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ALEXANDER,
HENRY MACMILLAN, 1905-1969. Letters and correspondence, affidavits, ballots, bibliographies, bulletins, charts, clippings, constitutions and bylaws, directories, handbooks, judicial forms, leaflets, legal briefs, legislative bills, literary manuscripts, lists, magazines, manuals, maps, minutes of proceedings, memoranda, notes, notices, pamphlets, petitions, political campaign materials, programs, questionnaires, receipts, regulations and rules, reports, resolutions, rosters, speeches, statutes, student course papers and examinations, tables, tax forms, warrants, and other materials. The files constitute, for the most part, Alexander's accumulated research data in the fields of national, state, county, metropolitan and municipal government, public administration, and politics. They also pertain to his academic and professional career in these areas as a member of the faculty of the University of Arkansas from 1937 until his death, as chairman of the University's Department of Political Science from its creation in 1951 until 1966, and as consultant to the University's City Planning Division and its Industrial Research and Extension Center, to the Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study Commission, Legislative Council, Industrial Development Commission, Economic Expansion Study Commission, Highway Department and Office of Civil Defense, to the Little Rock Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, to the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, and to many other governmental, research, and advisory agencies. The material also relates, in part, to his work as a member of the Arkansas History Commission, as an active member, Secretary-Treasurer (1944-54), and President (1960-61) of the Arkansas Historical Association, and as a leader in various academic and civic organizations. Material has been arranged and described at the folder level to retain creator's filing system. Finding aids in the form of a generalized description, a guide to inventory listing, and an inventory of the 1,845 numbered and labeled file folders, are supplemented by a biographical sketch. Limited and specific restrictions apply. Gift of Margaret Baker Alexander, Fayetteville, Arkansas, June, 1969.
ANDRESS,
BERTRAM KNOX. Typewritten transcripts of letters, contracts, statements of account, diary fragments, invitation, agreement, petition, lists, promissory note and other documents pertaining to personal, family and business affairs in and around El Dorado, Arkansas. Access to materials is facilitated by an itemized calendar. Transcribed by Sara Miller from originals in possession of Mrs. Julius Miller, El Dorado, Arkansas, and donated in November, 1958.
ARKANSAS.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, 1969-1970. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, speeches, minutes of meetings, sound recordings and transcripts of proceedings, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, legislative bills, resolutions and acts, and other published and unpublished materials created, received, or assembled by members and staff of the convention in the course of its work. Access to the collection is through series and subseries descriptions, file title inventories and container lists. Deposited by Robert A. Leflar, President of the Convention, February, 1970 - September, 1971.
ARKANSAS.
CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY COMMISSION. Manuscript, typescript, printed and other records created or received by the Commission and its research staff. Deposited by the Commission, January, 1968 - February, 1970.
ARKANSAS.
GOVERNOR, 1852-1860 (ELIAS NELSON CONWAY).
Printed broadside.
"Census Table for 1860. ....abstract of the census of the State of Arkansas...."
Published November 14, 1860, by authority of the Governor. Shows, for
all counties except Greene, Jackson, and Van Buren: white population,
tabulated by numbers of Purchased January, 1962.
ARKANSAS.
MILITARY BOARD. Purchase record and accounts payable ledger for period October 30, 1861 to January 3, 1862. Gift of Ernest M. Espelie, Rock Island, Illinois, February, 1961.
ARKANSAS.
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL. Printed circular, addressed "To the committees heretofore appointed by the Military Board, to purchase clothing for Arkansas volunteers," and signed by G. W. Glenn. Purchased January, 1962.
ARKANSAS.
STATE HIGHWAY AUDIT COMMISSION. Report, together with supporting financial and engineering records, of State Highway Audit Commission's audit of State Highway Department, State Highway Note Board, and State toll bridges for the period January, 1927 through February, 1932, submitted to Governor and General Assembly January 14, 1933, pursuant to Act 166 of 1931. Contents of volumes are itemized in a descriptive inventory. Gift of Paul W. Milam, Fayetteville, Arkansas, January, 1948.
ARKANSAS
COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial records, minutes of proceedings, pamphlets, bulletins, newsletters, clippings, programs, sound recordings, and other material created or received by the ACHR, an affiliate of the Southern Regional Council. Records pertain to the council and to the activities and interests of its officers, directors, staff, membership, supporters and opponents in regard to the legal, political, moral, educational, religioius, social, economic, and other aspects of race relations in Arkansas. The papers
are arranged in two series, Office Files (35 boxes) and Sound Recordings
(2 boxes). Finding aid includes descriptive series inventories,
an index of correspondence, and subject and file title indexes.
ARKANSAS
STATE GRANGE. Mounted clipping from unidentified periodical, publishing ex change of correspondence, October 26 and November 24, 1874, between F. G. McCauley of West Salem, Ohio and John T. Jones, Master of State Grange, Little Rock, regarding conditions in Arkansas with respect to treatment of Republicans, Negroes, and northerners. Purchased May, 1951.
AYERS,
WILLIAM NORTON, 1825-1914, collector. Sales journal of unidentified general merchant in Fort Smith, Arkansas for period August 30, 1866 through March, 1868. Gift of Mrs. Ayers, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1955.
BALLA,
JAMES, d. 1770. Last will and testament of James Balla of Cumberland County, Province of Pennsylvania, together with receipts, statements of account, certificate, letter, list and other documents pertaining to affairs of his sons James and Augustus and other heirs and descendants, and to indentured service, 1771-1775, of Irish immigrant Richard Joice. Places to which material relates include Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Bedford, Cumberland, and Franklin Counties, Pennsylvania; Baltimore and Frederick County, Maryland; Galway, Ireland. Access to individual items can be had through a descriptive calendar. Gift of Thomas Rothrock, Springdale, Arkansas, February, 1971.
BAPTISTS.
ARKANSAS. GOSHEN CHURCH, WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Membership register, minutes of meetings, incoming correspondence and other records, most of which are dated from the period 1892-1926, pertaining to affairs of the local congregation and of the Fayetteville Missionary Baptist Association. Gift of Lloyd Oliver Warren, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1950.
BAPTISTS.
