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Goldenrod Extension Homemakers Club of Washington County Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 980

Scope and Content Note

The records contain scrapbooks, record books, press books, minutes, and some correspondence and photographs. Also included is a scrapbook of a club project to sponsor a Future Nurses Club, a report of the club's community improvement project of 1966-68, and a history of the club written as a club project in 1957. Most of the photographs are unidentified.

Dates

  • 1923-1989

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 Goldenrod Extension Homemakers Club is perhaps the oldest Extension Club in Washington County. Founded as a sewing club in 1909 by twelve women living in the Braden Community, it became an affiliate of the Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs in 1923, and the Washington County Home Demonstration Clubs in 1926.

Extent

1.75 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged alphabetically and chronologically.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Goldenrod Extension Homemakers Club were donated to the Special Collections Department in behalf of the club by Cleo Liles of Fayetteville, Arkansas, August 4, 1989.

Related Materials

Records relating to the Goldenrod Extension Homemakers Club of Washington County Records include:

Goldenrod Club and Junior Civic League Scrapbook MC 1332 1960-1962

Washington County Historical Society Collection MC 1368 ca 1833-1995

Processing Information

Processed by Leon C. Miller, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in October 1989.

Title
Goldenrod Extension Homemakers Club of Washington County Records
Status
Completed
Author
Leon C. Miller
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