Wednesday, October 29, 2014
National #AskAnArchivist Day
Tomorrow, we'll be participating in National #AskAnArchivist
day on Twitter with colleagues from across the country. You can ask us
anything and we'll do our best to answer. The AHC can be found on
Twitter at ArkHistCom. We hope you'll join us!
Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - UFO Newsclipping Service collection, MG.00265
The UFO Newsclipping Service was the name of a journal, magazine, and newspaper, devoted to ufology and the study of unidentified flying objects and other related phenomena. It was originally published by the UFO Research Committee in Seattle, Washington. From 1970 until 2007, Lucius Farish published it in Plummerville, Arkansas.
This collection consists of microfilmed journals, magazines, and newspapers published by the UFO Newsclipping Service, 1970-2007.
Finding Aid:
This collection consists of microfilmed journals, magazines, and newspapers published by the UFO Newsclipping Service, 1970-2007.
Finding Aid:
- 1. 1970-1980 (Reel MG00265)
- 2. 1980-1984 (Reel MG00266)
- 3. 1984-1989 (Reel MG00267)
- 4. 1989-1994 (Reel MG00268)
- 5. 1994-1999 (Reel MG00269)
- 6. 1999-2003 (Reel MG00270)
- 7. 2004-2007 (Reel MG00271)
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - Browne Family Papers, MS.000403
Lida Barret Ross was born on December 14, 1888 in Arkadelphia. She married Horace William Browne. Lida began her family research of the Ligon family of Virginia in the 1940s. Much of her research includes the Person, Ross, Taylor, and Webb families of the 1700s and 1800s. Her two daughters also did extensive genealogical research, using their family lineage to join numerous hereditary societies. Lida died on February 9, 1971, in Little Rock.
Josephine was born about 1910 and died on January 23, 2000. She never married, and worked thirty years as Superintendent of Operations for Arkla. She served in multiple offices for the societies and clubs of which she was a member, including two terms as regent for the Little Rock chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, board member of the Little Rock Departmental Club, and vice-president of the Ligon Family and Kinsmen Association. She was a life member of the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum in Washington, District of Columbia, and helped raise money for the publication of a book about Arkansas Post. She also established a scholarship for student nurses at the Baptist Medical System Foundation in Little Rock.
Esther was born August 7, 1912. She married Samuel Edwin Tyson on March 10, 1935, and they were divorced in 1938. Esther lived and worked in Little Rock the majority of her life, but spent several years in Memphis working as a secretary for John Deere Company. Following the death of her daughter Esther moved back to Little Rock and remained there with her sister until her death on December 9, 1991.
Finding aid:
Diary
Correspondence
Family history research
Family history
Hereditary societies
Books
Video, "The Ligon Family"
Second Presbyterian Church, Little Rock
Clubs and associations
Browne family
Daughters of the American Revolution scrapbooks (Box 36)
Photograph albums
Lida Barret Ross was born on December 14, 1888 in Arkadelphia. She married Horace William Browne. Lida began her family research of the Ligon family of Virginia in the 1940s. Much of her research includes the Person, Ross, Taylor, and Webb families of the 1700s and 1800s. Her two daughters also did extensive genealogical research, using their family lineage to join numerous hereditary societies. Lida died on February 9, 1971, in Little Rock.
Josephine was born about 1910 and died on January 23, 2000. She never married, and worked thirty years as Superintendent of Operations for Arkla. She served in multiple offices for the societies and clubs of which she was a member, including two terms as regent for the Little Rock chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, board member of the Little Rock Departmental Club, and vice-president of the Ligon Family and Kinsmen Association. She was a life member of the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum in Washington, District of Columbia, and helped raise money for the publication of a book about Arkansas Post. She also established a scholarship for student nurses at the Baptist Medical System Foundation in Little Rock.
Esther was born August 7, 1912. She married Samuel Edwin Tyson on March 10, 1935, and they were divorced in 1938. Esther lived and worked in Little Rock the majority of her life, but spent several years in Memphis working as a secretary for John Deere Company. Following the death of her daughter Esther moved back to Little Rock and remained there with her sister until her death on December 9, 1991.