ARKANSAS. MISSIONARY BAPTISTS. Minutes and proceedings, yearbooks, directories, histories and other manuscript, typescript and printed materials pertaining, for the most part, to congregations, district and state-wide associations, and other organizations of Missionary Baptists in Arkansas. Part of the material also relates to national organizations of Missionary Baptists, to Missionary Baptists groups in states other than Arkansas, to related Primitive Baptists groups in Arkansas, and to organizations affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Material is organized in 19 series arranged in 2 groups. Access to individual items is facilitated by tables of contents to groups and by series inventories. Gift of Russell P. Baker, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1968-69, and Lloyd Oliver Warren, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1969-72.
BAPTISTS.
ARKANSAS. RICHLAND CHURCH, MADISON COUNTY.
The Richland Baptist Church Book, containing membership register, minutes of meetings, and other records, most of which are dated from the period 1871-1890, pertaining to affairs of the local congregation. Gift of Lloyd Oliver Warren, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1950.
BEAVER,
MARY ELIZABETH BRANDON, b. 1840. Typewritten transcript of 33-page fragment of a diary kept during a journey from Texas to Chicago, February 17 to April 16, 1865. Transcribed by Bill R. Beaver from original owned by Mrs. Ida Beaver, Mena, Arkansas, and donated January, 1959.
BEDFORD,
BENJAMIN W. Record of farm accounts maintained by Faulkner County, Arkansas farmer in 1879. Purchased February, 1935.
BEEBE,
JOHN S., collector. Photographic negatives of wells, drillers and other workers, drilling operations, suppliers, tank cars, storage tanks, and other scenes, persons, and activities in the El Dorado and Smackover oil fields of Union and Ouachita Counties, and in and around the cities of El Dorado, Norphlet and Smackover, Arkansas. Restricted collection, itemized in an accession inventory. Copied from positive prints loaned by John S. Beebe, Sr. of El Dorado, Arkansas from his private collection, and from positive prints in the Lion Oil Company archives, loaned through the courtesy of W. Edwin Cox and Louise Ritchie of El Dorado, with the cooperation of the Arkansas Historical Association, October, 1973.
BENTON
COUNTY, ARKANSAS. Gift of Ray W. Irwin, Bromley, Missouri, through Walter Lee Brown, Fayetteville, Arkansas, February, 1968.
BENTON
COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Mounted clippings, constitution and by-laws, membership rolls, correspondence, memoranda and other manuscript, typescript, and printed material pertaining to affairs of and interests of Society and its members. Gift of Society, 1951.
BILLINGSLEY,
JOHN. Six-page
letter, dated at Billingsley P.O., Arkansas, June 26, 1876 and addressed
to "The committee appointed to collect historical matter for the centennial
celebration...at Fort Smith...." Letter pertains to the history of Sebastian
County, Arkansas and to pioneer life in the state from 1814.
BIRNEY,
JAMES GILLESPIE, 1792-1857. Eight-page uncut sheet, captioned, "Correspondence, Between the Hon. F. H. Elmore, one of the South Carolina Delegation in Congress, and James G. Birney, one of the Secretaries of the American Anti Slavery Society. Human Rights. Extra." A letter from James Sevier Conway of Arkansas is included among the letters published from governors of slave holding states declining complimentary copies of the Society's periodical, The Emancipator. Purchased June, 1965.
BISHOP,
ALBERT WEBB, 1832-1901. Pertaining to Bishop's legal and financial affairs as Register in Bankruptcy and to the Arkansas Immigrant Aid Society. Correspondents include James O. Churchill and Jesse Turner. Purchased October, 1937.
BLISS,
JAMES M. Letters and related documents pertaining to Bliss' commission as "special agent of the State of Arkansas to...procure engraved or lithographed bonds" from the National Bank Note Co., pursuant to legislation "providing for the building and improving of the Public Levees...." Correspondents include James R. Berry. A descriptive calendar of individual items is available. Purchased October, 1937.
BOLLS,
MAT. Letter dated
at Woodville, Mississippi, May 21, 1838. inviting the Reverend James Smylie
to accept a teaching appointment.
BONNEVILLE,
BENJAMIN LOUIS EULALIE DE, 1796-1878. Letter from John Byrne, Jr., of St. Louis, Missouri, to Bonneville, June 7, 1870, regarding personal affairs, and papers, 1908-1910, relating to the pension claim of Mexican War widow Susan News Bonneville. Gift, c. 1950.
BORLAND,
FRANK L. Borland's typewritten reminiscence, 1935, together with related clipping and memorandum, 1884 and 1922, pertaining to gamblers and gambling in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1878-1900, and especially to the "Flynn-Doran feud" and the shooting of Frank Flynn in 1884. Gift of Mary Dengler Hudgins, Hot Springs, Arkansas, October, 1972.
BORLAND,
SOLON 1808-1864. Letters from U.S. Senator Borland, Washington, D. C., to Charles A. Galloway and others, pertaining to affairs at Fort Washita, to business of the Senate Printing Committee, and to the Phi Delta Society at Oglethorpe University, Milledgeville, Georgia. Descriptive calendar available. Purchased March, 1973.
BRONSON,
WILLIAM. Judicial writ executed by Justice of Peace Bronson at Middlebury, Connecticut November 8, 1833, commanding the sheriff of Litchfield County or the constables of Waterton to imprison debtor Moses Russell of New Haven County in satisfaction of a judgement in the amount of $9.00 recovered November 4, 1833 by creditor Cornelius Munson of Waterton. Commitment in Litchfield County jail December 7, 1883 is attested on the verso by Constable Theophilus Baldwin. Purchased August 1936.
