Henry
Massie Rector, Sr., the sixth governor of Arkansas, was born May 1,
1816, at Fountain's Ferry, Kentucky. The son of Elias and Fanny B.
Thurston Rector, Henry was the only child of their family to reach
majority. Elias Rector was a land surveyor and speculator, who had
acquired land in Arkansas. Elias died in 1822, leaving Henry a New
Madrid land claim, designating property located in Hot Springs,
Arkansas, as belonging to Rector.
In 1833, Henry went to school in Louisville, Kentucky. By 1835, he had moved to Arkansas to attempt to take possession of the Hot Springs land claimed by his father, but reserved by the federal government. Rector began to study law and established a law practice. He married Jane Elizabeth Field in 1838 and they had eight children: Frank, William Field, Henry Massie, Jr., Elias William, Ann Baylor, Julia Sevier, Fanny Thruston, and Ada E. After Jane Rector's death in 1857, Henry Rector married Ernestine Flora Linde of Memphis, Tennessee, in 1859. They had one daughter, Ernestine Flora Rector.
Rector's political career began in 1838 with his appointment as teller of the Arkansas State Bank. In 1842 he was appointed acting United States Marshal for the district of Arkansas. He also served in the Arkansas Senate from 1848-1852, and on the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1859 before being elected Governor of Arkansas in 1860. Rector's term of office was shortened in 1861, when Arkansas seceded from the Union and a new state constitution was adopted. Governor Rector's term ended in 1862.
At the end of the Civil War, Rector returned to Little Rock and his private law practice with John M. Harrell. He continued his legal battle to attain ownership of the lands he claimed in Hot Springs, Arkansas. His legal consultants included Sanborn and King, A.H. Garland, Robert W. Johnson, and Albert Pike. The United States Supreme Court denied his claim in 1876. Rector died August 12, 1899, and was buried in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 1833, Henry went to school in Louisville, Kentucky. By 1835, he had moved to Arkansas to attempt to take possession of the Hot Springs land claimed by his father, but reserved by the federal government. Rector began to study law and established a law practice. He married Jane Elizabeth Field in 1838 and they had eight children: Frank, William Field, Henry Massie, Jr., Elias William, Ann Baylor, Julia Sevier, Fanny Thruston, and Ada E. After Jane Rector's death in 1857, Henry Rector married Ernestine Flora Linde of Memphis, Tennessee, in 1859. They had one daughter, Ernestine Flora Rector.
Rector's political career began in 1838 with his appointment as teller of the Arkansas State Bank. In 1842 he was appointed acting United States Marshal for the district of Arkansas. He also served in the Arkansas Senate from 1848-1852, and on the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1859 before being elected Governor of Arkansas in 1860. Rector's term of office was shortened in 1861, when Arkansas seceded from the Union and a new state constitution was adopted. Governor Rector's term ended in 1862.
At the end of the Civil War, Rector returned to Little Rock and his private law practice with John M. Harrell. He continued his legal battle to attain ownership of the lands he claimed in Hot Springs, Arkansas. His legal consultants included Sanborn and King, A.H. Garland, Robert W. Johnson, and Albert Pike. The United States Supreme Court denied his claim in 1876. Rector died August 12, 1899, and was buried in Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas.
This
collection contains letters, wills, claims, deeds, contracts, financial
statements, invoices, receipts, and memorabilia belonging to Henry
Massie Rector, his children and grandchildren.
- Henry Massie Rector, Sr.
- Personal papers 1856-1899
- Correspondence (Reel MG01679)
- 1. 1872
- 2. 1876
- 3. 1877-1878
- 4. 1879-1882
- 5. 1883-1884
- 6. 1885-1886
- 7. 1887
- 8. 1888-1889
- 9. 1890-1891
- 10. 1892-1894
- 11. 1895
- 12. 1896 January-April
- 13. 1896 May-December
- 14. 1897
- 15. 1898 January-July
- 16. 1898 August-December
- 17. 1899 January-April
- 18. 1899 May-August
- 19. Undated
- Legal documents
- Wills and probate
- 20. 1822: Will of Elias Rector
- 21. 1899-1902: Elias W. Rector contesting of will of Henry M. Rector, Sr.
