Joseph Simeon Utley was born
October 18, 1876, at Greenbrier, Arkansas, the son of Francis David and Amanda
Melvina Snow Utley. J.S. Utley obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Hendrix College
in 1906, and was admitted to the Arkansas bar and started his private law
practice in 1907. In 1903, he married Vivian Rockwood Williams, who was born
October 15, 1877. Their children were Don Williams, born February 18, 1905;
Georgia Fentem, born January 28, 1907; and Ruth Beale, who was born May 18
1911. Vivian Utley died December 4, 1942. Joseph Simeon Utley died December 13,
1943.
This collection consists of
short stories, plays, poetry, block prints, and other artwork by Vivian
Williams Utley and her daughters, Georgia Fentem Utley and Ruth Beale Utley.
There is also correspondence, newspapers, photographs, books, publications, and
miscellaneous material and artifacts related to J.S. Utley and other members of
his family.
·
Manuscripts
o 1. "Famous Paintings" (Box 1)
o 2. "Amazon River and Birds There"
o 3. "Against the Law" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 4. "Always Follow Through" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 5. "The Antiquary" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 6. "Beyond the Hills" a play by
Vivian Williams Utley
o 7. "Beyond the Hills" a play by
Vivian Williams Utley
o 8. "Beyond the HIlls" a play by
Vivian Williams Utley
o 9. "Beyond the Hills," Chapter XXV,
by Vivian Williams Utley
o 10. "Blockadin'" by Vivian Williams
Utley
o 11. "Bootleg Trapper" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 12. "Buffalo River Justice" by
Vivian Williams Utley
o 13. "Chased by a Panther" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 14. "Contentment" by Vivian Williams
Utley
o 15. "The Cry in the Night"
o 16. "Crystal River Monster" by
Vivian Williams Utley
o 17. "The Daily Prayer of a
Physician"
o 18. "Family Reunion" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 19. "First Negative"
o 20. "From Miner to Musician" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 21. "Girl Born and Reared in Lithuania,
Now a Useful and Appreciative Citizen" by Vivian Williams Utley (Box 2)
o 22. "History of Block Painting" by
Vivian Williams Utley
o 23. "Home," anonymous, with World
War I newsclippings
o 24. "Homesteaders" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 25. "Hound Dog Trial" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 26. "In Manless Land" a Comedy in
Two Acts by Vivian Williams Utley
o 27. "In Manless Land" A Comedy in
Two Acts by Vivian Williams Utley
o 28. "In Manless Land" A Comedy in
Two Acts by Vivian Williams Utley
o 29. "In Manless Land" A Comedy in
Two Acts by Vivian Williams Utley
o 30. "In Manless Land" A Comedy in
Two Acts by Vivian Williams Utley
o 31."In Manless Land" a play by
Vivian Williams Utley
o 32. "Libraries of Babylon" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 33. "Little Green Box" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 34. "Moonshiners of the Mountains"
o 35. "Patience on the Recoil" by
Vivian Williams Utley
o 36. "Pineapple Bedstead Story"
o 37. "The Plot"
o 38. "Plunkett, the Gentleman for
Clayton" by Vivian Williams Utley
o 39. "Promissory Note"
o 40. "Red Ribbon On Her Hair" by
Vivian Williams Utley
o 41. "Sorghum Making Time in the
Hills" by Vivian Williams Utley
o 42. "Strange Will" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 43. "Them Hills Air Blue" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 44. "Uncle Sam Lady" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 45. "Viewpoints" by Chet C. Allard
o 46. "We See New Orleans" by Vivian
Williams Utley
o 47. "What Do You Consider the Most Vital
Defense Problem of This Community"
o 48. "Whisperings of Nature" by
Vivian Williams Utley
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Correspondence
o 49. 1918 April 2: J.S. Utley, Atlanta,
Georgia, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S. Utley) Benton, Arkansas (Box 3)
o 50. 1918 May 3: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia,
to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
o 51. 1918 May 9: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia,
to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
o 52. 1918 May 15: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia,
to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
o 53. 1918 May 15: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia,
to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
o 54. 1918 May 19: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia,
to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
o 55. 1918 May 20: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia,
to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
o 56. 1923 November 23: J.S. Utley, New York,
New York, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley
o 57. 1927 July 17: Georgia Fentem Utley,
Conway, Arkansas, to Ruth Beale Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
o 58. 1929 July 5: F. Firton, Moselle, France,
to Ruth Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
o 59. 1930 August 2: F. Firton, Moselle, France,
to Ruth Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
o 60. 1933 June 18: Arkansas Democrat, Little
Rock, Arkansas, to Ruth Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
o 61. 1935 February 9: Arkansas Democrat, Little
Rock, Arkansas, to Ruth Utley, Texarkana, Arkansas
o 62. 1937 May 19: Frances Rule, United Feature
Syndicate, New York, New York, to Ruth Utley,
o 63. 1937 May 20: Charles O. Gorham, McClure
Newspaper Syndicate, New York, New York, to Ruth Utley
o 64. 1939 March 17: Troy W. Lewis, American
Caxton Society Press, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Ruth Utley
o 65. 1939 June 8: Richard K. Abbot, Writer's
Digest, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
o 66. 1941 October 27: Daniel Ryerson, New York,
New York, to Vivian Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
o 67. 1942 January 23: Charles A. Pearce, Duell,
Sloan and Pearce, Incorporated, Publishers, New York, New York, to Vivian
Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
o 68. 1942 February 24: Gordon Gipson,
Treasurer, The Caxton Printers, Limited, Caldwell, Idaho, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.)
Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
o 69. 1942 April 22: Vivian Utley, Little Rock,
Arkansas, to C. Colchan, New York, New York
o 70. 1943 April 23: Vivian Utley, Little Rock,
Arkansas, to C. Colchan, New York, New York
o Undated correspondence
§ 71. Jack Woodford, Hollywood, California, to
Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley
§ 72. Christmas card with notes for a story
§ 73. John Patrick Lally
§ 74. Mother, to Ruth
§ 75. Omar, to Precious
§ 76. Betty, to Daddy and Miss Ruth, Mother
o Letters with manuscripts
§ 77. 1911 March 10: "A Drink of
Water"
§ 78. 1932 July 8: Vases
§ 79. 1938 August 18: Lakes
§ 80. 1941 March 3: "Bootleg Trapper,"
by Vivian Williams Utley
§ 81. 1941 June 18: "Love's Short Wave
Radio"
§ 82. Undated: "Asleep on the Hay"
§ 83. Undated: "Crystal River Monster"
§ 84. Undated: About a dog
§ 85. Undated: "Smoke in Their Eyes"
by Vivian Williams Utley
·
Block
prints by Vivian Williams Utley
o 86. Metal plate (Box 4)
o 87. "Along the River Road"
o 88. Arkansas capitol
o 89. Arkansas mill
