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Margaret Smith Ross Papers (MC 1587)

Series 8. Artifacts and Oversize Materials (Boxes 60C-73)

• Subseries 1. Artifacts.
• Subseries 2. Oversize Materials.
• Subseries 3. Scrapbooks

This series is divided into three subseries. The first subseries consists of artifacts. The second subseries consists of oversize materials from Series 1-7. The third subseries consists of scrapbooks.

Subseries 1. Artifacts

Box 60 (continued)

Box 60C

1. Brick from Napoleon, Arkansas.

Box 60D

1. Inquest 141, Hair and Cloth Found With Bones of Murder Victim, ca. 1890.
2. Walter Lemke Printing Plate, Men Who Made Arkansas Series, W.L. Cabell.

Subseries 2. Oversize Materials

This subseries includes oversize materials from Series 1-7 of this collection. The Winthrop Rockefeller materials (Box 63, Folder 3) are issues of the WR Campaigner. Correspondence (Box 63, Folder 8) includes a letter concerning the levy of troops for the War of 1812. Materials on Wittsburg are in same folder (Box 63, Folder 10) as materials on Cross County. The miscellaneous folder (Box 66, Folder 6) includes the diplomas Lula E. Cox (Galloway Female College, Searcy, 1915) and Palmer Danaher (Peabody High School, Little Rock, 1895). The newspaper clippings (Oversize Folder 2, Folder 3) consists of a clipping on the activities of the Georgia Colonization Company in Arkansas in 1894; and a clipping from an unidentified Pine Bluff newspaper which includes articles on the city council, Reverend J.C. Battle, the Nobles of Mystic Shrine, and the “colored Grand Lodge of K. of P.”

The “Notable Arkansans Scrapbook” (Box 63, Folder 5) consists of the following:

• pp. 9-10 Sandy Faulkner.
• pp. 11-12 Peyton Danley English/Elbert H. English.
• p. 12 Chester Jennings/David O. Dodd/C.F. M. Noland.
• p. 13 Matthew Cunningham.
• p. 14 Roswell Beebe.
• p. 15 Henry C. Caldwell.
• p. 16 David O. Dodd.
• p. 25 Harry Keatts.
• pp. 26-28 Albert Pike.
• p. 29 James “Uncle Mac” MacKrell.
• pp. 30-31 Count Casimir Pulaski.
• pp. 32-33 Thomas C. McRae III.
• pp. 34-35 John Martineau.
• pp. 36-37 Harvey Parnell.
• p. 38 Samuel Taylor Family Tree/Don Joseph.
• p. 39 Captain John B. Mosby Family Tree.
• p. 40 Samuel [ ? ] Family Tree.
• p. 41 Isaac Watkins Family Tree.

NOTE: Researchers are cautioned that many of the documents in this subseries were received in poor condition. Efforts have been made to treat documents for mold, and to remove hazardous metal fastenings such as pins. Nevertheless, researchers should handle these materials with care, and are encouraged to wear masks and gloves (available from the reading room attendant).

Box 61 Series 2 County Records

1. Arson/Assault.
2. Assault–William Joyce, 1872.
3. Bonds.
4. Burglary.
5. Contracts.
6. Conway County.
7. Courts.
8. Debts–A-J.
9. Debts–L-V.
10. Debts–W-Z.
11. Debts–H.S. Wait, 1865.
12. Embezzlement/Jail (Pulaski County)/Larceny.
13. Indictments–1883-1902.
14. Land/Homestead Certificates.

Box 62 Series 2 Court Records

1. Marriage Associations.
2. Marriage Record Book–Pulaski County, 1838-1851.
3. Murder.
4. Organizations–Brothers of Knights of Freedom.
5. Power of Attorney/Prostitution.
6. Pulaski County Bonds.
7. Real Estate–Little Rock, Lots 3-130.
8. Real Estate–Little Rock, Masonic Addition.
9. Real Estate–Pulaski County, T1N R12W and Miscellaneous.
10. Real Estate–Pulaski County, Township Maps.
11. Sabbath Breaking.
12. Saloons.
13. Schools.
14. Steamboats.
15. Tax Assessment Lists–Pulaski County, 1845.
16. Will–R.C. Goodson, 1931.

Box 63 Series 3 Arkansas History

1. Joseph Brooks; Orval Faubus; James William Fulbright.
2. Albert Pike.
3. Elias Rector–Family Tree; Winthrop Rockefeller.
4. Albert Rust.
5. Notable Arkansans Scrapbook.
6. African Americans–Slaves.
7. Arkansas Gazette Excerpts–Antiquities/Natural History, 1841; Entertainment/Theaters/Circuses, 1858, 1859.
8. Correspondence, 1813, 1835, 1861, 1862.
9. Court Case–Lytle and Wife and Fowler v. State of Arkansas, n.d.; Charles Daubeny Journal, 1837-1838.
10. Cross County; Wittsburg.
11. Grants Index, 1819-1856.
12. Jacob Hitchcock Diary, 1820-1825; Thomas Fayette Jeffries–The Book of Sunshine, or the Bright Side of Everything, 1861; Newspapers–Dr. Matthew Cunningham, 1832.
13. Old State House–Arkansas Gazette Articles, 1833-1838, 1881.
14. Bishop George F. Pierce–“Incidents of Western Travel,” 1857; Will–William Justice, 1761.