- Contracts and agreements
- 22. 1851-1862 and undated: Slave purchases
- 23. 1855-1899
- Inventories
- 24. 1856-1894
- 25. 1873-1894
- 26. 1895 and undated
- 27. 1819: Indenture, Samuel and Eliza A. Hammonds with Elias Rector
- 28. 1865: Presidential pardon
- 29. 1866: Land relinquished by the Freedman's Bureau
- 30. 1867: Claims against the federal government
- 31. 1869: Administrator's sale
- 32. 1874: Command of the South Western Military District of the State of Arkansas
- 33. 1874: Commission, Brigadier General, Arkansas State Guards
- 34. Circa 1880: Petition, Miller and Little River counties
- 35. 1880-1884: United States land patents
- 36. 1880 and undated: Minutes, Democratic Party convention
- 37. 1885: Abstract of title, block 103 [Little Rock, Arkansas]
- 38. 1886-1896: Insurance policies
- 39. 1892: Expenses on the Morse house, Hot Springs, Arkansas
- 40. 1892: Power of attorney, Harvey Spaulding and Sons
- 41. 1897: Hot Springs Sanitation Commission
- 42. Undated: Surveyor notes
- Wills and probate
- Financial records
- 43. 1854-1892 and undated: Bookkeeping notes
- Bank statements
- 44. 1866-1888
- 45. 1889-1899
- Bank books (Reel MG01680)
- 46. 1887-1894
- 47. 1894-1897
- Bills of lading
- 48. 1857-1867
- 49. 1868-1889
- 50. 1890-1893
- 51. 1894-1898 and undated
- Invoices
- 52. 1890-1895: Argenta merchants
- Hot Springs merchants
- 53. 1854-1866
- 54. 1867-1874
- 55. 1875
- 56. 1876-1879
- 57. 1880-1881
- 58. 1882-1883
- 59. 1884
- 60. 1885 January-May
- 61. 1885 June-December
- 62. 1886
- 63. 1887
- 64. 1888
- 65. 1889
- 66. 1890-1891
- 67. 1892 January-April
- 68. 1892 September-December
- 69. 1893 January-April
- 70. 1893 May-December
- 71. 1894 January-September
- 72. 1894 October-December
- 73. 1895 January- April
- 74. 1895 May-December and undated
- 75. 1896 January-April (Reel MG01681)
- 76. 1896 May-September
- 77. 1896 October-December and undated
- 78. 1897
- 79. 1898-1899 and undated
- Little Rock merchants
- 80. 1837-1845
- 81. 1846-1853
- 82. 1854
- 83. 1855
- 84. 1856 March-May
- 85. 1856 June-December
- 86. 1857 January-October
- 87. 1857 November-December
- 88. 1858 January-June
- 89. 1858 July-December
- 90. 1859 January-September
- 91. 1859 October-December
- 92. 1860 January-June
- 93. 1860 July-December
- 94. 1861 January-July
- 95. 1861 August-December
- 96. 1862
- 97. 1863-1865
- 98. 1866
- 99. 1867
- 100. 1868
- 101. 1869
- 102. 1870-1879
- 103. 1880
- 104. 1881-1889
- 105. 1890-1891
- 106. 1892 January
- 107. 1892 February
- 108. 1892 March-April
- 109. 1892 May-July
- 110. 1892 August-September
- 111. 1892 October-December
- 112. 1893 January-February
- 113. 1893 March-May
- 114. 1893 June-July
- 115. 1893 August-October (Reel MG01681-MG01682)
- 116. 1893 November-December
- 117. 1894 January-February
- 118. 1894 March-April
- 119. 1894 May-June
- 120. 1894 July-September
- 121. 1894 October-November
- 122. 1894 December
- 123. 1895 January-February
- 124. 1895 March-April
- 125. 1895 May-June
- 126. 1895 July-October
- 127. 1895 November-December
- 128. 1896
- 129. 1897 January-September
- 130. 1897 October-December
- 131. 1898 January-March
- 132. 1898 April-June
- 133. 1898 July-September
- 134. 1898 October-December
- 135. 1899 January-March
- 136. 1899 April
- 137. 1899 May-December
- 138. Undated
- 139. Undated
- 140. 1861-1889: Out-of-state merchants
- 141. 1890-1899 and undated: Out-of-state merchants
- Goods and services
- 142. 1845-1859 (Reel MG01682-MG01683)
- 143. 1860-1889
- 144. 1890-1897 and undated
- Educational expenses
- 145. 1849-1857
- 146. 1858-1867
- 147. 1868-1895 and undated
- Medical
- 148. 1847-1849
- 149. 1850-1854
- 150. 1855-1859
- 151. 1860-1889
- 152. 1890-1894
- 153. 1895-1899 and undated
- Promissory notes
- 154. 1851-1855
- 155. 1856-1857
- 156. 1858-1859
- 157. 1860-1866
- 158. 1867-1869
- 159. 1870-1879
- 160. 1880-1884
- 161. 1880-1889
- 162. 1890-1892
- 163. 1893
