AHC May 2015 Newsletter

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Roots of African American Foodways Symposium to be Held June 6th

The Black History Commission of Arkansas and the Arkansas History Commission will be hosting a symposium from 10 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, at the Pulaski Technical College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Institute in Little Rock. The symposium’s theme, “The Roots of African American Foodways,” will feature award-winning food and nutrition journalist, Toni Tipton-Martin; historian and author, Dr. Cindy Grisham; Executive Chef Evette Brady and Chef Tim Morton from1620 Savoy in Little Rock; and BHCA Commissioner Joyce Gibson.

AHC Announces New Grant Projects

As you read above, we are holding a symposium on African American foodways next month. We could not have put on this symposium without the generous help of the Arkansas Humanities Council. The symposium is being funded in part by a $1350 mini-grant that will help to pay for advertising, renting the Pulaski Technical College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Institute, honoraria for our speakers, and supplies.

Black History Commission News

This month we bid a fond farewell to one of our commissioners, Marion Butler. Mr. Butler has served on the BHCA from 2008-2015. The AHC hosted a reception in Butler’s honor on May 13.

From the Director

Last month, the AHC celebrated its 110th anniversary of collecting and preserving Arkansas history with an open house and the unveiling of an Arkansas history mural. The staff at the AHC appreciated the support of friends and colleagues in the history, archives, museum, and library communities who turned out to celebrate the occasion with us.

Wednesday Wonderful Collection - Isaac Asbury Clarke Papers, MS.00288

Isaac Asbury Clarke was born in Overton County, Tennessee, on March 22, 1837. At the age of six, he and his mother moved to Berryville, Arkansas. Clarke enrolled at the University of Missouri in 1860, but left a year later to enlist in the Confederate Army, in which he served until the end of the Civil War. Since the Berryville school was burned during the war, Clarke founded his own academy in Berryville on January 14, 1867, and taught there for thirty-five years. Clarke's Academy taught students from all over northwestern Arkansas, as well as from eastern Texas, Oklahoma, and southwestern Missouri.
Clarke married Virginia G. Layton of Taney County, Missouri, in November, 1871. They had three children, Cuthbert, Vinnie, and Fannie. Isaac Clarke died on May 26, 1907, and was buried in the Berryville Memorial Cemetery.

This collection contains broadsides, account books, diaries, notebooks, military papers, correspondence, newsclippings, advertisements, and catalogs pertaining to Isaac A. Clarke and Clarke's Academy in Berryville, Arkansas.

• 1. 1860 March 3: Broadside, Maysville Seminary, Maysville, Arkansas, by I.A. Clarke, Principal (Reel MG00288)
• 2. 1865 March 16: Extract, special orders number 72, by Brigadier General D.H. Cooper, Fort Towson, Choctaw Nation
• 3. 1880 March 11: Announcement to Arkansas democratic voters, C.B. Moore
• 4. 1862-1864: Accounts, Isaac A. Clarke, Assistant Quarter Master, 1st Creek Regiment, Confederate States Army
• 5. Undated: Minutes, 7th annual reunion, United Confederate Veterans, Carrollton, Arkansas
• 6. 1898-1899: Diary and accounts, Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, Arkansas
• 7. 1903-1904: Academy materials, diary, Confederate reunions at Alpena Pass, Arkansas
• 8. 1893: Diary, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, miscellaneous
• Military papers
  
  • 9. 1845 June 25: Proceedings, Board of Survey, Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation
  • 10. 1856 April 18: Voucher, United States to John Gardner, by Lieutenant N.B. Pearce
  • 11. 1856 April 21: Voucher, United States to R.M. Johnson, by Lieutenant N.B. Pearce
  • 12. 1856 May 31: Voucher, United States to Sutton Griffith and Spring, by Lieutenant N.B. Pearce
  • 13. 1861 July 25: Appointment, Captain I.A. Clark as Assistant Quartermaster, Camp Walker, Arkansas, by Brigadier General N.B. Pearce
  • 14. 1861 July 26: Receipt, Joseph Eberle, Camp Walker, Arkansas, to Isaac Clarke
  • 15. 1861 July 26: Requisition for horseshoes, Captain W.E. Woodruff, Jr., Camp Walker, Arkansas
  • 16. 1861 July 30: Sealed proposal, James W. McConaughey, Camp Walker, Arkansas
  • 17. 1861-1865: List of accounts against Confederate States by citizens of Indian Territory, funds received and expended, Isaac Clarke, Assistant Quartermaster
  • 18. 1861 July-September: Report of public animals, wagons, et cetera, by Isaac Clarke, Assistant Quartermaster, Camp Walker, Arkansas
  • 19. 1861 September 5: Receipt, Major W.M. Montgomery, Camp Walker, Arkansas
  • 20. 1863 September: Monthly summary statement, Captain Isaac A. Clarke, Assistant Quartermaster, 1st Creek Regiment
  • 21. 1863 December 11: Receipt, flour, William Higgins, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation
  • 22. 1864 June 30: Receipt, Major I.G. Vore to Captain Isaac Clarke
  • 23. Undated: Receipt, Lieutenant M.C. Crowder to Lieutenant M.L. Elzey
• Letterbook
  