BROUGH,
CHARLES HILLMAN, 1876-1935. Correspondence, addresses, lectures and speeches, clippings, invitations, literary manuscripts, pamphlets, programs, reports, and other material pertaining to the life and to the personal, family, academic, professional, political, civic, religious and other affairs of Brough, lawyer, educator, lecturer and author who was professor of economics and sociology at the University of Arkansas from 1903 to 1915 and who served as Governor of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921. Material pertains particularly to Brough's academic career at the University of Arkansas and elsewhere; to his several political campaigns; to political and governmental affairs of his gubernatorial administration, especially as regards the racial conflict at Elaine, Arkansas in 1919; and to his role as a lecturer on the Redpath Chautauqua circuit, 1918-1924. Part of the material also relates to the Democratic National Convention, 1928; to the presidential election campaign of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932; to problems of cotton marketing and prices; to roads improvement in Arkansas; to Brough's interest in Central Baptist College in Conway, Arkansas, and in educational, religious, and cultural affairs throughout the state. One series pertains solely to the proceedings of the Virginia-District of Columbia Boundary Commission, of which Brough was chairman. Included among the 4,153 indexed correspondents are: Homer Martin Adkins, Newton Diehl Baker, Alben William Barkley, Theodore Gilmore Bilbo, William Jennings Bryan, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Thaddeus Horatius Caraway, Bennett Champ Clark, Thomas Terry Connally, Calvin Coolidge, Harvey Crowley Couch, James Middleton Cox, Homer Stille Cummings, Josephus Daniels, John William Davis, George Washington Donaghey, James Aloysius Farley, Charles Joseph Finger, John Gould Fletcher, James William Fulbright, Claude Albert Fuller, John Clinton Futrall, Junius Marion Futrell, John Nance Garner, Warren Gamaliel Harding, William Hope Harvey, Brooks Hays, George Washington Hays, John Netherland Heiskell, Louis McHenry Howe, Jesse Holman Jones, Scipio Africanus Jones, Henry Cabot Lodge, Clare Boothe Luce, William Gibbs McAdoo, John Little McClellan, Thomas Chipman McRae, Joseph Kirby Mahony, John Ellis Martineau, Henry Louis Mencken, Colter Hamilton Moses, Alton Brooks Parker, Harvey Parnell, Thomas Joseph Pendergast, William Alexander Percy, Claude Allen Rankin, John Jakob Raskob, Sam Taliaferro Rayburn, Harmon Liveright Remmel, Joseph Taylor Robinson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dunbar Rowland, Alfred Emanuel Smith, William Howard Taft, Joseph Patrick Tumulty, Millard Evelyn Tydings, Robert Minor Wallace, John Sharp Williams, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Otis Theodore Wingo, and Carroll David Wood. Supplementing the eight feet of manuscript material are six reels of 35 mm positive microfilm on which are recorded the contents of 56 scrapbooks, 1913-1936, the originals of which are preserved in the Arkansas History Commission. The collection is arranged in eight series. Finding aids include calendars, itemized descriptive inventories, and index of correspondents. Gift of Mrs. C. H. Brough, 1935 and 1956-1957.
BUCHANAN,
HERBERT EARLE, 1881-1973. Correspondence and deeds, pertaining to the business, professional, academic, family and other affairs of the Buchanans of Washington County, Arkansas, especially to the role of County Surveyor J. A. Buchanan in work performed for railroads under construction in the county 1880-1881; to the family's purchase and sale of lands in the county, 1837-1902; and to Herbert E. Buchanan's candidacy for the presidency of Washington and Lee University, 1928-1929. Correspondents include William McFaddin Alexander, Marcus Lafayette Bell, James Albert Buchanan, Henry Donald Campbell, John William Davis, George Wesley Droke, George DeMatt Henderson, and William Taliaferro Thompson. Each of the two series, Correspondence and Deeds, is supported by a descriptive calendar. Gift of H. E. Buchanan, Prairie Grove, Arkansas, through Ernest Cecil Deane, Fayetteville, Arkansas, February, 1971. Click here to go to the finding aid for the Buchanan Family History.
BUSH,
FREDERICK W., b. 1837. Photocopy of letters from Sgt. Frederick W. Bush, Co. E, 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army, to his cousin, Emily Shoppack of Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Written between May, 1861 and June, 1863 and describing Bush's war experiences, the letters are dated from Benton, Arkansas and from near Lynchburg and Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Wartrace and Manchester, Tennessee. Bush, a German harness and saddle maker who immigrated to Arkansas in 1855 and settled in Benton, enlisted in the 1st Arkansas in April, 1861. He fought at Manassas, Shiloh, Chicamauga and Murfreesboro and in a number of other engagements. Twice wounded and once captured, he surrendered with his company in May, 1865. Returning to Benton, he subsequently prospered in business in the post-war years. Copied by David O. Demuth of Benton, Arkansas for James Jackson Hudson of Fayetteville, Arkansas, from originals in the possession of James Bush of Benton, and donated by Dr. Hudson, February, 1970.
BYINGTON,
CYRUS, 1793-1868. Typewritten transcripts of 31 letters from Byington to relatives in Massachusetts, written while he served as a missionary to the Choctaw Indians near Eagle Town, Arkansas. Gift of Edward S. Byington, De Queen, Arkansas, 1932.
[C] CANE
HILL COLLEGE. BOONSBORO, ARKANSAS. Photocopies of printed catalogues, "The First Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students in Cane Hill College, Located at Boonsboro, Washington County, Arkansas, and of the Officers and Students in Cane Hill Female Seminary, Located One Mile South of Boonsboro, Arkansas, for the Collegiate Year 1858-'59" (Fort Smith, 1858); together with, "Catalogue...for the Scholastic Year, 1877-8" (Fayetteville, 1878), and, "Catalogue...for the Scholastic Year 1883-4" (Fayetteville, 1884). Gift of Robert Harold Basham, Clarksville, Arkansas, December, 1968 and January, 1969.
CARAWAY,
HATTIE WYATT, 1878-1950. Correspondence, 1919-1950; photographs, c. 1884-1943; journal, 1931-1934; scrapbooks of clippings, 1927-1931 and 1934-1944; and other material pertaining to: Thaddeus Horatius Caraway's political career and activities, 1927-1931, and Hattie Wyatt Caraway's political career and activities, 1931-1945, while serving as United States Senators from Arkansas (1920-1931 and 1931-1945, respectively); to T. H. Caraway's death, 1931; to H. W. Caraway's post-Senatorial career as a United States civil servant, 1945-1950; and to personal and family affairs of the Caraway family, c. 1884-1950. Correspondents include Grace Coolidge, Harvey Crowley Couch, Charles Curtis, Robert Courtney Davis, James Aloysius Farley, Lewis Blaine Hershey, Mary Teresa Norton, Claude Denson Pepper, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman. The finding aid to the four series includes a descriptive calendar of correspondence and series inventories. Gift of Betty Caraway Hill, Tucson, Arizona, November, 1973.
CARDWELL,
WILLIAM HARPER. Land grants,
correspondence and other material pertaining to William H. Cardwell's
acquisition of lands northwest of Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1849-1860; to
the war experiences of his son, Thomas A. A calendar has been compiled for each of two series, Land Grants and Correspondence. Gift of W. D. Cardwell, Tulsa, Oklahoma, November, 1961.
