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Correspondence, Diary, Histories, Photographs, 1858-1948

Manuscript Collection 785

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION

Lillie Howell Branson of Uniontown (Crawford County), Arkansas donated the papers of her mother, the late Lula Jane Howell, to Special Collections on March 3, 1987.

These papers were collected both as a family record and as a chronicle of Uniontown.  They contain both family papers and photographs and materials pertaining to the Uniontown community.

The Lula Jane Howell Papers contain correspondence, the diary of Lula Jane (Comstock) Howell, a history of the community of Uniontown, a history of the Poage (spelled variously "Poague")family by Lula (Lucinda) Jane Poage Howell, and a collection of photographs.

Prepared by Janet G. Tucker, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in June 1988.

CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION (20 items)

Series 1.  Correspondence, Diaries, Histories (Box 1)
 
This series contains the positive photocopy of a letter written by A. E. Poage, Lula Howell's diary, and her history of the Poage family.  Lula Howell's history of Uniontown closes the series.

Box 1

 1.  Correspondence, 1858.
 2. Lula Howell's diary, 1946-48.
 3. Lula Howell's diary, positive photocopy, 1946-48.
 4. Poage family history, by Lula Howell, n.d.
 5. "Sketches of the History of Uniontown Christian Church, by Lula Howell, incomplete, 1984.
 6. "Sketches of the History of Uniontown Christian Church, by Lula Howell, positive photocopy, incomplete, 1984.
 7. History of Uniontown, by Ruby (Yancy) Howell, n.d.

This series contains photographs of members of the Howell, Poague, and Comstock families.  All photographs are black and white unless otherwise noted.
 

Folder 1.  Individual, dated.

 1. Lula Howell, c. 1940.  Negative removed to Folder 5.

 2. Lillie Howell Branson, color photograph, 1977.

 
Folder 2.  Individual, undated.

 3. Lucinda (Lula) Jane (Poage) Howell, tintype, n.d.

 4. Dr. A. E. Poague, tintype, n.d.

 5. Randolph Comstock, n.d.

 6. Ruth (Comstock) Marshall, n.d.
 

Folder 3.  Group photographs.

 7. Howell family reunion, 1927.  Negative removed to Folder 5.

 8. Bob Wood and George Howell, tintype, n.d.

 9. Uniontown School photograph, n.d.  Negative removed to Folder 5.

 
Folder 4.  Buildings.

    10. Lodge Hall, Uniontown Christian Church, n.d.
 

Folder 5.  Negatives.

 11. Negative to Photograph 1.

 12. Negative to Photograph 7.

 13. Negative to Photograph 9.