  • 24. 1865 January 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Major C.E. Carr
  • 25. 1865 January 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Captain John E. Garey
  • 26. 1865 January 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to D.F. Shall
  • 27. 1865 January 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Lieutenant Colonel L.W. O'Bannon
  • 28. 1865 January 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Lieutenant Colonel L.W. O'Bannon
  • 29. 1865 January 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to "Captain"
  • 30. 1865 January 14: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to W.T. Mackey
  • 31. 1865 January 21: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Captain F.M. Sanger
  • 32. 1865 January 22: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Major C.E. Carr
  • 33. 1865 January 25: Isaac Clarke, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, to [George O. Sanders]
  • 34. 1865 February 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Lieutenant Colonel L.W. O'Bannon
  • 35. 1865 February 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Captain John E. Garey
  • 36. 1865 March 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Lieutenant Colonel L.W. O'Bannon
  • 37. 1865 March 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Captain John E. Garey
  • 38. 1865 March 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Major C.E. Carr
  • 39. 1865 March 20: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Major J.N. Norris
  • 40. 1865 March 22: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Captain T.M. Scott
  • 41. 1865 March 29: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Captain T.M. Scott
  • 42. 1865 April 2: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Major J.N. Norris
  • 43. 1865 April 2: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to R.D. Blackstone
  • 44. 1865 April 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Lieutenant Colonel L.W. O'Bannon
  • 45. 1865 April 5: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Captain John E. Garey
  • 46. 1865 April 20: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Captain John E. Garey
  • 47. 1865 April 21: Isaac Clarke, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, to Captain T.B. Houston
  • 48. 1865 Apreil 22: Isaac Clarke, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, to Major I.G. Vore
  • 49. 1865 April 22: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Major C.E. Carr
  • 50. 1865 April 24: Isaac Clarke, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, to Captain T.M. Scott
  • 51. 1865 May 3: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Captain F.M. Sanger
  • 52. 1865 May 3: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Colonel William P. Adair
  • 53. 1865 May 14: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Lieutenant Colonel L.W. O'Bannon
  • 54. 1865 May 22: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Major C.E. Carr
  • 55. 1865 May 22: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Major C.E. Carr
  • 56. 1865 May 27: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Brigadier General D.H. Cooper
  • 57. 1865 May 27: Isaac Clarke, Rock Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to Capatin T.F. Anderson
  • 58. 1865 June 15: Isaac Clarke, Major McHenry's, on Washita, Chickasaw Nation, to Colonel D.N. McIntosh
  • 59. 1865 June 22: Isaac A. Clarke, Catsboro, C.N., to "Dyer"
  • 60. 1865 July 4: Isaac A. Clarke, Bell's Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to "Dyer"
  • 61. 1865 July 8: Isaac. A. Clarke, Bell's Academy, Chickasaw Nation, to "Miss Sue"
  • 62. 1865 September 28: Isaac A. Clarke, at W.C. Jones', Fannin County, Texas, to John H. Garrett
  • 63. 1865 October 14: Isaac A. Clarke, at Colonel Wilkins', Lamar County, Texas, to John H. Garrett
  • 64. 1865 October 25: Isaac A. Clarke, Van Buren, Arkansas, to Colonel Wilkins
  • 65. 1865 November 1: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, Arkansas, to Dr. A.A. Baker
  • 66. 1866 January 16: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to J.N. Bettis
  • 67. 1866 January 16: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Captain O.L. Graham
  • 68. 1866 January 25: Isaac A. Clarke, Evansville, Arkansas, to F.W. England
  • 69. 1866 January 25: Isaac A. Clarke, Evansville, Arkansas, to C.M. Thompson
  • 70. 1866 February 5: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to A.H. Owen
  • 71. 1866 February 5: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to A.G. Newman
  • 72. 1866 February 5: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Reverend James H. Rhea
  • 73. 1866 April 1: Isaac A. Clarke, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, to P.N. Blackstone
  • 74. 1866 April 10: Isaac A. Clarke, Bonham, Texas, to "Peter"
  • 75. 1866 April 23: Isaac A. Clarke, Bonham, Texas, to "Robert"
  • 76. 1866 April 29: Isaac A. Clarke, Bonham, Texas, to Mrs. D. Drew
  • 77. 1866 May 4: Isaac A. Clarke, Bonham, Texas, to D.B. Mason
  • 78. 1866 May 4: Isaac A. Clarke, Bonham, Texas, to "brother" (John H. Holman)
  • 79. 1866 August 2: Isaac A. Clarke, "3 1/5 miles north of Fayetteville, Arkansas," to W.H. Rhea
  • 80. 1866 August 4: Isaac A. Clarke, near Berryville, to Captain John Rossen
  • 81. 1866 September 9: Isaac A. Clarke, near Berryville, to Captain John Rossen
  • 82. 1866 September 20: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to N.W. Dinsmore
  • 83. 1866 September 20: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, W.C. Jones
  • 84. 1866 October 31: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to "Peter"
  • 85. 1866 November 5: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to W.Y. Buck
  • 86. 1866 November 5: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Dr. Jackson Vaughan
  • 87. 1866 November 12: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, Sarah Reed
  • 88. 1866 November 14: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to G.G. Evens
  • 89. 1866 November 19: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to N.W. Dinsmore
  • 90. 1866 November 30: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to W.C. Jones
  • 91. 1866 December 10: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Prentice, Henderson, and Osborne
  • 92. 1866 December 10: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to D.D.T. Moore
  • 93. 1867 January 28: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Hendricks and Potter
  • 94. 1867 January 28: Isaac A. Clarke, Clarke's Institute, Berryville, to Hendricks and Potter
  • 95. 1867 January 28: Isaac A. Clarke, Clarke's Institute, Berryville, to S.A. Potter
  • 96. 1867 Febuary 8: Isaac A. Clarke, near Berryville, Arkansas, to W.C. Jones
  • 97. 1867 February 8: Isaac A. Clarke, near Berryville, Arkansas, to Littleberry Mason
  • 98. 1867 February 11: Isaac A. Clarke, Clarke's Institute, Berryville, Arkansas, to Captain H.L. Tinnen
  • 99. 1867 February 21: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, Arkansas, to Thomas Morrisson
  • 100. 1867 February 21: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, Arkansas, to Captain J.P. Lamance
  • 101. 1867 February 21: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, Arkansas, to Major I.G. Vore
  • 102. 1867 February 21: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, Arkansas, to D.H. Mason
  • 103. 1867 February 21: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, Arkansas, to Galm's Head Dispensary
  • 104. 1867 February 23: Isaac Clarke, Clarke's Institute, Berryville, to Jackson Vaughn
  • 105. 1867 February 23: Isaac Clarke, Clarke's Institute, Berryville, to T.M. Colly
  • 106. 1867 March 3: Isaac Clarke to Dr. Harris
  • 107. 1867 March 3: Isaac Clarke to J.M. Hague
  • 108. 1867 March 3: Isaac Clarke, Clarke's Institute, Berryville, to Editors, Phrenological Journal
  • 109. 1867 March 4: Isaac Clarke, to Miller Wood and Company
  • 110. 1867 March 10: Isaac Clarke to C.M. Thompson
  • 111. 1867 March 10: Isaac Clarke to J.O. Torbett
  • 112. 1867 March 11: Isaac Clarke to Hendricks and Potter
  • 113. 1867 March 17: Isaac Clarke to Captain G.L. Washington
  • 114. 1867 March 18: Isaac Clarke to A.W. Dinsmore
  • 115. 1867 March 18: Isaac Clarke to A.W. Dinsmore, Bentonville
  • 116. 1867 March 24: Isaac Clarke, near Berryville, to L. Mason
  • 117. 1867 March 25: Isaac Clarke, Clarke's Institute, Berryville, to Hendricks and Potter
  • 118. 1867 April 5: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Reverand J.H. Rhea
  • 119. 1867 April 6: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Hendricks and Potter
  • 120. 1867 April 13: Isaac A. Clarke, Clarke's Institute, to "Nip," P.N. Blackstone
• Correspondence
  