CARNAHAN,
PETER, 1838 - c. 1926. Bound volume of 105 pages, containing: three essays written by Carnahan in 1858, while a student at Cane Hill College, Boonsboro, Arkansas; and 12 "Letters to friends at home during fifteen months absence in Texas for the recovery of my health which failed me entirely and drove me from College in March, 1859." Written between July 13, 1859 and April 25, 1860 and dated from Dallas County, Cedar Hill, Nolands River, and Ellis County, Texas, the letters describe stock cattle and land in Texas, social and economic conditions prevailing there, and the work of the Texas "cowhunter." The letters also pertain to personal and family matters, relating particularly to John Pyeatt and Cyrus Buchanan of Boonsboro. A table of contents has been compiled. Gift of Walter John Lemke, Fayetteville, Arkansas, c. 1950.
CAUGHEY,
ANNIE M., collector. Theatre programs and play bills collected by Miss Caughey of Fayetteville, Arkansas, pertaining to dramatic cinematic, symphonic and operatic performances in Dallas, Texas; Erie, Pennsylvania; Little Rock, Arkansas; and New York, New York. Access to individual items can be had through a descriptive inventory. Gift of Minnie Strong Davidson, 1966.
CHEATHAM,
ELIJAH. Letter dated
at Napoleon, Arkansas, September 5, 1844, from Col. Cheatham, "Comdt.
Desha County Regiment Arks Militia," to Hon. Samuel Adams, Governor of
Arkansas, Little Rock, certifying the election, August 31, in Bayou, Bartholomew
Township, of Elihu K. James, Charles Beeks, and Israel I. Montgomery as,
respectively, captain, first lieutenant, and second lieutenant of the
Bartholomew Township Purchased October, 1951.
CITIZENS'
COUNCILS OF AMERICA. JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. Pamphlets, leaflets, and other material published, distributed, or utilized by the Councils in propagation of their political and social views on federalism, public schools, ethnology, communism, and, especially, race relations in the United States. Organized in 10 series, the material has been itemized in descriptive inventories. Purchased April, 1969.
CLARKE,
JAMES FREEMAN, 1810-1888. Letters written at Boston, Massachusetts by Unitarian clergymen and Harvard professor Clarke to John P. Woodbury and to unidentified "Dear Professor," acknowledging contributions of money received for charitable causes and offering advice on recommended reading. A calendar of the correspondence is supplemented by a biographical sketch of Clarke. Gift of John Wesley Thomas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, May, 1968.
CLEMENS,
SAMUEL LANGHORNE, 1835-1910. Note, dated Elmira, New York, September 3, 1880, to T. W. M. Boone of Fort Smith, Arkansas, conveying writer's thanks to Young Folk's Literary Guild of Fort Smith for election to honorary membership. Gift, c. 1950.
CONFEDERATE
STATES ARMY. TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT. ARKANSAS. MILITARY ORDERS,
1862. Special Orders, issued by 1st Corps Commander Thomas Carmichael Hindman at Fort Smith, Arkansas December 3, 1862, and at Van Buren, Arkansas December 21 and 24, 1862, and by Department Commander Theophilus Hunter Holmes at Little Rock, Arkansas December 20, 1862. Orders, pertaining to matters of military transport and the provisioning of troops in western Arkansas and the Indian Territory, relate to Charles B. Johnson, Thomas Lanigan, Robert Crittenden Newton, and Albert Pike. Purchased c. 1950.
COOK,
GERTRUDE FALLIN. Correspondence, land records, and other material pertaining to the family, agricultural, business, and other affairs of the Bloyd-Combs-Corum-Fallin-McMurtry-Tigard families of Washington County, Arkansas, Clay County, Missouri, and Williamson County, Texas. Two lengthy letters dated from Oregon Territory in 1852 and 1857 recount the experiences of the Tigard family and other Arkansas emigrants en route to Oregon; depict the hardships and sufferings endured en route; describe the land, land prices, and economic conditions in the Territory; and discuss political affairs there, especially as regards congressional elections, the framing and adoption of a state constitution, the growing sectional crisis in the nation and the question of introducing slavery in the new state. Limited restrictions are applicable to the collection, for which a descriptive calendar is available. Gift of Mrs. Cook, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1941.
CRAVENS,
J. J., 1856-1927. Records of a general retail merchant in Alma, Arkansas, including four ledgers, one account book, one daybook, a record of property mortgaged for supplies, and two indexes to the ledgers. The records for the period 1912 to June 13, 1918 are those of the firm of Cravens and Boren, Merchants, in which Cravens was associated with James B. Boren. A detailed inventory describes the content of each volume and individual item. Purchased April, 1954.
CREEKMORE,
D. H., b. 1817. Political handbill, published at Van Buren, Arkansas, pertaining to Creekmore's candidacy for election to office of Crawford County judge. Purchased c. 1950.
CROWELL,
M. S. Typewritten transcripts of letters dated Office of Commissary of Subsistence, at Fayetteville, Arkansas August 19, 1864 and at Fort Smith, Arkansas December 26, 1865. Addressed to William H. Houlton, Co. E, 8th Minnesota Volunteers, the letters relate to Crowell's war experiences in Arkansas. Transcriptions made by F. P. Rose, Rogers, Arkansas, from originals in collections of Minnesota Historical Society, and donated c. 1950.
CUMBERLAND
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. PRESBYTERIES. BOONSBORO
(ARKANSAS). Session minutes of the Salem congregation, Boonsboro, Washington County, Arkansas. Gift of Washington County Historical Society, Fayetteville, Arkansas, August, 1962.
CUMBERLAND
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. PRESBYTERIES. CANE HILL (ARKANSAS).
Session minutes of the Cane Hill congregation, Washington County, Arkansas for the years 1845-1860 and 1866-1922. Gift of Washington County Historical Society, Fayetteville, Arkansas, August, 1962.
CUMBERLAND
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SYNOD OF ARKANSAS. Most of the synod's original records for the period 1914-1930 burned. Surviving are these minutes of meetings, together with a few memoranda, reports, resolutions and other records from October, 1914; October, 1915; November, 1923; February, 1925; October, 1927 and October, 1930. Gift of George W. Thompson, Fayetteville, Arkansas, c. 1940.
