Wednesday Wonderful Collection - Warren E. Lenon Sr. Collection, MS.000093

Warren E. Lenon was born in Iowa in 1867 and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, in January of 1888. Soon after his arrival, he began work as a clerk for Arkansas Abstract Company and eventually became the sole owner of the company. The business included independent operations in handling real estate and extending financial loans on real estate securities. This finally evolved into banking, the activity for which Lenon was best known. Lenon was an organizer of the People's National Bank in 1902; he served as its first president and was on the board of directors for several decades. Active in the development of the city of Little Rock and always interested in promoting progress, Lenon served on the city council between 1896 and 1903 and was then elected Mayor. He was twice re-elected and served until his resignation in 1908, for the purpose of pursuing his business interests. Numerous public improvements were produced during his tenure as mayor, including construction of a new City Hall. A 1911 writer described Lenon this way: "No worthy enterprise or measure tending to enhance the progress or social and material well being of his home city fails to receive the earnest and valuable support of its former mayor." It was also stated at the time that "no citizen has a more secure place in popular confidence and esteem." Warren E. Lenon died June 24, 1946.

The materials in this collection reflect some of Lenon's activities, such as humanitarian, successful businessman, and public servant dedicated to progress. The collection contains a list of residents of Little Rock, apparently prepared during his first mayorial campaign in 1903; a ledger listing contributions to a fund for San Francisco earthquake victims; minutes and records of the Pulaski County Election Commission; and documents related to the activities of the Camp Pike Honorary Commission.

·         Camp Pike Honorary Commission records

o    1. Minutes, 1922-1929

o    2. Correspondence and records, 1922-1929

o    3. Correspondence and records, 1930-1932

o    4. Construction projects (particularly temporary mess halls), 1928-1931

o    5. Financial records (including operating statements and balance sheets), 1924-1928

o    6. Financial records, (including operating statements and balance sheets), 1929-1932

·         Little Rock residents list: Record book listing residents in Little Rock's eight wards, probably compiled during Lenon's 1903 mayorial campaign

·         San Francisco earthquake relief ledger: "Relief Fund for San Francisco and California Sufferers," a list of contributions received to aid San Francisco earthquake and fire victims, April 1906

·         Pulaski County Election Commission records: Pulaski County election commissioners, 1910 July-1912 April

NEARA to Hold Volunteer Day

NEARA to Hold Volunteer Day

The Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives will host a Volunteer Day to encourage people to volunteer.

The event will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at the branch at 11 S. Seventh St. in Powhatan. Volunteers will get snacks, giveaways and training. The main project will be processing Lawrence County court records.

Volunteer Day is part of the Arkansas State Archives’ ongoing effort to encourage counties statewide to preserve historic records by using the Archives division. Similarly, volunteers are helping process historic Hempstead County records. Dr. Wendy Richter, director and state historian of ASA, said more volunteers are needed.

Both Hempstead and Lawrence counties’ documents include material from Arkansas Territory days. At NEARA, volunteers will be unfolding and indexing county documents or can work on other projects, including digitizing, cleaning or beautifying branch property.

For more information, contact NEARA at 870-878-6521. For information on volunteering to help ASA with Hempstead County records, contact the main office at 501-682-6900.

Submissions open for NEARA Research Award

Get started on that original, unpublished manuscript for the Exemplary Archival Research Award. Manuscripts are due by Feb. 1.

Participants are eligible to win a $1,000 cash prize. The winning paper also will be kept on file at NEARA and the Arkansas State Archives and will be considered for publication in a statewide journal.

Entries must not have been submitted elsewhere or published previously and must be no longer than 35 pages. Anyone is eligible to submit a manuscript.  Papers must contain citations from documents housed at NEARA to qualify. The award focuses on Lawrence County territorial papers from 1815 to 1936.

A three-person panel will decide the winner. The winner will be announced in April.

The Arkansas Historical Association sponsors the award, which was established in 2013 to honor Lawrence County Historical Society volunteers who saved the territorial records for future researchers when the Powhatan County seat was abandoned in 1963.  Volunteers also lobbied for a regional archives, which was established in 2011. The award is funded by the family of Eugene Sloan, a Jonesboro lawyer who was born in Powhatan in 1892.

