Special Collections Celebrates Forty Years
The Special Collections Department at the University of Arkansas Libraries celebrated its 40th anniversary with two events during American Archives Month 2007.
On Saturday October 20, faculty and staff from Special Collections conducted two Family History Workshops at the Fayetteville Public Library. In the morning session, Tom Dillard, Andrea Cantrell, Diane Worrell, and Tim Nutt presented information on "Preservation of Documents and Photographs: Best Practices." In the afternoon session, Tom Dillard, Felicia Thomas, Harriet Jansma, and James Defibaugh presented information on "Oral and Visual History as a Family History Resource."
The second event was an open house held on Thursday, October 25, which included reminiscences on the early years and practices of Special Collections by Ethel Simpson, Ellen Compton, and Bob Besom followed by an Arkansas trivia contest based on the popular TV game show "Jeopardy." More...
Before Little Rock: Successful Arkansas School Integration
Sept. 12, 13, and 15, 2007: three events honoring successful school integration in Arkansas: The UA Schools of Law and Medicine in 1948, Fayetteville and Charleston public schools in 1954, and Hoxie public schools in 1955. More . . .
The Architecture and Landscapes of Arkansas: A Heritage of Distinction
The Special Collections Department and the School of Architecture hosted a conference titled "The Architecture and Landscapes of Arkansas: A Heritage of Distinction" on March 2, 2007 at the UA Continuing Education Center in downtown Fayetteville. Richard Longstreth, director of the graduate program in historic preservation at George Washington University, was the keynote speaker at the conference. The conference was capped by an evening banquet and tribute to Cyrus A. Sutherland, former UA architecture professor and a leader in historic preservation. Leslie Belden, historic preservationist and Fayetteville Presbyterian minister, Tommy Jameson, veteran preservation architect in Little Rock, and John Mott, director of the architecture and historic preservation department of John Milner Associate, Inc., of Alexandria, VA all spoke at the banquet in honor of Sutherland. More...
Archives Week Open House, 2006
The University Libraries Special Collections department celebrated Archives Week (October 22-28, 2006) with an Open House on October 23. The purpose of Archives Week in Arkansas is to celebrate the documentary history of the state, to raise awareness of the value of archival materials and archival repositories, and to encourage persons and organizations to preserve records of enduring historical value. The Open House was held in Special Collections, Mullins Library room 130, lower level, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, with remarks at 5:00 PM. The event included refreshments, a short program, an exhibit, and audiovisual highlights from Special Collections materials. More...
Stay More Reunion
Special Collections announces the publication of Donald Harington and His Stay More Novels: A Celebration of 35 Years, a printing of the keynote address given by Bob Razer at the Stay More Reunion in December, 2005. Featuring pictures, a bibliography, and the Stay Moron's Oath, the booklet may be obtained by contacting Special Collections at (479) 575-5577, or at specoll@uark.edu.
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Mary Celestia Parler Conference
Special Collections hosted a conference on the life and work of Mary Celestia Parler on November 11-12, 2005 in Fayetteville. Mary Celestia Parler, a pioneering folklorist at the University of Arkansas and spouse of folklorist Vance Randolph, amassed one of the largest and most significant collections of Ozark folk songs in the nation.
The Parler Collection of Ozark Folk Songs, collected by Parler and her students, comprises 3,640 field recordings made on audiotape between 1949 and 1965.
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02/03/2008
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