CUPPLES,
ROBERT B., d. 1847. "The friends and acquaintances of Robert B. Cupples are respectfully invited to attend his funeral at 3 o'clock, p.m., from the Methodist Church. Divine service may be expected. Little Rock, May 22, 1847." The earliest funeral notice known to have been printed in Little Rock, Arkansas. Purchased January, 1962.
[D] DAVIDSONVILLE,
ARKANSAS. Photo facsimile of town plat and field notes for the town of Davidsonville, Arkansas, in what is now Randolph County. Document is signed by surveyor James Boyd and approved by "Commissioners of the courthouse and jail," Richard Searcy, Adam Ritchey, Joseph Hardin and Solomon Huitt, November 19, 1818. Reproduction, from original document in Old Powhatan Courthouse Museum, given by Mrs. Leon Stewart, Powhatan, Arkansas, October, 1970.
DAVIES,
SAMUEL W., 1834-1916. Sermon preached by the Reverend Mr. Davies in January, 1884, summarizing the history of Fayetteville Presbyterian (U. S.) Church from its organization in 1873, together with other historical and biographical sketches pertaining to the history of the congregation and to the life and ministry of Davies, its pastor from 1874 until his retirement in 1902. Gift of Mary Lou Davies, Fayetteville, Arkansas, May, 1958.
DEAS,
JAMES SUTHERLAND. Correspondence, deeds, mortgages, maps and plats, and other material pertaining to land ownership and to the sale and purchase of lands in Arkansas, particularly in Lafayette, Hempstead, and Pulaski Counties. Correspondents include James Chestnut, Jr. A descriptive calendar enables access to individual documents. Gift of Alston Deas, 1957.
DONAGHEY, GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1856-1937. MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL, 1870-1947. MS D714m 356 items. Correspondence, photographs, speeches, pamphlets, clippings, memoranda and other material pertaining variously to the personal, family, social, political, business, philanthropic and other affairs of Donaghey, Arkansas farmer, architect, building contractor, educator, banker, financier, philanthropist and Governor of Arkansas, 1909-1913; and to the personal, family, and social affairs of Martha Louvenia Wallace Donaghey, 1862-1947. Activities to which the material specifically relates include: Donaghey's role in the construction of the Arkansas state capitol; his work as governor and as member of the state Capitol Arts Commission, Centennial Commission, Board of Charities and Corrections, and Planning Board; his work as member of the (Little Rock) Broadway-Main Street Bridge Commission and of the National Board of Finance of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; creation of the Donaghey Foundation and endowment of Little Rock Junior College. Correspondents include James Paul Clarke, Junius Marion Futrell, Charles Coburn Kavanaugh, Alexander Copeland Millar. Finding aids include calendar of correspondence, series inventories, index to correspondents, index to photographs. Gift of Donaghey heirs, c. 1960.
DRESBACH,
BEVERLEY GITHENS, 1903-1971. Correspondence, literary manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs and other material pertaining to the life and work of poet and essayist Beverley Githens, wife of poet Glenn Ward Dresbach. Correspondents include Thomas Stuart Cleworth, Edsel Ford, Elizabeth Goudge, Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni, Christopher Morley, Vance Randolph, Jean Starr Untermeyer. Arranged in 8 series, described in inventory. Gift of Elizabeth Nunley and Mrs. John Daggett, South Haven, Michigan, September, 1971.
DRESBACH,
GLENN WARD, 1889-1968. Correspondence, literary manuscripts, clippings, scrapbooks, certificates, invitations, lists, memoranda, military orders, notes, notices, photographs, programs, reports and other material pertaining principally to the literary career of the internationally celebrated Arkansas poet, but also to his personal, family, business, social, civic, military and other affairs, and to Beverley Githens Dresbach. Included are the literary manuscripts and the first publication of many prize-winning poems which later appeared in the several volumes of Dresbach's collected works, in numerous anthologies of American and British poetry, and in textbooks of English literature used in college and high school courses throughout the nation. The 204 indexed correspondents include Brooks Atkinson, Marjorie Barrows, Morgan Beatty, William Stanley Braithwaite, Van Wyck Brooks, Katharine Cornell, Virginius Dabney, Clifton Fadiman, Orval Eugene Faubus, Edsel Ford, James William Fulbright, Claude Albert Fuller, Lillian Gish, Louis McHenry Howe, Langston Hughes, Otto Kerner, Max Lerner, Paul Vories McNutt, John Masefield, Harriet Monroe, Marianne Moore, Andrew Russell Pearson, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.; Carl Sandburg, James William Trimble, Stewart Lee Udall, Mark Van Doren. A detailed finding aid includes a table of contents, two calendars of correspondence, seven series catalogs, two series inventories, an index of correspondents, an index to poems by title, and an index to poems by first line. One series of 88 letters is restricted. Gift of Beverley Githens Dresbach, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, July, 1968.
DREW,
THOMAS L. A one-page letter, dated at Fort Smith, Arkansas July 27, 1860, from attorney Drew to John B. Ogden, Clerk of the United States District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, regarding the collection, by attorney Jesse Turner, of a sum of money in partial satisfaction of a judgement rendered by the court. Purchased c. 1950.
DUNLAP,
ALBERT, b. 1828. Financial records and medical notes of Fort Smith, Arkansas physician and surgeon, pertaining to his war-time service as Confederate States Army surgeon and to his post-war practice. One volume contains weekly "Accounts Current" and monthly financial statements compiled by Dunlap in his capacity as Surgeon-in Charge of the Confederate Army's general hospitals at Monticello, Arkansas, July 23, 1864 to October 7, 1864, and at Washington, Arkansas, October 15, 1864 to May 22, 1865. Also included are a few undated notes on medical diagnoses and treatments, and a few undated bibliographical notes and maps made by his daughter, Maud. One map is dated 1865. The second volume is mostly an accounts receivable ledger for Dunlap's practice in Fort Smith, January 3, 1867 through 1868. A few entries dated January to May, 1861 pertain to his military service, and on six pages are daily journal entries, dated 1869 or 1870, of receipts and disbursements on account of Dunlap or his father-in-law, Dr. Nicholas Spring, with whom he practiced in partnership. Gift of Col. and Mrs. J. F. Weimann, Little Rock, Arkansas, February, 1970, and Samuel Claudius Dellinger, Fayetteville, Arkansas, November, 1972.
