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Jeff Davis Papers
Personal and political papers, 1849-1986

Manuscript Collection MC 718

JEFF DAVIS

Jeff Davis (1862-1913) was, in turn, Arkansas Attorney General, Governor, and United States Senator during his political career from 1898 to 1913. Born in Rocky Comfort, Arkansas, to Lewis and Elizabeth Davis, Jeff moved with his parents to Dover, Arkansas, in 1868 after Lewis had given up his former profession of preaching to engage in the practice of law. Lewis Davis was a respected member of the bar at Dover and enjoyed similar prestige when he and his family made their final move a few miles south to Russellville in 1873. Jeff graduated from the public schools at Russellville and in 1878 attended classes at the Arkansas Industrial University at Fayetteville. After two years at AIU, Jeff next attended Vanderbilt University in Memphis, Tennessee. He returned to Arkansas without a degree from this institution in 1881 and was admitted to the bar despite the handicap, but then returned to the Volunteer State the following year to complete his formal education at Cumberland University. He began the practice of law in partnership with his father at Russellville in 1882. In that same year Davis also married Ina McKenzie Thatch of Russellville. Ina was the stepdaughter of Frank Thatch, former County Judge of Pope County, and Janie McKenzie Thatch. Her natural father, Duncan G.L. McKenzie, had been a preacher before his death during the Civil War and, as a result, Ina shared Jeff's heritage of both the clerical and legal professions. Ina and Jeff had twelve children together in the course of their marriage, but only eight lived beyond infancy.

After establishing a reputation as a brilliant courtroom orator, Jeff Davis began his political career in 1888 when he ran for prosecuting attorney for the Russellville judicial district. He left the office in 1894, unsuccessfully ran for Congressman of the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas, and continued in private law practice until 1898. That year he sought and won election as Arkansas Attorney General by a combination of sheer luck and skillful campaigning as a backwoods lawyer championing the cause of the common man. His vigorous enforcement of an antitrust law during his tenure as Attorney General won Davis a broad political support which led to a successful campaign for the governor's office in 1900. He served three terms as Governor, being the first man in the history of Arkansas to do so. Davis next set his sights on a seat in the United States Senate, but ironically lost control of his political machine when he won the office because his chosen successor as Governor, George Little, became physically incapable of serving. Davis's career in the Senate was uneventful, and he spent a great deal of his time back in Arkansas practicing as a private attorney with his partner, Frank Pace. Shortly after winning a second term as U.S. Senator, Jeff Davis died of heart failure on January 3, 1913. His sons, Wallace and Jeff Davis, also became lawyers. Wallace became Arkansas Attorney General in 1915 after Governor George Hays appointed him to fill a vacancy. Jeff Davis attended Harvard Law School and entered private practice in El Dorado, Arkansas, where he worked for the oil business. His son, Jeff Davis, Jr., carried on the family tradition of law and politics by first serving as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas in 1963, and made an unsuccessful bid for prosecuting attorney for Pulaski and Perry Counties in 1966.

THE COLLECTION

Restrictions apply. Copyrights, where applicable, will remain with the donor, Jeff Davis, Jr. Researchers interested in publishing materials from the Jeff Davis Papers must obtain permission from the donor.

Correspondence, literary productions, printed materials, legal and financial documents, scrapbooks, and photographs created, collected, or received by Jeff Davis and his descendants were donated to Special Collections by Jeff Davis, Jr., Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 22, 1987.

The Jeff Davis papers contain documents pertaining to the personal and professional life of all four generations of the family, from Lewis Davis and Frank Thatch in the nineteenth century, to Jeff Davis, Jr. in the 1980s.

Processed by Kim Allen Scott, December 1988. Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Series 1. Personal and Biographical, 1848-1986. Boxes 1-6.

Family correspondence, printed materials, literary productions, legal and financial documents pertaining to the Davis-McKenzie-Thatch families. Materials in this series have been arranged in five subseries by document type.

Subseries 1. Correspondence, 1859-1962, n.d.

