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About the Pryor Center

The Center was created in 1999 at the urging of former U.S. Senator David H. Pryor of Arkansas, who has long had an interest in Arkansas history.  Originally known as the Arkansas Center for Oral and Visual History, the Center has the mission to document the cultural heritage of Arkansans by collecting oral and photographic resources--and to share those resources with scholars, students, and other researchers.

The Center was developed under the leadership of the University of Arkansas History Department chair, Professor Jeannie M. Whayne. Today it is administered by the University Libraries' Special Collections Department. With the recent generous endowment of the program by the Tyson family of Arkansas, the Pryor Center is positioned to broaden its activities.

 

David and Barbara Pryor

David and Barbara Pryor

 

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Advisory Board Members

  • Carole Adornetto, AETN, Conway
  • Diane Alderson, El Dorado
  • Paul Austin, American Indian Center, Little Rock
  • Paul Berry, Paul Berry and Associates, Little Rock
  • Carmen Coustaut, Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional Development & Education, University of Arkansas
  • Dr. Willard B. Gatewood, Fayetteville
  • Dr. David Gearhart, Vice Chancellor of University Advancement, University of Arkansas
  • Hon. Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., Attorney-at-Law, Newport
  • Dr. Suzanne McCray, Associate Dean, Honors College, University of Arkansas
  • Ark Monroe III, Attorney-at-Law Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC, Little Rock
  • Marilynn Porter, Little Rock
  • Dr. Charles F. Robinson, Associate Professor, History Department, University of Arkansas
  • Steve Ronnel, Little Rock
  • Archie R. Schaffer III, Senior Vice President Tyson Foods, Inc., Fayetteville
  • Dennis Schick, North Little Rock
  • James Baxter Sharp III, Sharp and Sharp, Marianna
  • Dr. Todd Shields, Chair, Political Science Department, University of Arkansas
  • Parker Westbrook, Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation, Inc.

Nominate Someone for an Interview

Know someone whose Arkansas memories should be preserved? Nominate them for an interview.


Citation Guide

Format

[Name of interviewee], interview by [name of interviewer], [date], [project title], Pryor
Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.
URL: http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/pryorcenter/ (accessed [date]).

Example

Marcus George, interview by Jerry McConnell, September 2, 2005, Arkansas Democrat Project, Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville.
URL: http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/pryorcenter/ (accessed June 15, 2006).


Contact Us

  • Kris Katrosh
  • Director Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History
  • University of Arkansas Libraries
  • 365 N. McIlroy Avenue
  • Fayetteville, AR 72701
  • kkatrosh@uark.edu
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Last updated: 2008-04-01

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