Our monthly newsletter, The Arkansas Archivist, is out. Below is a sampling of what's inside. To read the full newsletter, visit: September 2015 Arkansas Archivist
AHC Celebrates Archives Month with Documentary Film Festival Oct. 10
One of the most overlooked primary sources
available to historians are films. In October, the Arkansas History
Commission hopes to shed light on historic films from a number of
archival institutions around the state. On October
10 from 1-6 p.m. at the Ron Robinson Theater at 100 River Market Ave.
in Little Rock, the AHC will join with Ouachita Baptist
University Archives and Special Collections, the Butler Center for
Arkansas Studies, UALR’s Center for Arkansas History
and Culture, the Garland County Historical Society, and the
University of Arkansas Libraries Special Collections, to present
historically significant films from our collections.
AHC Welcomes Amy Gragert to Our Staff
A couple of months ago we told you about the grant
that we received to take care of the backlog of newspapers that we
needed to microfilm. Part of the grant was to hire new staff to assist
with the project. We are glad to have Amy Gragert
join our staff as extra help to work on the project.
From the Director
Do you know what a SHRAB is? Or are you familiar
with the AHRAB? If these acronyms are familiar to you, it’s probably
because you have applied for a grant from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission. The NHPRC, as
it’s more commonly known, is the grant
-making arm of the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA), supporting a wide variety of projects that
preserve, publish, and promote the use of documentary sources on United
States history
News from SARA
Women Take Over Political Power In Washington!!
Well, in Washington, Arkansas, in 1934, that is. Washington
achieved national notice for having an all-female town council
and a lady mayor in 1934.
