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Government and Politics

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.

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