Fayetteville Council of Garden Clubs Records
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Scope and Content Note
The records contain the council's constitutions, minutes, and scrapbooks. One scrapbook, entitled Over the Rainbow, was entered into the Rose Rosette City Council Flower Show on May 12, 1964, and includes narratives, clippings, photographs, and samples of material. The supplementary materials (box 3) contain correspondence, minutes of the meetings, pamphlets, nine issues of The Arkansas Gardener, newspaper clippings, two photographs, and two financial record books.
Dates
- 1974-1993
Creator
- Fayetteville Council of Garden Clubs (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 Council of Garden Clubs was founded in 1949 as a non-profit civic and educational organization. It served to coordinate the garden clubs of Fayetteville, protect and conserve natural resources, and encourage civic beauty and roadside beautification.
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged by donor and by format.
Boxes 1-2: Donated by Lou Erwin.
Box 3, Supplementary materials: Donated by Sue Madison.
Acquisition Information
The Fayetteville Council of Garden Clubs Records were donated to the Special Collections Department by Lou Erwin on June 8, 1989. Box 3, the supplementary papers to this collection, were donated by Sue Madison of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on May 6, 1992, and circa 1998-2000.
Processing Information
Processed by Anthony J. Wappel, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in February 1989 and November 1998. Updated by Katrina Windon in April 2017 to incorporate additional materials (Box 3, Folder 2b).
Creator
- Fayetteville Council of Garden Clubs (Fayetteville, Ark.) (Organization)
Source
- Fayetteville Council of Garden Clubs (Fayetteville, Ark.) (Donor, Organization)
- Title
- Fayetteville Council of Garden Clubs Records, 1974-1993
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Anthony J. Wappel
- Date
- 1989
- 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