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Manuscript Collections
Collections by Subject
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Title |
Description
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M86-02
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E.E.
Cordrey Papers
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This collection contains records, ledgers, and papers of a UCA
chemistry Professor, 1914-1950 |
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M86-03
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Vestal Nursery Records
|
Both Financial records and catalogs from the Joseph W.
Vestal and Sons Co. depict the financial life of an Arkansas business, 1892-1960. |
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M86-04
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Eva
Burkett Papers
|
A former English Professor from UCA, Eva Mae Burkett,
donated material relating to the English department and her own research
on dialect and literary writers. 1963-1971. |
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M86-05
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Faulkner
County Educational Records
|
These county records pertain to the inner workings
of the educational system in Faulkner county between the years
1880-1939. |
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M86-06
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W.
H. Newton Papers
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This collection consists of personal papers,
political commissions, and correspondence of a Lincoln County farmer and
politician, 1862 -1914. |
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M86-08
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Ted R. Worley Papers
|
Ted Worley held a position at ASTC (UCA) and was
Executive Secretary of the Arkansas History Commission until
the 1960s. His Collection contains both personal papers, published
material, and unpublished material on UCA and Arkansas history. |
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M86-09 |
Mary Caviness Papers |
This collection contains Personal paper, correspondence, and business
papers of a Hot Springs African American benefactress, 1895-1986 |
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M86-11
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Hampton
Roy Collection
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Dr. Roy is a prominent Little Rock, Arkansas
ophthalmologist, historic preservation advocate, founder of the World
Eye Foundation, author of books on ophthalmology and history,
philanthropist, and a 1986 candidate for Lieutenant Governor of
Arkansas. |
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M86-12
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James
E. Mackrell Papers
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This collection consists of personal papers, writings, photographs, and
political materials of a Little Rock radio personality and Baptist
minister, 1941-1972. |
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M87-01 |
Faulkner County Probate Records, 1873 - 1917 |
This collection contains papers pertaining to the estates of deceased
persons filed in Faulkner Count Probate Court, 1873-1917. |
| M87-02 |
Rose Publishing Company Records |
This was an Arkansas based publishing company that
specialized in Arkansas subjects and titles. This collection
contains business records, copyrights, manuscripts, and correspondence, 1973-1981. |
| M87-03 |
Arkansas
Ecology Center Records |
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. |
| M87-04 |
Arkansas
Symphony Orchestra Records |
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra has been educating
people on music since 1938. This collection documents their success
through administrative records, correspondence, audio-visual material, and
memorabilia, 1938 - on going |
| M87-05 |
Steed
Family Papers |
Charles
R. Steed was a farmer from Mayflower, Arkansas, who served as Faulkner County
sheriff from 1941 to 1942. He was appointed by the governor to replace R. E. Speaker,
who had resigned the position. His wife, Velma Steed, graduated from Arkansas
State Teachers College in 1929. She
spent the next twenty–five years teaching science at Conway High School.
This collection documents their experiences in Faulkner county ,
1919-1985. |
| M87-06 |
Maude H. Boen Papers |
Mrs. Boen's worked in
the Japanese Relocation center at Jerome, Arkansas and this collection
contains some of her memories from that experience in the form of
correspondence, educational materials, photographs, and memorabilia, 1942-1945. |
| M87-07 |
Clayton
Family Papers |
The Clayton family was a prominent Conway family,
which operated a local grocery store. This collection consists of
correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and
business papers , 1901-1980. |
| M87-08 |
Harold Sherman Papers |
Harold Sherman was a prominent Stone County
leader, author, lecturer, and expert in the paranormal whose work can be
seen through publications, correspondence, memorabilia, audio-visual
material, manuscripts and writings ,
1907-1987. |
| M87-09 |
Chronicles of Arkansas Series |
This is the complete set of the a historical series as published
in the Arkansas Gazette, 1958-1968. |
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| M88-01 |
John R. Hume Papers |
John R. Hume worked for the Arkansas
Highway department from 1951-1981, during which, he collected a large amount
of material on the history of Arkansas road construction. His
collection contains personal papers, political papers, printed materials,
and photographs related to the Arkansas Highway Department, 1928-1981. |
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M88-02
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Richard C. Butler Papers
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Richard C. Butler defended the
Little Rock School board on the Central High Crisis Integration.