NEARA staff are available to help researchers locate topics or delve further into works in progress. For more information about the award or for submission guidelines, visit the Arkansas Historical Association at http://arkansashistoricalassociation.org/?page_id=19

Grant Preserves African American History

One way the Black History Commission of Arkansas promotes the history of black Arkansans is by administering the Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant, which funds preservation and public programming projects related to African American history.

The grant program is taking applications for projects, like one awarded last year to memorialize a forgotten, tragic fire that killed 21 children.

On May 5, 1959, a fire broke out in the boys’ dormitory at the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville.  The “school” was actually a juvenile detention center holding 69 children whose low-level crimes ranged from petty theft to truancy. As the fire spread into the dormitory, the boys inside couldn’t get out because the doors were padlocked on the outside. Forty-eight children managed to escape by prying open windows, but the rest perished in the blaze. Their bodies were so badly burned they were unrecognizable.

Fourteen of the children were buried in an unmarked mass grave at the Haven of Rest Cemetery. There was no marker commemorate their deaths until Kwendeche, a local architect, and Constance Sarto, the first director of the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, applied for a Curtis Sykes Grant last year helped fund one.

The commission approved their plan to erect a marker for the final resting place of children who were buried in the cemetery and awarded a $3,500 grant.  Additional funding for the marker came from the Friends of the Haven of Rest Cemetery.  The marker, which lists the names of the fire victims, was placed at the cemetery during a ceremony this past April 21. Families now have a place to come to mourn the loss of their loved ones.

People interested in applying for the Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant Program are encouraged to review the Sykes Program presentation and to attend one of the quarterly grant workshops sponsored by the Black History Commission of Arkansas and the Arkansas State Archives.  The next workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 1 at the Arkansas State Archives at One Capitol Mall in Little Rock.

Registration for workshops is required. Contact Tatyana Oyinloye, African American history program coordinator, at 501-682-6892 or tatyana.oyinloye@arkansas.gov to reserve a seat.

Deadline for this round of applications is Jan. 2.  To apply or for more information, visit http://archives.arkansas.gov/about-us/bhca/curtishsykesmemorialgrantprogram.aspx.

SARA Spotlights Columbia County History

SARA Spotlights Columbia County History

The Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives has historical documents spotlighting life in Columbia County, which was the eighth county created from the original Hempstead County land in 1852.

During the latter part of the 19^th century, people flocked to an area known as Magnesia Springs. The springs were said to have healing properties, and eventually two hotels were built in the area to accommodate visitors who came for the waters.

Magnesia Springs eventually became part of Logoly State Park.

The Methodist Episcopal Church South owned property near the springs, so the church became a place to hold gospels, social meetings and political gatherings.  One image shows an unidentified preacher sitting on the steps at Magnesia Springs. The image is part of the Iris Hamby collection at SARA and contains post cards and photos from several southwest Arkansas counties.

Iris Stemple, later Hamby, was born in New Mexico in 1917. Her father was a farmer, and the family moved to Polk County, Arkansas, by the time she was 13 years old. Iris married Amon Q. Hamby in Polk County in June 8, 1935. The couple lived the remainder of their lives in Arkansas.

The collection is interesting because it contains postcards and photographs from several locations around Arkansas, but primarily of southwest Arkansas. The original material covers the late 1800s through the 1940s. A few items are from the 1970s.

Columbia County has an interesting past. It was named for the female personification of the goddess of liberty. Columbia County had some small settlements prior to its creation. The county seat of Magnolia was incorporated Jan. 6, 1855.

  

Historic Papers Bring Life to History

Bobette Manees put on white gloves and turned over a delicate, 200-year-old court record from Hempstead County.

“You can see how people really lived, the value of things and how complicated court documents can be,” Manees said.

Manees is a member of Friends of the Arkansas State Archives, which has sent volunteers to pore over records and collect names. So far, Arkansas State Archives (ASA) staff and its volunteers have collected at least 10,000 names.

