Date Original
1903-1971
Description
This collection contains a single scrapbook containing yearbook booklets from the El Dorado Self Culture Club 1903-1971. Yearbooks include meeting membership, meeting agendas, and famous quotes. The scrapbook has been disassembled due to conservation concerns. Yearbook booklets have been removed and placed in individual envelopes that are numbered according to original scrapbook page.
Biographical/Historical Note
This scrapbook was in "1971 recompiled by Mrs. A.W. Merritt in memory of Mrs. O.A. Bennett" and contains yearly booklets offering meeting dates, famous quotes from literature, topics of conversation, and lists of members. The El Dorado (Ark.) Self Culture Club was organized in 1900 and federated in 1901 as a women's club with the motto of "Altius Tendo" and a flower, the white rose. The club functioned to discuss noteworthy literature and topics and to participate in civic work. Newspaper coverage of the El Dorado Self Culture club included the El Dorado-News Times, Hot Springs New Era, the Arkansas Gazette, and the Arkansas Democrat.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
El Dorado, Union County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000873
Resource Type
Text
Collection
El Dorado (Ark.) Self Culture Club scrapbook, MS.000873
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
El Dorado (Ark.) Self Culture Club scrapbook, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