This collection contains personal and biographical material,
photographs, business material and litigation papers of an
Arkansas lawyer,1956-1984. |
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M88-03
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Gale Stewart Papers
|
Gale Stewart had a private law practice in Little
Rock, Arkansas, and she was active in the movement to prevent the
channelization of the Cache River, 1968-1986. |
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M88-04
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Daphine Doster Papers
|
Daphine Doster was a public health
nurse and the first acting Dean of the University of Arkansas school of
Nursing, 1951-1972. |
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M88-05
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Morris Family Papers
|
The Morris Family papers hold
genealogy information and business papers from an White county farm family, 1820-1937. |
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M88-06
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Leo P. Bott Papers
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Leo Bott created Bott Advertisings
and became recognized for his work with direct mail advertising. He
also made several trips to Alaska and created some of its earliest
promotional material, 1914-1968. |
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M88-07
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Diana Sherwood Papers
|
Diana Sherwood worked as a freelance
writer and journalist. She also did research on early settlers in
Arkansas, 1936-1951. |
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M88-08
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Lucille Babcock Papers
|
A Little Rock poet, editor, Carnegie
Hero and a former Women's Army Corps member was recognized from saving a
young women from a would be rapist, 1987-1988. |
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M88-09
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Arkansas WPA Writers Project
Records
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The Arkansas WPA provided jobs for
unemployed writers during the depression, and it also gathered information
for a guidebook on Arkansas, 1935-1941. |
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M88-10
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Stephen Wheeler Papers
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Mr. Wheeler worked as clerk for two
courts including the Arkansas Hanging Judge, Isaac C. Parker. This
collection contains letters addressed to Wheeler
in his capacity as Clerk, U.S. District Court, Fort Smith, Arkansas,
1875-1897. |
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M88-11
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Arkansas VISTA Records
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This collection contains research
materials and publishing information from Marvin Schwartz, In Service to America: A History of
Vista in Arkansas, 1965-1985. |
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M88-12
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Walter Nunn Papers
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During the Arkansas Constitution
Convention of 1969-1970, Mr. Nunn was hired to conduct research for the
state. His collection holds correspondence, books, and research
materials from this Little Rock publisher, political
scientist, and revisionist, 1940-1983. |
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| M89-01 |
Will
A. Berry Papers |
This collection contains
workbooks from Arkansas Normal School, teaching licenses, contracts, and
poetry from a school teacher and his sister, 1893-1929. |
| M89-02 |
Arkansas Sociological and Anthropological
Association Records |
The ASAA seeks to further
knowledge in sociology and anthropology. Their collection holds
newsletters, correspondence, minutes, and programs from annual meetings,
1971-2000. |
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M89-03
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Betty Young Arkansas Folklore Collection
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Betty Young worked as a
UCA Professor doing research in folklore and place names. Her
collection reflects her love of local myths, 1958-1984. |
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M89-04
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Arkansas Conservation Coalition Records
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This organization
attempted to address conservation and environmental issues in Arkansas, 1981-1988. |
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M89-05
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Mid-Southern Watercolorists Records
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The Mid Southern
Watercolorists tried to educate people about the uses of watercolors in
art, 1970-1989. |
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M89-08
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Dr. William G. Holland Papers
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Dr. William Holland ran a
successful drug store leaving behind records from his store, physician's
visiting list, and a register
from "Friends of Temperance" (Temperance Movement) 1868-1938. |
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M89-09
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Ray Poindexter Jr. Papers
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This collection contains
the papers of Ray Poindexter Jr. an Arkansas radio personality, teacher,
and author 1940-1980. |
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M89-10
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Washington County Circuit Court Records
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This collection contains
transcribed court records from Washington County Circuit Court, March 1829 t June 1836. |
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M89-11
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Gladys Sachse Papers
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Gladys Sachse taught at
the Arkansas State Teachers College, and product the typed
manuscript to her book Sachse's U.S. Government Publications for Small and Medium-sized Public
Libraries: A Study Guide, 1976-1981. |
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M89-12
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Gerald L. K. Smith Materials
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The letter
and The Cross and the Flat, both published by Carroll County
minister, political organizer, and founder of the Passion Play in Eureka
Springs, Arkansas. |
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M89-13
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Governor George W. Hays Pardon Record
|
This Collection contains
petitions, letters of recommendation, personal letters from convicts,
applications for pardons, prison records, and official documents from the
Hay administration 1914-1916. |
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M89-14
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Larkin Wright Family Papers
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This collection offers an
interesting view of student life at Quitman college through family
correspondence and materials, 1861-1937. |
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M89-15
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Arkansas Art Pottery Research Materials
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This collection contains
research notes and
materials used in compiling the UCA Archives publication Arkansas Art
Pottery Bibliography. |
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M89-16
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Carl Hunter Papers
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Carl Hunter work for the
the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission producing papers, Scrapbooks,
published and unpublished writings, 1947-1989. |
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M89-17
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Harold Alexander Papers
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Harold Alexander made
major contributions in the field of conservation in Arkansas. His collection contains
correspondence, manuscripts, unpublished writings, research materials,
photographs, and personal papers, 1945-1993. |
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M89-18
