Arkansas State Archives August 2016 Newsletter

Look inside the August 2016 Issue of the Arkansas Archivist for these and other features!


The ASA Offers its Help to National History Day Participants

With another school year starting, we know that there are a number of teachers and students who are looking forward to the year ahead.  There are so many upcoming interesting activities.  One of the most exciting activities is the yearly History Day competition. 
For several years, the State Archives has been committed to taking part in History Day.  Many of our staff have been judges at state and regional contests.  But beyond that, the archives has been a welcome source of primary documents that students use to make competition-
winning projects.  We hope to continue as a destination for students working on History Day projects.


Summer Intern at the ASA

For the past month, we have been pleased to have Michael Fondren on our staff as a part-time intern.  Michael grew up in Foreman, Arkansas, and earned his BA in History from Southern Arkansas University.  Michael is currently studying Public History at UALR, and would like to work in the field of archives following graduation.  He expects to graduate in 2017.  Michael sees history as being more than the study about the past.  “It is really the story of life,” he remarks.  “I have found that the study of history allows me to be able to understand and learn about cultures other than my own.”


Black History Commission News

Arkansas Black History Commissioner Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch, will present the annual address at the 46th Annual Celebration of the Southern Association for Women Historians on Friday,  November 4,  2016,  at the Southern Historical Association’s annual meeting in St. Pete’s Beach Florida. Her talk, ‘‘’Been a Guinea Pig in this Race’:  Annie R. Zachary,  Arkansas Homemaker, Farmer, and Politician,” is based in part on resources available at the Arkansas State Archives.


From the Director

During the first week in August, I attended the Council of State Archivists meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.  The meeting of the 56 state and territorial archivists is held every year in conjunction with another larger archival conference, either the Society of American Archivists or NAGARA, the National Association of Government Archivists and Records Administrators.  This year’s joint meeting was with SAA, and was jam-packed with informative sessions on everything from digital preservation to how authors of historical romance genre novels use archival sources to find inspiration. 

Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - Charles Hillman Brough Collection MS.000487

Charles Hillman Brough was born on July 9, 1876, in Clinton, Mississippi. He graduated from Mississippi College as co-valedictorian in 1894. Brough then entered the graduate program at Johns Hopkins University, where he earned his doctorate in economics, history, and jurisprudence in 1898. He began his teaching career as the only professor of multiple subjects at Mississippi College. He taught psychology, ethics, and logic, as well as economics and history. In 1903, Brough accepted a position as the head of the department for political economy at the University of Arkansas.
Charles met his wife, Anne Wade Roark, when she visited Fayetteville, Arkansas. Anne Roark was from Franklin, Kentucky, and graduated from Franklin Female College in 1896. Charles and Anne where married on June 17, 1908 in Franklin, Kentucky, with Anne’s family in attendance.
Charles Brough resigned from the University of Arkansas in 1915 to begin his gubernatorial campaign. Brough’s main primary opponents were Secretary of State Earle Hodges and Lewis Smith. Hodges claimed that Brough was in favor of ‘race mixing’ and that he was a Mormon because Brough wrote his dissertation about Utah, entitled, "Irrigation in Utah." Brough won the primary and then swept to victory in the general election. When he ran for a second term two years later, the Republicans failed to field a candidate and endorsed him over socialist candidate Clay Fulks. Charles Brough was the twenty-fifth governor of Arkansas, from 1917 through 1921, and was considered one of Arkansas more progressive governors. Charles Brough was a ‘headliner’ for the Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua circuit and one of his speeches, “American’s Leadership of the World,” was estimated to be have given 3,400 times.

This collection holds photographs, microfilm, Arkansas newspapers, out-of-state newspapers, personal correspondence, campaign correspondence, poems, publications, programs, circulars, civic club materials, oversized materials, scrapbooks, and other materials relating to Arkansas Governor, Charles Hillman Brough.

