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Minutes, yearbooks, oral histories, and other records, 1926-1988
Manuscript Collection 891
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MODERN LITERATURE CLUB RECORDS
The Fayetteville Modern Literature Club is one of the oldest women's clubs in the city. Founded in 1926 as a book study group within the Fayetteville chapter of the American Association of University Women, members of the organization gathered twice a month to review and critique readings in contemporary literature.
The papers consist of two series - administrative records, and records of club activities. Administrative records include minutes, correspondence, club histories written by Eloise Baerg, lists of presidents and their activities, an incomplete collection of yearbooks, and photographs. Records of club activities include reading lists and book reviews. However, the majority of items in this series consist of taped oral histories of club members prepared by ten selected club members in 1987. Each interviewee was questioned about their own lives, Fayetteville, the University of Arkansas, modern literature, and the history of the Modern Literature Club.
For further information, see the finding aid for the Modern Literature Club of Fayetteville (MC 1190).
Patricia R. Collier, Vice-President of the Modern Literature Club of Fayetteville (Washington County), Arkansas, donated the club's records to Special Collections on April 26, 1988.
Processed by Anthony J. Wappel, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in December 1988.
CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
1 linear foot (2 boxes)
Series 1. Administrative Records (Volumes 1-6 and Box 1)
Subseries 1. Minutes.
Subseries 2. Yearbooks.
Subseries 3. Other records.
Series 2. Records of Club Activities (Box 2 + 41 audiocassette
tapes)
Subseries 1. Books.
Subseries 2. Oral History Project.
Series 1. Administrative Records (Volumes 1-6 and Box 1)
Box 1
Subseries 1. Minutes.
Volume 1. Feb 10, 1926 - Mar 26, 1930.
Volume 2. Apr 8, 1930 - April 22, 1947.
Volume 3. May 27, 1947 - May 10, 1960.
Volume 4. Sep 20, 1960 - Oct 10, 1967.
Volume 5. Sep 19, 1967 - Sep 28, 1976.
Volume 6. Oct 12, 1976 - Nov 1, 1983.
Subseries 2. Yearbooks.
Box 2
1. Yearbooks, 1960-1966.
2. Yearbooks, 1967-1969.
3. Yearbooks, 1970-1975.
4. Yearbooks, 1976-1980.
5. Yearbooks, 1981-1985.
6. Yearbooks, 1986-1996.
Subseries 3. Other records.
Box 2 (cont'd)
7. Constitutions, 1972-1987.
8. Correspondence, 1974-1983.
9. Correspondence, 1974-1983.
10. Histories, 1965 and 1988.
11. Presidents, 1926-1985.
12. Photographs, 1977-1987.
Series 2. Records of Club Activities (Box 2 + 41 audiocassette tapes)
Subseries 1. Books.
Box 3
1. Checkout cards, 1986.
2. Reading lists, 1987-1988.
3. Review lists, 1930-1940.
4. Reviews, 1983 and 1987.
Subseries 2. Oral History Project.
Box 3 (cont'd)
5. Procedures, 1987.
6. Interview notes arranged alphabetically by interviewee.
Box 4
Oral Histories (audiocassette tapes)
1. Anderson, Peg: Betty H. Siegel
2. Blair, Diane: by Carolyn DeLille.
3. Burnside, Sarah: by Gene Tweraser.
4. Clark, Georgia: Harriet Jansma
5. Clark, Georgia: Harriet Jansma
6. Davis, Rita: by Eunice Noland.
7. Decker, Sonia: by Pat Collier.
8. DeLille, Carolyn: by Harriet Jansma.
9. DeLille, Carolyn: by Harriet Jansma.
10. Donovan, Genie: by Ellen Shipley.
11. Fowler, Judy: by Ellen Shipley.
12. Fowler, Judy: by Ellen Shipley.
13. Gilstrap, Marguerite: by Ellen Shipley (restricted).
14. Gilstrap, Marguerite: by Ellen Shipley (restricted).
15. Hamilton, Eunice: by Peg Anderson.
16. Hayward, Ellen J.: Gene Tweraser
17. Jansma, Harriet: by Carolyn DeLille.
18. Kernodle, Portia: Judy Fowler
19. Kernodle, Portia: Judy Fowler
20. King, Eloise Baerg: by Ellen Shipley.
21. King, Eloise Baerg: by Ellen Shipley.
22. Kraemer, Louise Russert: Eunice Noland
23. Lane, Louise: by Ellen Shipley.
24. Leflar, Helen: by Peg Anderson.
25. Leflar, Helen: by Peg Anderson.
26. McIvor, Maria: by Betty Siegal.
27. McNeil, Elaine: by Carolyn DeLille.
28. Noland, Eunice: by Gene Tweraser.
29. O'Kelly, Jessie: by Harriet Jansma.
30. O'Kelly, Jessie: by Harriet Jansma.
31. Rudolph, Marjorie: by Gene Tweraser.
32. Schafer, Gabriel: by Betty Siegal.
33. Schwartz, Sylvia: by Ellen Shipley.
34. Shipley, Ellen: by Judy Fowler.
35. Siegal, Betty: by Peg Anderson.
36. Sutherland, A. Martha: by Sonia Decker.
37. Sutherland, A. Martha: by Sonia Decker.
38. Talburt, Nancy Ellen B: by Ellen Shipley.
39. Tweraser, Gene: by Eunice Noland.
40. Vaile, Frances: by Judy Fowler.
41. Wigglesworth, Doris Drake: by Ellen Shipley.