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Civic Groups and Organizations

Title Collection Number Description
Arkansas Ecology Center Records  

M87-03

This organization was a non-profit environmental group, which worked to provide information to the public though research.  A large portion of this collection deal with the Cache River, 1970-1981.

Arkansas VISTA Records

M88-11

This collection contains research materials and publishing information from Marvin Schwartz, In Service to America: A History of Vista in Arkansas, 1965-1985.
Arkansas Sociological and Anthropological Association Records  

M89-02

The ASAA seeks to further knowledge in sociology and anthropology.   Their collection holds newsletters, correspondence, minutes, and programs from annual meetings, 1971-2000.

Mid-Southern Watercolorists Records

M89-05

The Mid Southern Watercolorists tried to educate people about the uses of watercolors in art, 1970-1989.

Conway Junior Shakespeare Club Papers

M89-24

The Junior Shakespeare Club was organized in 1926 and it disbanded in 1989.  This collection consists of correspondence, minutes, program material, photographs, and yearbooks from 1928-1989.

Daughters of the American Revolution Materials

M89-25

The Arkansas branch of the Daughters of the Revolution held its first meeting in 1908.  This collection consists of programs and minutes from their annual conferences, 1911-1931.

United Daughters of Confederacy Materials

M89-26

This collection consists of programs and printed materials from their annual conventions, 1905-1925.

Arkansas Libraries Association Materials

M89-27

This collection contains project materials, pamphlets, library directories, and programs for annual conferences, 1945-1986.

Effie Finley Garden Club Records

M89-31

This Pine Bluff Women's club attempted to educate amateur gardeners and to help protect the native plant life in Arkansas.  This collection contains administrative records, project materials, and scrapbooks, 1935-1960.
Conway Home and Garden Records M90-03 This collection contains correspondence, awards, newspaper articles, and photographs of a Conway women's club, 1951-1988.
Conway Council of Garden Clubs Records M90-04 This council purpose was to coordinate the actives of all the Conway area garden groups in order to maximize their effectiveness.1974-1987 
Arkansans for the Arts Papers M91-01 The founders of the AFTA hoped the group would assist in promoting the arts in Arkansas, but internal problem lead to its disbandment, 1981-1990.
Robbins-Gifford Family Papers M91-13 This collection contains correspondence dating back to 1918, and historical information on Rose Bud and Heber Springs, Arkansas,1890-1985.
Pine Bluff Women's Center Records M92-06 This organization formed in 1975 with the purpose of serving the needs of women in Jefferson county.  They also collected the oral interview of several women for their book, "Women Of The Arkansas Delta", 1976.
Arkansas State Communication Association Records M93-03 This collection contains the records of the A.S.C.A., known as the Arkansas State Communication Association since the late 1980’s.  The A.S.C.A. has gone through many name changes, but its purpose has remained the same.  The group has encouraged speech education on the elementary, secondary, college, and university level
UCA University Women Records M93-06 This collection consists of official record and memorabilia of the University of Women's Club, which provided a social forum for women associated with UCA, 1966-1991.
Arkansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union Records M93-09 The Arkansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union formed in 1878. The collection contains a few of their periodicals, annual reports, and convention program, 1908-1984.
Harry Steinberg Papers M94-08 Harry Steinberg served in both World War I and II; he was also a member of the Free Masons and a prominent lawyer, 1897-1971.
Women's Project Records M95-03 This collection documents a women's organization that promotes women, minority, gay, and lesbian rights.  Suzanne Pharr also donated a good deal of material on her leadership of this organization and her fight for lesbian rights, 1980-present.
Conway Shakespeare Club Records M95-07 The Conway Shakespeare club was established in order to study the works of Shakespeare, and it has also aided the community by its push to create a library in Conway,1908-present.
Conway Rotary Club Records M96-09 The Conway Rotary Club was formed in Arkansas in 1921.  Much of this collection details the club activities from 1963-2000.
Alsa Chester Howard Papers M96-10 Born March 7, 1884, Alsa Howard served in World War I and was an active Mason from Pope county.  This collection contains Mason correspondence, photographs, and research material, 1900-1979
Arkansas Reading Association Records M99-16 This collection contains planning guides, budgets, proposals, goals, correspondence, scrapbooks, board meetings, photographs and video cassettes of an Arkansas literacy group.
Conway Orpheus Club Records M01-12 The Conway Orpheus Club sponsors musical events, and they help to provide music and musical instruments  to educational institutions of Conway, 1913-2002.
Arkansas School Psychology Association M02-19 This is a collection of newsletters, correspondence, memos, and business papers covering the time span of 1977-2002.
Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals M03-08 This collection is a array of information concerning the UCA branch of the Library Paraprofessional of Arkansas including conferences, awards, and correspondence, 1992-present.
Arkansas Chapter Of The American Fisheries Society M05-11 This Collection contains the by-laws, minutes and photographs of Arkansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society.

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