On a recent Tuesday morning, Manees and about six other volunteers met at the Collections Management Facility to sort through more records with Dr. Wendy Richter, state historian and director.

“This is a great set of papers,” Richter said.

Getting Hempstead County records is important because the county eventually was carved into five counties. These records go back as far as 1815 — Arkansas Territory days — and up through the 1930s.

And there are a lot of them. So far, ASA staff has brought in at least 10 cubic feet of records, said Blake Gilliam, archival assistant. Volunteers have met weekly since July, but more volunteers are needed, Richter said.

Volunteers and staff have pulled lists of slave names, found divorce proceedings that reveal what life was like for women and found paperwork on the roads people used. The documents will be stored permanently at the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives.

The end goal of the project is to make genealogy research easier, Richter said, and possibly expand the project to other counties interested in preserving their historic documents. Eventually the records will be digitized and available online, she said.

Meanwhile, volunteers say they participate for the joy of handling moments of history. The papers make history seem alive and reveal a bigger picture of what life was like, they said.

“To me, it’s just a whole lot of fun,” Manees said.

Lights Still Haunt Gurdon

One of Arkansas’s best-known ghost stories originates at a site near Gurdon in Clark County. The phenomenon — commonly known as “The Gurdon Light” — has been the source of much discussion and speculation since the 1930s.

1903, Mansfield, Arkansas

According to witnesses, on some nights a mysterious glow appears along the path of the old railroad track about four miles north of Gurdon, not far from Interstate 30. The light sways back and forth, from 1 to 3 feet above the ground, down the old train track. Sometimes it appears to be a yellow-white, orange-red or blue-white. And, it appears in all kinds of weather.

Local legend says the lights are connected to the 1931 murder of Will McClain, a railroad section foreman. The story drew national attention in 1994, when NBC aired a segment about the light on “Unsolved Mysteries.”

For decades, people visited Gurdon to see the lights. Since the 1950s, area young people have made witnessing the light a tradition. Particularly around Halloween, students make the dark trip down the railroad tracks in hopes of seeing the mysterious light. Young people sometimes crouch behind tombstones in the old cemetery nearby and jump out to frighten others.

Still other people are scared by the light itself. They say the light appeared behind them and chased them down the track. Other residents say they have seen more than a simple light — they saw what appeared to be a ghost.

Many people have researched the phenomenon without coming to any conclusions. Several plausible explanations exist, but none have been proven. One of the most common explanations is that the Gurdon Light emanates from automobile headlights on Interstate 30, but residents saw the lights first in the 1930s, long before the interstate highway system was constructed. Swamp gas is another possibility, but the light appears in all kinds of weather and retains its shape, which makes the phenomenon somewhat inconsistent with the swamp-gas theory.

Local legend continues to focus on one event — McClain’s murder — to explain the Gurdon Light. He was killed near the railroad tracks in December 1931.

A Dec. 10, 1931 article in the Southern Standard reported McClain was killed by Louis McBride, 38, who was working under McClain. No one witnessed the murder, but McBride acted “so suspiciously that he was arrested” and eventually confessed, according to the article. He then told investigators where the body and a spike maul, the murder weapon, were located.

Investigators found a grisly scene. “There was a trail of blood nearly a quarter mile long, indicating that the section foreman was near the railroad when attacked and had run from his assailant. Near the point where McClain is believed to have died were other signs of a struggle. It was also indicated that after he was left for dead, he rallied and tried to leave the woods. The back of his head had been struck four severe blows.”

Throughout the struggle, McClain never let the lantern slip from his grasp.  Legend has it the Gurdon Light is the railroad lantern swinging from the hand of McClain’s ghost as he walks through the area.

Dam Repairs Spotlights Arkansas’s Ag History

Dam Repairs Spotlights Arkansas’s Ag History

The construction crew that worked on the dam for Lake Bennett 1934-1935.

Arkansas’s historical role in developing scientific land management techniques is in the limelight after workers recently restored the historic Dam at Lake Bennett. The lake at Woolly State Park, near Greenbrier, is unique among Arkansas’s parks because it is the first in North America built to study water runoff and soil and silt erosion inside a specific watershed.