Personal and family correspondence pertaining to Jeff Davis, his wife Ina, his children, Bessie, Lynah, Wallace, Janie, Jeff, Ina (Polly), Lewis, Lucille, and their friends and relatives. The correspondence is entirely family and personal letters and have been arranged chronologically. Letters dated from 1859-1872 pertain to Janie Norman McKenzie Thatch, the mother of Ina McKenzie Davis. Correspondents in these early letters include Duncan G.L. McKenzie, Frank Thatch, and William F. Norment. Typewritten transcriptions of the first 12 letters have been placed in folder 2. Letters dated from 1872-1890 are almost entirely from Janie Norment McKenzie Thatch to her daughter, Ina, and her son-in-law, Jeff Davis. The majority of the letters dated from 1901-1909 are to and from Wallace and Lynah Davis while both were attending school at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and while Wallace attended law school in Tennessee. Undated correspondence has been collected in the last six folders and arranged by correspondent.

Box 1

1. 1859-1862. (12 items)
2. Transcripts. (12 items)
3. 1872-1891. (12 items)
4. 1899-1902. (5 items)
5. March-September, 1904. (19 items)
6. October 4-15, 1904. (10 items)
7. October 16-25, 1904. (12 items)
8. November, 1904. (13 items)
9. December, 1904. (11 items)
10. January, 1905. (16 items)
11. February, 1905. (19 items)
12. March, 1905. (18 items)
13. April, 1905. (21 items)
14. May, 1905. (16 items)
15. June-August, 1905. (13 items)

Box 2

  1. September, 1905. (9 items)
  2. October, 1905. (18 items)
  3. November, 1905. (15 items)
  4. December, 1905-January, 1906 (18 items)
  5. February, 1906. (15 items)
  6. March, 1906. (18 items)
  7. April, 1906. (23 items)
  8. May-September, 1906. (23 items)
  9. October, 1906. (14 items)
  10. November-December, 1906. (17 items)
  11. January, 1907. (13 items)
  12. February, 1907. (11 items)
Box 3
  1. March, 1907. (21 items)
  2. April, 1907. (15 items)
  3. May, 1907. (12 items)
  4. June-August, 1907. (11 items)
  5. September, 1907. (11 items)
  6. October, 1907. (14 items)
  7. November, 1907. (12 items)
  8. December, 1907. (11 items)
  9. January, 1908. (12 items)
  10. February-March, 1908. (20 items)
  11. April-May, 1908. (14 items)
  12. August-December, 1908. (19 items)
Box 4
  1. January-April, 1909. (15 items)
  2. May-August, 1909. (10 items)
  3. September-December, 1909. (13 items)
  4. January-March, 1910. (20 items)
  5. April-July, 1910. (11 items)
  6. August-November, 1910. (25 items)
  7. 1911-1912. (12 items)
  8. 1914-1916. (9 items)
  9. 1917-1927. (12 items)
  10. 1930-1962. (8 items)
  11. Lynah Davis, no date. (15 items)
  12. Lynah Davis, no date. (10 items)
Box 5
  1. Lynah Davis, no date. (7 items)
  2. Family letters, no date. (9 items)
  3. Austin B. taylor, no date. (13 items)
  4. Austin B. taylor, postcards. (44 items)
Subseries 2. Printed Materials, 1902-1960.
Invitations, programs, announcements, passes, calling cards, and miscellaneous printed items pertaining to the social life of the Davis family. The invitations and greeting cards in folder 5 include many extended to members of the Davis family for functions in Washington, D.C. The programs and dance cards in folder 6 are mostly those collected by Lynah and Bessie Davis. The guest passes in folder 7 pertain mostly to Wallace Davis and include some issued in connection with the presidential inauguration of 1917. The calling and business cards are mostly from friends of Ina, Lynah, and Bessie Davis. Miscellaneous printed materials in folder 9 include obituaries, promotional brochures for Bessie Davis and her future husband, Josef Rosenburg, and newspaper clippings of social notices concerning the Davis family.

Box 5 (cont.)