Finding aid:
Diary
- 1973 (Box 1)
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988 (Box 2)
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992 (Box 3)
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996 (Box 4)
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- Undated
- Lida Ross Browne (Box 5)
- 1945 January-June
- 1945 July-December
- 1946-1952
- Undated
- Esther Browne Tyson
- 1960-1963 (Box 6)
- 1966-1967
- 1968
- 1969
- circa 1969
- 1970
- circa 1970
- 1971
- circa 1971
- 1972
- circa 1972
- 1973
- circa 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1979 January-June
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978 (Box 7)
- 1979 July- December
- 1980 January-June
- 1980 July-December
- 1981 January-September
- 1981 October-December
- 1982 January-February
- 1982 March-April
- 1982 May
- 1982 June-September
- 1982 October-December
- 1983 January-June
- 1983 July
- 1983 August-December
- 1984 January-June (Box 8)
- 1984 July-December
- 1985-1989
- 1990
- Undated
- Josephine Sue Browne
- 1950-1956 (Box 9)
- 1957-1959
- 1960-1962
- 1963
- 1964-1965
- 1966-1970
- 1971-1972
- 1973
- 1974 January
- 1974 February
- 1974 March-April
- 1974 May-June
- 1974 July
- 1974 August
- 1974 September
- 1974 October
- 1974 November
- 1974 December
- 1975 January
- 1975 February
- 1975 March
- 1975 April
- 1975 May-December
- 1976 January-May
- 1976 June
- 1976 July-August
- 1976 September-October
- 1976 November-December
- 1977 January-March
- 1977 April-May
- 1977 June-September
- 1977 October-December
- 1978 January-March (Box 10)
- 1978 April-May
- 1978 June
- 1978 July-August
- 1978 September-December
- 1979 January-June
- 1979 July-December
- 1980 January-April
- 1980 May-December
- 1981 January-May
- 1981 June-December
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985 January-May
- 1985 June-December
- 1986 January-February
- 1986 March-April
- 1986 May-June
- 1986 July
- 1986 August-September
- 1986 October-November
- 1986 December
- 1987 January-February
- 1987 March-April
- 1987 May-August
- 1987 September-December
- 1988 January-March (Box 11)
- 1988 April-August
- 1988 September-December
- 1989 January-June
- 1989 July-December
- 1990 January-June
- 1990 July-December
- 1990 December 11: Condolences
- 1990 December 12: Condolences
- 1990 December 13: Condolences
- 1990 December 14: Condolences
- 1990 December 15-17: Condolences
- 1990 December 18-19: Condolences
- 1990 December 20-26: Condolences
- 1991 January-February: Condolences (Box 12)
- circa 1991
- 1991 January-April
- 1991 May-December
- 1992 January-March
- 1992 April-December
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996 January-July (Box 13)
- 1996 August-December
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- Undated
- Undated
- Undated
- Undated
- Undated
- 1904-1984: Miscellaneous
- Browne family (Box 14)
- Browne family
- Ligon [Lygon] family ancestors
- Ligon [Lygon] family
- 1856-1877: Ligon [Lygon] family
- Ligon [Lygon] family
- Ligon [Lygon] family
- Person family
- Person family
- Person family
- Person family
- Ross family
- Taylor family
- Taylor family
- Taylor family
- Taylor family
- Webb family
- Miscellaneous
- 1771: Will of William Person (Box 15)
- 1781: Will of Ann Person
- 1781: Will of Ann Person
- 1946: Correspondence, Kentucky Historical Society
- 1814-1905: Taylor family record
- 1813-1862: Taylor family record
- 1784 James Taylor will
- 1750: Martha Taylor will
- 1727: Edward Hoskins will
- 1798: Taxable property, Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1838: Foster will
- Scrapbook of Sue John Ligon (Box 16)
- Scrapbook [Lida Ross]
- Arkansas State Pioneers Association
- 1979-2000: Arkansas State Pioneers Association (Box 17)
- Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
- Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
- Colonial Dames of the XVII Century certificates
- 1983-1995: Colonial Dames of the XVII Century yearbooks
- 1995-1999: Colonial Dames of the XVII Century yearbooks
- 1986-1999: Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, National Society Review (Box 18)
- Dames of the Court of Honor, lineage
- Dames of the Court of Honor
- Daughters of American Colonists
- 1982-1994: Daughters of American Colonists yearbooks
- 1984-1986: Daughters of the American Revolution
- Little Rock chapter
- 1984-1986: Agendas (Box 19)
- Regent
- 1893: Minutes
- 1967: Minutes
- 1984: Minutes
- 1985: Minutes
- 1986: Minutes
- Membership
- Proclamations
- 1980-1990: Proposed budget
- 1974-1983: Yearbooks
- 1984-1992: Yearbooks
- 1995-2000: Yearbooks
- Arkansas Society (Box 20)
- Articles
- Arkansas chapters
- Arkansas conference
- Arkansas Daughters of the American Revolution room
- Chairman
- Chaplain
- Chaplain
- Chaplain
- Constitution week
- Indian committee
- Meetings
- Memorials
- Organizing secretary
- Proclamations
- Reports
- Ribbons
- News
- 1970-1972 (Box 21)
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975-1976
- 1977
- 1978-1979
- 1983-1985
- 1986-1989
