About Special Collections
Overview and History
The Special Collections Department was created in 1967 to encourage research and writing in the history and culture of Arkansas and the surrounding region.The mission of the department is to acquire, preserve, and provide access to historical manuscripts, archives, maps, photographs, and published materials to support scholarly investigation of the state, its customs and people, and its cultural, physical, and political climate. Special Collections include manuscripts and archives, the Arkansas Collection, rare books and special libraries, photographs, broadsides, and maps. Read more about the collections...
The facilities of Special Collections are open to the public. University of Arkansas faculty and students as well as scholars, journalists, and other investigators from throughout the United States and other countries have conducted research in the collections. The results of their work have appeared in theses and dissertations, newspaper articles, scholarly and popular journals and books, exhibits, and television and film productions. Read more about doing research in Special Collections...
Location and Directions
Special Collections is located on the basement floor (Level 1) of Mullins Library. View a campus map.
Driving directions to the campus as well as parking information for visitors can be found on the University of Arkansas web site. The closest public parking are metered spots near the Administration Building or in the Stadium Drive (Arkansas Union) Parking Garage (view parking maps for campus).
Special Collections Staff
| Tim Nutt | Head, Special Collections | timn@uark.edu | 575-8443 | MULN 130A |
| Amy Allen | University Archivist | ala005@uark.edu | 575-6370 | MULN 123 |
| Andrew Donovan | U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers Papers Processor | amdonov@uark.edu | 575-3867 | MULN 125 |
| Vera Ekechukwu | Fulbright Papers Research Assistant | ekechukw@uark.edu | 575-8447 | MULN 123 |
| Cody Hackett | U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers Papers Project Assistant Archivist | chacket@uark.edu | 575-3867 | MULN 125 |
| Todd Lewis | Lead Processing Archivist | telewis@uark.edu | 575-4659 | MULN 123 |
| Megan Massanelli | Special Collections Reading Room Assistant | mamassan@uark.edu | 575-8444 | MULN 130 |
| Case Miner | U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers Papers Project Archivist | cminer@uark.edu | 575-3867 | MULN 125 |
| Janet Parsch | Assistant to the Head of Special Collections | jparsch@uark.edu | 575-6694 | MULN 130K |
| Valerie Robertson | Special Collections Assistant | verobert@uark.edu | 575-5577 | MULN 130N |
| Geoffery Stark | Special Collections Reading Room Supervisor | glstark@uark.edu | 575-8444 | MULN 130 |
| Catherine Wallack | Architectural Records Archivist | cwallack@uark.edu | 575-7253 | MULN 126 |
| Diane Worrell | Arkansas Special Projects Librarian | dfworrel@uark.edu | 575-5330 | MULN 130G |
| Joshua Youngblood | Research and Outreach Services Librarian | jcyoungb@uark.edu | 575-7251 | MULN 130H |
| Special Projects Staff, 2011 |
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| Alexis Bell (Manuscripts Processor) |
| Jonathan Browning (Manuscripts Processor) |
| Krista Casada (Indexer, Index Arkansas) |
| Ellen Compton (Manuscripts Processor) |
| Andrew Donovan (Manuscripts Processor) |
| Jordan Frankenburger (Manuscripts Processor) |
| Keleigh Hibbard (Reading Room Assistant) |
| Krista Jones (Senior Level Manuscripts Processor) |
| Jordan Johnson (Reading Room Assistant) |
| Erin Robertson (Editorial Assistant) |
| Joan Watkins (Manager, Index Arkansas) |
Contact Us
- Special Collections Department
- University of Arkansas Libraries
- 365 N. McIlroy Avenue
- Fayetteville, AR 72701-4002
- Phone: (479) 575-5577
- FAX: (479) 575-3472
- specoll@uark.edu
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