“People may not realize how rich and varied Arkansas’s heritage really is. In fact, we contribute to a wide range of scientific, cultural and economic developments nationwide — that includes the development of land management techniques used across the U.S. today,” said Stacy Hurst, director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage.

The dam was built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration. Lake Bennett was named after Dr. Hugh Bennett, who was the first director of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Bennett oversaw the lake’s soil erosion studies, which led to terracing, crop rotation, strip cropping and scientific planting of vegetation and trees — techniques still used today.

The dam was damaged during a flood in 2017, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spent about $300,000 to restore it, according to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. The project included rebuilding the back slope of the dam with rock riprap and drain-fill along the masonry wall.

The dam and lake are not on the National Registry of Historic Places, but they remain a vital reminder of Arkansas’s history. The state took over the property from Faulkner County in 1972 because of the land’s intrinsic, historic value. Now, Lake Bennett, with its sandy beach and clear water, is a popular park attraction.

The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and USDA plan to hold a media event at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, to discuss the dam, its history and cultural significance and to highlight USDA’s Emergency Watershed Protection Program, which funded the dam’s repairs.

Fort Smith Historian Speaks at Pen to Podium

Our last Pen to Podium lecture for the year will look back on a women's strike that happened 101 years ago! The event is free.

Come hear Ben Boulden, a Fort Smith native, present material from his book, “Hidden History of Fort Smith, Arkansas,” from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 in the Diamond Conference Room at the Department of Arkansas Heritage at 1100 North St. in Little Rock. The presentation is part of the Arkansas Historical Writers’ Lecture Series.

The Friends of the Arkansas State Archives will host a reception in the lobby before Boulden’s lecture.

Boulden’s book delves into life in Fort Smith during the days of American westward expansion. For his lecture, he plans to present information about a strike by women telephone operators on Nov. 13, 1917. The strike spurred a general strike, ended up ousting the mayor and indirectly led to women in Arkansas being allowed to vote before the federal government gave women the right to vote.

Dymple Johnson, a dental hygienist in Fort Smith, became the first woman in the South to vote in a public election. She cast her ballot in a primary election for the mayoral position.

This event keeps history alive and has contemporary value for Arkansans who want to understand the world around them, Boulden said. 

Boulden, who is a historian, university lecturer, author and former journalist, is an expert on Fort Smith history. He wrote a historical column for the Southwest Times Record, the daily newspaper. 

Boulden earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Missouri in 1986 and a master’s degree in history from the University of Arkansas in 1992. He has taught courses in Arkansas history and American history in the Gilded Age. He served as vice president of the Fort Smith Historical Society, worked on the society’s journal and created fortsmithhistory.org, the society’s website. He also served four years on the board of Fort Smith Museum of History, and he was board president.

Wednesday’s Wonderful Collection - Arkansas Waterways Commission records, MS.000812

We have records on Arkansas Waterways! The SR2017.0013 portion of Arkansas State Archives records are comprised of the Arkansas Waterways Commission minutes and financial reports, environmental study and research materials, audiovisual materials and publications.

The Arkansas Waterways Commission is the state agency responsible for the development, promotion and protection of Arkansas's commercially navigable waterways for waterborne transportation. The commission promotes the economic development for ports on Arkansas's commercially navigable rivers: Arkansas, Mississippi, Ouachita, Red and White. 

Established in 1967 by Act 242, the Commission's powers, duties and functions were amended in 1973. The commission is comprised of seven members appointed by the governor with consent of the state senate. Five commissioners each represent one of the rivers and two serve within the commission unattached to a specific waterway.

The commission coordinates efforts to promote Arkansas's navigable stream areas and facilitate the development of ports and harbors. It also studies all executive orders and legislation, both on the state and federal levels, that would potentially affect the commercial development of interstate water transportation. As such, the Arkansas Waterways Commission regularly works with federal agencies, including: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Below is a list of Arkansas State Archives holdings.

Series 1: Operations of the Arkansas Waterways Commission including minutes, financial reports and budgets, commission business materials, state legislation, and materials on rivers promoted by the commission.

Series 2: Environmental research materials including environmental studies, impact statements, reports, drafts and plans.