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Leon McClinton Papers
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This collection contains
the rough draft and manuscript of a Cross-Country Runner, 1970-1973. |
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M89-19
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Arkansas Educational Association Papers
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The AEA is the oldest
professional group in Arkansas, starting in 1869. This collection
contains programs and printed
materials from the annual AEA meetings, 1905-1953. |
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M89-20
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Arkansas Department of Education Publications
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This collection consists
of pamphlets and typescript
lists from the Arkansas Department of Education, 1917-1972. |
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M89-21
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Women's Auxiliary Army Corps Records
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The WAC existed on UCA
campus from 1943-1945. The collection relates to the WAC training at
UCA. |
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M89-22
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E. L. Higgins Book Manuscript
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Original manuscripts of a
French revolution expert, including primary sources, personal
correspondence with publishing companies, research notes, World War I and
World War II memorabilia, chronological history of Arkansas, hand written
French diaries from 1791, and teaching materials gathered while professor
at the University of Central Arkansas |
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M89-23
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Eva Patton Papers
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This collection contains
photographs, personal
materials, and correspondence of a Faulkner county homemaker, 1907-1966. |
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M89-24
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Conway Junior Shakespeare Club Papers
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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. |
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M89-25
|
Daughters of the American Revolution Materials
|
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. |
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M89-26
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United Daughters of Confederacy
Materials
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This collection consists of programs and
printed materials from their annual conventions, 1905-1925. |
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M89-27
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Arkansas Libraries Association Materials
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This collection contains
project materials,
pamphlets, library directories, and programs for annual conferences,
1945-1986. |
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M89-28
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Ada Jane Harvey Papers
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Ada Jane Harvey was a UCA
foreign language professor who donated her persoanl correspondence, last
will and testament, and poetry to UCA
1972-1981. |
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M89-29
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Constance Mitchell Papers
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This collection contains
the last will and
testament of a University of Central Arkansas educator and librarian,
1970-1989. |
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M89-30
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Arkansas Repertory Theater Papers
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A.R.T. helps to bring the
performing arts to Arkansas. This collection contains correspondence,
production material, administrative materials, and financial records,
1977-1988. |
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M89-31
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Effie Finley Garden Club Records
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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. |
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M89-32
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George
Bently Papers
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This collection contains
information on the Pulaski County Quorum Court, Arkansas Bar Association,
Linda Nooner court case, and other court case, 1977-1988. |
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M89-33
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Milford Pete Atkinson Papers
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Milford Atkinson was
stationed in India, flying in many air attacks in World War II. His
collection consists of letters and photographs, 1943-1945. |
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M89-34
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Walter C. Hudson Papers
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Walter Hudson joined the
state guard in hopes for fighting in the Spanish-American war, but saw no
action until the
Philippine Insurrection. This collection holds materials from his
army and his veteran organization experiences,1878-1964. |
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| M90-01 |
Madge Clayton Papers |
Mrs. Clayton taught Latin and French
at Conway High School in Arkansas, and her collection contain letters to and
from her while she was away at college at Ouachita Baptist College and
Columbia University, 1927-1970. |
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M90-02 |
Jane E. Stern Papers |
Jane Stern of Pine Bluff, Arkansas was
a prominent environmental leader and activist. The majority of her
papers deal with her environmental work between 1965-1987. |
| M90-03 |
Conway Home and Garden Records |
This collection contains
correspondence, awards, newspaper articles, and photographs of a Conway
women's club, 1951-1988. |
| M90-04 |
Conway Council of Garden Clubs Records |
This council purpose was to coordinate
the actives of all the Conway area garden groups in order to maximize their
effectiveness.1974-1987 |
| M90-05 |
Arkansas Tourism Materials |
This collection consists of various
pamphlets relating to Arkansas State Park and Tourism, 1970-1996 |
| M90-06 |
Brian Family Journal |
Solomon M. Brian and his son William
S. Brian both contributed to a journey about their daily lives from
1861-1964 (Civil War years) and 1878-1904. |
| M90-07 |
L. Dorothy Lester Papers |
Dorothy Lester supervised missionary
in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma, and she was the first female ordained into
the Presbyterian ministry in these three states, 1932-1956. |
| M90-08 |
Richard E. Yates Newspapers Columns |
Richard Yates was a retired history
professor from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas who authored several
newspaper articles for different Arkansas newspapers. |
| M90-09 |
Trulock Family Letters |
The Trulock family owned a plantation
in Jefferson county and were later an influential family in Pine Bluff. This
collection is comprised of a genealogical survey and family letters written
between 1837-1866. |
| M90-10 |
Arkansas Power and Light Company Materials |
The Arkansas Power and Light Company
was created by Harvey Couch in 1914. This collection contains annual
reports and the Nuclear Plant site announcement press kit, 1939-1969. |
| M90-11 |
Carol Griffee Papers |
Carol Griffee is a well-known Little
Rock journalist, editor, and environmentalist. Her collection
contains environmental related papers, reports, and research material,
1975-1992. |
| M90-12 |
Ross Smith Letters |
Ross Smith served as a private during
World War I, and his collection contains his letters to his family from
1917-1920. |
| M90-13 |
National Forest Materials |
This Collection contains pamphlets,
proposals, annual reports, newspaper clippings, and brochures on the
National Forest in Arkansas, 1982-1990. |
| M90-14 |
Movie
Materials: "Glory" |
This collection consists of correspondence, press
releases, and other materials relating to the UCA Blue/Gray Association's
participation in the motion picture "Glory", 1987-1990. |
| M90-16 |
Freeman-Robbins Papers |
Allen Freeman fought in the Civil War.