• Biographical Information (Box 1)
• Boys Club Federation, 1927-1931
• Chautauqua, 1919-1926
• Correspondence General
  
  • 1902-1925
  • 1926-1929
  • 1930
  • 1931
  • 1932-1935
  • Undated
• Correspondence Senate Race, 1932
• Financial, 1917-1928
• Gubernatorial Race
  
  • 1915-1916
  • 1916
• Government Documents and Appointments, 1915-1935
• Identification Cards and Invitations, 1917-1928
• Miscellaneous
  
  • 1866-1932
  • Writting
• Poems and Songs, 1923-1927
• Programs
  
  • Church, 1915-1932
  • Education, 1922-1932
  • Events, 1914-1932
  • Memorials, 1910-1929
• Publications
  
  • Education, 1913-1936
  • Government, 1917-1936
  • Industry, 1919-1932 (2) (Box 2)
  • Miscellaneous, 1911-1931
• Scrapbook, loose pages
• Senate Race, 1917-1932
• Speeches (2)
• Women's Rights Domestic and International, 1917-1918
• Newspapers (Box 3)
  
  • 1899
  • 1901
  • 1903
  • 1907
  • 1908
  • 1909-1911
  • 1912
  • 1915
  • 1916 (2)
  • 1917-1918
  • 1919
  • 1920
  • 1921
  • 1922
  • 1923
  • 1924-1925
  • 1926
  • 1927
  • 1928
  • 1929
  • 1930 (2)
  • 1931
  • 1932 (3)
  • 1933-1934
  • 1935
  • 1939
  • 1942
  • Undated (4)
• Photos OV (Box 4 OV)
  
  • Portrait of Brough used for lyceum lectures-PH.BROUGH.01
  • Arkansas Profitable Farming Tour 1919-PH.BROUGH.02
  • Brough with unknown individuals four men and thirteen women-PH.BROUGH.03
  • Brough at a construction site-PH.BROUGH.04
  • Brough Family Inaugural Portrait-PH.BROUGH.05
  • Governor Brough War World I Rally-PH.BROUGH.06
  • Dr. Charles Brough Addressing a Cement Plant-PH.BROUGH.07
  • Charles Milton Brough's home in Los Angeles, California
    
    • PH.BROUGH.08
    • PH.BROUGH.09
    • PH.BROUGH.10
  • Portrait of Brough 13 copies
    
    • PH.BROUGH.11
    • PH.BROUGH.12
    • PH.BROUGH.13
    • PH.BROUGH.14
    • PH.BROUGH.15
    • PH.BROUGH.16
    • PH.BROUGH.17
    • PH.BROUGH.18
    • PH.BROUGH.19
    • PH.BROUGH.20
    • PH.BROUGH.21
    • PH.BROUGH.22
    • PH.BROUGH.23
  • Shrine Class 1913 February 22-PH.BROUGH.24
  • Charles Brough by the White River-PH.BROUGH.25
  • Charles Brough in El Paso, Texas-PH.BROUGH.26
  • Charles Brough with unidentifed individuals-PH.BROUGH.27
  • Miscellaneous
    
    • folder 1
      
      • Portrait of Brough in a bow tie-PH.BROUGH.28
      • Governor Brough in a cotton field with Robt. Gordon Jr. and C.S. Fitzpatrick-PH.BROUGH.29
      • Governor Brough standing in a cotton field in Trenton, Arkansas with Dr. J.W. Harper and J.C. Barlow-PH.BROUGH.30
      • Baptist Church-PH.BROUGH.31
      • Portrait of Brough-PH.BROUGH.32
      • Portrait of Brough as a young man-PH.BROUGH.33
      • Portrait of W. Freeland Kendrick-PH.BROUGH.34
      • Christmas post card with a photo of Alice and Dorothy Beall-PH.BROUGH.35
      • Post card of a kitchen-PH.BROUGH.36
      • Log building out in the woods-PH.BROUGH.37
    • folder 2
      
      • Brough next to a building under construction-PH.BROUGH.38
      • Knight Milton Brough-PH.BROUGH.39
      • Two unidentified women-PH.BROUGH.40
      • Unidentified man, woman, and child-PH.BROUGH.41
      • Unknown person sitting on a front porch-PH.BROUGH.42
      • Unknown woman holding an infant-PH.BROUGH43
      • Unknown man holding an infant-PH.BROUGH.44
      • Unknown infant in a baby carriage-PH.BROUGH.45
      • Two unknown women outdoors in a garden-PH.BROUGH.46
      • Close up of two unknown women outdoors in a garden-PH.BROUGH.47
    • folder 3
      
      • Unknown event with hundreds of children in white garments marching in unison-PH.BROUGH.48
      • Brough with a group of unidentified men standing outside of a columned building-PH.BROUGH.49
      • Brough with a group of unidentified men standing outside of a columned building-PH.BROUGH.50
      • Post Card of the Brough Family-PH.BROUGH.51
      • Charles Brough and O.P. Bishop-PH.BROUGH.52
      • Postcard Governor’s Reception Room in Madison, Wisconsin-PH.BROUGH.53
      • Postcard of the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin-PH.BROUGH.54
      • Postcard of the west wing interior of the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin-PH.BROUGH.55
      • Postcard of the interior of the assembly hall in the Alabama Girls Technical Institute in Montevallo, Alabama-PH.BROUGH.56
      • Postcard of the Franklin Mineral Spring, Franklin, Kentucky-PH.BROUGH.57
      • Postcard of the home of Mrs. Wiggs in Louisville, Kentucky-PH.BROUGH.58
• Miscellaneous Publications OV
• Brough's Gubernatiorial Race OV
• Brough Propaganda Posters OV
• Government Documents and Appointments 1915-1935 OV
• Newspapers 1907-1918 OV
• Scrapbooks 1912-1935
  
  • 1912-1913 (Box Scrapbook 1-9)
  • 1913 January and Miscellaneous
  • 1913-1915 November
  • 1915 November-1916 February
  • 1916 February-1916 March
  • 1916 May 27-1916 April 7
  • 1916 April 9-1916 June
  • 1916 June-1916 August
  • 1916 August 10-1916 November 10
  • 1916 November-1916 December (Box Scrapbook 10-20)
  • 1917 January-1917 March
  • 1917-1921
  • 1917-1922
  • 1917 January-1917 May
  • 1917 (3)
  • 1917 January-1917 April
  • 1917-1918 (5)
  • 1918 (4)
  • 1918-1919
  • 1919
  • 1919 October-January 1920, Elaine Riot and Other Events (Box Scrapbook 30-37)
  • 1919 November-1920 January
  • 1920 (4)
  • 1921 January-1921 April
  • 1921 May-1921 July
  • 1921 July-1921 December (Box Scrapbook 38-42)
  • 1922 January-1922 June
  • 1922 June-1922 August
  • 1922 June-1922 August
  • 1922 January-1922 February
  • 1922 September-1923 May (Box Scrapbook 43-49)
  • 1923 April-1923 August
  • 1923 August-1924 February
  • 1924 August-1924 December
  • 1924 February 12-1924 May 16
  • 1925-1926
  • 1927 Summer European Tour
  • 1928 Campaign Controversy (Box Scrapbook 50-59)
  • 1929 March-1929 September
  • 1928 September-1929 March, Central College, Conway, AR
  • 1930 March-1931
  • 1929 October-1930 February
  • 1932 September-1932 June
  • 1932 Senatorial Campaign
  • 1933 June-1933 December, "Dedication of State Parks"
  • 1934-1935
  • 1935

