Goldenrod Extension Homemakers Club of Washington County Records
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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.
Processing Information
Processed by Leon C. Miller, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in October 1989.
Creator
Source
- Goldenrod Extension Homemakers Club of Washington County (Ark.) (Donor, Organization)
- 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
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu