The June/July 2015 issue of the Arkansas Archivist is out! Below are some of the highlights from the last two months. To read the full newsletter, please click here: June/July 2015 Issue
AHC Staff Hits the Road
this Summer to Visit Educational Co-ops
Arkansas
History Commission staff members Brian Irby and Danyelle McNeill have been
touring the state this summer, visiting educational co-operatives in
conjunction with a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council to create lesson
plans from the Commission’s vast collection of primary source materials. Since
summer 2013, a group of Arkansas History Commission staff have been working on
creating lesson plans. The initiative was launched by Dr. Lisa Speer
during her first year as director.
The AHC Presents the
Charles Yearger Collection
We are lucky to have a wide
range of different types of items in our collection. Recently, Charles A.
Yaerger donated an interesting collection of materials from Cummins Prison to
the AHC. Yaerger was a chaplain at the Cummins Unit from 1972 to
1980. One day in the 1970s, Yaerger was walking down the hall and noticed
some prison trustees cleaning out a room. They were throwing away documents
and photographs, of which Yaerger was able to save some of the most interesting
items.
Strolling Down Main Street Arkansas
Over the last year, the AHC has added much new content to our Arkansas Digital Ark-ives, including collections pertaining to Arkansas women and ethnic groups, World War I, as well as lesson plans and topical collection guides. This month we add a collection devoted to “Main
Street, Arkansas,” created by
Archival Technician Darren Bell.
Black History Commission News
A few months ago we told you about a project funded through the Curtis Sykes Memorial Grant Program where the South Sebastian County Historical Society was cleaning the Norwood Family Cemetery, an African American cemetery in Greenwood, Arkansas. We are
Black History Commission News
A few months ago we told you about a project funded through the Curtis Sykes Memorial Grant Program where the South Sebastian County Historical Society was cleaning the Norwood Family Cemetery, an African American cemetery in Greenwood, Arkansas. We are
pleased to update our readers
that the project has been completed.