August 2016 Acquisitions and Accessions

ASA Books

Ozark Old-Time Fiddling, by Judy Mae Warner
From Across the Spanish Empire: Spanish Soldiers Who Helped Win the American Revolutionary War, 1776-1783 Arizona, California, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas Military Rosters, by LeRoy Martinez
White Pennsylvania Runaways, 1720-1749, By Joseph Lee Boyle
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, by Charles Reagan Wilson and William Farris
Arkansas Statutes, 1947
Arkansas Digest, 1920 - 1928
Arkansas Digest, 1920 – 1937
Arkansas Digest, 1920 – 1938
Acts of Arkansas, 1949
American Heritage, 18 Vols.
A Meteor Shining Brightly: Essays on Major General Patrick R. Cleburne, by Mauriel Phillips Joslyn
The Spanish Frontier in North America, by David J. Weber
Cathy Williams:  From Slave to Female Buffalo Soldier, by Phillip Thomas Tucker
Arkansas Appellate Advocacy Handbook, 1980, by the Arkansas Judicial Department
The American Heritage History of the Indian Wars, by Robert M. Utley and Wilcomb E. Washburn
Ozark Elders, by Leslie Parr Sutton (2 Copies)
Conservation of Historic Buildings, by Bernard M. Feilden
Old Hickory’s War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire, David S. and Jeanne T. Heidler
America’s Reconstruction:  People and Politics after the Civil War, by Eric Foner and Olivia Mahoney
Bessie Moore: A Biography, by George and Mildred Fersh
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, by Joseph J. Ellis
Two Great Rebel Armies:  An Essay in Confederate Military History, by Richard M. McMurry
Filibusters and Expansionist:  Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800-1821, by Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr. and Gene A. Smith
Autumn of Glory:  The Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865, by Thomas Lawrence Connelly
Army of the Heartland:  The Army of Tennessee, 1861-1862, by Thomas Lawrence Connelly
National Drawing Invitational: Arkansas Arts Center, 2004
National Drawing Invitational: Arkansas Arts Center, 1992
National Drawing Invitational: Arkansas Arts Center, 1990
Will Barnet Drawings, 1930-1990: Arkansas Arts Center
Hans Burkhardt Drawings, 1932 – 1989: Arkansas Arts Center
Jacob Lawrence Drawings, 1945 to 1996: Arkansas Arts Center
The Face: Arkansas Arts Center
About Face: Arkansas Arts Center
What They Fought For, 1861 – 1865, by James M. McPherson
Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors, by John R. Swanton
Arkansas, 1800 – 1860:  Remote and Restless, by S. Charles Bolton
Behind the Lines in the Southern Confederacy, by Charles W. Ramsdell
The Cherokees and Their Chiefs:  In the Wake of Empire, by Stanley W. Hoig
Confederate Symbols in the Contemuthporary So, by J. Michael Martinez, William D. Richardson, and Ron McNinch-Su
Memoirs of My Life, by Pierre Clement de Laussat
Slavery and the American West:  The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War, by Michael A. Morrison
Choctaw Genesis, 1500 – 1700, by Patricia Galloway

NEARA Books

Historical and Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlement of the Valley of White River Together With a History of Izard County, edited by Dale Hanks (copy donated by Powhatan Historic State Park)

SARA Periodicals

Blade Magazine, March 2016
Blade Magazine, July 2016
Blade Magazine, August 2016
Blade Magazine, September 2016
Blade Magazine, October 2016
American Bladesmith, Spring 2016, Issue 46
Knife Magazine, November 2016
Knife Magazine, June 2016


ASA Accessions

L.C. and Daisy Bates Museum Foundation grant report, 1 cu. ft.

Jessie Louisa McCain cabinet card, n.d., I item

Ralph Bunche Neighbor Association grant report and supplementary materials, 0.1 cu. ft

African American Arts in Arkansas (DVD), 3 items

Postcards and photograph deaccessioned from Florida State Archives, 4 items

William Eustace Beaumont papers, 0.25 cu. ft

Arkansas Railroad Club records, 12 cu. ft.

Department of Arkansas Heritage records: Ghost Signs of Arkansas, 1 cu. ft

Department of Arkansas Heritage: Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission records, 1 cu. ft.

Department of Arkansas Heritage: Arkansas Historic Preservation Program records, 14 cu. ft.

Department of Arkansas Heritage: Arkansas Historic Preservation Program records, 328 items

Department of Arkansas Heritage: Arkansas Historic Preservation Program records, 20 cu. ft.

Department of Arkansas Heritage: Main Street Arkansas records, 14 cu. ft.

Department of Arkansas Heritage: Arkansas Historic Preservation Program records, 2 cu. ft.

Arkansas National Guard records, 47 cu. ft.


NEARA

Photographs of the Opposition school and Lawrence County Institute/Sloan Hendrix Academy, 5 images

Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - Thomas Tapscott Gill papers, SMC.8.8

Thomas Tapscott Gill, son of George B. Gill and Genevieve Tapscott, was born October 2, 1895, at Searcy, White County, Arkansas. He volunteered for the United States Army on May 8, 1917. He completed training at Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas, before serving on various bases during World War I, including a short stint in France from October 28, 1918, to January 4, 1919. He was appointed as Second Lieutenant in the 83rd Field Artillery. He was discharged February 17, 1919, at Camp Knox, Kentucky. He was awarded the Victory Medal for his service in France. In 1923, he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1941, he wrote a book entitled "Air and Gas Compression." He died February 26, 1947, at Los Angeles, California.

