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Diaries and Family Papers

Title Collection Number Description
Steed Family Papers M87-05 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. 
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.

Gale Stewart Papers

M88-03

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.

Morris Family Papers

M88-05

The Morris Family papers hold genealogy information and business papers from an White county farm family, 1820-1937.

Larkin Wright Family Papers

M89-14

This collection offers an interesting view of student life at Quitman college through family correspondence and materials, 1861-1937.

Eva Patton Papers

M89-23

This collection contains photographs, personal materials, and correspondence of a Faulkner county homemaker, 1907-1966.

Milford Pete Atkinson Papers

M89-33

Milford Atkinson was stationed in India, flying in many air attacks in World War II.  His collection consists of  letters and photographs, 1943-1945.
Madge Clayton Papers M90-01 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.
Brian Family Journal M90-06 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.
Trulock Family Letters M90-09 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.
Ross Smith Letters M90-12 Ross Smith served as a private during World War I, and his collection contains his letters to his family from 1917-1920.
Freeman-Robbins Papers M90-16 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.
Morris S. Arnold Papers M91-02 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.
Robert Armstrong Doyle Papers M91-08 Robert Doyle served in both World War I and II.  His collection holds letters, and military papers from both wars.
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.
Luther Blaney Papers M94-06 The Luther Blaney Papers consists of family, estate, and insurance records, 1883-1987.
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.
Virgie Britt Diaries M96-01 Virgie Britt was the mother of the late Maurice "Footsie" Britt, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. These diaries tell of her daily accounts,1963-1967.
Annielaura M. Jaggers Papers M96-04 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.
Coal Hill Materials M98-06 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.
Ruth Farmer Collection M02-02 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.
James Alexander Ogletree/Julie Avra Ogletree Genealogy M05-06 James and Julie Ogletree moved to Arkansas shortly after the Civil War.  This collection contains Genealogic information from both the Avra and Ogletree families in Arkansas.

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