DUVAL,
ELIAS RECTOR, 1836-1885. Record of birth certificates issued between August 18, 1884 and June 1, 1885 by Dr. DuVal, physician practicing in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Purchased 1939.
DWIGHT,
JOHN SULLIVAN, 1813-1893. Photocopy of undated letter, written at Berlin, from Dwight to Charles Sumner, pertaining to political and diplomatic affairs in the United States and Prussia. Persons to whom the letter relates include Robert Apthorp, Jeremiah Jones Colbath, Alexander Wheelock Thayer, and Joseph Albert Wright. Limited restrictions apply. Photostat of original letter in Harvard University Library, gift of John Wesley Thomas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, September, 1951.
[E] EBERLE,
EDWARD WALTER, 1864-1929. Invitation from Edward W. Eberle, requesting "the pleasure of your company at the farewell ball given to the graduating class, U.S. Naval Academy," June 6, 1884 by the "class of '85." Eberle, a native of Texas who was a member of the Academy's class of 1885, was Superintendent of the Academy from 1915 to 1919 and later attained the rank of admiral. Purchased July, 1939.
ENO,
CLARA BERTHA, 1854-1951, collector. Correspondence, bills of lading, invoices, statements of account, receipts, legal documents and other materials collected by Clara B. Eno which pertain to the history of Arkansas, especially in and around the city of Van Buren and in Crawford County. Most of the material relates particularly to the steamboat trade on the Arkansas River and to the commercial activities of Van Buren merchants Edward Cunningham, John Henry, and David C. Williams, 1842-1868. Correspondents include Stephen K. Stone, William King Sebastian, William Savin Fulton, David Thompson, and David Walker. The collection is supplemented by one reel of 35 mm, microfilm copy of selected documents in the Arkansas History Commission's Clara Bertha Eno Collection. Calendars
enable access to individual documents in each of the collection's four
series.
ENVIRONMENTAL
DEFENSE FUND, INC., ET AL. Copies of legal proceedings, including summons, complaint, transcript of hearings, opinions and orders, together with corres pondence, photographs, and other supporting documents filed in United States District Court, 1971, in Civil Action File No. LR-70-C-203, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., The Ozark Society, Arkansas Audubon Society, Inc., Arkansas Ecology Center, Pratt Remmel, Jr., and Russell Harper, plaintiffs, v. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, Stanley R. Resor, Secretary of the Army, and General Frederick B. Clark, Chief of Engineers, Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, defendants, pertaining to the issue of the environmental impact of the Corps of Engineers' proposed Gillham Lake Project on the Cossatot River and De Queen Lake Project on Rolling Fork River, Arkansas. A descriptive inventory of documents is available. Gift of Society for Environmental Stabilization, Fayetteville, Arkansas, February, 1973.
[F] FAULKNER
COUNTY, ARKANSAS. OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK. Voter registration list, September 12 to October 15, 1873, and record of court costs charged and paid, February 9, 1876 to January 2, 1879, with index. Purchased c. 1950.
FELLOWS,
HOMER F., 1832-1894. Commission issued to Fellows, July 17, 1861, as Register of the United States Land Office in Springfield, Missouri, bearing the autograph of President Abraham Lincoln; together with unsigned, undated performance bond partly executed by Fellows. Limited restrictions apply. Gift of F. P. Rose, Rogers, Arkansas, May, 1951.
FERGUSON,
JOHN LEWIS, 1926 Photocopy of five-page unpublished article, "A History of the Arkansas Penitentiary," written about 1966 by Arkansas State Historian Ferguson Gift of Georgia Haller Clark, Fayetteville, Arkansas, December, 1970.
FLETCHER,
SUSAN BRICELIN. Undated account, typewritten, of the personal experiences of Mrs. Henry Lewis Fletcher while resident on a plantation west of Little Rock, Arkansas during the Civil War, and in Little Rock during the years immediately following. Gift, 1952.
FORD,
EDSEL, 1928-1970. Correspondence, literary manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers of the Arkansas prize winning poet and University of Arkansas Distinguished Alumnus. Correspondents include Kenneth L. Beaudoin, Thomas Stuart Cleworth, Everett McKinley Dirksen, Beverley Githens Dresbach, Glenn Ward Dresbach, Orval Eugene Faubus, Walter John Lemke, Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni, Archibald MacLeish, Harriet Monroe, Thomas Moult, David Wiley Mullins, James Purdy, Otto Ernest Rayburn, Jeanette Rockefeller, Winthrop Rockefeller, Mark Van Doren, and Stanley Miller Williams. Gift of James Tildon Ford, Avoca, Arkansas, Imogene Hinesly, Odessa, Texas, and Willadene White, Bentonville, Arkansas, January, 1973.
FORT
SMITH, ARKANSAS Deeds, promissory notes, receipts, statements of account, memo randa, and other collected documents, dated 1848, 1851-1857, 1859-1861, 1871, 1875, 1886-1887, and 1908, relating to the several aspects of the history of Fort Smith, Arkansas and adjacent areas in Arkansas and the Indian Territory. An inventory has been compiled as a finding aid. Purchased 1936.
FORT
SMITH AND INTERURBAN RAILROAD COMPANY. Prospectus, copy of application for incorporation, record of action taken on application by Arkansas State Board of Railroad Incorporation, articles of incorporation, list of subscribers to stock, and minutes of first stockholders' meeting of Fort Smith, Arkansas corporation. Documents are dated February 7 to February 11, 1910. A descriptive inventory is available. Purchased 1936.
FOSTER,
SAMUEL AND COMPANY Sales record of the retail merchandizing firm of Samuel Foster & Co. of Port Gibson, Mississippi and Van Buren, Arkansas. Volume 1, for business conducted at Port Gibson December 1, 1836 to June 12, 1837 and at Van Buren August 19, 1837 to December 31, 1839, contains the preface, "Port Gibson December the 1st 1836. Saml Foster & James Foster commenced Merchantdizing in Joint copartnership To which James Foster is to Furnish what Funds that is nescessary To Carry on the business he being allowed 10 per Cent on all moneys advanced & he James Foster to Furnish a Clerk. The said business to be conducted under the firm of Saml Foster & Co." Volume 2 records business conducted at Van Buren January, 1840 to March, 1841. Gift of Clara Bertha Eno, Van Buren, Arkansas, 1945.