This collection contains World War I military records and personal papers of Thomas Tapscott Gill.

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• 1916 December 24: Newsclipping, "Jap Brown's Last Visit" by T.T. Gill, Arkansas Gazette (Reel MG00203)
• 1917 May 24: Registration certificate number 318, Tapscott Gill
• 1917 August 14: Discharge upon expiration of training camp, Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas
• 1917 November 18: Appointment as Second Lieutenant Field Artillery Section Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States
• 1918 January 24: Certificate of examination for tuberculosis and heart disease, Post Hospital, Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming
• 1918 June 24: Certificate of physical fitness for overseas service, Camp Fremont, California
• 1918 July 18: Certificate of physical fitness for overseas service, Camp Fremont, California
• 1919 February 16: Discharge, Camp Henry Knox, Kentucky
• 1920 July 15: Extract, Discharge of Officer to Secure Victory Medal, Thomas T. Scott
• 1920 July 20: Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Pulaski County Circuit Clerk
• 1923 April 24: United States Officer's Discharge, Pulaski County Circuit Clerk
• 1923 May 16: Diploma, Bachelor of Science, University of California at Berkeley
• 1924 May 11: United Daughters of the Confederacy Certificate, Cross of Service
• 1920s: World War Record of Lineal Descendants of Confederate Veterans: Thomas T. Gill

Dr. Lisa Speer Elected to CoSA Board of Directors

On Aug. 5, Dr. Lisa Speer, director of the Arkansas State Archives and state historian, was elected to the Council of State Archivists’ (CoSA) Board of Directors, a term lasting three years. She will also serve as co-chair of the Program Committee for the 2017 CoSA-NAGARA Annual Meeting in Boise, Idaho, and is a member of the CoSA Education and Training Committee.

The Council of State Archivists was established as a national non-profit in 2002.  It facilitates networking and project collaboration among the 50 state archives, five territorial archives and the District of Columbia archives. The organization is governed by a nine member Board of Directors elected by members.  Its mission is “to strengthen state and territorial archives in their work to preserve America’s historical records.”

Patricia Smith Mansfield, director of the Utah State Archives, said about Speer’s election, "With her broad educational background in American history and library and information science, Lisa Speer brings a wealth of experience to the Council of State Archivists. The board is pleased to have her as a new board member and looks forward to her contributing to our success."

“We are so lucky to have Dr. Speer and her talents leading the way here in Arkansas to archive our history and heritage,” said Stacy Hurst, director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. “It’s a testament to her knowledge and skills that she has been chosen to share her abilities on a national level.”

Dr. Speer holds a BA in history from Ouachita Baptist University, an MA and PhD in American history from the University of Mississippi and a Master of library and information studies from the University of Alabama.  She has worked as the interim curator in the collection at the University of Mississippi’s Archives and Special Collections, an archival technician at the University of Alabama’s William Stanley Hoole Library, and, an archival technician at the W.S. Hoole Library and directed the Special Collections and Archives at Southeast Missouri State University for over 12 years.  Dr. Speer was hired as director of the Arkansas State Archives in June 2013.

The Arkansas State Archives is an agency under the Department of Arkansas Heritage and is responsible for collecting and maintaining the largest collection of historical materials on Arkansas in the world.  The State Archives has two branch locations; the Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives is located in Powhatan and the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives is located in Washington. Other agencies under the Department of Arkansas Heritage include the Arkansas Arts Council, the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, and the Historic Arkansas Museum.

Arkansas State Archives Symposium: Southern Fried Schnitzel: German Food and Culture in Arkansas

The Arkansas State Archives will be hosting its third annual Arkansas foodways symposium from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Pulaski Technical College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Institute in Little Rock. The symposium’s theme, “Southern Fried Schnitzel: German Food and Culture in Arkansas,” will feature presentations by Shirley Schuette, Leah Lambert, Kathleen Condray, Tim Nutt, and State Archives staff member Terra Titsworth.