- 1990-1994
- Arkansas Society yearbooks
- 1974-1976 (Box 22)
- 1984-1995
- National Society
- By-laws (Box 23)
- Certificates
- Memorial Continental Hall
- Museum
- Elections
- Friends of the Museum
- Lineage
- Lineage
- Museum committee
- Museum exhibits
- Museum insignia
- "The Congress Herald" newsletter
- Papers
- Papers
- Papers
- Publications and products
- Tours
- 1974-1976: Yearbooks, handbooks, et cetera (Box 24)
- Magazines
- Memorabilia (eyeglass case)
- Calendars
- Little Rock chapter
- Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede, National Society (Box 25)
- 1977-2001: Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede, National Society yearbooks
- First Families of Virginia
- First Families of Virginia
- 1990-2000: First Families of Virginia yearbooks
- Hereditary Register of the United States of America
- Jamestown Society
- 1980, 1989-1990, and 1996: Jamestown Society newsletter
- Jamestown Society certificate
- Ligon family
- Application (Box 26)
- Ligon family and connections
- Insignia
- Ligon family and Kinsmen Association
- Madresfield Court
- Reunions
- Tours
- Tours memorabilia, Kentucky and East Coast
- Tours memorabilia, Nova Scotia
- Living Desendants of the Blood Royal in America
- Magna Carta
- Plantegenet Society
- United Daughters of the Confederacy certificate
- "The Clan Ross" (Box 27)
- "DAR Patriot Index"
- "DAR Patriot Index"
- "A Roster of the Arkansas Society DAR, 1893-1968"
- "The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution"
- "Five Hundred First Families of America"
- "Living Descendants of Blood Royal"
- "Adventures of Purse and Person of Virginia, 1607-1625"
- "The Ligon Family and Connections" (Box 28)
- "The Ligon Family and Connections Volume II"
- "The Ligon Family and Connections Volume III"
- Friendship class (Box 29)
- 1981-1984: Membership directory
- 1985-1987: Membership directory
- 1990-1995: Membership directory
- New members
- Newsletters
- Notes on prayer
- 1987-1997: Women of the Church notices
- 1962-1997: Women of the Church history and yearbooks
- 1957: Church bulletins (Box 30)
- 1968-1969: Church bulletins
- 1980-1989: Church bulletins
- 1990-1995: Church bulletins
- 1996-1999: Church bulletins
- 1988-1997: Budget
- Newsletter
- 75th Anniversary
- 1982 April 18: Centennial celebration
- 1954: "Centennial History of Presbyterianism in Arkansas," book
- Miscellaneous church bulletins
- American Association of Retired Persons, Pulaski Heights Chapter, Little Rock, Arkansas (Box 31)
- Arkansas County Agricultural Museum
- Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
- Arkansas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
- Arkla News
- Newsletter of the Audubon Society
- Baptist Health Center Circle of Excellence
- Commemorative Commission
- Garden shows
- Departmental Club, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Museum of the Confederacy
- National Sojourners
- The News
- Old State House Museum Associates
- Quapaw Quarter Tour
- The Sesquicentennial
- Pulaski County Historical Quarterly (Box 32)
- 1987 Spring
- 1987 Summer
- 1987 Winter
- 1988 Spring
- 1988 Fall
- 1989 Spring
- 1989 Summer
- 1990 Spring
- 1990 Fall
- 1992 Spring
- 1992 Fall
- 1993 Winter
- 1995 Winter
- 1996 Spring
- 1996 Fall
- 1997 Spring
- Financial records (Box 33)
- Financial records
- 1967: Arkansas General Assembly proposed litigation
- Insurance
- Esther Browne Tyson's death certificate and will
- Article, "Arkansas Indians: Tragedy of a Heritage Lost," "Arkansas Times"
- Memorabilia
- Calendars
- Children's paintings
- Flag day
- Magazine Americana
- Name tags
- Organizations
- Poetry and songs
- Travel
- Travel
- Stationery
- Funeral guest book for Esther Browne Tyson
- Miscellaneous (Box 34)
- Miscellaneous newsletters
- Newsclippings
- 1896
- 1962-1969
- 1970-1975
- 1976-1979
- 1980-1982
- 1983-1989
- 1990-1995
- 1996-1999
- Undated
- 1979-1983: Newspapers
- Undated: Notes
- Photographs (Box 35)
- 1972-1986: Little Rock chapter
- 1984-1986: Little Rock chapter
- 1978: National Society Constitution Week
- 1979: National Society Constitution Week
- Certificate, Centennial Jubilee celebration
- Ligon reunion album (Box 37)
- Ligon reunion album
- Ligon reunion album
- Ligon reunion album (Box 38)
- Ligon reunion album
- Ligon reunion album (Box 39)
- Ligon reunion album
- Ligon reunion album
- 1940s-1950s: Browne and Tyson families (Box 40)
- 1940s-1950s: Browne and Tyson families
- 1950s: Tyson family
- 1960s-1970s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson (Box 41)
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson (Box 42)
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson (Box 43)
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
- 1970s-1980s: Josephine Sue Browne and Esther Browne Tyson
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
National Ask an Archivist Day
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - Cole Family Letters
Cole Family Letters, MS.000128