His letters. which are written after the war had ended, tell
of this experience during and after the war, 1883-1912. This
collection also has the diary of Ruth Robbins, 1936-1949. |
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| M91-01 |
Arkansans for the Arts Papers |
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. |
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M91-02 |
Morris
S. Arnold Papers |
Morris S. Arnold is currently a Judge
for the United States Court of Appeals/Eighth Circuit. His collection
holds family scrapbooks, memorandum opinions, and other legal paper,
1903-2004. |
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M91-05 |
Cloie Smith Presley Papers |
Cloie Smith Presley (1922-2004) worked
as a professional genealogist in Searcy Arkansas. This
collection holds of wealth of genealogical information from the family trees
she mapped. |
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M91-06 |
Leister E. Presley Papers |
Waiting for more material |
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M91-07 |
Luther Presley Papers |
Luther Presley (1887-1974) wrote more
than 1,000 hymns and gospel songs. His collection is composed of 195
song books dating back to 1916. |
| M91-08 |
Robert Armstrong Doyle Papers |
Robert Doyle served in both World War
I and II. His collection holds letters, and military papers from both
wars. |
| M91-09 |
Woodson Levee District Records |
This collection contains the records
of a levee near the Arkansas river, 1909-1945. |
| M91-10 |
Arkansas Governor's Conference on Libraries &
Information Services Records |
This conference was held in Little
Rock in order to find ways to improve the library system in Arkansas,
This collection holds the records of that meeting, 1990-1991. |
| M91-12 |
Terry A. Humble Papers |
Terry Humble worked as both a
principal and superintendent in Morrilton, Harrison, and Hot Springs,
Arkansas. This collection holds school records and court cases from
these school, 1960-1988. |
| M91-13 |
Robbins-Gifford Family Papers |
This collection contains
correspondence dating back to 1918, and historical information on Rose Bud and
Heber Springs, Arkansas,1890-1985. |
| M91-14 |
Catholic Diocese Materials |
These materials relate to the Catholic
Diocese of Little Rock and holds correspondence, newsletters, parish
directories and memorabilia, 1982-1994 |
| M91-15 |
Arkansas Press Association Materials |
This collection contains programs
and proceedings from their annual APA conventions, 1877-1934. |
| M91-16 |
Pulaski County Voter Registration Lists |
This list represent all registered voters
who paid their poll tax for the years
1951-1960. |
| M91-17 |
Clyde D. Dollar Papers |
Professor Clyde Dollar from the
University of Arkansas history department also worked on archeological digs
and as film consultant. His collection holds photographs,
archeological materials, film material, writings, speeches, interviews,
books, and audio visual materials. |
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| M92-01 |
Horace A. Adams Papers |
Horace Adams was a UCA history
professor from 1945-1971. This collection holds speeches,
manuscripts, and newspaper clippings, 1937-1986. |
| M92-02 |
Creo A. Jones Papers |
Creo A. Jones writes about his days as
a boy growing up in the hills of Arkansas. This collection contains
manuscripts, material on public health in Arkansas, maps, and photographs,
1912-1989. |
| M92-03 |
Kimberly Collins Papers |
Kimberly Collins collection contains material
from an Arkansas business women and pro-choice activist, 1989-1991. |
| M92-04 |
Milton F. Davis Cartoon Collection |
Milton Davis produces original
cartoons for the Conway Log Cabin as well as other Arkansas newspapers,
1982-2004. |
| M92-05 |
Frank Williamson Papers |
Frank Williamson Collected
material on Arkansas history including the French and Spanish
possession and the history of Jefferson county, 1541-1963. |
| M92-06 |
Pine Bluff Women's Center Records |
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. |
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| M93-02 |
Charles J. Cremeen Papers |
Charles Cremeen was the president of
the Arkansas for Environmental Reform, which led an effort to reform the
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, 1921-1993. |
| M93-03 |
Arkansas State Communication Association Records |
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 |
| M93-04 |
Mary Jane Scott Papers |
Mary Scott was the chair women of the
Home Economics Department at the Arkansas State Teachers college in
Arkansas. This collection contains some of her grade books from
1949-1966 and some home economic guides, 1949-1980. |
| M93-05 |
Arkansas Libraries Materials |
This collection contains information
on libraries in Arkansas from 1972-1993. |
| M93-06 |
UCA University Women Records |
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. |
| M93-07 |
Erwin L. McDonald Papers |
Erwin McDonald work as a preacher,
journalist, and author pushing for racial toleration after the Little
Rock Central High crisis in 1957, 1922-1995. |
| M93-09 |
Arkansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union Records |
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. |
| M93-10 |
Arkansas Historic Bridge Inventory Records |
.This collection contains the
documentation resulting from the Arkansas Historic Bridge Inventory,
conducted by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department and
the Arkansas Preservation Program in 1988. (1987,1988, and 1996) |
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| M94-01 |
Arkansas Teaching History Materials |
The Arkansas Teaching History
materials were created in order to facilitate the instruction of Arkansas
History through lesson plans, educational publications, and miscellaneous
educational materials, 1970-1993. |
| M94-02 |
Corrine Hodges Papers |
Corrine Hodges worked as editor of the
Crowley's Ridge Chronicle leaving behind clippings of her career, 1967-1977.
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| M94-03 |
Maxine Stover Wetter Papers |
Maxine Wetter graduated from Arkansas
State Teachers College in 1939, leaving behind materials from his student
days, 1935-1939. |
| M94-04 |
R.E.L. Wilson Plantation Materials |
This collection contains papers on the
Wilson plantation that later became the Wilson company in northeast
Arkansas, 1860-1994. |
| M94-05 |
Arkansas Association for Childhood Education
Records |
Administrative materials,
correspondence, and programs of AACE meetings, newsletters, and
memorabilia, 1939-1978. |
| M94-06 |
Luther Blaney Papers |
The Luther Blaney Papers consists of
family, estate, and insurance records, 1883-1987. |
| M94-07 |
David W. Bizzell Papers |
David W. Bizzell collected historical
material on the Spanish land grant, Faulkner county Greathouse, and
Tennessee Military Institute Yearbooks, 1791-1994. |
| M94-08 |
Harry Steinberg Papers |
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. |
| M94-09 |
Glen Gant Papers |
Glen Gant's collection holds
biographical information and artist sketches of Eureka Springs, 1985. |
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M94-13 |
Bill Sayger Collection |
This collection contains
correspondence, genealogy, research materials, photographs, original
manuscripts and books written by Bill Sayger on various Arkansas city and
county history, late 1800s to 1993. |
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| M95-01 |
Cochran Family Papers |
The Cochran family papers represents a
family experience in Little Rock, Arkansas through correspondence business
and legal papers, and Civil War Diary, 1859-1975. |
| M95-02 |
Church Women United in Arkansas |
Church Women United brings together a
wide range of Christian women in order to express their faith and improve
their world, 1942-2000. |
| M95-03 |
Women's Project Records |
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. |
| M95-04 |
Arthur Stern Papers |
Arthur Stern was an architect who
worked to improve the inner-city of Pine Bluff through revitalization,
restoration, and conservation, 1976-1991. Some research material dates
back to the 1940s. |
| M95-05 |
Emmett Sanders Papers |
Emmett Sanders was a prominent Pine
Bluff Community leader leaving behind both personal and city related
records, 1942-1984. |
| M95-06 |
David W. Bizzell Map Collection |
This collection contains city, county
and state maps of Arkansas. |
| M95-07 |
Conway Shakespeare Club Records |
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.