5. Invitations and greeting cards, 1902-1917.
6. Programs and dance cards, 1902-1944.
7. Guest passes, 1902-1917.
8. Calling and business cards, ca. 1900-1966.
9. Miscellaneous printed materials, ca. 1902-1960s.
Subseries 3. Literary Productions, ca. 1870s-1986.
Biographical essays, genealogy notes, biographical inquiry correspondence, manuscript poetry, and miscellaneous writings pertaining to the social history of the Davis-McKenzie-Thatch families, and the personal and professional life of Jeff Davis. Any correspondence placed in this subseries pertains entirely to family history, written to Davis's descendants by researchers, or, by the descendants themselves to archives holding genealogical or biographical information on the Davis family. Among the poetry and essays found in folder 13 are many unsigned documents which appear to be student assignments circa 1870s and may have been written by Jeff Davis during his college years. The papers in folder 14 include a 1923 medical order for Lucille Davis and a journal fragment kept by Janie Davis.
Box 5 (cont.)
 10. Biographical essays, 1912-1973.
11. Biographical correspondence and notes, 1941-1986.
12. Genealogy notes and photocopies, ca. 1980s.
13. Poetry and essays, ca. 1870s-1938. 14. Miscellaneous documents, 1923, n.d.
Subseries 4. Legal Documents, 1848-1959.
Tax receipts, insurance policies, deeds, mortgages, wills, contracts, and purchase agreements pertaining to the Thatch-McKenzie-Davis families. Only those documents which appear directly related to the domestic affairs of the Davis clan have been retained in this subseries. Other legal documents which do not bear any apparent relationship have been placed with the legal papers handled by Jeff Davis while in private law practice in Series 2.
Box 6
  1. Tax receipts, 1849-1915.
  2. Insurance policies, 1909-1914.
  3. Deeds, 1848-1897.
  4. Deeds, 1898-1959.
  5. Wills, contracts, statements, 1893-1974.
Subseries 5. Financial Documents, 1887-1966.
Bank statements, cancelled checks, promissory notes, savings passbooks, and other financial records pertaining to the domestic affairs of Jeff Davis and his family. While processing the financial documents of the collection the personal and professional records were separated between series 1 and 2, but a few in this subseries necessarily overlap. For example, Davis handled the estate of Janie Thatch, his mother-in-law, for the family in his capacity as a professional attorney, but because of the family connection the Thatch documents have been retained with this subseries. Other financial records specifically related to Davis's professional career, and those which were handled by his senatorial assistant Harold Stewart, have been placed in series 2. The financial documents have been arranged chronologically.
Box 6 (cont.)
  1. Financial documents, 1887-1897.
  2. Financial documents, 1898-1902.
  3. Financial documents, 1903-1906.
  4. Financial documents, 1907.
  5. Financial documents, 1908-1910.
  6. Financial documents, 1911-1914.
  7. Financial documents, 1915-1930.
  8. Financial documents, 1932-1947.
  9. Financial documents, 1949-1966, n.d.
Series 2. Professional and Political Papers, 1877-1977. Boxes 7-11.

Professional and political papers of Jeff Davis during his working life as a private attorney, 1877-1912, Arkansas Attorney General, 1898-1899, Governor of Arkansas, 1900-1906, and United States Senator, 1907-1913. Some professional papers from Davis's two sons, Jeff Davis and Wallace Davis, are also included in this series, as well as those of his grandson, Jeff Davis, Jr., the donor of the collection. This series has been divided into 6 subseries based on document type.
Subseries 1. General correspondence, 1877-1977.

General correspondence to and from Jeff Davis or his business and political associates. Very little of the correspondence dates from 1877-1906, during which time Davis worked as a private attorney, Attorney General, and Governor. As a result, this correspondence has been arranged chronologically in the first thre folders. Beginning with Davis's tenure as United States Senator in 1907, the correspondence becomes more voluminous and has been arranged first chronologically by year and then alphabetically; by author in the case of incoming mail, and by the addressee in the case of mail issued from Davis's office. Most of the correspondence is routine issue mail, requests for government publications, and applications for military academy appointments. Significant political correspondence from Davis's law partner, Frank Pace, and his senatorial assistant, Harold Stewart, have been separated from the alpha/chronological files and placed separately in files found in Box 9. Other political correspondents with letters in justifiable numbers have been similarly arranged in box 9, along with those pertaining to Davis's sons, Jeff Davis and Wallace Davis, and his grandson, Jeff Davis, Jr. Correspondence with no date or signature has been placed in the final folder. Four of Harold Stewart's stenographic notebooks have been placed with the oversize materials in Box 14.