- 164. 1894
- 165. 1895
- 166. 1896
- 167. 1897
- 168. 1898
- 169. 1899 and undated
- Memorandum check
- 170. 1886
- Receipts
- 171. 1845-1852
- 172. 1853-1856
- 173. 1857
- 174. 1858
- 175. 1859
- 176. 1860-1861
- 177. 1862-1866
- 178. 1867-1869
- 179. 1870-1889
- 180. 1890-1893
- 181. 1894-1895
- 182. 1896-1899 and undated
- Utility services
- 183. 1892-1893
- 184. 1894
- 185. 1894-1898
- 186. 1895-1899
- 187. 1858-1898: Educational expenses
- 188. 1861-1899: Out-of-state businesses
- 189. 1866-1876: Internal Revenue Service
- 190. 1880-1883: Arkansas Land Commission
- Tax Receipts
- Hot Spring County
- 191. 1871-1873
- Garland County
- 192. 1874-1876
- 193. 1877-1889
- 194. 1890-1894
- 195. 1895-1899
- Montgomery County
- 196. 1892-1895
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- 197. 1857-1891
- Pulaski County
- 198. 1851-1859
- 199. 1860-1869
- 200. 1870-1879
- 201. 1880-1881
- 202. 1882-1883
- 203. 1884-1885
- 204. 1886-1887
- 205. 1888-1889
- 206. 1890-1891
- 207. 1892-1893
- 208. 1894-1899
- Saline County
- 209. 1856-1863
- 210. 1892-1896: Texas
- Hot Spring County
- Cancelled Checks
- 211. 1857-1875
- 212. 1876
- 213. 1877-1879
- 214. 1880-1885
- 215. 1886-1888
- 216. 1889 January-April
- 217. 1889 May-June
- 218. 1889 July-December
- 219. 1890
- 220. 1891
- 221. 1892 January-February
- 222. 1892 March
- 223. 1892 April
- 224. 1892 May
- 225. 1892 June
- 226. 1892 July
- 227. 1892 August
- 228. 1892 September
- 229. 1892 October
- 230. 1892 November
- 231. 1892 December
- 232. 1893 January
- 233. 1893 February
- 234. 1893 March
- 235. 1893 April
- 236. 1893 May
- 237. 1893 June
- 238. 1893 July
- 239. 1893 August
- 240. 1893 September
- 241. 1893 October
- 242. 1893 November
- 243. 1893 December
- 244. 1894 January 1-14
- 245. 1894 January 15-31
- 246. 1894 February
- 247. 1894 March
- 248. 1894 April (Reel MG01684)
- 249. 1894 May
- 250. 1894 June
- 251. 1894 July
- 252. 1894 August
- 253. 1894 September
- 254. 1894 October
- 255. 1894 November
- 256. 1894 December
- 257. 1895 January
- 258. 1895 February
- 259. 1895 March
- 260. 1895 April-May
- 261. 1895 June
- 262. 1895 July-August
- 263. 1895 September-October
- 264. 1895 November-December
- 265. 1896 January-February
- 266. 1896 March
- 267. 1896 April
- 268. 1896 May
- 269. 1896 June-July
- 270. 1896 August
- 271. 1896 September
- 272. 1896 October
- 273. 1896 November
- 274. 1896 December
- 275. 1897 January
- 276. 1897 February
- 277. 1897 March-April
- 278. 1897 May
- 279. 1897 June
- 280. 1897 July
- 281. 1897 August
- 282. 1897 September
- 283. 1897 October
- 284. 1897 November-December
- 285. 1898 January-February
- 286. 1898 March
- 287. 1898 April-May
- 288. 1898 June
- 289. 1898 July
- 290. 1898 August-September
- 291. 1898 October-December
- 292. 1899 January
- 293. 1899 February
- 294. 1899 March-August
- Printed material
- Notes
- 295. 1847: Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, killed, wounded, or missing
- 296. Circa 1860: Phillips County, Democratic party ticket for state and local officials
- 297. Circa 1874: List of representatives [for the Constitutional Convention]
- 298. 1880: "Lists of toasts" to honor President Grant [on his visit to Little Rock, Arkansas]
- 299. Undated: Poetry and prose
- 300. Undated: Handwriting analysis
- Newspapers
- 301. Circa 1872: "What Horace Greeley knows"
- 302. 1899 April 8: "The Tribune"
- Newspaper clippings
- 303. 1838-1897 and undated: Miscellaneous
- 304. 1861-1862 and undated: Confederate military leadership
- 305. 1863: "The Confederate Congress"
- 306. 1898 and undated: Property in Hot Springs, Arkansas
- 307. Undated
- 308. Undated
- 309. 1869 and undated: Miscellaneous
- 310. 1883-1887: "Kansas Zephyr"
- 311. 1893: "Holy Scripture," souvenir edition, Columbian Exposition
- Notes
- Correspondence (Reel MG01679)
- Business and professionial papers
- Correspondence
- From H.M. Rector, Sr.
