Series 4. Plaques, 1960-1961. Folder 4-1 (in
Box 2).
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The Woman's Book Club of Harrison was founded in
1900 as an organization to develop and operate a library for the city
of Harrison. The first library was set up by the club members in
the Harrison Times newspaper office. In 1901, the Club
purchased an abandoned building which they moved to a lot donated
by a Club member. The members renovated the building and opened
the Harrison Public Library in 1903, with the Woman's Book Club
maintaining ownership and upkeep. In 1944, Harrison's public
library became a Regional Library. The new library expanded in
1966 to include both the Boone County Library and the Regional
Headquarters. In addition to their work with area libraries, the
Woman's Book Club is a member of the American Federation of
Women's Clubs and has been active in community projects,
including its bookmobile program and local essay
contests.
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Papers from the Woman's Book Club of Harrison (Boone County) were
donated by the Club president, Cathy Brandt, on April 18, 1988.
The papers include correspondence, minutes, yearly calendar
events, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, and other papers
relating to the club's activities.
RESTRICTIONS APPLY. Negatives are not
available for research.
Processed by Susan Lynn Parks, June, 1988. Special Collections
Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville,
Arkansas.
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Series 1. Minutes, Yearbooks, and
Scrapbooks, 1900-1984. Boxes 1, 4-6.
Minutes for the Woman's Book Club document the organizations'
activities, membership, and expenses from the first meeting in
1900 to 1984 [minutes from Oct 1959-Dec 1976 are missing]. Year-
books present a schedule of events and list of members' names
[the years 1931-1932, 1933-1934, 1936-1937, 1942-1943, 1943-
1944, 1952-1953, 1961-1962, 1962-1963, 1963-1964, 1970-1971,
1973-1974, and 1975-1976 are missing]. Scrapbooks contain
clippings and photographs of book club members, libraries, and
activities.
Subseries 1. Minute books, 1900 to 1984.
Box 4
- Volume 1. June 25, 1900-Feb 27, 1907.
- Volume 2. Apr 10, 1907-Aug 4, 1915.
- Volume 3. Sept 1, 1915-May 17, 1922.
- Volume 4. Oct 4, 1922-May 8, 1935.
- Volume 5. Oct 9, 1935-May 26, 1942.
- Volume 6. Oct 6, 1943-May 4, 1949.
Box 5
- Volume 7. Oct 5, 1949-May 18, 1955.
- Volume 8. Oct 5, 1955-May 21, 1958.
Box 6
- Volume 9. Jan 3, 1977-May 2, 1984.
Subseries 2. Scrapbooks, 1939-1985.
Box 6
Box 5
- Volume 11. 1953-1968.
- NOTE: The architectural blueprints for new library, 1957-
1958, have been removed to Manuscript Oversize Box 3.
Box 6
- Volume 12. 1958-1960.
- Volume 13. 1959-1961.
- Volume 14. 1966-1973.
- Volume 15. 1972-1974.
- Volume 16. 1974-1985.
Subseries 3. Yearbooks, 1929-1988.
Box 1
- 1929-1934 [1931-1932 and 1933-1934 missing].
- 1935-1939 [1936-1937 missing].
- 1940-1947 [1942-1943 and 1943-1944 are missing].
- 1948-1953 [1952-1953 are missing].
- 1959-1964 [1961-1962, 1962-1963 and 1963-1964 missing].
- 1969-1975 [1970-1971, 1973-1974 and 1975-1976].
- 1977-1981.
- 1982-1988.
- Scrapbook, 1958-1959.
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Series 2. Correspondence, Papers, and
Clippings, 1936-1985. Box 2.
This series contains correspondence, papers, and objects
concerning the club's, history, members, efforts to organize new
libraries through fundraising activities, and involvement in
community programs.
Box 2
- Correspondence, 1939, 1943 and 1951.
- Correspondence, 1953-1954.
- Correspondence, 1955-1956.
- Correspondence, 1957.
- Correspondence, 1958-1968 and 1985.
- Cards to the Woman's Book Club, 1936, 1968 and n.d.
- Resolutions of respect, 1940 and 1942; Arkansas Federation of
Women's Clubs (AFWC) dues sheets, 1950-1951; AFWC music program,
1955; Woman's Book Club by-laws, 1956-1957 and 1978; other
papers.
- Library building information, 1962-1963 and 1966.
- Guestbook for Woman's Book Club visitors, 1958-1967.
- Woman's Book Club President's reports, 1978-1980.
- State winner of community achievement award, 1958;
- "Democracy, A Thing Of The Past," the Woman's Book Club
- First-place essay, 1965; AFWC district ribbons, 1966; Woman's
Book Club Bridge Marathon winners, 1981-1982.
Box 3
- Financial accounts, 1938-1942, 1976-1980.
- Insurance policies, 1945-1958.
- Receipts, 1950-1962.
- Legal contracts and agreements, 1957-1958.
- List of fundraising items, cost, and contributors, n.d.
- Clippings, 1901-1984.
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Series 3. Photographs. Box 3.
This series contains photographs and slides of the Harrison
libraries and other North Arkansas libraries. Also in this
series are photographs of the North Arkansas Regional Library
bookmobile and some club members and their children.
Subseries 1. Library Photographs
Box 3 (cont.)
- Photographs 1-20. Harrison public library, Boone County library,
openings of Searcy County and Boone County libraries, and the
bookmobile used by the North Arkansas Regional Library at
Harrison, 1903-1968.
Subseries 2. Portraits of members and Book Club
Presidents
Box 3 (cont.)
- Photographs 21-35. Subjects include Woman's Book Club members,
their children, 1965 essay winner Karen Cralle, and portraits of
book club presidents, c. 1935-1965. Photographs 32-35 are 35 mm
slides.
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Series 4. Plaques, 1960-1961. Folder 4-1 (in Box
2).
Commemorative plaque for the state winner of fashion-sewing,
student division, General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), and
the Lulu G. Retton Conference Room Plaque in honor of a Woman's
Book Club of Harrison president.
Folder 4-1
- First prize plaque for fashion-sewing contest, 1960-1961.
- Lulu G. Fitton Conference Room plaque, n.d.
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