Box 7
  1. 1877-1904.
  2. 1905.
  3. 1906.
  4. 1907, A-B.
  5. 1907, C-F.
  6. 1907, G-J.
  7. 1907, K-M.
  8. 1907, N-P.
  9. 1907, R-T.
  10. 1907, U-Y.
  11. 1908, A-C.
  12. 1908, D-F.
  13. 1908, G-K.
  14. 1908, L-O.
  15. 1908, P-R.
  16. 1908, S-T.
  17. 1908, U-Y.
Box 8
  1. 1909, A-C.
  2. 1909, D-F.
  3. 1909, G-J.
  4. 1909, K-M.
  5. 1909, N-R.
  6. 1909, S-W.
  7. 1910, A-F.
  8. 1910, G-M.
  9. 1910, N-W.
  10. 1911, A-C.
  11. 1911, D-H.
  12. 1911, J-N.
  13. 1911, O-R.
  14. 1911, S-Z.
Box 9
  1. 1912, A-C.
  2. 1912, D-J.
  3. 1912, K-O.
  4. 1912, R-W.
  5. Bourland, J.V.; Evans, Jeptha H.
  6. Davis, Jeff, Jr., 1922-1975.
  7. Davis, Wallace, 1913-1916.
  8. Davis, Wallace, 1917.
  9. Davis, Wallace, 1918-1957.
  10. Hays, George W., 1907-1912.
  11. Pace, Frank, 1909-1912.
  12. Meade, U.L., 1908-1919.
  13. Stewart, Harold E., 1908.
  14. Stewart, Harold E., 1909-1910.
  15. Stewart, Harold E., 1911.
  16. Stewart, Harold E., 1912.
  17. Surridge, James.
  18. Williams, William E.
  19. No signature, no date.
Subseries 2. Pension and War Claims, 1907-1912.
Correspondence and supporting documents pertaining to Jeff Davis's activities on the Senate subcommittee on claims. Many of the documents in this series pertain to claims against the federal government by citizens who endured losses during the American Civil War, and veterans claiming pensions for service in the Civil War, the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, and the Philippine Insurrection. Claims with a significant number of supporting documents have been removed and placed with documents in subseries 3, Case Files. Those remaining in this series have few supporting documents and have been arranged alphabetically by the claimant's name rather than the correspondent's name.
Box 10
  1. Balla-Flint
  2. Gadberry-Murray
  3. McAllister-Robinson
  4. Scott-Winter
Subseries 3. Case Files, 1907-1912.
Correspondence and supporting documents concerning Davis's constituents and their various requests of the federal government. The majority of the case files are for pension claims, but also included in this subseries are cases for patent applications, post office appointments, criminal record erasures, and internal improvements. The case files have been arranged alphabetically by the applicant's name.
Box 10 (cont.)
  1. Carter, E.L.
  2. Diehl, John, et al
  3. Faubel, Charles
  4. Felsenthal, Aldolph
  5. Fuller, Lucius
  6. Gates, John A.
  7. Haley, James
  8. Herndon, James M.
  9. Justice, Norbert M.
  10. Lee, Thomas A.
  11. Locke, Richard
  12. Lutteral, John B.
  13. Mayfield, J.C.
  14. Meeks, Jesse
  15. Morris, William B.
  16. Noble, Leroy
  17. Roach, Lyman S.
  18. Starnes, William F.
  19. Wallis, Henry B.
Subseries 4. Financial Records, 1895-1975.
Receipts, cancelled checks, bank statements, and other financial papers directly related to the operation of Davis's gubernatorial and senatorial offices, his practice as a private attorney, or to professional activities of Jeff Davis, Jr., in the 1970s. Most of the transactions from 1905-1913 were made by Harold E. Stewart, Davis's senatorial assistant, and some of these may be Stewart's personal records.
Box 10 (cont.)
  1. Financial records, 1895-1923.
  2. Financial records, 1974-1975.
Subseries 5. Literary Productions, 1904-1970.
Manuscript speeches, press releases, reports, mailing lists, political cartoons and poetry pertaining to Jeff Davis, Wallace Davis, and Jeff Davis, Jr. as political figures, or Jeff Davis's political opponents during his three races for governor and two campaigns for U.S. Senator. The 1904 speech in this subseries is the nomination address given on behalf of Davis at the start of his third race for governor. The rest of the speeches appear to be ones delivered by Davis himself.
Box 11
  1. Speeches, 1904, 1906.
  2. Speech, 1908.
  3. Speech, 1909.
  4. Speech, 1912.
  5. Speech, n.d.
  6. Speech fragments, n.d.
  7. Press releases and statements, 1910-1966.
  8. Reports and mailing lists, 1910-1970.
  9. Political cartoon, poetry, miscellaneous, c. 1906.
Subseries 6. Legal Documents, 1887-1935.
Affidavits, sworn statements, contracts, deeds, wills, summons, bills and proclamations. Most of the materials relate to Davis's political career, but also included are legal papers handled by Davis as a private attorney. These include many real estate deeds and mortgages which appear to have no connection with the Davis family, but were probably handled by the Davis law office. Oversize materials from this subseries have been placed in Box 14.
Box 11 (cont.)
  1. Affidavits and sworn statements, 1897-1912.
  2. Contracts, 1891-1935.
  3. Wills, deeds, summons, 1887-1912.
  4. Law bills and proclamations, 1901-1912.
  5. Bonds, 1928-1935.
Subseries 7. Printed Materials, 1894-1966.
Campaign literature, speech galley proofs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the career of Jeff Davis, his sons, Jeff and Wallace Davis, and his grandson, Jeff Davis, Jr. The galley proofs in folder 15 are of speeches with handwritten marginalia, as is the published legal brief in folder 16. The campaign materials in folder 17 either relate to Jeff Davis or his contemporaries. Campaign materials in folder 18 pertain to Jeff Davis, Jr.'s unsuccessful bid for Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney in 1966. Oversize materials from this subseries have been placed in Box 14.
Box 11 (cont.)
  1. Galley proofs, 1911.
  2. McAlister vs. Arkansas, 1910.
  3. Jeff Davis Campaign material, 1902-1914.
  4. Jeff Davis, Jr. campaign material, 1966.
  5. Jeff Davis clippings, 1900-1960.
  6. Jeff Davis (son) clippings, 1930-1951.
  7. Jeff Davis, Jr. clippings, 1951-1970.
  8. Wallace Davis clippings, 1915-1942.
  9. Miscellaneous clippings, 1894-1960s.
Series 3. Scrapbooks, 1899-1913. Boxes 14-15.