- 312. 1862-1863
- 313. 1864-1866
- 314. 1867-1872
- 315. 1873-1874
- 316. 1875-1876
- 317. 1877
- 318. 1878-1884
- 319. 1885-1893
- 320. 1894-1899
- To H.M. Rector, Sr.
- 321. 1855-1859
- 322. 1860-1865
- 323. 1866
- 324. 1867-1868
- 325. 1869
- 326. 1870 January-September (Reel MG01684-MG01685)
- 327. 1870 October-December
- 328. 1871 January-July
- 329. 1871 August-December
- 330. 1872
- 331. 1873
- 332. 1874 January
- 333. 1874 February-December
- 334. 1875 January-July
- 335. 1875 August-December
- 336. 1876
- 337. 1877 January-July
- 338. 1877 August-December
- 339. 1878 January-March
- 340. 1878 April-December
- 341. 1879
- 342. 1880 January-March
- 343. 1880 April-December
- 344. 1881
- 345. 1882
- 346. 1883 January-September
- 347. 1883 October-December
- 348. 1884 January-April
- 349. 1884 May-June
- 350. 1884 July
- 351. 1884 August-September
- 352. 1884 October-December
- 353. 1885
- 354. 1886 January-May
- 355. 1886 June-August
- 356. 1886 October-November
- 357. 1886 December
- 358. 1887 January-June
- 359. 1887 July-December
- 360. 1888
- 361. 1889 January-July
- 362. 1889 August-October
- 363. 1889 November-December
- 364. 1890 January-May
- 365. 1890 June-December
- 366. 1891 January-April
- 367. 1891 May
- 368. 1891 June-December
- 369. 1892
- 370. 1893 January-August
- 371. 1893 Septeber 1-October 24
- 372. 1893 October 25-December 31
- 373. 1894 January-April
- 374. 1894 May-December
- 375. 1895 January-February
- 376. 1895 March-April
- 377. 1895 May-September
- 378. 1895 October-December
- 379. 1896 January-May
- 380. 1896 June-September
- 381. 1896 October-December
- 382. 1897 January-March (Reel MG01685-MG1686)
- 383. 1897 April
- 384. 1897 May
- 385. 1897 June-August
- 386. 1897 September 1-15
- 387. 1897 September 16-23
- 388. 1897 September 24-25
- 389. 1897 September 26-30
- 390. 1897 October 1-7
- 391. 1897 October 8-31
- 392. 1897 November
- 393. 1897 December 1-23
- 394. 1897 December 24-31
- 395. 1898 January 1-10
- 396. 1898 January 11-30
- 397. 1898 February
- 398. 1898 March
- 399. 1898 April
- 400. 1898 May
- 401. 1898 June 1-8
- 402. 1898 June 9-30
- 403. 1898 July 1-10
- 404. 1898 July 11-22
- 405. 1898 July 23-31
- 406. 1898 August 1-15
- 407. 1898 August 16-31
- 408. 1898 September
- 409. 1898 October 1-7
- 410. 1898 October 8-16
- 411. 1898 October 17-19
- 412. 1898 October 20-31
- 413. 1898 November 1-10
- 414. 1898 November 10-30
- 415. 1898 December
- 416. 1899 January
- 417. 1899 February
- 418. 1899 March
- 419. 1899 April
- 420. 1899 May 1-15
- 421. 1899 May 16-31
- 422. 1899 June 1-8
- 423. 1899 June 9-13
- 424. 1899 June 14-19
- 425. 1899 June 20-30
- 426. 1899 July
- 427. 1899 August-December
- 428. Undated
- 429. Undated
- 430. Undated
- Regarding H.M. Rector, Sr.
- 431. 1866-1868
- 432. 1871-1872
- 433. 1873-1875
- 434. 1876
- 435. 1877
- 436. 1884
- 437. 1885-1893
- 438. 1897-1898
- 439. Undated
- From H.M. Rector, Sr.