Mary E. Cole was the daughter of William Buckingham and Matilda Cole. She was born in Mississippi in 1850, and died at Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas, in 1893. Her brother, William Martin Cole was born February 5, 1854, in Mississippi, and died January 19, 1890, at Saint Petersburg, Florida.
Full finding aid:
1. [1887] September 20: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
2. 1887 September 22: O.D. Myers, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
3. 1887 September 23: O.D. Myers, Malvern, Arkansas, to Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
4. 1888 April 14: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. [and Mary Jane Cole], Saint Petersburg, Florida
5. 1888 April 20: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
6. 1888 April 22: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
7. 1888 May 13: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
8. 1888 May 29: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
9. 1888 June 18: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
10. 1888 July 10: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
11. 1888 July 25: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
12. 1888 August 18: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
13. 1888 August 29: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
14. 1888 September 23: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
15. 1888 November 30: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
16. 1888 December 14: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and family, Saint Petersburg, Florida
17. 1889 January 13: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
18. 1889 January 26: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
19. 1889 February 14: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
20. 1889 March 12: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
21. [1889] April 3: Albert Campbell, Malvern, Arkansas, to [W.M. Cole], Saint Petersburg, Florida
22. 1889 April 14: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
23. 1889 May 19: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
24. 1889 July 1: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and family, Saint Petersburg, Florida
25. 1889 October 4: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
26. [1889] October 29: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
27. 1889 November 9: Matilda Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to Tilda Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
28. 1889 November 9: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and family, Saint Petersburg, Florida
29. Undated: O.D. Myers, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
30. 1889 December 25: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
31. 1889 December 30: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
32. 1890 January 31: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
33. 1890 February 9: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
34. 1890 March 2: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
35. 1890 March 24: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
36. 1890 April 26: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
37. 1890 August 17: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to E.R. Ward, Saint Petersburg, Florida
38. 1891 February 1: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to Mary Jane Cole and children, Saint Petersburg, Florida
39. 1891 March 16: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
40. 1891 May 4: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
41. 1892 July 2: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
42. Undated: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W. M. Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
43. Undated: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
44. Undated: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
45. Undated: Letter (fragment)
Mary E. Cole was the daughter of William Buckingham and Matilda Cole. She was born in Mississippi in 1850, and died at Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas, in 1893. Her brother, William Martin Cole was born February 5, 1854, in Mississippi, and died January 19, 1890, at Saint Petersburg, Florida.
Full finding aid:
1. [1887] September 20: Mary E. Cole, Malvern, Arkansas, to W.M. and Mary Jane Cole, Saint Petersburg, Florida
October Newsletter
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Friday, October 10, 2014
September Acquisitions
A listing of September acquisitions:
SARA
The Arkansas Archeologist, Vol. 53 for 2014.
Jerry
McKelvy’s Sandyland Chronicle, Vol.
13, No. 10, October 2014.
Field Notes: Newsletter of the Arkansas Archeological
Society, No. 380, September/October
2014.
The Ouachita County Historical
Quarterly, Vol. 46,
No. 1, Fall 2014.
NEARA
Sharp
Citizen: 1974-1975
Bits of
Bark from the Family Tree, Sept. 2014
Accessions
AHC
Arkansas
Department of Labor Records, 3 cubic feet
SARA
Hubbard Family
Papers, 0.25 cu. ft.