  • 121. 1854 December 16: Isaac A. Clarke, Dry Valley, Putnam County, Tennessee, to John and Frances Holman
  • 122. 1855 November 5: W.Z. Buck and family, Beauty Hill, Cook County, Tennessee, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 123. 1856 October 18: W.Z. Buck, Beauty Hill, Cook County, Tennessee, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 124. 1857 November 1: Rufus C. Berry, Nicolaus, California, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 125. 1858 April 3: James H. Rhea, Berryville, Arkansas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 126. 1859 February 16: J.F. Thompson, Lebanon, Tennessee, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 127. 1859 July 25: W.H. Anderson, Mount Sylvan, Texas, to Isaac Clarke
  • 128. 1860 February 19: P.N. Blackstone, Maysville, Arkansas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 129. 1860 March 23: John Benson, Van Buren, Arkansas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 130. 1860 April 25: Isaac A. Clarke, Maysville, Arkansas, to Mrs. Frances Holman
  • 131. 1860 December 8: Reverend James H. Rhea, Springfield, Missouri, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 132. 1860 December 9: Rufus C. Berry, Bear River, California, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 133. 1860 December 9: John and Frances Holman, Berryville, Arkansas to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 134. 1860 December 10: Robert Blackstone, Maysville, Arkansas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 135. 1861 August 3: Isaac A. Clarke, Camp Walker, Arkansas, to "Relatives and Friends"
  • 136. 1862 January 26: Isaac A. Clarke, Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, to John and Frances Holman
  • 137. 1862 May 26: I.G. Vore, Webbers Falls, Cherokee Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 138. 1862 October 19: James P. Spring, Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 139. 1862 November 8: I.G. Vore, Camp on Big Skin Bayou, Cherokee Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 140. 1863 January 15: I.G. Vore, Fort Towson, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 141. 1863 January 27: D.R. Shall, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 142. 1863 May 31: Isaac A. Clarke, Camp Davis, Creek Nation, to Mrs. Frances Holman
  • 143. 1863 August 20: Captain J.D. McCamant, Camp Brookin, C.N., to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 144. 1863 August 31: Major I.G. Vore, Headquarters, 1st Brigade, Indian Territory, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 145. 1863 December 2: O. Alexander, general hospital, Fort Washita, to Isaac Clarke
  • 146. 1863 December 9: Major I.G. Vore, camp near Armstrong's Academy, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 147. 1863 December 9: Captain F.O. Snow, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Isaac Clarke
  • 148. 1863 December 9: Captain F.O. Snow, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Isaac Clarke
  • 149. 1863 December 11: Captain John H. Hunter, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 150. 1863 December 18: Colonel D.N. McIntosh to Isaac Clarke
  • 151. 1863 December 26: Dr. Octavius Alexander, general hospital, Fort Washita, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 152. 1864 January 15: Captain T.C. Dismukes, Doaksville, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 153. 1864 February 25: S.W. Jones, Fort Washita, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 154. 1864 February 26: Major I.G. Vore, Fort Washita, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac Clarke
  • 155. 1864 March 3: S.W. Jones, Fort Washita, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 156. 1864 March 8: Capatin W.A. Welch, Fort Washita, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 157. 1864 March 11: Major N.B. Breedlove, Headquarters, 1st Division, District of Indian Territory, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 158. 1864 March 15: W.C. Jones to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 159. 1864 March 16: Captain John W. Bryant, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 160. 1864 March 17: Washington, Fort Washita, to Isaac Clarke
  • 161. 1864 March 17: Captain W. A. Welch, Fort Washita, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 162. 1864 March 17: Captain F.B. Severs, camp near Carriage Point, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac Clarke
  • 163. 1864 March 20: S.W. Jones, Fort Washita, to Isaac Clarke
  • 164. 1864 March 20: Major William G. King, Bonham, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 165. 1864 March 20: Major N.B. Breedlove, Headquarters, 1st Division, District of Indian Territory, to Isaac Clarke
  • 166. 1864 March 23: G.L. Washington, Fort Washita, to Isaac Clarke
  • 167. 1864 March 23: Thomas F. Anderson, Camp Longstreet, Starr County, Texas, to Colonel D.N. McIntosh
  • 168. 1864 March 23: P.G. Lynch, Camp Longstreet, Texas, to Isaac Clarke
  • 169. 1864 March 26: Major N.B. Breedlove, Headquarters, 1st Division Indian Territory, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 170. 1864 March 27: Major N.B. Breedlove, Headquarters, 1st Division, Indian Territory, to Isaac Clarke
  • 171. 1864 April 1: Major I.G. Vore, Fort Washita, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac Clarke
