Arkansas Gazette Project

Sketch of William Woodruff sailing up the Mississippi River with his printing presses in 1819.

The Arkansas Gazette Project was begun in January, 2000, to collect and preserve the history of the "oldest newspaper west of the Mississippi," which ended operations in 1991.  The project director is Roy Reed, a former reporter for the Gazette and The New York Times, and emeritus professor of journalism at the University of Arkansas.  He and others conducted interviews with former Gazette employees who experienced it as Arkansas's "newspaper of record."  The project received generous financial support from Hugh B. Patterson, Jr., Ralph B. Patterson, and Carrick H. Patterson.

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	Interviewee	Interviewer	Date
	Barden, Jim	Ayres, Drummond	2/14/2001
	Henry, Orville	Bailey, Jim	2/12/2001
	Reed, Roy (Part3)	Baker, Harri	3/15/2000
	Reed, Roy (Part4)	Baker, Harri	5/5/2000
	Reed, Roy (Part5)	Baker, Harri	5/31/2000
	Reed, Roy (Part6)	Baker, Harri	7/7/2000
	Reed, Roy (Part7)	Baker, Harri	9/6/2000
	Reed, Roy (Part8)	Baker, Harri	11/29/2000
	Reed, Roy (Part9)	Baker, Harri	3/9/2001
	Bell, Charles W. (Bill)	Barden, Jim	8/30/2001
	Cooper, Harvey	Barden, Jim	3/14/2001
	Crow, C. P. [Pat]	Barden, Jim	4/3/2001
	Nielsen, Paul	Barden, Jim	2/21/2001
	Henson, Maria	Beeber, Denise	7/2/2001
	Allen, Nate	Douglas, Bob	10/20/2000
	Jones, Julia	Drury, Gerald	7/20/2003
	Brantley, Max	Dumas, Ernie	2/25/2000
	Brummett, John	Dumas, Ernie	6/25/2000
	Dhonau, Jerry	Dumas, Ernie	3/3/2000
	DuVall, Leland and Lettie	Dumas, Ernie	5/11/2000
	Fisher, George	Dumas, Ernie	8/5/2000
	Jordan, Wayne	Dumas, Ernie	11/18/2000
	Meriwether, Jack	Dumas, Ernie	11/28/2000
	Oswald, Mark	Dumas, Ernie	9/20/2001
	Powell, James O.	Dumas, Ernie	2/3/2000
	Shelton, Bill	Dumas, Ernie	2/23/2000
	Terrell, David	Dumas, Ernie	6/18/2003
	Tirey, Brenda	Dumas, Ernie	3/25/2001
	Trimble, Travis Mac (Mike)	Dumas, Ernie	10/14/2000
	Wells, George	Dumas, Ernie	12/1/2001
	Wood, Farris	Dumas, Ernie	4/12/2001
	Clark, T. Patterson (“Patt”)	Farris, Anne	9/19/2000
	Danforth, Ken	Farris, Anne	5/24/2000
	Hamburger, Thomas	Farris, Anne	9/18/2000
	Hamburger, Thomas	Farris, Anne	1/10/2001
	Hanchette, John	Farris, Anne	1/29/2001
	Neuharth, Al	Farris, Anne	5/25/2000
	Allin, Richard	Garrison, Jerol	5/10/2000
	Baldridge Speed, Julie	Garrison, Jerol	3/1/2000
	Best, Eddie	Garrison, Jerol	1/10/2001
	Best, Pat	Garrison, Jerol	1/10/2001
	Bolick, Wayne	Garrison, Jerol	5/19/2000
	Coger, Fred	Garrison, Jerol	3/6/2000
	Johnson, Paul	Garrison, Jerol	11/29/2000
	Mosby, Joe	Garrison, Jerol	2/28/2000
	Patterson, W. L. (Pat)	Garrison, Jerol	6/1/2001