- Legal documents
- 440. 1858-1861: Report of the Treasurer's office
- Contracts and deeds (Reel MG01687)
- 441. 1825-1843
- 442. 1844-1850
- 443. 1851-1852
- 444. 1853-1856
- 445. 1857-1858
- 446. 1859
- 447. 1860-1865
- 448. 1866
- 449. 1867
- 450. 1868 January-March
- 451. 1868 April-December
- 452. 1869
- 453. 1870 January-June
- 454. 1870 July-December
- 455. 1871
- 456. 1872 January-February
- 457. 1872 March-December
- 458. 1873 January-February
- 459. 1873 March
- 460. 1873 April-December
- 461. 1874 January-February
- 462. 1874 March-December
- 463. 1875 January-May
- 464. 1875 June-December
- 465. 1876
- 466. 1877 January-May
- 467. 1877 June-December
- 468. 1878 January
- 469. 1878 February-December
- 470. 1879
- 471. 1880
- 472. 1881-1882
- 473. 1883
- 474. 1884 January-July
- 475. 1884 August-December
- 476. 1885 (Reel MG01688)
- 477. 1886 January-June
- 478. 1886 July-December
- 479. 1887 January-April
- 480. 1887 May-December
- 481. 1888
- 482. 1889 January-May
- 483. 1889 June-July
- 484. 1889 August-December
- 485. 1890 January-1891 March
- 486. 1891 April-December
- 487. 1892
- 488. 1893 January-July
- 489. 1893 August December
- 490. 1894 January-May
- 491. 1894 June-September
- 492. 1894 October-November
- 493. 1894 December
- 494. 1895 January-October
- 495. 1895 November-December
- 496. 1896
- 497. 1897 January-June
- 498. 1897 July-December
- 499. 1898-1899
- 500. Undated
- Litigation, affidavits, and briefs
- 501. 1815-1829
- 502. 1830-1837
- 503. 1838-1841
- 504. 1842-1854
- 505. 1855-1859
- 506. 1860 January
- 507. 1860 February-December
- 508. 1861
- 509. 1862-1863
- 510. 1864-1865
- 511. 1866 January-August
- 512. 1866 September-December
- 513. 1867 January-August
- 514. 1867 September-December
- 515. 1868: Court dockets
- 516. 1868 January-February
- 517. 1868 March-August
- 518. 1868 September-December
- 519. 1869 January-August
- 520. 1869 September-December
- 521. 1870 January-February
- 522. 1870 March-April (Reel MG01689)
- 523. 1870 May-December
- 524. 1871
- 525. 1872 January-February
- 526. 1872 March
- 527. 1872 April-July
- 528. 1872 August-December
- 529. 1873
- 530. 1874 January-May
- 531. 1874 June-August
- 532. 1874 September-November
- 533. 1874 December
- 534. 1875
- 535. 1876: "Synopsis of Evidence," as presented to the Hot Springs Commission
- 536. 1876
- 537. 1877 January-February
- 538. 1877 March-December
- 539. 1878
- 540. 1879-1881
- 541. 1882-1885
- 542. 1886-1890
- 543. 1891-1893
- 544. 1894-1895
- 545. 1896
- 546. 1897 January-February
- 547. 1897 March-May
- 548. 1897 June-December
- 549. 1898
- 550. 1899 and undated
- 551. Undated
- 552. Undated
- 553. Undated
- 554. Undated
- 555. Undated (Reel MG01690)
- 556. Undated, "memo brief," Saline County murder case
- 557. Undated, notes for litigation
- Judgments
- 558. 1851-1855
- 559. 1856-1859
- 560. 1860-1869
- 561. 1870-1879
- 562. 1880-1899
- Financial documents
- Court expenses
- 563. 1855-1869
- 564. 1870-1879
- 565. 1880-1889
- 566. 1890-1894
- 567. 1895-1899 and undated
- Bills
- 568. 1856-1871: Bills of exchange
- 569. 1892-1899: Bills of lading (railroad)
- 570. 1892-1899 and undated: Bills of lading (steamboats)
- Property assets
- 571. 1880-1892: Arlington Hotel
- 572. 1854-1859
- 573. 1860-1869
- 574. 1870-1879
- 575. 1880-1882
- 576. 1883-1889
- 577. 1890-1891
- 578. 1892-1894
- 579. 1895-1896
- 580. 1897-1898
- 581. 1899
- 582. Undated
- Statements
- Rector Bath House
- 583. 1875-1899
- 584. 1876
- 585. 1877-1879
- 586. 1881-1898
- 587. 1880-1895
- 588. 1895-1896
- 589. 1896-1897
- 590. 1898
- 591. 1899 January-May
- 592. 1899 June-July and undated
- St. Nicholas Hotel