o 90. Arkansas watermill, 1930
o 91. Buttermilk Falls, Caddo Gap, Arkansas
o 92. Christmas cards
o 93. First post before 1770, Arkansas City,
Arkansas
o 94. Highway bridge at Sylamore, Arkansas
o 95. In the heart of the Ozarks
o 96. The Main Street Bridge from North Little
Rock, Arkansas
o 97. Mill
o 98. Mill in blue
o 99. Mountain with lake
o 100. My first dry point
o 101. New Orleans
o 102. Old Hartwick Mill near Guy
o 103. Pinnacle Rock, near Harrison, Boone
County, Arkansas
o 104. Stream
o 105. "Struggle for LIfe"
o 106. Territorial State House, 1935
o 107. Birdsell water mill
o 108. Crowley's Lake at Crowley's Ridge State
Park
o 109. Evening Shade water mill
o 110. The Forest Lake Country Club
o 111. Fruit trees in bloom
o 112. Hills Lake on Galloway Pike near Little
Rock, Arkansas
o 113. Mill
o 114. Old State House, two views
o 115. Petit Jean State Park Bridge
o 116. Presbyterian Church, Eighth and Scott
o 117. Rock Island Depot at old Huntersville,
North Little Rock
o 118. Sugar Loaf Mountain at Heber Springs,
Arkansas
o 119. Waterfall
o 120. Wild geese at Stuttgart, Arkansas, rice
fields
o 121. "Beauty Spots," Gazette feature
articles
o 122. Oldest water mill in Arkansas, by
Annabelle Wolfe
o 123. Miscellaneous
o 124. Miscellaneous
·
Poems
o 125. "In the Spirit of Washington"
by Ruth Utley Jones
o 126. "We're the Parents of a Nun"
o 127. "The Heavens Laugh" (1933) by
Ruth Utley
o 128. "The Heavens Laugh" Ruth Utley
o 129. "Poems" (1933-1936) by Ruth
Utley, published
o 130. Scrapbook of clippings about
"Poems" by Ruth Utley
o 131. "Other Poems" (1928-1940) by
Ruth Utley, unpublished
o 132. Ruth Utley, unpublished poems
o 133. "Letting Things Come" by
Georgia Fentem Utley (Box 5)
o 134. "Fragments" by members of 12A
literature, Little Rock High School, 1929 March
o 135. "Fragments" Volume Two, by
pupils of senior English classes, Little Rock Senior High School, 1929 December
o 136. "Frank Lebby Stanton" Georgia's
first poet laureate, 1938
o 137. Miscellaneous poems
o 138. "Poets' Roundtable of
Arkansas," 1942-1943
o 139. "The Poets' Scroll," 1932 July
o 140. "Poets' Roundtable of
Arkansas," 1946-1947
·
Published
material
o 141. "Crossing the Bar" by Alfred
Tennyson
o 142. "Ashes and Sparks" by Georgia
Fentam Utley
o 143. Little Rock High School newspaper,
"The Tiger" excerpts, Ruth Beale Utley
o 144. "The Tiger," Senior issue, 1925
May 15
o 145. "The Tiger," Little Rock High
School 50th Anniversary of Class of 1925
o 146. "The Window," University of
Colorado, Spring edition, 1944
o 147. "The Writer," a collection of
works by members of the Arkansas Authors' and Composers' Society, 1937-1938
o 148. Article, "We See New Orleans"
by Vivian Williams Utley
o 149. Articles, Vivian Williams Utley
o 150. Short stories, Vivian Williams Utley,
1936-1939
o 151. Bible, 1865 (Box 6)
o 152. Bible, undated
o 153. "The Red Letter New Testament,"
undated
o 154. "A Dictionary of Poetical
Quotations," Ward Thomas Y. Crowell and Company, 1883
o 155. "Poems of Trees: A Sidney Lanier
Memorial," Volume VIII, compiled and edited by Wightman F. Melton, 1939
(Box 7)
o 156. "Heart Songs: Melodies of Days Gone
By," initiated by the National Magazine, 1909
o 157. "Poems of Trees: A Sidney Lanier
Memorial," Volume VI, compiled and edited by Wightman F. Welton, 1937 (Box
8)
o 158. "Denslow's Night Before
Christmas" by Clement C. Moore, 1902
o 159. "Beyond the Hills," a novel by
Ruth Williams Utley, bound typescript, 1940
o 160. "The Scrapbook of Arkansas
Literature: An Anthology for the General Reader," edited by Octavius Coke,
1939 (two copies) (Box 9)
o 161. 1937 March 25: "Benton
Courier," Centennial number (Box 10)
o 162. "Arkansas Gazette Magazine,"
