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Correspondence, Printed Material, and Photographs, 1882-1982

Manuscript Collection 559

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION

Elizabeth Bassett Williams of Fayetteville (Washington County), Arkansas, donated materials to Special Collections pertaining to her family on August 13, 1985 and April 21, 1986.

Elizabeth (Betty) Bassett Williams was a 1941 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.  She was a charter pledge of the Octagon chapter of Mortar Board and a charter member of Orchesis, an honorary dance group.  She married Franklin S. Williams, a business professor at the University.  After World War II, they lived at Camp Neil Martin, a housing complex for married students and faculty.  Mrs. Williams wrote articles for university publications, including The Traveler and The Screaming Eagle.  Her mother, Bee Irene Knerr, graduated from the university in 1916, and her younger sister, Dorothy Knerr Bryan, graduated in 1924.  Another sister, Ina Helen Knerr, attended the university in the early 1900's and was a charter member of the campus chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.  She later became head of the cataloging department at the University Library.

This collection contains correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, and programs primarily concerning the university.  Nineteen of the twenty-one photographs are by Fayetteville photographer J.H. Field.  The papers also contain broadsides, which have been removed to the broadside collection.

 
 Prepared by Susan Lynn Parks, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in March 1989.

CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION (56 items)

Series 1.  Papers and Printed Material 
Series 2.  Photographs

Series 1.  Papers and Printed Material 

This series contains booklets, pamphlets, class notes, and other papers.

Box 1

 1. Correspondence, Mar 3, 1941 - June 30, 1982.  Includes correspondence to and from Ina H. Knerr, Elizabeth Bassett Williams, Ray Thornton, and J.W. Fulbright.
 2. Class notes of Ina Helen Knerr, Animal Biology, 1906.
 3. Class notes of Ina Helen Knerr, Biology, 1907.
 4. Arkansas Industrial University report card, Daniel Horn, Mar 8, 1882; Commencement invitation, June 4-9, 1910; Scratch Dance partner list, Feb 15, 1913; Faculty information booklet, 1920; School of Music program, Mar 22, May 26, May 29, May 31, 1922; Semi-Centennial Exercises, June 13, 1922; St.Louis Symphony Orchestra program, Apr 27, 1923; American Photography magazine, Oct 1925, (contains one Field photograph); Scenes of buildings and farm at the University of Arkansas, ca. 1930.
 5. Phi Beta Kappa information bulletin, May 1931; Student Activities ticket, Irene Hester, 1932; Chemistry Building dedication, June 10, 1935; Vol Walker Memorial Library, June 10, 1935; Department of Physical Education Spring Festival program, May 18, 1939; Orchesis recital program, Dec 14, 1939; Pep sheet, ca. 1940; University of Arkansas song sheet, ca. 1940.
 6. Mortar Board Installation Banquet program, May 18, 1940; Mortar Board membership booklet, 1941; Walter J. Lemke's "Christmas Communique from the Basement of Old Main," 1945; Seventy-fifth Anniversary Convocation program, Jan 22, 1947; Souvenir booklet, "1872-1947, Seventy-fifth Anniversary, University of Arkansas," Apr 1947; Inauguration program of President Lewis Webster Jones, June 9, 1947; University of Arkansas News, June 1947; Journalism newsletter, Christmas 1948.

Series 2.  Photographs

The J.H. Field photographs are listed with notations, measurements, and dates.  The concluding two photographs were most likely taken for the university yearbook, photographer unknown.

Box 1 (cont'd)

  Folder 7
 1. "Track to Walker-Knerr-Williams House, c. 1910-1920" on verso.  4 3/4 x 6 3/4 on 6 x 7 1/4 matte.  Signed by Field.
 2. "Wagon track in north pasture, c. 1910-1920" on verso.  4 1/2 x 6 3/4 on 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 matte.  Signed by Field.
 3. Pond or lake and shoreline.  "Copyright 1921."  6 1/2 x 4 1/4 on 9 x 7 card.
 4. Dogwood tree.  Signed "copyright JF 1924" on front and verso. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 on 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 card.
 5. Man sharpening scythe.  "George Fredrick Knerr c. 1925" on verso.  6 3/4 x 5.
 6. "Ida Corbett Knerr" on verso.  3 3/4 x 4.  ca. 1925.
 7. "Unknown to me (Betty Bassett Williams) [could be Dorothy, Janie.]"  Stamped logo "Field Studio, Fayetteville, Ark."  6 1/2 x 4 1/2 on 10 x 7 card.  ca. 1925.

  Folder 8
 8. "House from north pasture with redbud.." and "Dorothy K. Bryan" on verso.  4 1/2 x 6 1/4 hand-painted photograph on 5 x 7 card.  ca. 1925.
 9. "Ghost Hollow trail..." on verso.  6 3/4 x 4 1/2 on 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 matte.  Signed by Field.  ca. 1925.
    10. "View of north pasture from point..." on verso.  4 1/2 x 6 1/2 on 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 card.  Stamped logo.  ca. 1925.
 11. "May be Happy Hollow Farm?"  4 1/2 x 6 1/2 on 8 x 9 1/2 card.  Stamped logo, ca. 1925.
 12. Animal prints and grass stalks in snow.  "Copyright Good Housekeeping" and signed by Field.  6 1/4 x 4 1/2 on 3 1/4 x 7 card.  ca. 1925.

  Folder 9
 13A. "Waterfall (after heavy rain) in Ghost Hollow" on verso.  6 1/2 x 4 1/2 on 9 1/2 x 7 card.  Stamped logo.  ca. 1925.
 13B. "'Green Jelly,' rainy day waterfall in Ghost Hollow over the moss-encrusted rocks..." on verso.  6 1/2 x 4 1/2 on 10 x 7 card.  Stamped logo.  ca. 1925.
 14. Dogwood blooms.  4 3/4 x 6 1/2 on 11 x 9 1/4 card.  Stamped logo.  ca. 1925.
 15. "Curve of road going west from house."  10 1/2 x 7 1/2 on 12 x 8 1/2 card.  Signed by Field.  ca. 1925.
 16. Dirt road with flowering tree.  11 1/4 x 8 on 13 x 8 3/4 matte.  Signed by Field.  ca. 1925.
 17. Cabin in snow.  4 1/4 x 6.  "New Years Greetings '27, The Field - Arkansas."
 18. Old Main in snow.
 19. Trees in snow.  4 1/2 x 3 on 6 x 3 3/4 card.  On front "1931 - Greetings[,]  The Fields."
 20. Dr. John Clark, head of English Department, University of Arkansas, Feb 5, 1940.
 21. President J.W. Fulbright, University of Arkansas, 1941.