- 593. 1893-1894
- 594. 1895
- 595. 1896-1899 (Reel MG01691)
- Waukesha Hotel
- 596. 1894-1897
- Rector plantation
- 597. 1891-1894
- 598. 1895-1899
- 599. Undated
- Rector Bath House
- Printed documents
- Arkansas Supreme Court and Pulaski County Chancery Court briefs
- 600. 1868 and undated
- 601. 1869
- 602. 1869
- 603. 1871
- 604. 1885-1886
- 605. Undated
- Claims regarding Hot Springs, Arkansas, property (Reel MG01692)
- 606. 1866
- 607. 1869
- 608. 1870 March-August
- 609. 1871-1873
- 610. Circa 1872
- 611. 1872-1873 and undated
- 612. 1874
- 613. 1876-1881
- Appeals for Hot Springs, Arkansas, property
- 614. 1849 June 25
- 615. 1850
- 616. 1851-1855
- 617. 1866-1868
- 618. 1871-1873
- 619. 1875
- 620. Circa 1878
- 621. 1883-1884
- 622. Undated (Reel MG01693)
- Proposed legislation regarding Hot Springs, Arkansas
- 623. Circa 1867
- 624. 1856, 1867 and 1869
- 625. 1876
- 626. 1878
- 627. 1879 June 30
- 628. 1882 June 26
- 629. 1885-1890
- 630. Undated
- Miscellaneous
- 631. 1852 March 16: Speech of Honorable Joseph W. Jackson, of Georgia (states rights)
- 632. 1861: Message to the [Arkansas] Senate by Governor H.M. Rector
- 633. 1866 January 17: "Speech of Honorable James R. Doolittle of Wisconsin, on the Lincoln-Johnson policy of restoration"
- 634. 1868: "Speech of Honorable James Hinds, of Arkansas" on the sale of Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas
- 635. 1868: "An act to assess and collect taxes"
- 636. 1868, 1870: "Reconstruction speech of Honorable O.P. Morton" and "Speech of Honorable O.P. Morton of Indiana on the bill for the admission of Georgia"
- 637. 1870 April 19: "Admission of Georgia. Speech of Honorable Lyman Trumbull of Illinois"
- 638. 1870 March 29: "In answer to the letter of General W.T. Sherman. Speech of Honorable John A. Logan, of Illinois"
- 639. 1870: "House of Representatives. 41st Congress, Second session. Report number 125"
- 640. 1872 February 6: "Rights of citizens of the United States. Speech of Honorable A.G. Thurman of Ohio"
- 641. 1874: "Constitution of the State of Arkansas"
- 642. 1876 May 4: "Post office appropriation bill. Speech of Honorable John B. Clark of Missouri"
- 643. 1877: "Message of Governor A.H. Garland to the General Assembly of Arkansas"
- 644. 1877: "Application for a patent to Henry Cockerham for 640 acres of land"
- 645. 1878: "An address of the Honorable H.M. Rector"
- 646. 1878: "Hot Springs Commission"
- 647. 1879 May 26: "Speech of Honorable J.E. McDonald of Indiana" (rights of suffrage)
- 648. 1882 March 28-30: "Argument of the Honorable John H. Reagan, of Texas, before the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, on the railroad problem"
- 649. 1882: "In the Pulaski Chancery Court, September Term, 1882. Liberty Bartlett, plaintiff, versus Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Company"
- 650. 1883 September: "Brainard's legal precedents in land and mining cases"
- 651. 1883: "Revenue laws of the State of Arkansas"
- 652. 1884 March 14: "Speech of Honorable A.H. Garland" (appropriation to eradicate foot and mouth disease)
- 653. 1884 April 16: "The tariff. Speech of Honorable James K. Jones of Arkansas"
- 654. 1886 July 28: "Balances due to and from the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury"
- 655. 1889: "Report of the Special Deputy Treasurer and Agent of the State of Arkansas"
- 656. Undated: "Court of Appeals of Kentucky. Cromie's heirs versus Cromie's executors and others"
- Arkansas Supreme Court and Pulaski County Chancery Court briefs
- Court expenses
- Correspondence
- Personal papers 1856-1899
- Rector descendants (Reel MG01694)
- H.M. "Harry" Rector, Jr.