Hudson
Collection, 0.25 cu. ft.
Rodgers and
Barnes Family Collection, 0.25 cu. ft.
Map of
Dardanelle, Arkansas, dated Oct. 1847
NEARA
Lawrence
County records, 0.4 cubic feet
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - T.W. Hardison Papers
T.W. Hardison Papers, MS.000120
Thomas William Hardison, a Petit Jean Mountain physician, was born in 1884 at Richland, Columbia County, Arkansas. He was the son of William Harvey and Caroline Peavy Hardison. Thomas attended Hendrix College in 1902-03. He obtained his medical training at the Memphis Hospital Medical College.
In 1907, Hardison married Julia Hutto of Springfield, Conway County, Arkansas.
Hardison was also an author and geologist. He was instrumental in the creation of a state parks system in Arkansas. He served as a member of the Arkansas State Parks Commission and was at one time chairman. Other memberships included the Methodist Church, the Masons, the Arkansas Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the Conway Medical Society, which he served as President. Hardison held an honorary doctorate of laws from Hendrix and received the Cornelius Amory Pugsley Medal from the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. T.W. Hardison died in April 1957.
Correspondence (Reel MG04953)
Writings
Julia Hutto (Mrs. T.W.) Hardison writings
Miscellaneous
T.W. Hardison diaries
T.W. Hardison's published articles
Thomas William Hardison, a Petit Jean Mountain physician, was born in 1884 at Richland, Columbia County, Arkansas. He was the son of William Harvey and Caroline Peavy Hardison. Thomas attended Hendrix College in 1902-03. He obtained his medical training at the Memphis Hospital Medical College.
In 1907, Hardison married Julia Hutto of Springfield, Conway County, Arkansas.
Hardison was also an author and geologist. He was instrumental in the creation of a state parks system in Arkansas. He served as a member of the Arkansas State Parks Commission and was at one time chairman. Other memberships included the Methodist Church, the Masons, the Arkansas Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the Conway Medical Society, which he served as President. Hardison held an honorary doctorate of laws from Hendrix and received the Cornelius Amory Pugsley Medal from the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. T.W. Hardison died in April 1957.
Correspondence (Reel MG04953)
- General
- 1927 April 18: [T.W. Hardison] to The Editors, The Ladies Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Includes a copy of “My Neighbors and Myself, By a Country Doctor”
- 1933 May 16: [T.W. Hardison] to Raymond H. Torrey, New York, New York
- 1933 August 1: [T.W. Hardison] to Carl Brandt of Brandt and Brandt, New York, New York. This letter includes a copy of an article entitled “These Changing Hills” by T. W. Hardison
- 1957 March 14: J.T. Herron, M.D., State Health Officer, Little Rock, Arkansas, to T.W. Hardison, Morrilton, Arkansas. Includes a certificate of appointment as Conway County Health Officer
- Undated: [T.W. Hardison] to The Editors of The Country Gentleman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Includes a copy of “The Shoestring Farm” by Hardison
- Undated: [T.W. Hardison] to George Horace Lorimer, Editor, The Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Undated: William T. Strauss, M.D., Ciba, Summit, New Jersey, to Thomas W. Hardison, M.D., Morrilton, Arkansas
- Public Welfare Foundation, Incorporated
- 1952 October 14: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia E. Haines, New York, New York
- 1952 December 8: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia E. Haines, New York, New York
- 1953 January 23: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia E. Haines, New York, New York
- 1953 March 30: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia E. Haines, New York, New York
- 1953 July 28: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia E. Haines, New York, New York
- 1953 October 1: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia E. Haines, New York, New York
- 1953 November 10-December 12: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia E. Haines, New York, New York
- 1954 January 20: [T.W. Hardison] to Damon G. H. Martin, Adona, Arkansas
- 1954 February 10: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia E. Haines, New York, New York
- 1954 May 21: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia Haines Marsh, New York, New York
- 1954 September 15: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia Haines Marsh, New York, New York
- 1955 January 16: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia Haines Marsh, New York, New York
- 1955 January 17: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia Haines Marsh, New York, New York
- 1955 June 2: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia Haines Marsh. New York, New York
- 1955 July 27: T.W. Hardison to Henry Rogers, Little Rock, Arkansas
- 1955 September 22: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia Haines Marsh, Washington, Virginia
- 1956 January 26: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia Haines Marsh, Washington, Virginia
- 1956 August 16: [T.W. Hardison] to F. Douglas Lawrason, Little Rock, Arkansas
- 1956 July 7: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia Haines Marsh, Washington, Virginia
- 1956 August 18: F. Douglas Lawrason, M. D., University of Arkansas Medical Center, Little Rock to T.W. Hardison, Morrilton, Arkansas
- 1956 August 28: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia H. Marsh Washington, Virginia
- 1956 December 1: T.W. Hardison to Claudia H. Marsh, Washington, Virginia
- 1957 February 15: [T.W. Hardison] to Claudia H. Marsh, Washington, Virginia
- “Apples,” by Thomas W. Hardison
- “Ashes,” by Thomas W. Hardison
- “Castles in the Hills,” by Thomas W. Hardison
- “Hard Times in the Hills,” by T.W. Hardison
- "Mountain Horizons by a Country Doctor”
- Radio Address, KTHS, Hot Springs, 1931 November 24
- “A few weeks ago a letter came to me from a woman in Connecticut inquiring about a family that I had introduced in an article in the Ladies Home Journal...”
