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.
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
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- Portrait of Brough 13 copies
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- 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
- folder 1
- 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