- Diaries
- 657. 1873: Diary, medical school
- 658. Undated: Diary, medical school
- Correspondence
- 659. 1866-1870
- 660. 1871-1874
- 661. 1875-1877
- 662. 1878-1879
- 663. 1880
- 664. 1881 January-February
- 665. 1881 March-August
- 666. 1881 September-December
- 667. 1882
- 668. 1883
- 669. 1884
- 670. 1885 January-February
- 671. 1885 March-April
- 672. 1885 May-December
- 673. 1886
- 674. 1887
- 675. 1888-1890
- 676. 1891 January-July
- 677. 1891 August-December
- 678. 1892-1893
- 679. 1894-1896
- 680. 1897 January-March
- 681. 1897 April
- 682. 1897 May
- 683. 1897 June-December
- 684. 1898 January-February
- 685. 1898 March-April
- 686. 1898 May-October
- 687. 1898 November-December
- 688. 1899 January-March
- 689. 1899 April-May
- 690. 1899 June-December
- 691. 1901-1903
- 692. Undated
- Legal documents
- Affidavits
- 693. 1877-1898 (Reel MG01694-MG01695)
- Contracts and Agreements
- 694. 1871-1887
- 695. 1888-1904
- Court cases
- 696. 1891-1892
- 697. 1893-1897
- 698. 1898-1899
- Deeds
- 699. 1885
- 700. 1886
- 701. 1887-1889
- 702. 1890 January-July
- 703. 1890 August-December
- 704. 1891
- 705. 1892 September
- 706. 1892 October
- 707. 1893
- 708. 1894-1901
- Certificates
- 709. 1876-1887
- 710. 1876-1888
- 711. 1881-1890
- 712. 1888 : Petitions to the city of Hot Springs
- 713. 1889: Central Avenue [Hot Springs, Arkansas] property owners committee
- 714. 1904-1908: Last will and testament
- Affidavits
- Financial documents
- Account records
- 715. 1876-1891: Hot Springs National Bank
- 716. 1892-1899
- Hot Springs Valley Bank
- 717. 1881-1892: Statements
- 718. 1882-1884: Statements
- 719. 1884-1891: Statements
- 720. 1885-1889: Bank accounts
- 721. 1890: Customer drafts [checks]
- 722. 1890-1891: Bank accounts
- 723. 1891-1892: Deposit slips
- 724. 1892: Bank accounts
- 725. 1892: Records
- 726. 1893-1895: Legal records
- 727. Undated: Statements
- Invoices
- 728. 1872-1876
- 729. 1875: Invoices from W.A. Moore
- 730. 1877-1878
- 731. 1879
- 732. 1880
- 733. 1881 January-August
- 734. 1881 September-December
- 735. 1882
- 736. 1883
- 737. 1884
- 738. 1885
- 739. 1886-1887
- 740. 1888-1892
- 741. 1893-1894
- 742. 1895-1896
- 743. 1897-1898
- 744. 1899 and undated
- Promissory notes
- 745. 1870-1879
- 746. 1880-1895
- 747. 1892 March: City of Hot Springs, payroll for police
- Receipts
- 748. 1873-1879
- 749. 1880-1891
- 750. 1892-1900
- Tax Receipts
- 751. 1870: Internal Revenue
- 752. 1870-1872: Hot Spring County
- 753. 1874-1919: Garland County
- 754. 1878-1886: Pulaski County
- 755. 1880: City of Hot Springs
- 756. 1889-1890: Montgomery County
- Cancelled checks
- 757. 1874-1881
- 758. 1882 January-June
- 759. 1882 July-September
- 760. 1882 October-December
- 761. 1883 January-May
- 762. 1883 June-December
- 763. 1884
- 764. 1885-1887
- 765. 1888
- 766. 1889-1892
- 767. 1893-1904 and undated (Reel MG01696)
- Account records
- Miscellaneous
- 768. 1872: "Proceedings of the Little Rock and Pulaski County Medical Society"
- 769. 1874-1881: St. Louis Type Foundry account
- 770. 1875-1895: Hot Springs tenants, includes names and income
- 771. 1878-1880: "Hot Springs Daily Telegraph"
- 772. 1882-1883: The "Hot Springs Bathhouse Association"
- 773. 1891: Hot Springs Valley Ice Company
- 774. 1892-1893: Hot Springs Valley Ice Company
- 775. 1895-1896: "Medical Mirror" and "United States Health Reports"
- 776. 1896-1899 and undated: Hot Springs tenants, includes names and income
- 777. 1897: "Hot Springs Sanitarium"
- 778. 1897-1898 and undated: Health remedies
- 779. Undated: Newspaper clippings
- 780. Undated: "Senate Bill No. 244"
- 781. Undated: "Roster of the Arkansas House Members"
- 782. Undated: Hot Springs and Fort Smith railroad proposal
- Hebe Gower (Mrs. H.M. Jr.) Rector
- Correspondence
- 783. 1879
- 784. 1880
- 785. 1881-1884
- 786. 1885
- 787. 1886
- 788. 1887-1910
- 789. 1911-1937
- Miscellaneous
- 790. 1865: Seminary report