	Pine, Linda	Garrison, Jerol	2/29/2000
	Reed, John	Garrison, Jerol	8/27/2004
	Simmons, Bill	Garrison, Jerol	1/4/2001
	Speed, Julie Baldridge	Garrison, Jerol	3/1/2000
	Stephens, Donna Lampkin	Garrison, Jerol	3/10/2000
	Walker, Tommy	Garrison, Jerol	1/9/2002
	White, Ray	Garrison, Jerol	5/10/2000
	Woodfuff, John	Garrison, Jerol	10/27/2000
	Woodruff, Dianne	Garrison, Jerol	11/20/2000
	Allbright, Charles	Haddigan, Michael	3/30/2000
	Griffee, Carol	Haddigan, Michael	10/14/2001
	Heinbockel, Charles S.	Haddigan, Michael	3/12/2000
	Keesee, Steve	Haddigan, Michael	2/2/2001
	Moore, Wadie	Haddigan, Michael	12/6/2000
	Smith, Doug	Haddigan, Michael	3/24/2000
	Carpenter, Liz	Henson, Maria	1/11/2002
	Farrar, Ronald	Hinshaw, Dawn	9/29/2000
	Stroud, Scott	Hinshaw, Dawn	2/28/2001
	Drury, Gerald	Jones, Julia	7/20/2003
	Foreman, Gene	Jordan, Gerald	8/4/2000
	Owens, Patrick	Long, Ben	2/23/2001
	Bailey, Jim	McConnell, Jerry	3/31/2000
	King, Harry	McConnell, Jerry	6/8/2001
	McCord, Robert (Bob)	McConnell, Jerry	10/20/2000
	Rixse, Charles	McConnell, Jerry	10/8/2000
	Rouby, Jason	McConnell, Jerry
	Lancaster, Bob	McCord, Bob	5/5/2000
	Parker, Ken	McCord, Bob	4/1/2002
	Prescott, Gene	McCord, Bob	7/6/2000
	Whitworth, William (Bill)	McCord, Bob	2/2/2001
	Harrison, Sean	Morris, Scott	5/22/2002
	Holmes, Martin	Morris, Scott	9/27/2002
	Karnatz, Laurie	Morris, Scott	7/2/2002
	Allen, Richard	Reed, Roy	11/12/2000
	Ashmore, Harry	Reed, Roy	6/20/1992
	Davis, Tom	Reed, Roy	8/7/2000
	Douglas, Bob	Reed, Roy	2/6/1997
	Douglas, Bob	Reed, Roy	2/14/1997
	Douglas, Bob	Reed, Roy	2/14/1997
	Douglas, Bob	Reed, Roy	6/8/2000
	Douglas, Martha	Reed, Roy	3/2/2000
	Dumas, Ernest	Reed, Roy	5/10/2000
	Dumas, Ernest	Reed, Roy	10/24/2000
	Dumas, Ernest	Reed, Roy	10/19/2001
	Dumas, Ernest	Reed, Roy	2/17/2000
	Duncan, Dean	Reed, Roy	9/7/2000
	Garrison, Jerol	Reed, Roy	2/9/2000
	Lewis, Willard (Bill)	Reed, Roy	9/5/2000
	McConnell, Jerry	Reed, Roy	8/22/2000
	Morris, Scott	Reed, Roy	3/2/2001
	Moseley, Ray	Reed, Roy	11/4/2000
	Patterson, Carrick	Reed, Roy	3/20/2000
	Patterson, Hugh	Reed, Roy	2/17/2000
	Patterson, Hugh	Reed, Roy	3/16/2000
	Patterson, Hugh	Reed, Roy	3/21/2000
	Portis, Charles	Reed, Roy	5/31/2001
	Portis, Richard	Reed, Roy	9/6/2000
	Reed, Leon	Reed, Roy	1/14/2001
	Ross, Margaret	Reed, Roy	2/7/2000
	Shepherd, Aubrey James	Reed, Roy	10/15/2000
	Stern, Mort	Reed, Roy	9/25/2000
	Williamson, Gaston	Reed, Roy	10/25/2000
	Workman, John	Stephens, Donna Lampkin	4/6/2001
	Dungan, Rodney	Stuck, Dorothy	11/13/2000
	Donald, Leroy	Thompson, John	3/9/2000
	Farris, Anne	Troop, Don	6/22/2000
	Peacock, Leslie Newell	White, Mel	6/6/2005