| Title |
Collection Number |
Description |
|
Vestal Nursery Records
|
M86-03
|
Both Financial records and catalogs from the Joseph W.
Vestal and Sons Co. depict the financial life of an Arkansas business, 1892-1960. |
|
W.
H. Newton Papers
|
M86-06
|
This collection consists of personal papers,
political commissions, and correspondence of a Lincoln County farmer and
politician, 1862 -1914. |
|
Mary Caviness Papers |
M86-09 |
This collection contains Personal paper, correspondence, and business
papers of a Hot Springs African American benefactress, 1895-1986 |
|
Hampton
Roy Collection
|
M86-11
|
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. |
|
Rose Publishing Company Records |
M87-02 |
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. |
|
Clayton
Family Papers |
M87-07 |
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. |
|
Daphine Doster Papers
|
M88-04
|
Daphine Doster was a public health
nurse and the first acting Dean of the University of Arkansas school of
Nursing, 1951-1972. |
|
Leo P. Bott Papers
|
M88-06
|
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. |
|
Diana Sherwood Papers
|
M88-07
|
Diana Sherwood worked as a freelance
writer and journalist. She also did research on early settlers in
Arkansas, 1936-1951. |
|
Dr. William G. Holland Papers
|
M89-08
|
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. |
|
Arkansas Libraries Association Materials
|
M89-27
|
This collection contains
project materials,
pamphlets, library directories, and programs for annual conferences,
1945-1986. |
|
Richard E. Yates Newspapers Columns |
M90-08 |
Richard Yates was a retired history
professor from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas who authored several
newspaper articles for different Arkansas newspapers. |
|
Arkansas Power and Light Company Materials |
M90-10 |
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. |
|
Arkansas Press Association Materials |
M91-15 |
This collection contains programs
and proceedings from their annual APA conventions, 1877-1934. |
|
Corrine Hodges Papers |
M94-02 |
Corrine Hodges worked as editor of the
Crowley's Ridge Chronicle leaving behind clippings of her career, 1967-1977.
|
|
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. |
|
Cochran Family Papers |
M95-01 |
The Cochran family papers represents a
family experience in Little Rock, Arkansas through correspondence business
and legal papers, and Civil War Diary, 1859-1975. |
|
Arthur Stern Papers |
M95-04 |
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. |
|
Midsouth Academy of Economics and Finance Records |
M96-03 |
The goal of the Midsouth Academy of
Economics and finance was to promote economics and finance in the south,
1966-1995. |
|
First State Bank newspaper Clippings |
M99-12 |
A newspaper collection on
the First State Bank in Conway, Arkansas covering the time periods of
1946-1973, 1985-1994, and 1996-1997. |
|
Weems
Trussel Papers |
M01-04 |
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 |
|
Jim Malone Papers |
M01-16 |
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. |
|
Richard Allin Collection |
M03-16 |
Richard Allin was a
journalist for the Arkansas Gazette and the Arkansas Democrat Gazette from
1963-2003. He wrote the column Our Town. |
|
Charles Allbright
Collection |
M03-17 |
Charles Allbright was a
journalist for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette who wrote the column
Arkansas Traveler up to his retirement in 2003. |
|
Wayne Cranford Collection |
M04-11 |
Mr. Cranford was the Chairman of the
President's Advisory Committee for the Arts. This collection contains
personal an professional correspondence and papers in regard to the
political campaigns of Senator J. W. Fulbright and President Bill Clinton.
|
|
Tom Bonner Collection |
M05-12 |
Tom Bonner served at KARK Channel 4 Little
Rock both in front and behind the camera. His jobs ranged from
weather man to station manager. He is currently working as Senior
Vice President at Arkansas Children's Hospital. |