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| M96-01 |
Virgie
Britt Diaries |
Virgie Britt was the mother of the
late Maurice "Footsie" Britt, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. These
diaries tell of her daily accounts,1963-1967. |
| M96-02 |
Arkansas
Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts Records |
Helen Walton organized the Arkansas
committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The goal of the
committee is to promote Female artist working in the state of Arkansas,
1989-present. |
| M96-03 |
Midsouth Academy of Economics and Finance Records |
The goal of the Midsouth Academy of
Economics and finance was to promote economics and finance in the south,
1966-1995. |
| M96-04 |
Annielaura M. Jaggers Papers |
The Jaggers papers contain the
research material for the book, A Nude Singularity: Lily Peter of
Arkansas, by Annie Laura Jagger on Miss. Lily Peter: teacher, poet,
plantation owner, author, and photographer, 1891-1991. |
| M96-05 |
Faulkner
County School History Records |
In 1989 the Faulkner County Historical
Society and the Faulkner county Retired Teachers Association began the
Faulkner county school history project dealing with the history of the
original 100 plus school districts in Faulkner county. |
| M96-06 |
Ralph D. Scott Papers |
Governor Winthrop Rockefeller named
Scott Director of the Arkansas Stated Police in 1968. This collection
contains information relating to his service in law enforcement, 1968-1975.
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| M96-07 |
Foy Lisenby Papers |
Dr. Foy Lisenby collected research
material on Arkansas Governor Charles H. Brough and Arkansas' problem with
its image. |
| M96-08 |
St. Francis Levee District Records |
Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi,
Phillips, Poinsett and Saint Francis counties established the St. Francis
Levee district in order to build and maintain levees on the Mississippi
River. It was once a powerful political body, but it has lost its
political power, 1913,1960-1990. |
| M96-09 |
Conway Rotary Club Records |
The Conway Rotary Club was formed in
Arkansas in 1921. Much of this collection details the club activities
from 1963-2000. |
| M96-10 |
Alsa Chester Howard Papers |
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 |
| M96-11 |
Osro Cobb Papers |
Osro Cobb was a former State
Representative; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District during the 1957
Little Rock Central High Crisis; former State Chairman for the Republican
party of Arkansas; Arkansas Supreme Court Judge; and oil business man,
1929-1980. |
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| M97-01 |
UCA Press Records |
The UCA Press printed a wide range of
material from poetry to history. It functioned from 1985-1996. |
| M97-02 |
UCA
Depression Era Construction Records |
UCA President H. L. McAlister started
the procedures necessary to secure federal money in order promote local jobs
and provide the building needed for an every growing school, 1933-1940.
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M98-01
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UCA Business Office Legers
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This collection consists of
departmental balances, budgets, bank accounts, and construction
budgets,1946-1981 and 1998. |
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M98-02 |
Jimmy Driftwood Collection |
Jimmy Driftwood was a teacher from
Arkansas who wrote a song to help his students remember the facts on the
Battle of New Orleans. This song was picked up by Johnny Horton
and Jimmy Driftwood received a Grammy Award for his song. He was
an educator, folklorist, and Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter.
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M98-03
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Student Congress Papers
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The Student Congress papers
contains the organizations constitution, by-laws, polices, resolutions and
minutes, 1946-1988. |
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M98-04
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Waddy W. Moore Papers
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Mr. Moore established the UCA Oral
History department and was instrumental in the creation the UCA Archives.
His Collection contains oral history, Conway school board meetings,
business correspondence, and black history. |
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M98-05
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Joe Goss papers
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This collection contains twelve
Army Sketchbooks from the Civil War correspondent and illustrator Edwin
Forbes, 1894. |
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M98-06 |
Coal Hill Materials |
Mrs. Anita Elias family was a
prominent family in Johnson county Arkansas. This collection
reflects their lives through family papers, yearbooks, newspapers, and
photographs, 1880-1969. |
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M98-07 |
Kathleen Bell Papers |
The Kathleen Bell collection
contains historical information relating to Clay, Cross and St Francis
counties in Arkansas,1930-1988. |
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M98-08 |
Senator Stanley Russ Papers |
Stanley Russ served in the Arkansas
State Senate from 1975-1999. His collection contains: personal
papers, military records, political tapes, correspondence with political
figures including Bill Clinton, and photographs. |
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| M99-01 |
Official Records of the
University of Central Arkansas |
The University of Central
Arkansas was established in 1907. This collection reflect its years of
education excellence UCA has provided for thousands of students. |
| M99-02 |
James Dombek Papers |
Dr. James Dombek was a mathematics
professor and later Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UCA.
His collection contains Faculty Council papers from 1970-1982; vocational,
educational, and technical programs; KUCA radio station information; and
research proposals. |
| M99-03 |
Evalyn King Papers |
Evalyn King taught school all over the
state of Arkansas including the Japanese relocation center in Rohwer.
