Correspondence, school papers,
church papers, and photographs
Manuscript Collection 731
About
Daphne Dailey
Daphne
Lowell Dailey was born in 1913 to O.L. and Ada J. Dailey near
Huntsville (Madison County). After receiving a journalism
degree from the University of Arkansas in 1932, she taught
English at Peabody High School in Fayetteville and journalism
at Fort Smith High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
About
the Collection
The collection primarily concerns Daphne Dailey's years as a
student at the University of Arkansas. It includes correspondence
between Daphne Dailey, classmates, and friends; Dailey's University
of Arkansas journalism class papers; her sister Maxine's and
brother O.L.'s school papers; and her father's Fayetteville
Church of Christ papers; and a few photographs of the Boy Scout
Camp at Charleston (Franklin County), Arkansas.
William Wilson, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, donated these papers
to Special Collections on May 27, 1986.
Processed by Anthony J. Wappel, Special Collections, University
of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in February 1989.
Contents
of the Collection - 6 boxes (2.5 linear feet)
Series 1. Correspondence
(Box 1)
This series contains correspondence to Daphne Dailey from
friends and classmates, as well as a collection of Christmas
cards. Folder 12 contains correspondence to her father, O.L.
Dailey, Sr.
Box 1
1. 1930.
2. 1931.
3. 1932.
4. Jan 1933 - May 1933.
5. Jul 1933 - Dec 1933.
6. 1934-1936.
7-10. n.d.
11. Christmas cards, ca. 1932-1933.
12. O.L. Dailey, Sr., 1930-1947.
Series 2. School Papers (Boxes 2-5)
Boxes 2-3 contain Daphne Dailey's grade school and University
of Arkansas papers. Her papers include essays she wrote for
her journalism classes. Her papers also include class notes,
and notes she used when she taught English at Peabody High
School (Fayetteville) and journalism at Fort Smith High School.
Box 4 contains University of Arkansas memorabilia, and box
5 contains her sister Maxine's and her brother O.L., Jr.'s
school papers.
Box 2
1. Grade School papers, 1923.
2. U of A "editorial writing" class papers, 1932.
3. U of A "newspaper problems" class papers, 1932.
4-5. U of A - other class papers, ca. 1926-1932.
6. Handwritten essays, ca. 1932.
7. Typed essays, ca. 1932.
8. Typed essays about the University of Arkansas, 1932.
Box 3
1. American history class notes, n.d.
2. Russian history class notes, n.d.
3. Index (note) cards alphabetized by subject, n.d.
4. Miscellaneous class notes, ca. 1932.
5. Notes for teaching, ca. 1933.
6. Music books, n.d.
Box
4
1. Bylaws for Kappa Kappa Gamma, Theta Sigma Phi, and other
campus clubs, ca. 1932.
2. Invitations from sororities and fraternities, n.d.
3. Invitations from other campus clubs, n.d.
4. Other memorabilia, including a 1932 U of A commencement
program.
Box
5
1-2. Maxine Dailey's high school papers, ca. 1935.
3. O.L. Dailey's elementary school papers, ca. 1930-1937.
4-6. O.L. Dailey's high school papers, ca. 1939-1942.
Series 3. Church of Christ Papers (Box 6)
This series contains O.L. Dailey, Sr.'s Fayetteville Church
of Christ papers. O.L. Dailey, Sr. (1890-1974) was born to
Joel Fayette Dailey and Martha Ellen Dotson in Wharton (Madison
County), Arkansas, and came to Fayetteville in 1919. In 1926
he became an elder for the Fayetteville Church of Christ (also
known as the Cemetery Street, Government Avenue, and Center
Street Church of Christ) and in the 1930's and 1940's, he
taught Sunday school. O.L. Dailey retired from the church
in 1970. Folders 9-12 (notebooks 1-3) refer to papers removed
from three three-ring binder notebooks.
Box
6
1. Fayetteville Church of Christ history, ca. 1943.
2. Fayetteville Church of Christ programs, 1934-1941.
3. Fayetteville, Fort Smith, and Springdale Church of Christ
directories and miscellaneous publications, 1929-1941.
4-5. Fayetteville Church of Christ bound Sunday school publications,
published by Harbart Hooker and O.L. Dailey, ca. 1941.
6. Fayetteville Church of Christ Sunday school class record
books, ca. 1940.
7. Notebook for Sunday School, n.d.
8-9. Notebook 1: Typed and handwritten notes and outlines
pertaining to a teachers training class conducted by Harbart
Hooker, 1934-1941.
10. Notebook 2: Typed notes and outlines pertaining to a teachers'
training class conducted by O.L. Dailey, 1941.
11. Notebook 3: Miscellaneous typed notes and outlines, n.d.
12. Typed notes and outlines, n.d.
13. Handwritten notes and outlines, n.d.
Series 4. Photographs (Box 6)
Box 6
1. Charcoal portrait of [O.L. Dailey, Sr. ?] ca. 1910.
2-9. Snapshots of Boy Scout Camp at Charleston (Franklin County),
Arkansas, ca. 1930.
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