Scrapbooks containing clippings and memorabilia pertaining to the social and political life of Jeff Davis and his family. Volume 1 is a positive photocopy of an original held by the Old State House museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. Volume 6 is actually a set of unmounted cardboard panels, apparently taken from a tailor's sample catalog. Volume 7 is a collection of laid-in materials found in the Davis family bible, also held by the Old State House. Volumes 1, 7, and 8 have been placed with the oversize materials from the Jeff Davis papers in box 14. Volumes 2-6 are in box 15.
Box 14
Volume 1. September 8, 1900.
"A scrapbook compiled from extracts from the Dardanelle Post-Dispatch during the anti-trust suits and gubernatorial canvass of 1899-1900. Presented to Gov-Elect Jeff Davis by his friend John H. Page, September 8, 1900."
Box 15
Volume 2. circa 1898-1905.
Political and eclectic materials pertaining to Jeff Davis.
Volume 3 ca. 1901-1905.
Political clippings and letters.
Volume 4. ca. 1904-1911.
Political clippings and letters
Volume 5. ca. 1910.
"Loving testimonials of friends upon the death of our dear wife and mother, April 10, 1910.
Volume 6. ca. 1913.
Materials pertaining to the death of Jeff Davis in 1913.
Box 14
Volume 7.
12 cardboard panels with clippings, circa 1902.
Volume 8.
Items from the Davis family bible, circa 1900-1913.

