The Northeast Arkansas Regional
Archives will host a symposium from 9:30 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. on Saturday,
August 20 at the Male and Female Academy in Powhatan. The symposium’s theme,
“All We Need Is Love: War and Religion in Northeast Arkansas,” will feature
speakers Sister Laura Cathcart, Dr. R.J. Hampton, Edward Harthorn, and Dr.
Daniel Spillman.
Topics include “Service,
Sacrifice, and Supplications: From Simple Stories of the Olivetan Benedictine
Sisters Serving the Lord Through Ministries in Northeast Arkansas,” “The
African Methodist Episcopal Church in Northeast Arkansas,” “Pushing Him Back
Over the Pulpit: David Orr and Religious Conflict in Early Arkansas,” and “Holy
War in the Delta: the Jonesboro Church Wars and American Fundamentalism in the
Great Depression.”
The seminar is free to attend,
but registration is required. The deadline for registering will be Aug. 17.
Registration is limited, so be sure to make reservations soon. Check-in
will begin at 9 a.m. on August 20. Teachers can earn up to four professional
development hours through attendance. Lunch will be provided.
The Arkansas State Archives,
located in Little Rock, is the official state archives of Arkansas and an
agency under the Department of Arkansas Heritage. It maintains the largest
collection of historical materials on Arkansas in the world. The
Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives is a branch of the Arkansas State Archives
and is dedicated to collecting and preserving primary source materials that
represent the unique history, culture and heritage of northeast Arkansas.
Located at 11 Seventh Street in Powhatan, NEARA has been open since 2011.
For more information
about the workshop or to register, contact us at northeast.archives@arkansas.gov
or call us at 870-878-6521.
This project is supported in part by a grant from the
Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