Her collection also contains her family genealogy research. |
| M99-04 |
Tom McAnally Papers |
Dr. Tom McAnally was an
UCA Mathematics Professor with a collection containing math books, State
College of Arkansas and UCA Bulletins, and other information regarding both
mathematics and UCA. |
| M99-05 |
The
Professors |
The Professors was a Bluegrass group made up
of five UCA Science professors. This is a record of their work
together as a band and some of the materials they created,1967-1985. |
| M99-06 |
Guy Murphy Papers |
A progressive leader in
Conway and a co-founder of the Faulkner County historical Society, Guy
Murphy Papers reflex his interest in both the growth and the development of
Conway,1958-1998. |
| M99-07 |
African American Alumni Association (A. A. A. A.) |
The African American
Alumni Association collection contains photographs, newspaper articles,
and information regarding the annual banquet and ball from 1998 to the
present. |
| M99-08 |
Senator Guy H. "Mutt" Jones Papers |
Guy Jones served as
Arkansas state senator, World War II Veteran, and was a prominent Conway
attorney. His collection contains personal papers, military
records, financial material, correspondence, legal material, and
memorabilia, 1925-1985. |
| M99-09 |
Michael Rapp Papers |
A professor of chemistry
at UCA from 1968-1999, Michael Rapp papers contains material over canoeing,
travel, correspondence, Arkansas Science Teacher Association, and a
research paper for NASA. |
| M99-10 |
Greg J. W. Urwin Papers |
A History Professor of UCA
from 1984-1999, Professor Urwin established the Blue-Gray Association at
UCA. His collection holds information on faculty life at UCA, papers
from the Blue-Gray Association, and drafts of a few of his own books on
history. |
| M99-11 |
Kathy Kunzinger Urwin Papers |
This collection contains
taped interviews from Marion Burton, Sterling Cockrill, G. Thomas Eisele,
Orval E. Faubus, Robert Faulkner, Everette Ham, Cal Ledbetter and John Ward
on the subject of former Governor Winthrop Rockefeller. |
| M99-12 |
First State Bank newspaper Clippings |
A newspaper collection on
the First State Bank in Conway, Arkansas covering the time periods of
1946-1973, 1985-1994, and 1996-1997. |
| M99-13 |
Frank Winburne Rare Newspaper Collection |
A collection of rare
newspapers spanning from the late 19th century to the late 20th
century. |
| M99-14 |
James
Bridges Collection |
James Bridges is best
known for films such as "The China Syndrome", "Urban Cowboy", and "The Paper
Chase". His collection contains information on the James Bridges
performing arts scholarship fund, manuscripts, photographs, audio and visual
media forms, and films from the Director/Writer and former UCA student James
Bridges. |
| M99-15 |
Governor Ben T. Laney Collection |
Former Governor Ben Laney
support states' rights as one of the leaders of the Dixiecrats movement.
His collection contains political papers correspondence, speeches,
photographs, personal correspondence, campaign issues, U.S. savings bond
sales during world War II, Civil Rights issues, and many other important
topics, 1942-1970. |
| M99-16 |
Arkansas Reading Association Records |
This collection contains
planning guides, budgets, proposals, goals, correspondence, scrapbooks,
board meetings, photographs and video cassettes of an Arkansas literacy
group. |
| M00-01 |
The Old Texas Church Papers |
The old Texas Church papers hold
partial records of a 19th century Faulkner County Baptist church,
including a transcription of the original documents, 1869-1895. |
| M00-02 |
E.
Howard Tipton World War II Collection |
The personal accounts of P. O. W.,
Technical Sergeant Howard H. Tipton's missions during the European campaign.
Included are photocopies of Metals received, photographs, and a small
manuscript, describing month by month accounts of war activities. |
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M00-03
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Theodore C. Hood World War II Collection
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Chief Maser Sergeant Hood collection
contains World War II memorabilia, achievement awards, photographs, books,
videos, World war II Statistics, newspaper articles, magazines, and the
306th Echoes from 1979 to present. |
| M00-04 |
William
John Graff World War II Collection |
William John Graff served in World War
II and his father served in World War I. The Graff Collection contains
material and information from both wars, early 1900's to 1960s. |
| M00-05 |
Marvin De Boer World War II Collection |
Marvin De Boer served on the U.S.S.
Essex during World War II bring back memorabilia, naval information,
certifications, photographs, and Japanese currency. |
| M00-06 |
Oakland United Methodist Church Papers |
The Oakland United Methodist Church
was founded in 1849 by James Ford near Holland in Faulkner County.
This collection contains membership book, church history, Sunday school
registers, and quarterly conference records, 1852-1926. |
| M00-07 |
Omer LeMire World War II Collection |
Sergeant Omer LeMire served in the
United States Army during World War II and was one of the many who photographed the horrors of the Dachau concentration camp. |
| M00-08 |
Gene Hatfield Papers |
Gene Hatfield 's family has been an
active part of UCA for many years. He attended UCA before being
drafted into Word War II. After the war Mr. Hatfield finished his
education in the field of art, and he became one of the most distinguished
professors at UCA, 1925-2005. |
| M00-09 |
U.C.A. Alumni Association Papers |
The collection contains
correspondence, and UCA Bulletins dating from 1932 to the present. |
| M00-10 |
John P. Chopelas World War II Collection |
John P. Chopelas enlisted in the Army
Air Forces during World War II at the age of 18. His collection
contains photographs, merit awarded, missions of a gunnery man, newspaper
clippings, albums, and cartoons. |
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| M01-01 |
Neal King World War II letters |
The Neal King collection contains
personal papers from Navel Officer Neal King to his sister Evalyn King and
their parents during World War II. |
| M01-02 |
David Ramage World War II Collection |
Staff Sergeant David Ramage served in
the European theater during World War II. His collection contains