Box 64 Arkansas History

1. Arkansas/Little Rock–Reconstruction Era.
2. Arkansas Legislature–Roll Call Vote, n.d.; Brooks-Baxter War.
3. Office Holders–Bonds, Appointments, Malfeasance.
4. Press Argus–Civil War History, 1961.
5. Bethel A.M.E. Church Calendar, 1957.
6. Forrest City–Race Relations, 1969.
7. Historic Buildings
8. Historic Residences.
9. Free Masons–Address of W.M., E.R. DuVal to Belle Point Lodge No. 20, December 1877; Jonesboro–Jonesboro Time Souvenir Edition, 1892.
10. Little Rock/North Little Rock, ca. 1900-1920.
11. LR–Westside Junior High School, Junior Life.
12. Maps–Mississippi River, 1911; Silas F. Field House, Little Rock; John W. Hunt and John Taylor Lands by St. Francis River.
13. Pulaski County–Elections, 1884.

Series 4 Genealogy

14. Little Rock Mount Holly Cemetery.

Box 65 Series 5 Arkansas Gazette

1. John N. Heiskell.
2. Clippings, 1965-1972
3. Clippings, 1973-1995.
4. Final Issue of Arkansas Gazette/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, First Issue.
5. History–Reconstruction.
6. History–Miscellaneous.

Box 66 Series 5 Arkansas Gazette

1. Newspaper War, 1986-1994.
2. Farkle Finger.
3. Walter Metz–“Scrapbook” Column, 1979-1980.

Series 6 Images

4. Images 532, 537, 551, 646, 647, 676, 681, 682, 685, 703, 704, 722, 723, 757, 765.

Series 8. Oversize Materials

5. Broadsides.
6. Republican Rally, July 18, 1902, Pope County.
   $1,000 Reward for Murderer of Isadore Banks, Marion, “Fund Provided by Negro Citizens of Crittenden County” ca. 1954.
   “24 Years of this is long enough!”, ca. 1955, Bob Laster.
7. Miscellaneous.

Oversize Folder 1.

1. Grass Roots–Wills, Land Divisions, Families, Queries.
2. Assault.
3. Debt.
4. Real Estate (Little Rock)–Johnson’s Addition, Lots 1-3; Julia Riggee, 1926.
5. Streets–Water Street.

Oversize Folder 2.

1. High Misdemeanor–State v. George H. Lane, 1868.
2. Militia Claims.
3. Newspaper Clippings.
4. Oversize Images–Images 677, 761.
5. Broadside–Camden, Seventh Annual Grand Session of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor of the International Order of the Twelve of Arkansas, July 16-20, S.A. Jordan.

Subseries 3. Scrapbooks

This series consists of scrapbooks, several of unknown origins. The Bailey-Miller scrapbook includes clippings on the 1937 senatorial election following the death of Senator Joseph T. Robinson. The Barlow scrapbook focuses on the activities of Dr. M.J. Barlow. The Civil War scrapbook features historical newspaper articles from the 1960s, especially the war in Saline County. The two Mary Fortner scrapbooks include materials on Arkansas History, including Walt Lemke’s “Men Who Made Arkansas History” column, as well as materials concerning the 1936 visit of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Arkansas. The Garland School scrapbook focuses on the activities of the local and state parent-teachers associations. The Little Rock historic buildings scrapbooks includes newspaper articles focusing on this topic. The McCaskill scrapbook includes clippings on the death of Joe T. Robinson. The newspaper misprints scrapbook collects various humorous misspellings in newspaper articles. The Perfect Woman is a manners book converted into a scrapbook; it contains miscellaneous clippings and poems. The Pine Bluff city improvement scrapbook contains information on the development of that city. The Walker scrapbook features information on the Walker and Woods families, as well as articles related to Confederate soldiers and veterans organizations.

Box 67 Scrapbooks

1. Chronicles of Arkansas, September-October 1958.
2. Chronicles of Arkansas, September 1958-February 1, 1959.
3. Chronicles of Arkansas, February 2-July 1959.

Box 68 Scrapbooks

1. Chronicles of Arkansas–Civil War, December 1960-June 2, 1961.
2. Chronicles of Arkansas–Civil War, June 4-September 23, 1961.
3. Civil War in Arkansas, ca.1961.

Box 69 Scrapbooks

1. Mary Fortner Scrapbook,1936 (1 of 2).
2. Mary Fortner Scrapbook, 1936 (2 of 2).
3. Little Rock Historic Buildings ca. 1952-1957.

Box 70 Scrapbooks

1. The Perfect Woman, 1898-1926.
2. Dr. M.J. Barlow Scrapbook, 1927-1929.
3. Agnes Walker Scrapbook, ca. 1869-1911.

Box 71 Scrapbooks

1. Newspaper Misprints, 1959-1971.
2. Edwin Lee Ross, Jr., Baby Scrapbook 1944-1947.

Box 72 Scrapbooks

1. Garland School, Little Rock, PTA, 1929-1933.
2. McCaskill Scrapbook 1937-1940 (Joe T. Robinson).
3. Pine Bluff City Improvement, 1922-1924.

Box 73 Scrapbooks

1. Carl E. Bailey/John E. Miller, 1937.

Last updated: 2006-06-08