  • 172. 1864 April 2: P.G. Lynch, Camp Longstreet, to Isaac Clarke
  • 173. 1864 April 3: Major N.B. Breedlove, Headquarters, 1st Division, Indian Territory, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 174. 1864 April 3: Isaac A. Clarke, near Carriage Point, to Major N.B. Breedlove
  • 175. 1864 April 3: Captain J.B. Mayes, Camp Longstreet, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 176. 1864 April 11: Captain J.B. Mayes, Headquarters, 1st Indian Brigade, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 177. 1864 April 11: Major I.G. Vore, Fort Washita, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 178. 1864 April 15: Captain J.B. Mayes, Headquarters, 1st Indian Brigade, to Isaac A. Clark
  • 179. 1864 April 27: Major J.B. Ford, Bonham, Texas, with receipt by Sergeant W.W. Clark dated 4/5/1864, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 180. 1864 April 29: Major C.D. Carr, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Isaac Clarke
  • 181. 1864 April 29: Captain J.B. Mayes, Camp Watie, Cherokee Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 182. 1864 May 9: Major C.E. Carr, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 183. 1864 May 11: Major I.G. Vore, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 184. 1864 May 16: Major C.E. Carr, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 185. 1864 May 22: Major I.G. Vore, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac Clarke
  • 186. 1864 May 24: Captain J.B. Mayes, Camp Magruder, Minden, Louisiana, to Isaac Clarke
  • 187. Undated: Major N.B. Breedlove, Confederate States Army, 1st Indian Division, to Isaac Clarke
  • 188. 1864 May 25: John Ryan, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 189. 1864 June 3: Major N.B. Breedlove, Headquarters, 1st Division, Indian Territory, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 190. 1864 June 4: Captain J.B. Mayes, Camp Jumper, near Eufaula, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 191. 1864 June 4: Captain J.B. Mayes, Camp Jumper, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 192. 1864 June 11: Major I.G. Vore, Camp Limestone, Prairie, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac Clarke
  • 193. 1864 June 20: Major C.E. Carr, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 194. 1864 July 26: John Slaughter, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 195. 1864 July 26: Major W.B. Blair, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 196. 1864 August 1: Captain T.B. Mayes, Cooper Place, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 197. 1864 August 2: Captain T.F. Anderson, Headquarters, 1st Indian Brigade, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 198. 1864 August 10: Isaac A. Clarke to Mrs. D. Drew
  • 199. 1864 August 17: John Slaughter, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 200. 1864 August 19: Major J.N. Norris, Doaksville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 201. 1864 August 20: Major John Ryan, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 202. 1864 August 30: John Slaughter, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac Clarke
  • 203. 1864 September 5: D. Drew, Marion County, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke, care of I.G. Vore
  • 204. 1864 September 16: G.L. Washington, Doaksville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 205. 1864 October 3: Captain George L. Washington, Doaksville, to Isaac Clarke
  • 206. 1864 October 11: Major N.B. Breedlove to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 207. 1864 October 18: Captain John Slaughter, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 208. 1864 October 21: G.L. Washington, Doaksville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 209. 1864 October 23: Isaac A. Clarke to Major I.G. Vore
  • 210. 1864 October 27: George O. Sanders, Camp Perryville, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac Clarke
  • 211. 1864 October 31: Isaac A. Clarke to Lieutenant Colonel L.W. O'Bannon
  • 212. 1864 October 31: B. Baer, Office Quartermaster 1st Indian Division, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 213. 1864 November 1: Captain M.L. Bell, Fort Towson, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 214. 1864 November 4: Major N.B. Breedlove, 1st Indian Division, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 215. 1864 November 8: Major N.B. Breedlove to Isaac Clarke
  • 216. 1864 November 9: Lieutenant Colonel L.W. O'Bannon, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 217. 1864 November 14: Major N.B. Breedlove, 1st Indian Division, to Isaac Clarke
  • 218. 1864 November 16: B. Baer, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 219. 1864 November 29: Captain F. B. Severs, Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 220. 1864 December 5: B. Baer, Boggy Depot, to Isaac Clarke
  • 221. 1864 December 6: Major F.B. Mayes, Camp Mount Pleasant, C.N., to Isaac Clarke