FRANKENBERG,
THEODORE THOMAS, 1877-1958. Collection contains letters, photographs, clippings, telegrams, postal cards, memoranda, scrapbooks, musical scores, magazines, pro grams and play bills, together with printed texts, synopses, and librettos of plays, pageants, and operas, most of which date from the period 1897 to 1924. Materials pertain to Frankenberg's work as journalist and drama critic for several Ohio newspapers, including the Columbus Citizen and the Ohio State Journal, and to his work as publicist for various persons and enterprises connected with the performing arts or with tours and commemorative pageants. One sub-series of 43 photographs pertains to the "evangelical" world tour conducted in 1923 and 1924 by William Edward Biederwolf and Homer Alvan Rodeheaver. The correspondence series pertains to Frankenberg's work as publicity agent for actors and others associated with the American dramatic and concert stage, especially in the years 1904 to 1908. Significant correspondents include Laura Justine Bonesteele, William Everhart, Harrison Grey Fiske, Laura Nelson Hall, Alphie Henricks James, John E. Kellerd, Helen Wilton Leary, Frank C. Payne, Channing Pollock, John Jacob Rosenthal, Rose Stahl, Bram Stoker, Eva Tanguay, George Crouse Tyler, George H. Wilson, Frank Jenner Wllstack, Paul Wilstack. The collection is organized in five series and a number of sub series. Detailed finding aids, which are supplemented by a biographical sketch, include descriptive catalogs of the correspondence, photo graphs, plays and operas, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous series, as well as a table of contents and indexes to correspondents and to scenes from plays and operas. Gift of Susie Pittman, Clarksville, Arkansas, through the courtesy of George Kernodle, Fayetteville, Arkansas, November, 1968.
FUTRALL,
THOMAS ANDREW, 1842-1917. Letters, reports, speech, broadside, program, clippings, and other material pertaining to Futrall's professional career as an educator in Arkansas, to the Marianna (Arkansas) Male and Female Institute, and to the scholastic record and professional career, 1888 to 1891, of future University of Arkansas president John Clinton Futrall. Correspondents include Oliver Crosby Gray, Milton Wylie Humphreys, John W. Mallet, Edward Hunter Murfee, William Ewell Peters, William M. Thornton, and Charles Scott Venable. Materials are individually described in a detailed inventory. Gift of Jessamine D. Gist. Marianna Arkansas, March, 1970.
FUTRELL,
JUNIUS MARION, 1872-1955. Letter dated at Little Rock, Arkansas June 19, 1913, from Acting Governor J. M. Futrell to Professor L. E. Aylsworth, Lincoln, Nebraska, advising that he is forwarding, under separate cover, copies of the messages delivered to the Arkansas General Assembly by his gubernatorial predecessors, George Washington Donaghey and Joseph Taylor Robinson. Purchased c. 1950.
[G] GARLAND,
AUGUSTUS HILL, 1832-1899. Printed broadside dated at Washington, Arkansas October 25, 1855, containing eleven stanza poem captioned, "Lines written in memory of their little boy, and dedicated to Mr. A. H. and Mrs. V. Garland. By E. W. G." Purchased January, 1962. (SEE NEXT ENTRY)
GARLAND,
AUGUSTUS HILL, 1832-1899. Letter dated July 30, 1886 from United States Attorney General Garland to Samuel Jackson Randall, regarding a Congressional appropriation for "Law clerks of the Supreme Judges...." Purchased October, 1972.
GIBBONS,
JOHN RISON, 1843-1919. Typewritten transcript of fragment, January 1, 1862 to October 16, 1862, of diary kept by John R. Gibbons of Company I, 1st Rockbridge, Virginia Cavalry. Appended is transcript of a letter, dated Mount Solon, Augusta County, Virginia October 3, 1863, from "Sue" to Gibbons. Transcribed by Ann Davies Spence from original diary in possession of Mrs. Felton Gibbons of Bauxite, Arkansas, and donated May, 1965.
GIST,
ARIEL IDELLA HOTTEL, 1870-1928. Journal, correspondence, photographs and other papers of "Della" Hottel, created or received during her residence in Fredericksted, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, while serving as governess to the children of United States Consul William F. Moore. Gift of Thomas Hottel Gist and Jessamine Daggett Gist, Mariana, Arkansas, October, 1968.
GIST,
THOMAS HOTTEL, 1905- Ledgers, journals, daybooks and other records pertaining to the history of Lee and Phillips Counties, Arkansas, especially to the business, agricultural, and legal affairs of the Moore-Daggett-Gist families of Edgewood plantation in Phillips County, and of its owners, Bogan Nathaniel Gist and Thomas Hottel Gist. Material also relates to: the law practice of John Mayhew Daggett; the business and political affairs of Phillips County merchant, banker, and planter John P. Moore; the Lee County Land, Loan and Abstract Company; and the St. Francis Levee District. Gift of Thomas Hottel Gist and Jessamine Daggett Gist, Mariana, Arkansas, November, 1969.
GWALTNEY,
FRANCIS IRBY, 1921 Typewritten preliminary, revised, and final drafts, together with printed page proofs, of six of the Arkansas author's published novels, each bearing his handwritten corrections and revisions. An inventory of the manuscripts has been compiled. Gift of author, 1965.
[H] HAMILTON,
WILLIAM JEFFERSON, 1866-1957. Material pertaining to the life of William J. Hamilton, Arkansas student, teacher, lawyer, and merchant, especially to his years as a student at Arkansas Industrial University, 1889-1894. The memoirs also relate, in part, to the history of Hartford, Arkansas, to Hamilton's daughter, Nell Lucille Hamilton Trotter, and to other members of the Hamilton-Gryder-York-Dean-Trotter families. Gift of Mrs. Nell H. Trotter, Atlanta, Georgia and Daytona Beach, Florida, August, 1965 and October, 1973.
HARTZOG,
HENRY SIMMS, 1866-1953. Biographical information and microfilm of scrapbook (1818-1971) containing Confederate bonds and money, letters, photographs, military papers, cards, programs, and other papers. Biographical information on the life and work of the former University of Arkansas president (1902-1905), donated by Hartzog's daughter-in-law, Catherine Gibbons Hartzog, St. Louis, Missouri, January 1972.--Microfilm is copy of original owned by Clemson University Libraries (MSS 78).
HARVEY,
WILLIAM HOPE, 1851-1936. Photocopy of unpublished sketch, 1932, of the life of "Coin" Harvey, together with photocopy of four published articles, 1924, 1935, and 1950, by or about him. Materials are itemized in a descriptive inventory. Gift of Homer Croy, New York, New York, March, 1964.