- “A pleasing way to begin would be to say that as I drove silently...”
- “Some years ago a man stood on the brow of the mountain in front of my house...” (Hendrix College, 1938 March 29. A revised copy was sent to the college at Dr. Reynolds' request on June 8.)
- “When our forebears came to Arkansas, it was a place of deep forest...”
- “A call to attend a minor ailment had taken me to the Point...”
- Miscellaneous (four items)
- “Isolation, By a Country Doctor’s Wife”
- 1921 notes taken from "Basic Course of Reading" by Warren Hilton, Society of Applied Psychology, New York
- Undated folder: Lilly-Advertising, ‘Sandrill’
- 1923 (Reel MG04954)
- 1927
- 1928
- 1929 (Reel MG04955)
- 1930
- 1931 (Reel MG04954)
- 1932
- 1933
- 1934 (Reel MG04956)
- 1935
- 1936 (Reel MG04957)
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939 (Reel MG04958)
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942 (Reel MG04959)
- 1943
- 1944
- 1945 (Reel MG04960)
- 1946
- 1947
- 1948 (Reel MG04961)
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951 (Reel MG04962)
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954 (Reel MG04963)
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- “My Neighbors and Myself, By a Country Doctor,” Ladies Home Journal, 1928 February (Reel MG04964)
- “My Neighbors and Myself, By a Country Doctor,” Ladies Home Journal, 1928 March
- “Rockfield-An Experiment in Taking a Wife’s Advice,” by William Hardison, The Country Gentleman, 1915 November 6
- “Rockfield-No Cotton-No Money From the Banker or the Merchant,” by William Hardison, The Country Gentleman, 1915 November 13
- “Rockfield-What to do With the Crops--Buy Livestock,” by William Hardison, The Country Gentleman, 1915 November 20
- “Rockfield-Disaster That Made a Shining Example” by William Hardison, The Country Gentleman, 1915 November 27
- “The Shoestring Farm” by William Hardison, The Country Gentleman, 1917 June 2
- “The Shoestring Farm” by William Hardison, The Country Gentleman, 1917 June 9
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - O'Neill Family Papers, Mg.00452
John O’Neill and his family came to Arkansas in 1834 and settled on Ten Mile Creek, west of present-day Monticello. This was part of a large land grant in what is now Drew and Bradley counties, given to O’Neill for his service in the War of 1812 as aide to General William Henry Harrison. At the start of the Civil War, John O’Neill sold the Drew County land and moved to Texas where he operated O’Neill Station on the Old Chisholm Trail. The family returned to Corinth, Bradley County, after the war.
The collection contains correspondence, family history, business and financial papers, legal documents, literary productions, military records and printed materials.
Finding aid:
John O’Neill and his family came to Arkansas in 1834 and settled on Ten Mile Creek, west of present-day Monticello. This was part of a large land grant in what is now Drew and Bradley counties, given to O’Neill for his service in the War of 1812 as aide to General William Henry Harrison. At the start of the Civil War, John O’Neill sold the Drew County land and moved to Texas where he operated O’Neill Station on the Old Chisholm Trail. The family returned to Corinth, Bradley County, after the war.
The collection contains correspondence, family history, business and financial papers, legal documents, literary productions, military records and printed materials.