Topics will include German style beer brewing in Arkansas, a history of early Germans in Little Rock, German foodways history in Arkansas, as well as anecdotes and stories about German food and its importance in Arkansas history and culture. The day will conclude with a cooking presentation by professionally trained chef Terra Titsworth, formerly of the Packett House, who will be preparing a traditional meal from Lichtenstein, a German-speaking principality in Europe. Tim Nutt will share anecdotes about his experiences as a traveler in the country during the demonstration.

The seminar is free but registration is required. Check-in will begin at 9 a.m.  Teachers can earn up to four professional development hours through attendance. A German fare lunch prepared by the Culinary Institute chefs and a beer tasting will be provided for symposium participants at no charge.  Registration is limited and deadline for registration will be Sept. 6, so be sure to make reservations soon.

The Arkansas State Archives is an agency under the Department of Arkansas Heritage and is responsible for collecting and maintaining the largest collection of historical materials on Arkansas in the world.  The State Archives has two branch locations; the Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives is located in Powhatan and the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives is located in Washington. Other agencies under the Department of Arkansas Heritage include the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, and the Historic Arkansas Museum.

For more information about the symposium or to register, contact us at events.archives@arkansas.gov or call us at 501-682-6900.

This project is funded in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council.

Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - Harvey Parnell papers, MS.000629

Harvey Parnell (1880-1936) served as Governor of Arkansas from 1928-1933. He was born near Orlando, Cleveland County, Arkansas. Parnell was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives from Chicot County in 1919, and to the State Senate representing Chicot and Ashley counties in 1923. In November of 1926, he was the elected Lieutenant Governor in Arkansas, then became governor in 1928 following John E. Martineau's appointment as United States District Judge, and the next year was elected to the first of his two terms. In 1931, Parnell appointed Hattie Caraway to fill the United States Senate seat of her late husband, Thaddeus Caraway. Hattie later became the first woman elected to the United States Senate and served from 1932 to 1945.
Parnell's term covered the first critical years of the Great Depression, and his administration worked with the federal government and other relief agencies to help the people of the state in agricultural, educational, and other matters relating to the economic depression. Parnell was seen as a progressive Democrat, who had both a business and an agricultural background. He supported the cigarette-tax law that helped to found public schools in Arkansas in order to bring in more manufacturing companies. He was clear in his belief that all manufacturing business where being generated in states with good public school systems.

This collection contains materials and information regarding accounting, agricultural records, banking, financial reports, communication about taxes, correspondence with organizations, correspondence with Arkansans, mining materials, various government commissions, Acts and pending bills, bonds, campaign information, confederate home and pension records, the cotton industry, drought relief, education, schools, criminal and institutional information, election correspondence, warrants, extradition warrants, flood control, personal correspondence, highways department and interstate, legal papers, legislative materials, medical reports, state hospital materials, pensions, and governmental offices.

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• State Board of Accounting (Box 1)
  
  • A - I
  • Ja - Z
• Aeronautics: 1929
  
  • L - Z
• Affidavits for warrants of arrest
• Agriculture
  
  • A - B
  • C - H
  • J - P
  • Q - Z
• Agricultural Miscellaneous
• Agricultural - Extension Service: 1929
  
  • A - L
  • M - Z
• Agricultural Credit Board 1931 - 1932
• Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello, Ark.
• Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal School, Pine Bluff, Ark.
  
  • A - H
  • I - Z
• Airports: Tax on Gasoline 1930
• Amendments to State Constitution 1930
• American Exchange Trust Company: 1931
  
  • A - M
  • N - Z
• American Legion
  
  • A - L
  • M - Z
• American Mining Congress
  
  • A - G
  • H - M
  • N - Z
• American Red Cross
  
  • William M. Baxyer
  • Be - W
• Apiary Board
• Application List (Box 2)
  
  • Employment
  • Granville Jones Vacancy
  • Miscellaneous
    
    • A
    • Ba - Bi
    • Bl - Bri
    • Bro - Bz
    • Ca - Col
    • Com - Cz
    • D
    • E
    • F
    • G
    • Ha - Hd
    • Hen - Holm
    • Holt - Hz
    • I - J
    • K
    • L (Box 3)
    • Ma - Mat
    • Max - Miln
    • Milu - Mz
    • N - O
    • Pa - Pd
    • Pe - Pond
    • Pont - Pz
    • Q - R
    • Sa - Sk
    • Sl - Sta
    • Ste - Sz
    • T
    • U - We
    • Wi - Z
• Appointments
  