  • 222. 1864 December 12: Major C.E. Carr, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 223. 1864 December 13: Major John Ryan, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 224. 1865 January 3: Captain F.M. Sanger to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 225. 1865 January 7: W.T. Mackey, Quartermaster's office, 1st Indian Brigade, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 226. 1865 January 9: B. Baer, Boggy Depot, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 227. 1865 January 12: Major John Ryan, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 228. 1865 January 22: Lieutenant John R. Moore, camp near Rock Academy, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 229. 1865 January 30: Major C.E. Carr, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 230. 1865 February 3: Lieutenant Colonel L.W. O'Bannon, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 231. 1865 February 10: Major John Ryan, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 232. 1865 February 16: Major John Ryan, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 233. 1865 February 21: W.H. Zeaman, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Captain Joe W. Bassert
  • 234. 1865 March 22: Captain G.L. Washington, Doaksville, to Isaac A Clarke
  • 235. 1865 March 24: Major John Ryan, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 236. 1865 March 27: Major J.N. Norris, Doaksville, to Isaac Clarke
  • 237. 1865 March 31: Brigadier General D.H. Cooper, Fort Towson, to Major I.G. Vore
  • 238. 1865 April 1: Brigadier General D.H. Cooper, Fort Towson, to Major I.G. Vore
  • 239. 1865 April 2: Isaac A. Clarke, Rock Academy, to R.D. Blackstone
  • 240. 1865 April 4: Major John Ryan, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 241. 1865 April 11: Colonel W.P. Adair, Boggy Depot, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 242. 1865 April 11: Major John Ryan, Marshall, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 243. 1865 April 14: Major C.E. Carr, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 244. 1865 April 18: C.C. Belcher, Caney Depot, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 245. 1865 April 20: Major I.G. Vore, Boggy Depot, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 246. 1865 May 3: P.N. Blackstone, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 247. 1865 May 7: Major I.G. Vore, Fort Washita, Choctaw Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 248. 1865 May 10: "Nip" P.N. Blackstone, Boggy Depot, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 249. 1866 April 1: Isaac A. Clarke, Boggy Depot, to P.N. Blackstone
  • 250. 1866 April 23: Isaac A. Clarke, Bonham, Texas, to "Robert"
  • 251. 1866 June 25: D. Drew, Marion County, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 252. 1868 June 14: J.H. Berry, Carrollton, Arkanssas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 253. 1869 September 19: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, Arkansas, to "Cousin Phebe"
  • 254. 1884 April 19: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Governor J.H. Berry
  • 255. 1884 May 3: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Governor J.H. Berry
  • 256. Undated: Isaac Clarke to unknown
  • 257. 1857 August 24: H.N. McCord, Marshfield, Missouri, to Isaac A. Clarke (Reel MG00289)
  • 258. 1858 January 31: F.B. Severs, Asbury Manual Labor School, Creek Nation, to Isaac A. Clark
  • 259. 1860 January 30: Peter Ivey, Parker County, Texas, to Isaac Clarke
  • 260. 1865: Envelope, "letters rec'd... 1865"
  • 261. 1865 September 28: Isaac Asbury Clarke to W.C. Jones
  • 262. 1867 May 19: N.C. Jones, N.O., to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 263. 1867 May 30: George S. Washington, Evansville, Arkansas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 264. 1867 June 21: George S. Washington, Evansville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 265. 1867 June 24: R.E. Blackstone, McKenzie College, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 266. 1867 September 20: I.G. Vore, Webber Falls, Cherokee Nation, to "Dear Captain"
  • 267. 1867 October 27: Envelope, Post Master, Mountain Springs, Arkansas, to Colonel I.A. Clarke
  • 268. 1867 November 2: John W. Matlock, Belton, Texas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 269. 1868 January 12: M.C. Fones, N.O., to Captain Isaac A. Clarke
  • 270. 1868 June 19: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Mrs. D. Drew
  • 271. 1868 July 16: Hugh Tinnun, Maysville, to "Dear Friend'
  • 272. 1868 August 3: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Captain Hugh Tinnun
  • 273. 1868 October 12: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Lieutenant John R. Moore
  • 274. 1868 November 29: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Peter Ivy
  • 275. 1868 December 14: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to "Dear Peter"
  • 276. 1869 August 5: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Robert E. Blackstone
  • 277. 1869 October 24: Isaac A. Clarke to Captain George S. Washington
  • 278. 1870 January 18: J.W. Peel, Bentonville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 279. 1870 April 16: P. Pittman, Huntsville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 280. 1870 July 27: Isaac A. Clarke, Maysville, to "Dear Nip"
  • 281. 1870 September 2: Hugh Tinnun, Maysville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 282. 1870 October 3: George S. Washington, St. Louis, to "Dear Captain"
