Skip to main content

Fayetteville Council of Garden Clubs Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 916

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

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).

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

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444