memorabilia, photographs, and letters. |
| M01-03 |
Jim
McKim Collection |
Jim McKim worked at UCA as a Professor
of Mathematics and as the UCA's Coordinator of Continuing Education Credit
Programs at Little Rock Air Force Base and the Arkansas Correctional
Department, 1979-1999. |
| M01-04 |
Weems
Trussel Papers |
Weems Trussel was a lawyer, State
Senator, State Representative and a banker for Fordyce, Arkansas. He
served under Governors Carl Baily, Ben Laney, Sid McMath, and Orval Faubus,
1936-1975 |
| M01-05 |
Ray
Neilson Celebrity Interview Collection |
The Ray Neilson collection contains
interviews the host of the "Good Time Picture Show" made with famous actors,
actresses, and film directors, 1978-1981. |
| M01-06 |
Fred
Hopkinson World War II Letters |
Fred Hopkinson fought in World War I
and was a civilian in World War II. His collection contains letters,
copies of medals, copies of foreign money, and gasoline and tire ration
book. |
| M01-07 |
Collins
B. Isom World War II Collection |
This collection hold primary sources
from both World War II and the Korean War through Telegrams, V-mail,
National Service Life Insurance, six issues of "Star and Stripes", and two
copies of "Yank". |
| M01-08 |
Earl
Beadle World War II Papers |
Earl Beadle served in the Navy on the
U.S.S. Capps during World War II. His collection contains the dairies
of Earl Beadle, Stanley R. Goral, John Hnatichin, video, and audio tapes
dealing with the war, 1942-1945. |
| M01-09 |
Darrell Aubrey Rook World War II Papers |
This collection contains photographs
from a championship football team in 1938, new Coast Guardsmen in 1942, and
a book on SPARS. |
| M01-10 |
Helen
Titus Erwin Collection |
Helen Titus Erwin scrapbooks show
campus life at UCA during the 1920s. |
| M01-11 |
Sigma
Tau Gamma Collection |
Sigma Tau Gamma is the oldest
fraternity on UCA Campus. This collection contains the history of the
organization from 1915-2003. |
| M01-12 |
Conway
Orpheus Club Records |
The Conway Orpheus Club sponsors
musical events, and they help to provide music and musical instruments
to educational institutions of Conway, 1913-2002. |
| M01-13 |
UCA Faculty Senate Records |
The UCA Faculty Senate Records contain
information regarding minutes, handbook revisions, and elections, 1970-2000. |
| M01-14 |
Robert D. Covington Papers |
Robert Covington served in the Navy
during World War II. This collection contains a diary, photographs,
and discharge papers, 1942-1946. |
| M01-15 |
World
Trade Center Collection |
The collection contains newspapers
articles, first hand accounts, reaction inside Arkansas, and information on
Osama Bin Laden, 2001. |
| M01-16 |
Jim Malone Papers |
Jim Malone, a fish farm owner, was
President of the Arkansas Fish Farmers Association in 1956 and helped to
push for the United States Fish& Wildlife Service (USFWS) Fishing Farming
Experimental Station in Stuttgart, Arkansas. He also wrote speeches
for Governor Sidney McMath in 1950 and Governor Orval E. Faubus in 1954 and
1956. |
| M01-17 |
Richard E. Wood Papers |
Richard E. Wood is a World War II
Veteran who publishes the 79th Airdrome Squadron Newsletter. His
collection also contains several books on Worlds War II. |
| M01-18 |
Ivor Parker World War II Collection |
The Ivor Parker collection contains
photographs, medals, information on India, allied newsletters, and a letter
of Presidential Recognition from President Harry Truman during World War II. |
| M01-19 |
Dorris Nunn Newspaper Collection |
The Dorris Nunn Newspapers collection
spans from the 1960s to the 1990s with major headlines including the Space
Race and Desert Storm. |
| M01-20 |
Corrine
Robinson Papers |
The Corrine Robinson papers contain
photographs, letters, and newspapers from UCA, 1963-1994. |
| M01-21 |
UCA Presidential Search For 8th
President/Lu Hardin Collection |
The UCA Presidential search comprises
of information on the search and selection of the 8th UCA President. |
| M01-22 |
Hansel
Lee Collection |
Hansel Lee graduated as a pilot from
The Army Air Force in 1944. His collection contains a bomb group pilot
album, and some copies of the Briefing: Journal of the International B-24
Liberator Club, 1977-2001. |
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| M02-01 |
WAC Veterans Association / Sue
Evans Collection |
The Sue Evans WAC Veterans Association
collection contains minutes, information on national conventions,
association handbook, and the annual bulletin of WAC, 1979-2001. |
| M02-02 |
Ruth Farmer Collection |
Ruth Farmer was a former employee at
UCA and her collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings and
correspondence from a Arkansas family in the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
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| M02-03 |
Fred Dalske Collection |
Dr. Fred Dalske was a well liked
biology professor at the University of Central Arkansas. This
collection contains newspapers articles, letters and pictures concerning his
life, 1999-2001. |
| M02-04 |
Phi Delta Kappa Collection |
This collection contains awards,
forms, requirements, reports, and newsletters concerning the Phi Delta
Kappa, 1970s-2002. |
| M02-05 |
Beth Brickell Papers |
Beth Brickell is an actress, producer,
and director who appeared in such films as Posse, Deadly Game,
and The Only Way Home. She attended the Arkansas State Teacher
College and has been very active in Arkansas political system,1954-2002.
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| M02-06 |
Dorris
Curtis Collection |
Dorris Curtis was a School teacher
before World War II, a Industrial worker and a award winning artist.
Her collection contains sheet music that dates back to 1893, songs written
by Dorris Curtis, and some of her paintings.1893-2002. |
| M02-07 |
Shane
C. Dunn Collection |
This collection contains information
regarding Franz Ziereis the Commander of Mathauson and an overseer of
many German concentration camps. |
| M02-08 |
Edwin Ledbetter Collection |
This Edwin Ledbetter collection is a
compilation of unpublished material by Edwin Ledbetter on his experiences
during World War II and growing up in Conway during the great Depression. |
| M02-09 |
Dan Estes Collection |
Dan Estes was a Professor of
Mathematics, football coach, hunter, fisherman, and conservationist.