Finding aid:
- Family history
- Newsclippings
- 1. 1979 June 13: “Researchers Receive O’Neill Papers - Museum Obtains 1837 Ledger Sheet," the Advance Monticellonian
- 2. 1964 November 17: Obituary, Cora O'Neill Kendall
- 3. Undated: Report of award won by Cora O’Neill Kendall, Eagle Democrat, Warren, Arkansas
- 4. 1965 February: Obituary, Cora O’Neill Kendall, Arkansas Methodist
- Other
- 5. Undated: History, Haugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone, copied from "Ireland History of the Ruling Class"
- 6. O'Neill family genealogy, Cora O’Neill Kendall
- 7. Page, O’Neill family Bible
- 8. 1952: Family history information displayed with John O'Neill's shirt during Magnolia Centennial 1952
- 9. Undated: Note, Cora O'Neill regarding great-grandfather's sword and grandfather's possessions
- Newsclippings
- Correspondence
- Personal
- 10. 1849 May 12: Horatio Wallace, El Dorado, Arkansas, to J.M. “Jack” O’Neill, Montongo, Arkansas
- 11. 1849 May 17: Unknown, Millersville, [?] County, to Unknown
- 12. 1860 September 2: E. Daniel, Evergreen Grove, Arkansas, to John O’Neill
- 13. 1862 October 4: Jasper S. O’Neill, Atlanta, Georgia, to John and Jane O’Neill
- 14. 1864 April 2: Jasper S. O’Neill, O’Neill Station, Texas, to S.T. McDonald
- 15. 1864 June 4: Jasper S. O’Neill, O’Neill Station, Texas, to S.T. McDonald, Decatur, Texas
- 16. 1864 October 1: James Borland, Gainsville, Texas, to Jasper S. O’Neill, Camp, Texas
- 17. 1864 October 15: L.J. Hickman, Camden, Arkansas, to M.E. Walker
- 18. 1865 March 5: Jasper S. O’Neill, Victoria, to Mrs. S.T. O’Neill, O’Neill Station, Texas
- 19. 1867 February 16: J.E. Dunlap, Monticello, Arkansas, to John O’Neill
- 20. 1883 November 22: James N. Touchstone, Oswego, Kansas, to Maud O’Neill, Warren, Arkansas
- 21. 1873 April 8: John C. Bratton, Warren, Arkansas, to Jasper S. O’Neill
- 22. 1888 November 27: J.H. Council, Witcherville, Arkansas, to J.S. O’Neill
- 23. 1889 October 14: F.M.N. Touchstone, Caldwell, Texas, to J.S. O’Neill
- 24. 1890 January 18: H.W. O’Neill, Pennington, Texas, to J.S. O’Neill
- 25. 1890 February 25: J.H. Council, Witcherville, Arkansas, to J.S. O’Neill
- 26. 1890 March 2: J.H. Council, Witcherville, Arkansas, to J.S. O’Neill
- 27. 1891 August 27: James N. Touchstone, Ida, Texas, to Cora O’Neill, Warren, Arkansas
- 28. 1891 August 28: James N. Touchstone, Ida, Texas, to J.S. O’Neill
- 29. 1897 February 24: Nancy Elisabeth Warren and Bettie Warren, Warren, Arkansas, to Bill O’Neill, Warren, Arkansas
- 30. 1902 December 2: Hattie M[?], Warren, Arkansas, to Will O’Neal, Wilmar, Arkansas
- 31. 1903 February 6: Hattie, Warren, Arkansas, to Will O’Neal, Wilmar, Arkansas
- 32. 1908 August 20: Willy H. Enis, [Seanwick], Arkansas, to J.S. O’Neill
- 33. 1910 March 9: Cousin Minnie, Rio Frio, Texas, to William H. O’Neill, Baxter, Arkansas
- 34. 1910 April 10: Mitch, Baxter, Arkansas, to J.C. Bratton
- 35. [?] March 16: Lucy Stinebaugh, Alexander, Texas, to J.S. O’Neill, Warren, Arkansas
- 36. [?] December 2: [J.]E. Bright, Illinois, to Henry O’Neil
- 37. [?] December 28: Unknown, Warren, Arkansas, to Lee Rhodes
- 38. Undated: P.A. Cutler and Frank, Cherokee County, Texas, to Brother and Sister (Jep and P)
- 39. Undated: Unknown to Cousin Anna
- 40. Undated: Cora O’Neill to Annie and Callie O’Neill
- 41. Undated: L.V. Stoker to Jep [O’Neill]
- 42. Undated: Sister [Cora O’Neill] to Pat
- 43. Undated: [Ina Griffin] to unknown
- 44. Undated: [Ina Griffin] to unknown
- Business
- 45. 1868-1885: O’Neill family, outgoing 1868-1885