Series 4. Photographs, ca. 1900-1960. Boxes 12-13.
Photographs of the Davis family, friends, and business associates. Only the first 17 photographs and the oversize images listed are original prints and have been described with sizes. The balance are copies of originals held by the Old State House museum, Little Rock, Arkansas, and have only been described by image. Oversize photographs have been placed with other Davis oversize materials in box 14.
Box 12
 Folder 1. Photographs 1-6.
  1. [Janie Davis] ca. 1906. 2 1/2" x 3", mounted on 4" x 5" matte. Informal outdoor snapshot of a young girl in a white dress striking a contemplative pose with her right foot resting on an overturned bucket. "Just supposin! Cute as a spotted pup. Jane E." written on verso.
  2. [Ina Davis] ca. 1906. 1 i/4" x 1 1/8", unmounted. Small portrait of Ina (daughter of Jeff Davis) wearing a hat.
  3. Lewis W. Davis and friend, Russellville, ca. 1906. 2 1/4" x 3 1/8" mounted on 4" x 5" matteboard. Informal outdoor snapshot of Lewis Davis and E.C. Drew standing on a dirt roadway. Large frame structure visible in background. Two horses visible to the right. Hitching post in foreground. "Mr. Davis- Compliments of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Drew, Monroe, Louisiana," written on lower margin. "L.W. Davis, Russellville, Ark." written on verso.
  4. Lewis W. Davis, ca. 1906. 5 1/2" x 3 7/8", mounted on 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" matte. Formal studio portrait. Jno. H. Ganner, Dardanelle and Russellville, photographer.
  5. Wallace Davis, ca. 1930s. 5" x 6 3/4", unmounted. Informal indoor portrait of Wallace seated at a desk in his shirtsleeves.
  6. Jeff Davis, 1914. 10" x 7", unmounted. Formal studio portrait of Jeff Davis's son and namesake.
 Folder 2. Photographs 7-13.
  1. Mount Nebo Hotel, ca. 1910. 4 3/4" x 7", mounted on 8" x 10" matte. Informal outdoor group portrait of 43 unidentified men, women, and children standing and sitting on the porch of the Mount Nebo Hotel. John Ganner, photographer. Location and photographer information written on verso.
  2. Unidentified group, ca. 1900. 4 5/5" x 6 5/8", mounted on 7 7/8" x 9 7/8" matte. Informal outdoor group portrait of 18 unidentified men standing or sitting in front of a brick building. John H. Ganner, photographer.
  3. Jeff Davis, ca. 1960s. 7 7/8" x 9 3/4", unmounted. Informal indoor portrait of Davis seated at a desk while holding a pen in his right hand. Elwood M. Payne, New York, photographer.
  4. Jeff Davis, ca. 1909. 9" x 6 3/4", unmounted. Formal close-up studio portrait of Senator Davis in left profile wearing a white hat.
  5. Jeff Davis, ca. 1909. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2", unmounted. Formal 3/4 length studio portrait of Senator Davis. "Harris Foto, Little Rock, Ark." embossed in lower right corner.
  6. Ina Davis, ca. 1908. 9" length oval, mounted on irregular shaped matte. Formal close-up studio portrait.
  7. Jeff Davis and schoolmates, 1914. 5 1/2" x 13 1/2", unmounted. Formal indoor studio portrait of Jeff Davis and 13 other boys.
 Folder 3. Photographs 14-17
  1. Wallace Davis, 1912. 14" x 6 3/4", unmounted. Formal close-up studio portrait. Schrader photographers, Little Rock.
  2. Janie Davis, 1908. 6 1/2" length oval mounted on 14" x 10" cardstock. Formal close-up studio portrait. Identification written on verso. Rayburn photographers, Little Rock.
  3. Janie Davis, 1908. 6 1/2" length oval mounted on 14" x 10" cardstock. Formal 3/4 length studio portrait of Janie seated in a chair. Identification written on verso. Rayburn photographers, Little Rock.
  4. Janie Davis, 1908. 6 1/2" length oval mounted on 14" x 10" cardstock. Formal 3/4 length studio portrait of Janie standing. Identification written on verso. Rayburn photographers, Little Rock.
Box 13
Old State House Museum Photographs.
Box 14 (oversize materials)
  1. Oversize correspondence from Series 2, subseries 1. Harold Stewart stenographic notebooks.
  2. Oversize legal documents from Series 2, subseries 6. Certificates and land titles.
  3. Oversize printed materials from Series 2, subseries 7. Political pamphlets.
  4. Oversize photographs from Series 4.
  5. Jeff Davis, ca. 1906. 13 1/2" x 10 1/4", unmounted. Formal close up studio portrait. Order form for the S.J. Clarke Publishing Company pasted on verso.
  6. Jeff Davis, 1918. 13" x 10", unmounted. Formal close-up studio portrait of Davis wearing a U.S. Army uniform as a lieutenant of artillery. Shrader photographers, Little Rock.
  7. Davis Family, ca. 1909. 9 1/2" x 13". Formal group portrait of the Davis family standing and sitting. Standing, left to right: Lynah, Wallace, Bessie, Jeff Davis. Seated, left to right: Janie, Lewis, Senator Davis, Lucille, Ina, and "Polly" (Ina) Davis. Harris Studios, Little Rock.
  • Oversize scrapbooks from series 3. Scrapbook volumes 1, 7, and 8.
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