His collection contains a large binder that chronicle his life1909-2001. |
| M02-10 |
Sam Laser World War II Collection |
Sam Laser joined the navy in World War
II and was present on the U.S.S. Yorktown when it was repeatedly hit
by torpedoes before succumbing to the wounds. |
| M02-11 |
Conway School Board Records, 1878-1891 |
The Conway School Board collection
displays some of Conway's early history with a ledger from 1830-1845 and the
minutes of the Conway School Board from 1878-1892. |
| M02-12 |
Four
Witt Brothers Collection |
This collection consisting of
information and photographs of the original homes in down-town Conway, and
also articles written by Vivian Hogue for the Log Cabin Democrat. |
| M02-13 |
Vivian Hogue Collection |
Vivian Hogue collected information and
photographs on the original homes in old down-town Conway. |
| M02-15 |
Al Hiegel World War II Collection |
Al Hiegel served on the U.S.S.
Independence, CVL-22 during World War II. This collection contains
information on the ship and its service men. |
| M02-16 |
Torreyson Library Collection |
This collection contains the business
practices of the the UCA library by use of annual reports, fiscal report,
staff meetings, and survey 1926-1979. |
| M02-17 |
UCA President Winfred Thompson Papers |
Winfred Thompson was the seventh
President of the University of Central Arkansas from 1988-2001. |
| M02-18 |
Basketball Film Collection |
The Basketball Film collection is a
series of recorded UCA Basketball games from 1972-1978. |
| M02-19 |
Arkansas School Psychology Association |
This is a collection of newsletters,
correspondence, memos, and business papers covering the time span of
1977-2002. |
| M02-23 |
Mary Ferguson Papers |
The Mary Ferguson paper contain UCA
memorabilia and UCA Alumni Bulletins from 1940-1999. |
| M02-24 |
Dr. Harry Readnour Collection |
Dr. Harry Readnour is currently a
History Professor at the University of Central Arkansas. |
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| M03-01 |
Rex L. Horn Papers |
Rex Horn joined the Army
Air Corps in 1940 and died in a training exercise in 1941. His
collection contains his obituary and the Presidential Memorial Certificate. |
| M03 -02 |
Julie McDonald Papers |
The Julie McDonald papers
concern the processing and signing of a bill to remove words relating to
race from the 1907 Act that had originally created the Arkansas State Normal
School. It also holds awards given to the Echo from 1953-1962. |
| M03-03 |
Carroll Williams
Collection |
The Carroll Williams
collection contains unpublished stories about his life including his
father leaving for World War II and Carroll leaving for Korea. |
| M03-04 |
Space Shuttle Columbia
Disaster |
This is a collection of
news articles from that moment in time when the Space Shuttle Columbia
disintegrated in mid-air. |
| M03-05 |
Joyce Garrison |
This collection consists
of Faulkner County Quorum court proceedings, county budget, and other county
business papers, 1989-2002. |
| M03-06 |
Ruth Coster Collection |
Ruth Coster joined WACS in
1943 and was transferred to New Guinea after completing her training.
She became friends with Helen Kent who was trained at UCA. Helen died
in a plane crash in the valley of Shangri-La along with seventeen other
people. |
| M03-07 |
Dr. Willie Hardin
Collection |
Dr. Willie Hardin was Dean
of the Library at UCA from 1964-2003 and his collection contains material
from his career at the UCA library. |
| M03-08 |
Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals
|
This collection is a array
of information concerning the UCA branch of the Library Paraprofessional of
Arkansas including conferences, awards, and correspondence, 1992-present. |
| M03-09 |
Ed Stallcup World War II
Collection |
This collection contains a
ration book, photographs, and the oral history of Ed Stallcup's experiences
during World War II. |
| M03-10 |
Jimmie Lee Williams III
Collection |
The Jimmie Lee Williams
III collection contains information and historical material used in the
creation of some of the AETN programs. |
| M03-11 |
Dr. Carl Forsberg
Collection |
Dr. Carl Forsberg was a
professor of Music at UCA from 1949-1984 and the Chair of the Music
department from 1970-1980. |
| M03-12 |
UCA Sports Hall of Fame |
This is a continuous
record of those persons who have contributed to UCA Athletics,
2001-president. |
| M03-13 |
Jerrel K Moore Collection |
Jerrel K. Moore was the
director of Torreyson Library in the late 1970s and early 1980s. His
collection holds material relating to Civil War medical practices. |
| M03-14 |
Leland Houston Knight
Collection |
Leland Houston was a
Church of Christ Evangelist from Booneville, Arkansas. He preached in
Arkansas, Oklahoma, California, Oregon, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and
Indiana in the 1930s,1940s, and the 1950s. |
| M03-15 |
Daniel David Maddox
Newspaper Collection |
This is a small collection
of The National School Newspaper during the year 1938. |
| M03-16 |
Richard Allin Collection |
Richard Allin was a
journalist for the Arkansas Gazette and the Arkansas Democrat Gazette from
1963-2003. He wrote the column Our Town. |
| M03-17 |
Charles Allbright
Collection |
Charles Allbright was a
journalist for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette who wrote the column
Arkansas Traveler up to his retirement in 2003. |
| M03-18 |
UCA Band Alumni |
This is a collection of
photographs and newspaper clippings from the 1970s to the present. |
| M03-19 |
President Lu Hardin
Collection |
This collection holds
personal and professional correspondence, including letters from Presidents
and Chancellors of various universities congratulating President Hardin on
his prestigious position of 8th President of the University of Central
Arkansas. |
| M03-20 |
Bill Johnson Collection |
Mr. Johnson is the
president of the Simmons First National Bank of Conway and has been spots
announcer for the UCA Bears since 1961. This collection contains
material from both his personal and professional life. |
| M03-21 |
Charles H. and Elaine I.
Carter Newspaper Collection |
This is a collection of
papers from Illinois and New York spanning from the late 19th century to the
early 20th century. |
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