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Title Collection Number Description

Eva Burkett Papers

M86-04

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.

Faulkner County Educational Records

M86-05

These county records pertain to the inner workings of the educational system in Faulkner county between the years 1880-1939.
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. 
Maude H. Boen Papers M87-06 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.
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.

Richard C. Butler Papers

M88-02

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.
Will A. Berry Papers M89-01 This collection contains workbooks from Arkansas Normal School, teaching licenses, contracts, and poetry from a school teacher and his sister, 1893-1929.

Arkansas Educational Association Papers

M89-19

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.

Arkansas Department of Education Publications

M89-20

This collection consists of pamphlets and typescript lists from the Arkansas Department of Education, 1917-1972.
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.
Terry A. Humble Papers M91-12 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.
Clyde D. Dollar Papers M91-17 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.
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
Mary Jane Scott Papers M93-04 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.
Arkansas Libraries Materials M93-05 This collection contains information on libraries in Arkansas from 1972-1993.
Arkansas Teaching History Materials M94-01 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.
Arkansas Association for Childhood Education Records M94-05 Administrative materials, correspondence, and programs of AACE meetings, newsletters, and memorabilia, 1939-1978.
Faulkner County School History Records M96-05 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.
Jimmy Driftwood Collection M98-02 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.

Waddy W. Moore Papers

M98-04

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.
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.
Jim McKim Collection M01-03 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.
Conway School Board Records, 1878-1891 M02-11 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.
Arkansas School Psychology Association M02-19 This is a collection of newsletters, correspondence, memos, and business papers covering the time span of 1977-2002.
Daniel David Maddox Newspaper Collection M03-15 This is a small collection of The National School Newspaper during the year 1938.

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