  • 283. 1870 October 4: Pennell, Little Rock, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 284. 1870 October 22: P.S. Pittman, Little Rock, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 285. 1870 October 28: P.S. Pittman, Little Rock, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 286. 1870 October 29: Hugh Tinnun, Maysville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 287. 1870 November 4: Hugh Tinnun, Maysville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 288. 1870 November 5: P.S. Pittman, Little Rock, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 289. 1870 December 10: Hugh Tinnun, Maysville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 290. 1870 December 20: Hugh Tinnun, Maysville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 291. 1871 January 6: Pennell, Little Rock, to "Dear Captain"
  • 292. 1871 January 14: Pennell, Little Rock, to "Dear Friend"
  • 293. 1871 February 3: Pennell, Little Rock, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 294. 1871 February 10: Pennell, Little Rock, to "Dear Ike!"
  • 295. 1871 February 13: R.E. Blackstone, Webbers Falls, Cherokee Nation, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 296. 1871 March 29: I.G. Vore, Webbers Falls, to "Dear Captain"
  • 297. 1871 April 4: I.G. Vore, Webbers Falls, to "Dear Captain"
  • 298. 1871 April 29: P.S. Pittman, Little Rock, to "Prof. Clarke"
  • 299. 1871 October 13: I.G. Vore, Okmulgee, C.N., to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 300. 1871 November 15: Unknown to "My Darling..."
  • 301. 1871 December 13: I.G. Vore, Wewoka, Seminole Nation, to I.A. Clarke
  • 302. 1872 February 10: Hugh Tinnun, Maysville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 303. 1872 May 9: S.M. Peel, Bellefonte, Arkansas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 304. 1872 August 28: M.D. Vance, Rally Hill, to I.A. Clarke
  • 305. 1872 August 28: I.G. Vore, Webbers Falls, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 306. 1872 September 22: Bascam J. Vance, Rally Hill, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 307. 1872 September 28: Bascam J. Vance, Rally Hill, Arkansas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 308. 1872 December 22: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to George S. Washington
  • 309. 1873 April 7: Hugh Tinnun, Maysville, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 310. 1873 April 27: George S. Washington, Cincinnatti, Arkansas, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 311. 1873 June 5: George S. Washington, Cincinnatti, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 312. 1873 September 29: Emma [?], Webbers Falls, to "Dear Helen"
  • 313. 1873 September 29: I.G. Vore, Webbers Falls, to "Dear Sir"
  • 314. 1873 October 26: B.J. Vance, Rally Hill, to "Dear Friend"
  • 315. 1873 November 16: Isaac A. Clarke, Berryville, to Major I.G. Vore
  • 316. 1874 May 7: M.D. Vance, Rally Hill, to "Dear Friend"
  • 317. 1875 November 7: James W. Ogilvie, Clarksville, Arkansas, to "Dear Sir"
  • 318. 1876 September 7: James W. Ogilvie, Clarksville, Arkansas, to "Dear Sir"
  • 319. 1877 November 20: Hugh Tinnun, Maysville, to "Dear Friend"
  • 320. 1880 April 6: James W. Ogilvie, Clarksville, to "Dear Sir"
  • 321. 1884 April 23: S.M. Peel, Washington, District of Columbia, to "Dear old friend"
  • 322. 1884 September 2: R.E. Blackstone, Webber's Falls, Seminole Territory, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 323. 1885 March 28: I.G. Vore, Wetumka, Indian Territory, to "Dear Sir"
  • 324. 1885 December 3: S.M. Peel, Washington, District of Columbia, to "Dear Sir"
  • 325. 1885 December 6: S.M. Peel, to "Dear Sir"
  • 326. 1885 December 16: S.M. Peel, to "Dear Clarke"
  • 327. 1885 December 29: S.M. Peel, to "Dear Friend"
  • 328. 1886 March 30: Postcard, S.M. Peel to "Sir"
  • 329. 1886 April 4: Joseph H. Shinn, Little Rock, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 330. 1886 July 20: Frank Vore, Webbers Falls, to "Dear Captain"
  • 331. 1887 August 1: M.D. Vance, Rally Hill, to "Dear Friend"
  • 332. 1890 December 29: S.M. Peel, Washington District of Columbia, to "Dear Friend"
  • 333. 1891 August 31: P.U. Blackstone, Muskogee, Cherokee Nation, to "Dear Friend"
  • 334. 1893 June 10: Rosa Blackstone, Webbers Falls, to "Kind Friend"
  • 335. 1893 August 6: Unknown to "My Dearest Rean"
  • 336. 1895 December 31: R.E. Blackstone, Webbers Falls, to Isaac A. Clarke
  • 337. 1896 January 4: Isaac A. Clarke to R.E. Blackstone
  • 338. 1896 August 19: R.E. Blackstone, San Antonio, Texas, to "Dear Friend"
  • 339. 1898 August 9: Robert H. Crockett, Eureka Springs, to "Dear Sir..."
  • 340. 1899 August 18: Josephine B.C., Harrison, to "My Dear Sir"
  • 341. 1900 April 18: J.B. Gorden, New Orleans, to "Commanders and Adj. of Camps U.C.V."
  • 342. 1900 May 12: George Mooreman, New Orleans, to "Commanders and Adj. of Camps U.C.V."
  • 343. 1901 September 25: George W. Murphy, Little Rock, to Colonel I.A. Clarke
  • 344. 1902 February 4: Isaac A. Clarke to Colonel P.F. Davidson
  • 345. 1902 August 29: S.W. Peel, Bentonville, to "My Dear Friend"
  • 346. 1903 January 4: I.A. Clarke to Colonel S.W. Pearl
  • 347. 1903 February 26: R.G. Salyer, Golden, Missouri, to "Dear Old comrade"
  • 348. Undated: I.G. Vore, Wetumka, to "Dear Sir"
  • 349. Unated: Colonel Newton to Colonel Cooper
  • 350. Undated: Unknown to Robert Blackstone
• Miscellaneous papers
  
