feet (6 Boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
Material is arranged and described in two series:
- Series 1. Administrative Records
- Series 1. Subseries 1. Minutes
- Series 1. Subseries 2. Yearbooks
- Series 1. Subseries 3. Other Records
- Series 2. Records of Club Activities
- Series 2. Subseries 1. Books
- Series 2. Subseries 2. Oral History Project
Acquisition Information
The Modern Literature Club of Fayetteville Records were donated to the Special Collections Department by Patricia R. Collier, Vice-President of the Modern Literature Club of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on April 26, 1988.
Ellen Compton, President of Modern Literature Club of Fayetteville (2002-2003), donated additional records to the existing collection of the Special Collections Department on March 12, 2003. These materials were originally processed as a separate addendum, MC 891a, in 2003, but were integrated into MC 891 in 2022. Additional materials were donated by Compton on August 12, 2013, and on April 22, 2015.
Judith Ricker, Secretary of the Modern Literature Club of Fayetteville, donated additional records on October 10, 2019.
Processing Information
Processed by Anthony J. Wappel; completed in December 1988.
In August 2022, additional materials donated between 2013-2019, as well as materials originally processed as an addendum, MC 891a, were integrated into the collection by Katrina Windon. Some older yearbooks were integrated into Box 1; all other materials from what was originally processed as MC 891a and the additional newly-processed materials are found in Boxes 5-6.
Creator
- Modern Literature Club (Fayetteville, Ark.) (Organization)
Source
- Modern Literature Club (Fayetteville, Ark.) (Donor, Organization)
- Title
- Modern Literature Club of Fayetteville Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Anthony J. Wappel
- Date
- 1988
- 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