  • L. G. Byrely
    
    • A - I
    • Ja - Z (Box 4)
  • Miscellaneous
• Athletic Commission
  
  • Letters
  • Booklet 1927
• Banking
  
  • Arkansas State Bank of Ashdown (2)
  • Proclamations
  • Banking Department
    
    • A - B
    • C - D
    • E - F
    • I - L
    • M - N
    • P - R
    • S
    • T - V
    • W - Z
• Barber Board
• Base Ball Act: 1929
  
  • A - F
  • G - M
  • N - P
  • R - Z
• Basic Science Law 1929
• Beebe Junior Agricultural School
• Bench Warrants
  
  • A - J
  • K - W
• Blind and Deaf School
• Bonds
  
  • Investigation Committee
  • Leave, Pentitions, Surety
  • State
• Boy's Industrial School
  
  • White
  • African American
• Camp Pike
• Campaign: Miscellaneous (2)
• Cancer Control Committee
• Capias Instanter Processes
• Centennial Commission
• Chamber of Commerce
• Child Welfare
• Children's Home and Hospital
• Chiropodists Board
• Chiropratic Examining Board
  
  • A - C
  • D - G
  • H - L
  • M - Z
• Clemency
• Clerk: Circuit
• Clerk: County
• Commerce Department
• Comptroller
  
  • A - P
  • R - Z
• Confederate Home (Box 5)
  
  • A - C
  • G - L
  • M - W
• Confederate Pensions
  
  • Records
    
    • A - B
    • C - F
    • G - H
    • J - M
    • N - R
    • S - V
    • W - Z
  • Bonds: Petitions
• Congress: Candidates
• Conservation Board
• Conservation and Inspection Department
• Constable Appointments
  
  • A - B
  • C - D
  • E -H
  • I - M
  • N - R
  • S - Z
• Construction Commission
  
  • A - F
  • G - L
  • M - Z
• Coroner Appointments
• Cosmetic Therapy: Board of
• Cotton Conference: 1932
  
  • A - F
  • G - Z
  • Cotton Control
    
    • A
    • B - Bow
    • Bra - By
    • Ca - Cos
    • Cot - Cur
    • D
    • E - F
    • G (Box 6)
    • H - Hay
    • He - Hu
    • I
    • J - K
    • L
    • Mc
    • M
    • N - O
    • P
    • R
    • S - Sla
    • Slo - Stew
    • Sto - Sz
    • U - Wa
    • We - Wil
    • Wir - Z
    • Special Legislative Session
      
      • A - O
      • P - Z
• Criminal Identification and Investigation
  
  • A - F
  • G - O
  • P - Z
• Arkansas Society of Crippled Children
• Cummins State Farm
• Deaf School: Booklet 29th Biennial Report
• Debt Board
• Delegates: Appointments
• Democratic Central Committee
• Democratic National Convention
• Dental Examiners Board
• Departmental Reduction
• Drought Relief (Box 7)
  
  • January 1931
  • February 2 -13, 1931
  • February 14 - 28, 1931
  • March 1931
• Eclectic Medical Board
• Education
  
  • The School Law of Arkansas Booklet
  • Schools and Universities
    
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D - Fr
    • Fu
    • G - H
    • I - L
    • M - O
    • P - Ra
    • Re - Ta
    • Te - Z
  • Speeches, Meeting, and Reports
• Election Commissioners
  
  • A - B
  • C - F
  • G - L
  • M - R
  • S - Z
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Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - Edward Palmer papers, SMC.13.9

Edward Palmer was a British botanist and archaeologist who toured the southeastern United States in the 1880s, locating and excavating Indian mounds. He spent the majority of his time in Arkansas, and his exploration included old house sites and fortifications. In his notes, Palmer provides descriptions of some of the towns he passed through in Arkansas, as well as the people he met.

This collection contains the field notes of archeologist Edward Palmer, who visited Arkansas in the 1880s. Some sketches of Indian mounds are included.

