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Horace Paul Bryan Collection, 1930-1978


Correspondence, drafts, and clippings

Manuscript Collection 444



About Horace Paul Bryan

Born in western Arkansas in 1908, Horace Paul Bryan worked at about a dozen different trades and professions before retiring to Greenwood, Arkansas. H.P. Bryan was a farmer, coal miner, merchant marine, social reformer, and historian. Bryan may be most notable for his letters to the editor of The Tennessean (1940-1943), and his columns "Round These Workings," (1942) and "Round These Hills," (1978), both published by the Greenwood Democrat (Sebastian County).


About the Collection

The collection, created by Mr. Bryan, consists of photocopies of various newspaper and magazine articles written by Mr. Bryan and/or about agriculture, coal mining, sea life, labor, and local history.

Horace P. Bryan, Greenwood, (Sebastian County) Arkansas, donated a collection of his papers to the Special Collections Department of the University Libraries on April 26, 1982.

Processed by Anthony J. Wappel, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1988.


Contents of the Collection - 1 box (144 items)
 

Box 1

1. Correspondence, 1943 and 1944.
2. Letters to the editor, 1940 - 1943.
3. "Round These Workings," Jan 1942 - Apr 1942.
4. "Round These Workings," May 1942 - Aug 1942.
5. "Round These Hills," Apr 1978 - Jun 1978.
6. "Round These Hills," Jul 1978 - Sep 1978.
7. Newspaper articles, 1930.
8. Newspaper articles, 1938 - 1939.
9. Newspaper articles, 1940 - 1942.
10. Newspaper articles, 1949 -1951.
11. Newspaper articles, 1976.
12. Newspaper articles, n.d.
13. Magazine articles, 1933 - 1940.
14. Magazine articles, 1941.
15. Magazine articles, 1942 - 1948.
16. Magazine articles, 1966 - 1968.
17. Magazine articles, n.d.
18. Typewritten drafts of stories, n.d.


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