- 46. 1861-1908: O’Neill family, incoming 1861-1908
- 47. 1871-1900: Other 1871-1900
- Personal
- Business and financial papers
- Bills, invoices, statements of account
- 48. 1830s
- 49. 1840s
- 50. 1850s
- 51. 1860s
- 52. 1870s
- 53. 1880s
- 54. 1890s
- 55. 1900s
- 56. 1910s
- 57. Undated
- 58. 1847-1912: Promissory notes 1847-1912
- 59. 1839-1909: Receipts 1839-1909
- 60. 1863-1908: Certificates 1863-1908
- Tax receipts 1810s-1920s
- 61. 1810s-1820s
- 62. 1850s
- 63. 1860s
- 64. 1870s
- 65. 1880s
- 66. 1890s
- 67. 1900s
- 68. 1910s
- 69. 1920s
- 70. 1893-1912: Poll tax receipts 1893-1912
- 71. 1863-1912: Personal property assessment lists 1863-1912
- 72. 1853-1909: Checks 1853-1909
- Ledgers, account books, et cetera
- 73. 1850-1882: Day book 1850-1882
- 74. 1845: Cotton account book 1845
- 75. 1847: Cotton account book 1847
- 76. Undated: Scratch pads
- 77. Undated: Documents concerning slave girl Emaline
- 78. Undated: Miscellaneous
- Bills, invoices, statements of account
- Legal documents
- 79. 1871-1905: Contracts 1871-1905
- 80. 1860-1905: Land grants 1860-1905
- 81. 1844-1893: Summons 1844-1893
- 82. 1842-1863: Sworn statements 1842-1863
- Mortgages
- 83. 1866-1903: With power of sale and relinquishment of dower 1866-1903
- 84. 1884-1903: Crop and/or chattel 1884-1903
- 85. 1856 January 25: Will, John M. O’Neill
- 86. 1861-1876: Bonds 1861-1876
- Certificates
- 87. 1868: Certificates of record, Bradley County circuit clerk's office 1868
- 88. 1877: Donation, proof of improvement 1877
- 89. 1921: Partnership interest 1921
- Deeds
- 90. 1859-1885
- 91. 1867-1890: Quit-claim 1867-1890
- Warranties
- 92. 1860-1890: General 1860-1890
- 93. 1891-1923: Timber 1891-1923
- 94. 1860-1872: Swamp and overflowed lands 1860-1872
- 95. Trust
- 96. Redemption 1891
- 97. Clerk’s deed on tax sale 1880
- 98. Petitions
- 99. Appointment notification 1864
- Literary productions
- 100. 1944 February 10: Cora O’Neill Kendall journal transcript, childhood remembrances
- 101. Undated: “Country Fun of Long Ago,” Cora O’Neill Kendall, square dances
- 102. Undated: Short story, Cora Kendall
- 103. Undated: Miscellaneous religious writings
- 104. Undated: How to Make Sole Leather
- 105. Undated: Soap recipes
- Military records
- 106. 1861 June 1: List, officers and privates of O’Neills Frontier Guards, Montague County, Texas
- 107. 1862 November 4: Pass, J. O’Neill
- 108. 1862 November 20: Shotgun permit, Jasper O’Neill
- 109. 1862 November 20: Soldier’s Discharge, Jasper S. O’Neill, afflicted with chronic rheumatism
- 110. 1863 October 6: Orders, J.S. O’Neill
- 111. 1864 June 29: Orders, J.S. O’Neill
- 112. 1872 August 29: Document which accompanied declaration for pension
- 113. 1873 February 11: War of 1812 survivor’s pension, John O’Neill
- 114. 1881 December 12: 1812 service pension, widow's pension, Jane O'Neill
- 115. 1882 September 8: Pension office notice, issue and fees to Jane O’Neill
- 116. Undated: Orders, (Lieutenant) Major O’Neill
- Printed materials
- Campaign letters
- 117. Undated: Open letter, D.A. Bradham, candidate for representative, to people of Bradley County
- 118. 1876 April 26: W.F. Slemons, House of Representatives, Washington, District of Columbia
- Clippings
- 119. Undated: “In Mud a Treasure,” Cora O’Neill Kendall
- 120. Cards
- Campaign letters
- Miscellaneous
- 122. Undated: Ballot
- 123. Undated: Announcement, A.N. Bond to seek re-election to the Bradley County Clerk’s Office 1876
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