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• 1. 1881 October 27: "Journey from Osceola" (Reel MG00207)
• 2. 1881 November 10: Osceola, Mississippi County
• 3. 1881 November 12: Pecan Point, Mississippi County
• 4. 1881 November 29: Menard Mounds, eight miles southeast of Arkansas Post
• 5. 1881 December: Indian Bay, Monroe County
• 6. 1881 December 8: Saint Charles, Arkansas County
• 7. 1881 December: Lawrenceville, Monroe County
• 8. 1881 December 26: Holly Grove and vicinity
• 9. 1881 December 31: Clarendon, Monroe County
• 10. 1881 December: Arkansas Post
• 11. 1882 January 2: Helena
• 12. 1882 January: "Marianna and other places in Ark."
• 13. 1882 February 2: "Journey to Washington D.C. from Arkansas"
• 14. 1882 July 4: Osceola, Mississippi County
• 15. 1882 October 13: "Journey to Little River, Ark"
• 16. 1882 November 1: Cherry Valley, Cross County
• 17. 1882 November 1: Crook Mounds, ten miles southeast of Forrest City
• 18. 1882 November 1: Old brick fort and Chairs' Mound near Forrest City
• 19. 1882 November 1: Mounds by Lake Anderson and house site near Forrest City
• 20. 1882 November 1: Forrest City and Little Rock
• 21. 1882 November 3: Madison and Arkansas City
• 22. 1882 December 6: DeSoto Mound, thirteen miles northwest of Arkansas City
• 23. 1882 December 6: Big Cypress Creek, Arkansas
• 24. 1882 November 22: Hollywood Plantation, Taylor Mounds, Drew County
• 25. 1882 December 25: Knapp Mounds
• 26. 1882 December: Pine Bluff, Arkansas
• 27. 1882 December: Choctaw Mound
• 28. 1882 December: Houson Mound
• 29. 1882 December: Snugg's Mound
• 30. 1882 December: Wynn Mound
• 31. 1882 December: Franklin Mound
• 32. 1882 December: Clayton Mound
• 33. 1882 December: Mound at Arkansas City
• 34. 1882: Harrisburg and surrounding mounds
• 35. 1883 January 3: Heckatoo, Lincoln County
• 36. 1883 January 3: Sarassa Mounds, Lincoln County
• 37. 1883 January 3: Smith's Mounds, Lincoln County
• 38. 1883 January 3: Adams Mounds, Lincoln County
• 39. 1883 January 15: Mounds in Hot Spring and Pulaski counties
• 40. 1883 January 15: Benton, Saline County, and Hughes' Mound
• 41. 1883 February 2: Arkadelphia
• 42. 1883 February: Mississippi County
• 43. 1883 February: Akron, Independence County
• 44. 1883 February: Stephens' Mounds, six miles south of Newport, Arkansas
• 45. 1883 February: Anderson Estate Mounds, twelve miles northeast of Forrest City
• 46. 1883 February: House site on Anderson farm
• 47. 1883 February: Bradley's Landing, Crittenden County
• 48. 1883 February: Winchester Station, Drew County
• 49. 1883 February: Filler Mound
• 50. 1883 February: Old fortification, Arkansas River, Desha County
• 51. 1883 February: Waldestein Mounds
• 52. 1883 February: Mounds near Arkadelphia
• 53. 1883 February: Ancient Indian canal, Pulaski County
• 54. 1883 February: Carpenters Mounds
• 55. 1883 February: Indian Bayou, Lonoke County
• 56. 1883 February: Dasaic, Arkansas
• 57. 1883 February: Tyronza Station, Poinsett County
• 58. 1883 February: Roman Mounds, Highland Lake, Crittenden County
• 59. 1883 February: Gilmore Station, Crittenden County
• 60. 1883 February: Pacific Place, Crittenden County
• 61. 1883 February: Scanlon's Landing, Crittenden County
• 62. 1883 September 16: Bryant Station, Saline County
• 63. 1883 October 2: "Malvern for Judsonia"
• 64. 1883 October 6: West Point, White County
• 65. 1883: Jamestown, Jefferson County
• 66. 1883: Batesville, Jefferson County
• 67. 1884 July 1: Knapp Mounds
• 68. Miscellaneous notes, sketches, and envelopes