| Title |
Collection Number |
Description |
|
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. |
|
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. |
|
James
E. Mackrell Papers
|
M86-12
|
This collection consists of personal papers, writings, photographs, and
political materials of a Little Rock radio personality and Baptist
minister, 1941-1972. |
|
John R. Hume Papers |
M88-01 |
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. |
|
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. |
|
Arkansas WPA Writers Project
Records
|
M88-09
|
The Arkansas WPA provided jobs for
unemployed writers during the depression, and it also gathered information
for a guidebook on Arkansas, 1935-1941. |
|
Stephen Wheeler Papers
|
M88-10
|
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. |
|
Walter Nunn Papers
|
M88-12
|
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. |
|
Ray Poindexter Jr. Papers
|
M89-09
|
This collection contains
the papers of Ray Poindexter Jr. an Arkansas radio personality, teacher,
and author 1940-1980. |
|
Washington County Circuit Court Records
|
M89-10
|
This collection contains
transcribed court records from Washington County Circuit Court, March 1829 t June 1836. |
|
Governor George W. Hays Pardon Record
|
M89-13
|
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. |
|
George
Bently Papers
|
M89-32
|
This collection contains
information on the Pulaski County Quorum Court, Arkansas Bar Association,
Linda Nooner court case, and other court case, 1977-1988. |
|
Jane E. Stern Papers |
M90-02 |
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. |
|
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. |
|
Arkansas Governor's Conference on Libraries &
Information Services Records |
M91-10 |
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. |
|
Pulaski County Voter Registration Lists |
M91-16 |
This list represent all registered voters
who paid their poll tax for the years
1951-1960. |
|
Kimberly Collins Papers |
M92-03 |
Kimberly Collins collection contains material
from an Arkansas business women and pro-choice activist, 1989-1991. |
|
Milton F. Davis Cartoon Collection |
M92-04 |
Milton Davis produces original
cartoons for the Conway Log Cabin as well as other Arkansas newspapers,
1982-2004. |
|
Arkansas Historic Bridge Inventory Records |
M93-10 |
.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) |
|
Emmett Sanders Papers |
M95-05 |
Emmett Sanders was a prominent Pine
Bluff Community leader leaving behind both personal and city related
records, 1942-1984. |
|
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. |
|
Ralph D. Scott Papers |
M96-06 |
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.
|
|
St. Francis Levee District Records |
M96-08 |
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. |
|
Osro Cobb Papers |
M96-11 |
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. |
|
Senator Stanley Russ Papers |
M98-08 |
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. |
|
Senator Guy H. "Mutt" Jones Papers |
M99-08 |
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. |
|
Kathy Kunzinger Urwin Papers |
M99-11 |
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. |
|
Governor Ben T. Laney Collection |
M99-15 |
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. |
|
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.
|
|
Sharon Priest Collection |
M06-03 |
Sharon Priest was the first female to hold the
office of Secretary of State in Arkansas. This collection reflects
her years of service to the people of Arkansas. |