featured articles, 1937-1939, "Arkansas Beauty Spots in Wood Block,"
text and illustrations by Vivian Williams Utley
o 163. Undated: "Arkansas Gazette Sunday
Magazine," page 5-6; 11-12, "Old Hankins Water Mill," and
"Streamlining the Chatter"
o 164. 1918 November 11: "Arkansas
Democrat," fragmented
o 165. 1935 newspaper article: "Authors and
Composers to Open Season," photo of Vivian Williams Utley, president
o 166. 1936 April 30: "Arkansas
Methodist," poem "In the April Long Ago" by Ruth Utley, pages
3-4
o 167. 1938 November 6: "Arkansas Gazette
Sunday Magazine Section," "Early North Arkansas Settlers," pages
1-2; 15-16
o 168. 1966 March 6: "Arkansas
Gazette," Alice Smith's 100th birthday, pages 23A-24A
o 169. 1966 March 7: "Arkansas
Democrat," Alice Smith's 100th birthday, page 3
o 170. Undated: Benton, Arkansas, newspaper,
"The Alamo and the Storm," a short story by Vivian Williams Utley
o 171. 1940 June 17: "Arkansas
Democrat," extra, "France Gives Up"
o 172. 1971, newsclippings
o 173. 1940 October 13: Letter, Henry Orbach,
KARK radio, to Mrs. J.S. Utley, with articles from "The Milwaukee
Journal" (Box 11)
o 174. 1943 September 8: Arkansas
Democrat," pages 1-2
o 175. 1944 June 6: "Arkansas Gazette"
o 176. 1945 May 4: "Arkansas
Democrat," pages 1-10
o 177. 1945 May 5: "Arkansas Democrat"
o 178. 1945 May 6: "Arkansas
Democrat," section A
o 179. 1945 May 7: "Arkansas Democrat"
o 180. 1945 May 8: "Arkansas Democrat"
o 181. 1945 May 9: "Arkansas
Democrat," pages 1-2 and 13-14
o 182. 1945 August 10: "Arkansas
Democrat"
o 183. 1945 August 15: "Arkansas
Gazette"
o 184. 1969 July 21: "Arkansas
Gazette," pages 1A-16A
o 185. 1969 July 25: "Arkansas
Gazette," pages 1A-20A
o 186. 1969 November 16: "Arkansas
Gazette," pages 1-2
o 187. 1969 November 20: "Arkansas
Gazette," pages 1A-2A and 19A-20A
o 188. 1969 November 25: "Arkansas
Gazette," pages 1A-2A; 19A-20A
o 189. 1974 August 9: "Arkansas
Gazette," pages 1A-30A
·
Yearbooks
o 190. 1926 yearbook, "The Scroll,"
Arkansas State Teachers' College, Conway, Arkansas (Box 12)
o 191. 1927 yearbook, "The Scroll,"
Arkansas State Teachers' College, Conway , Arkansas
o 192. 1930 yearbook, "The Scroll,"
Arkansas State Teachers' College, Conway , Arkansas
o 193. 1931 yearbook, "The Scroll,"
Arkansas State Teachers' College, Conway, Arkansas
o 194. 1927 December 7: "The Tiger,"
Little Rock High School (Box 13)
o 195. 1928 May 17: "The Tiger,"
Little Rock High School
o 196. 1928 April 25: "The Tiger,"
Little Rock High School
o 197. 1929: "The Tiger," Little Rock
High School, 1929 Seniors
·
Unpublished
materials
o 198. "Stunt Book", scrapbook of
photographs and memorabilia of Ruth Beale Utley
o 199. 1940 April 26: Phonograph record,
"An Orchid for J.S. Utley," with correspondence from G.C. Moses,
Moses Melody Shop, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Judge J.S. Utley
o 200. Undated: Picture scrapbook of New
Orleans, Chicago, San Francisco
o 201. Cloth baby shirt
o 202. 1927: Watercolor of a river and a bridge,
by Vivian Williams Utley
o 203. 1943 June: Diploma, Joseph Simeon Utley,
Hendrix College
o 204. Autograph book, Ruth Utley, 1926 (Box 14)
o 205. Autograph book, Vivian Williams,
1890-1893
o 206. Undated: Devil's Den State Park,
Arkansas, materials
o 207. Manuscript, "Betty," by a small
child
o 208. Photograph scrapbook, Mrs. J.S. Utley
o 209. 1943 December 13: Resolution concerning
the death of Joseph Simeon Utley
o 210. Valedictory address delivered, 1849
o 211. 1942 December 5: Registers and memory
book (with family record) on Vivian Williams Utley, from her funeral
o 212. Undated painting of a woman with two
children, anonymous
o 213. Undated: Handwritten notes and short
story
o 214. Miscellaneous
o 215. Miscellaneous
o 216. Miscellaneous