HAYES,
GEORGE WINFIELD, 1867-1932. Documents relating to the teaching career of Hayes and to the history of public school education in Washington County, Arkansas. Gift of Lina Hayes Watson, Fayetteville, Arkansas, December, 1972.
HAYS,
GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1863-1927. Correspondence, speeches, clippings, photographs, and other materials, most of which date from 1899 to 1927, pertaining to Hays' education, to his law practice, and to his political career, as well as his personal, religious, fraternal, and civic interests and activities. Materials pertain particularly to his administration as Governor of Arkansas, 1913-1917, especially as regards the Southern Governors' Cotton Convention of 1915; the collection of and extension of payments of state taxes due, 1915-1916; proposed prohibition legis lation, 1916; and controversies surrounding the State Penitentiary and the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, 1914-1915. Correspondents include Homer Martin Adkins, Coleman Livingston Blease, Robert Graves Bowers, Oscar Branch Colquitt, Lee Cruce, Luther Egbert Hall, William Gibbs McAdoo, Edmund James Archibald McKinney, Elliott Woolfolk Major, William Peabody Malburn, Lucius Eugene Pinkham, Furnifold McLandel Simmons, John Marshall Slaton, and George A. Thornburgh. Arranged in five series, the collection is supported by finding aids consisting of a calendar of correspondence, series inventories, and an index of correspondents. Gift of Mrs. George W. Hays, Little Rock, Arkansas, and The Reverend W. F. Hays, Melbourne, Florida, through Walter Lee Brown, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1959.
HEMPSTEAD,
FAY, 1847-1934. Petition, 1871, presented to Governor Powell Clayton by Hempstead as counsel for claimants M. S. Hancock and John P. Kelley, levee and ditching contractors, praying issuance of auditor's warrants to replace voided warrants issued in 1861 in payment due claimants by the State of Arkansas; attaching 45 voided warrants as Exhibit "A"; and bearing the endorsement of Governor Clayton, May 25, 1871, referring claim to Hon. Jno. R. Montgomery, Atty. Genl., for examination. Purchased October, 1939.
HENDRY,
ALEXANDER, b. 1820. Deeds, construction plans and other papers of Hendry, Washington County, Arkansas carpenter and builder, pertaining to land and buildings in Washington County and elsewhere, particularly to the contractual specifications for the construction of a brick house in Fayetteville, Arkansas for Lafayette Gregg, 1867. A descriptive calendar itemizes the several documents. Purchased c. 1950.
HENRY,
EUGENE B. Commission, signed by Governor Elisha Baxter, designating Henry as "Colonel Arks. State Guards (Cmdg. Henrys Battalion)." Gift of Earle Leighton Rudolph, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October, 1970.
HILL,
A. G. Letter dated Union Court House, Arkansas, December 30, 1840, from A. G. Hill, Clerk of Union Circuit Court, to Governor Archibald Yell, relating to a petition praying the appointment of an additional Justice of the Peace for Franklin Township. Purchased October, 1951.
HISTORICAL
RECORDS SURVEY. ARKANSAS. Administrative files of the Arkansas Historical Records Survey of the United States Work Projects Administration, together with the working draft and final form inven tories of federal, state, county, municipal and church archives, his torical manuscripts, historical imprints, newspaper files, and other records located and surveyed in the state's several courthouses, city halls, governmental offices, libraries, historical societies, newspaper offices and other repositories. Deposited by Arkansas Historical Records Survey Administration.
HODGES,
JOHN. Letter dated Washington County, Tennessee August 25, 1844, from John Hodges to William Hodges, Washington County, Arkansas, regarding personal and familial affairs. Purchased c. 1950.
HUDDLESTON,
V. L., collector. William and Mary Fulsom to Governor of Territory of Missouri, May 28, 1819, in estate of Ebenezer Fulsom, and James Jackson to John Pope, Governor of Territory of Arkansas, August 19, 1829, in estate of Elijah H. Barton. Gift of collector Huddleston, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, July, 1942.
HUDGINS,
MARY DENGLER, 1903-1987, collector. Printed first editions of variants of the tune "Arkansas Traveller" (or "Traveler"), some with traditional related dialogue, published by William Cumming, Louisville, Kentucky, 1847; William Iucho, New York, New York, 1851; Mose Case, Buffalo, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1864; Charles Cutter, Hot Springs, Arkansas, n.d.; and Charles Grobe, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1905. Limited restrictions apply to the materials, which are itemized in a descriptive inventory. Gift of Miss Hudgins, Hot Springs, Arkansas, January, 1972. For more on the Mary Dengler Hudgins Collection, click here.
HUDSON,
JAMES JACKSON, 1919 Typewritten manuscript, together with printer's proof, of Hudson's Hostile Skies, A Combat History of the American Air Service in World War I (Syracuse University Press, 1968), together with four maps and 43 positive prints of photographs used to illustrate the book. A detailed inventory describes the material. For more information, see the finding aid for James J. Hudson Papers (MC 1118). Gift of Professor Hudson, Fayetteville, Arkansas, June, 1970.
HUGHES,
WILLIAM BLAKEMORE. Letter dated at Little Rock, Arkansas April 22, 1886, from W. B. Hughes, "Secty of Gov," to C. E. Sweet, Winchester, Massachusetts, regarding the correct pronunciation of the word "Arkansas." Purchased October, 1973.
HUMPHREYS,
ALLAN SPARROW, 1889-1972. Scrapbooks of mounted congratulatory letters and other material which were prepared and presented to Humphreys by friends, colleagues, and other well-wishers in 1956, on the occasion of his retirement, after 38 years on the faculty of the University of Arkansas, which he served as Dean of Men, 1937-1945, and as Professor of Chemistry, 1944-1956, and in 1961, following the action of the University Board of Trustees in naming a newly constructed men's residence hall after him. Gift of Professor Humphreys, Springfield, Missouri, June, 1966.
JACKSON,
ANDREW, 1767-1845. Letters dated at Washington, D. C. April 19, 1830 and April 25, 1831, from President Jackson to, respectively, Samuel F. Hays at Nashville, Tennessee and the Reverend Hardy M. Cryer, near Gallatin, Tennessee. The earlier, one-page letter deals wi |