  • 351. Undated: Letter fragments
  • 352. Undated: Picture, unidentified Confederate veteran
  • 353. 1859 July 4: Address delivered by Isaac A. Clarke, Maysville, Arkansas
  • 354. Undated: Confederate States of America veterans reunion, partial roster
  • 355. Undated: Letter of application fragment, Senator Benjamin W. Hall
  • 356. 1899-1900: Graduation invitations, Cherokee Female Seminary
  • 357. 1886 March 6: S.W. Peel, speech delivered in House of Representatives
  • 358. 1888 March 29: S.W. Peel, speech
• Printed material
  
  • 359. 1950 November 30: "The Star Progress," Berryville Centennial Edition (Reel MG00290)
  • 360. 1958 November 25: "Education 'Pioneer' still serving at Berryville," Arkansas Gazette
  • 361. 1967 July 30: "Indian Girl Describes Arkansas School," Arkansas Democrat
  • 362. 1967 December-1968 March: "The Carroll County Historical Quarterly," volume 12 and 13
  • 363. 1968 July 21: "Berryville's Historic Bell is Going Back into Service," Arkansas Gazette
  • 364. Undated: Notes on Isaac A. Clarke's life
• Letterbook
  
  • 365. 1867 April 27: Isaac A. Clarke to H.L. Hill, Maysville, Arkansas
  • 366.1867 June 22: Isaac A. Clarke to Lieutenant C.B. Drinkard, Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation
  • 367. 1867 June 10: Isaac A. Clarke to "Dear Gideon"
  • 368. 1867 March 24: Isaac A. Clarke to J.D. Johnson
  • 369. 1867 April 15: Isaac A. Clarke to Hendricks and Potter, St. Louis
  • 370. 1867 June 22: Isaac A. Clarke to W.C. Jones, Bonham, Texas
  • 371. 1867 June 22: Isaac A. Clarke, to Fowler and Wells, New York
  • 372. 1867 July 1: Isaac A. Clarke to A.T. Crozier
  • 373. 1867 July 6: Isaac A. Clarke to Captain J.P. Lamance
  • 374. 1867 June 1: Isaac Clarke to Alfred M. Swell, Chicago
  • 375. 1867 July 6: Isaac A. Clarke to R.C. Berry
  • 376. 1867 June 23: Isaac Clarke to Fowler and Wells, New York
  • 377. 1867 June 10: Isaac Clarke to James W. Weir
  • 378. 1867 July 15: Isaac Clarke to Captain George S. Washington
  • 379. 1868 February 10: Isaac Clarke to Hendricks and Potter
  • 380. 1867 July 28: Isaac Clarke to S. L. Meek
  • 381. 1867 August 10: Isaac Clarke to Hendricks and Potter
  • 382. 1867 June 10: Isaac A. Clarke to "Uncle A.H. Owen"
  • 383. 1867 August 15: Isaac Clarke to "My dear cousin"
  • 384. 1867 August 17: Isaac Clarke to "Captain J.P. Lamance"
  • 385. 1867 August 17: Isaac Clarke to A.S. Barnes and Company, New York City
  • 386. 1867 August 20: Isaac Clarke to "Dear Aunt"
  • 387. 1867 August 20: Isaac Clarke to R.E. Blackstone
  • 388. 1867 August 21: I.A. Clarke to J.B. Bains
  • 389. 1867 August 29: I.A. Clarke to William J. Routh
  • 390. 1867 August 29: I.A. Clarke to J.D. Johnson
  • 391. 1867 September 1: I.A. Clarke to J.O. Torbett
  • 392. 1867 September 1: I.A. Clarke to Major I.G. Vore
  • 393. 1867 October 13: I.A. Clarke to John W. Matlock
  • 394. 1867 October 20: Isaac A. Clarke to Kate Rhea
  • 395. 1867 November 23: Isaac A. Clarke to E.H. Potter
  • 396. 1867 November 18: Isaac A. Clarke to E.H. Potter
  • 397. 1867 November 13: Isaac A. Clarke to P.S. Pittman
  • 398. 1867 December 14: Isaac A. Clarke to "Dear Kate"
  • 399. 1867 December 22: Isaac A. Clarke to Major W.R. Belding, Carrollton, Arkansas
  • 400. Undated: Isaac A. Clarke to unknown
  • 401. 1868 December 28: Isaac A. Clarke to William J. Routh
  • 402. 1868 January 3: Isaac A. Clarke to Mary Downing
  • 403. 1868 December 28: Isaac A. Clarke to R.C. Berry
  • 404. 1868 January 3: Isaac A. Clarke to Mrs. D. Drew
  • 405. 1867 December 14: Isaac A. Clarke to John W. Matlock
  • 406. 1867 December 14: Isaac A. Clarke to M. Moody
  • 407. 1868 February 10: Isaac Asbury Clarke to "Dear Kate"
  • 408. 1868 February 10: Isaac A. Clarke to G.M.D. Mason
  • 409. 1867 December 28: Isaac Clarke to Thomas C. Thomas, Boydton, Virginia
  • 410. 1868 February 24: Isaac Clarke to A.S. Barnes and Company, New York
  • 411. 1868 March 15: Isaac A. Clarke to J.V.C. Karnes, Kansas City, Missouri
  • 412. 1868 March 31: Isaac A. Clarke to John F. Martin, Princeton, New Jersey
  • 413. 1868 March 9: Isaac Clarke to W.W. Baker
  • 414. 1868 March 23: Clarke to Reverend M. Arrington
  • 415. 1868 March 23: Isaac Clarke, to President of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee
  • 416. 1868 March 29: Isaac Clarke to "Dear Friend"
  • 417. 1868 April 13: Isaac Clarke to John F. Kean, Shelbyville, Kentucky
  • 418. 1868 May 9: Isaac A. Clarke to I.G. Vore
  • 419. 1868 June 7: Isaac Clarke to R.C. Berry
  • 420. 1868 June 15: Isaac A. Clarke to A.J. Newman, Columbia, Missouri
  • 421. 1868 July 6: Isaac A. Clarke to Colonel F.M. Peel, Bentonville, Arkansas
  • 422. 1868 June 25: Isaac A. Clarke to "Dear Peter"
  • 423. 1868 July 13: Isaac A. Clarke to R.C. Berry
  • 424. 1868 July 13: Isaac A. Clarke to J.H. Rhea
  • 425. 1868 July 13: Isaac A. Clarke to S.S. Matlock
  • 426. 1868 July 13: Isaac A. Clarke to Major I.G. Vore
  • 427. 1868 August 3: Isaac A. Clarke to Mary Downing
  • 428. 1868 July 16: Isaac A. Clarke to J.B. Baines
• Miscellanous
  