- 791. 1881-1916: Account books
- 792. 1906-1908: Legal documents
- 793. 1917-1918: Financial documents (Reel MG01697)
- 794. 1919: Financial documents
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- H.M. "Juba" Rector, III
- Correspondence
- 795. 1892-1897
- 796. 1898 January-March
- 797. 1898 April-June
- 798. 1898 July-August
- 799. 1898 September-December
- 800. 1899 January-April
- 801. 1899 May-August
- 802. 1899 September-December
- 803. 1900 January
- 804. 1900 February 1-14
- 805. 1900 February 15-29
- 806. 1900 March-April
- 807. 1900 May
- 808. 1900 June 1-16
- 809. 1900 June 17-30
- 810. 1900 July-December and undated
- 811. 1901-1909
- 812. 1910 January-April
- 813. 1910 May 1-9
- 814. 1910 May 10-31
- 815. 1910 June-July
- 816. 1910 August-December
- 817. 1911-1919
- 818. 1920
- 819. 1921 January-August
- 820. 1921 September-December
- 821. Undated
- 822. 1922-1932
- Legal documents
- Contracts and Deeds
- 823. 1908-1910
- 824. 1911-1912
- 825. 1913-1916
- 826. 1917-1920
- 827. 1921
- 828. 1920-1922: Election and appointment certificate
- Financial documents
- 829. 1895-1903
- 830. 1900-1918: Tax receipts for Faulkner and Pulaski counties, Arkansas
- 831. 1904
- 832. 1905
- 833. 1906-1909
- 834. 1910 January-May
- 835. 1910 June-December
- 836. 1911-1919
- 837. 1920
- 838. 1920-1921: Cotton gin
- 839. 1921 January-April
- 840. 1921 May-December
- 841. Undated
- Rector companies and plantation
- 842. 1909: Rector Mercantile
- 843. 1910: Rector Lumber and Shingles
- 844. 1919-1920: Rector Planting Company
- 845. 1920-1924: Rector Planting Company
- Ledgers, Rector Plantation, day books
- 846. 1898 (Reel MG01697-MG01698)
- 847. 1899
- 848. 1900
- 849. 1903-1906
- 850. 1906
- 851. 1906-1910
- 852. 1909-1910
- 853. 1911-1921
- 854. 1917-1918
- 855. Undated
- Contracts and Deeds
- Maps and drawings
- 856. 1909: Plat, Rector plantation
- 857. 1913: Rector plantation township 3 range 13 west
- 858. 1920 November 21: Newspaper, "St. Louis Dispatch"
- 859. Undated: Rector plantation
- 860. Undated: Drawings, unidentified building
- 861. Undated: Diagrams, sawmill for Rector Lumber Company
- 862. Undated: Insurance policies
- Miscellaneous
- 863. 1889-1904: Printed materials
- 864. 1892: Commencement program and newspaper clipping
- 865. Circa 1897: Notes law school
- 866. 1897-1914: Life insurance programs
- 867. 1899-1921: Calling cards
- 868. 1912-1921: Printed materials
- 869. Undated: Notes miscellaneous
- 870. Undated: Printed materials
- 871. Undated: Wallet
- Correspondence
- Correspondence: Nancy Mooney (Mrs. H.M) Rector III
- Other children and grandchildren
- 872. History and genealogy of the Henry Massie Rector, Sr., family, undated (Reel MG01699)
- Children
- 873. Circa 1862: William Field Rector, military orders
- 874. 1893-1899: Ann "Nan" Baylor Rector Matheny
- Elias Wiliam Rector
- 875. 1857-1872
- 876. 1873-1879
- 877. 1880-1883
- 878. 1884
- 879. 1885
- 880. 1886 January-July
- 881. 1886 August-December
- 882. 1887
- 883. 1888-1889
- 884. 1890-1891
- 885. 1892-1896
- 886. 1897
- 887. 1898-1899
- 888. 1899-1910
- 889. Undated
- Fannie Thurston Rector Mitchell
- 890. 1870-1884: Fannie Thurston Rector Mitchell
- 891. 1885-1899: Fannie Thurston Rector Mitchell
- Ernestine Flora Rector Foreman Williams
- 892. 1875-1889
- 893. 1890-1894
- 894. 1895-1897
- 895. 1898-1899
- Grandchildren
- Grace Rector Fry
- 896. 1891-1920
- 897. 1921-1931 and undated
- Willie G. Rector
- 898. Undated: Handwriting notebooks
- Other grandchildren
- 899. 1899-1920
- 900. 1921-1975
- Grace Rector Fry
- Children
- Miscellaneous
- 901. 1876: Elias W. Rector, bond for deed to William Fulton
- 902. 1878: H.M. Rector, Jr., insurance policy
- 903. 1885: Elias W. Rector and H.M. Rector, Jr., insurance policy
- 904. Circa 1920: James Gower Rector, real estate
- 872. History and genealogy of the Henry Massie Rector, Sr., family, undated (Reel MG01699)
- H.M. "Harry" Rector, Jr.