  • 429. 1950 November 30: "Star Progress," Berryville newspaper (Reel MG00291)
  • 430. Undated: Graduation announcements, advertisements, catalogs
  • 431. 1860: University of Missouri at Columbia memory book, Isaac A. Clarke
  • 432. 1860: Voting statistics, presidential races, Washington through Buchanan
  • 433. 1860: State population, area and voting statistics
  • 434. 1860: Abraham Lincoln's presidential campaign platform

Jeff's Corner - B.B. King and Twist, Arkansas

One of the greatest musicians in American history passed away earlier this month. B.B. King died on May 14, 2015 at the age of 89. His guitar playing, blues singing, songwriting, and tireless touring for well over fifty years made him one of the most famous American celebrities throughout the world. Decades of success with very little drop in integrity and quality of musicianship and showmanship made him truly the “King of the Blues.”

B.B. King’s most famous connection with Arkansas involved his adventures in Twist, Arkansas. The following is a transcript of the story he told many times throughout his career:

         

“Well, in 1949, I used to play a place in Arkansas called Twist, Arkansas. I know a lot of people      laugh when I say that, but there is such a place and geographically speaking, it’s about 45 miles Northeast of Memphis, Tennessee. So I used to play this little place, this little night club, quite often. And in the winter, it would get quite cold in Twist, Arkansas.  So they used to take something like a big garbage pail. They’d set in the middle of the floor, dance floor that is, and half fill it with kerosene. They’d light that fuel and that’s what we used for heat. The people dancing would generally dance around it. You know, when you’re young, you do some foolish things. But one night, two guys started to fighting, and one knocked the other over this container. And when they did, it spilled on the floor. When it spilled on the floor, it looked like a river of fire. And everybody started to run for the front door, including B.B. King. But when I got on the outside, I realized I’d left my guitar. And in ’49, believe me, keeping a good guitar, that was a hard job. People would borrow it without your permission. Anyway, I went back for my guitar. And when I did, the building was a wooden building, burning rapidly, and it began to collapse around me. So I almost lost my life trying to save my guitar. The next morning, though, I found out the two men were fighting over a lady that worked in the club. I never did meet her, but I learned that her name was Lucille. I named my guitar “Lucille” to remind me never to do a thing like that again.”

In 2010, the Black History Commission of Arkansas issued a grant for two historical markers to be placed near the site where the nightclub once stood in Twist, forever commemorating B.B. King and his guitar, Lucille.

B.B. King’s most famous song is “The Thrill is Gone.” I prefer to remember him by another of his hits, “Let the Good Times Roll.” As long as pure, heartfelt music like the blues of B.B. King can be heard and enjoyed, the thrill will never be truly be gone.

AHC and BHCA Receive Arkansas Humanities Council Grants

The Arkansas History Commission and State Archives and the Black History Commission of Arkansas were recently awarded over $24,000.  

In early May, the Arkansas Humanities Council, Department of Arkansas Heritage, and the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the History Commission $24,050 for public programming and outreach.  Throughout each year, the History Commission sponsors various workshops and symposiums for its patrons.  The Humanities Council grant will help support workshops and symposiums held during 2015. 

The Black History Commission of Arkansas also received a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council as well. The BHCA was awarded a $1,350 African American Heritage Grant for the purpose of supporting public programming and education. Each year, the BHCA holds two symposiums dedicated to furthering the study of African American history in Arkansas. This grant will assist in funding the June 6, 2015, symposium focusing on the roots of African American foodways. 

In reference to the importance of  the History Commission receiving this external funding, Dr. Lisa Speer, director of the AHC, said, “Without funding from the Council, the Commission would not be able to accomplish some of its goals. My staff and I are grateful for the support that the Council has provided to the Commission through the years.”

The Arkansas History Commission and State Archives, located in Little Rock, is the official state archives of Arkansas and maintains the largest collection of historical materials on Arkansas in the world. The mission of the Black History Commission of Arkansas is to collect materials pertaining to African American history for the Arkansas History Commission, to encourage research in the state's African American history, and to cooperate with the Arkansas Department of Education to develop materials that support the teaching of African American history in our public schools.