Series 3: Audiovisual Materials

Series 4: Publications

The majority of this collection is open for research use. This collection also contains material that has confidential information and/or is sensitive in nature, however, which is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. The state of Arkansas’s constitution grants its residents a fundamental right of privacy. Therefore redacted copies of these materials will be accessible upon request within two business days or a 48 hour period. Notice will be provided to the requester should turn around time take longer due to media type, size, or scope of the materials in question. Please contact us at 501.682.6900 or state.archives@arkansas.gov for information on accessing Restricted materials in this collection.

This collection contains two artifacts that were transferred to the Arkansas State Archives’ Three-Dimensional Object Collection. In order to view artifacts at the ASA, an Arkansas State Archives Artifact Access Form must be completed and submit to the Arkansas State Archives for approval by the State Historian at least 48 hours (2 business days) in advance of anticipated viewing. If the request is approved by the State Historian, an appointment may be scheduled to view the artifact(s).

·         Arkansas Waterways Commission records SR2017.0013

o    Series I: Arkansas Waterways Commission papers

§  Sub-series I: Arkansas Waterways Commission Minutes

§  July 1973 – February 1975 [bound] (Box 1)

§  March 1975 – December 1976 [bound]

§  January 1977 – December 1978 [bound] (Box 2)

§  February 1981 – December 1982 [bound]

§  January 1983 – May 1985 [bound] (Box 3)

§  June 1985 – December 1989 [bound]

§  February 1990 – November 1990 (Box 4)

§  February 1991 – November 1991

§  March 1992 – September 1992

§  March 1993 – September 1993

§  January 1994 – October 1994

§  February 1995 – December 1995

§  February 1996 – November 1996

§  January 1997 – December 1997

§  January 1998 – December 1998

§  January 1999 – September 1999

§  Sub-series II: Financial Reports and Project Budgets

§  1994 – 1995

§  1995 – 1996

§  1996 – 1997

§  1997 – 1998

§  1998 – 1999

§  1999 – 2000

§  Civil Works Budget 1997

§  Education Project 1997

§  Proposed Budget Plans for Fiscal Years 1999 – 2000, 2000, and 2001

§  Proposed Marketing Program for Arkansas Waterways Fiscal Year 2000 – 2001

§  Sub-series III: Commission Activity Reports and Business materials

§  Executive Session September 1994 – December 1995 (Box 5)

§  Executive Director and Staff Activity reports April 5, 1995 – December 14, 1995

§  Executive Director and Staff Activity reports December 14, 1995 – November 18, 1996

§  Executive Director and Staff Activity reports November 20, 1996 – January 21, 1997

§  Executive Director and Staff Activity reports January 21, 1997 – January 20, 1998

§  Executive Director and Staff Activity reports January 20, 1998 – January 24, 1999

§  Executive Director and Staff Activity reports January 28, 1999 – November 16, 1999

§  Commission Business materials 1995

§  Commission Business materials 1996

§  Commission Business materials 1997

§  Commission Business materials 1998

§  Commission Business materials 1999

§  Sub-series IV: Arkansas Waterways Commission Official documents and Commissioners materials

§  Articles of Association of the Arkansas Waterways Association draft (Box 6)

§  A Plan of Action for the Arkansas Waterways Commission

§  Arkansas Waterways Commission Strategic Planning Workshop 1997

§  Arkansas Waterways Commission official correspondence 1995

§  Arkansas Waterways Commission official correspondence 1996

§  Arkansas Waterways Commission official correspondence 1997

§  Arkansas Waterways Commission official correspondence 1998

§  Arkansas Waterways Commission official correspondence 1999

§  Official Appointments [RESTRICTED]

§  Resignation Letters

§  Arkansas Waterways Commissioners, December 1994 – January 1998 [RESTRICTED]

§  Sub-series V: State Legislation

§  Endangered Species Conservation and Management Act of 1995 (Box 7)

§  Powers and Duties of the Arkansas Waterways Commission Act 414

§  Regular Session 1995 House Bill 1936 Act 1211

§  Regular Session 1997 Senate Bill 596

§  Regular Session 1997 House Concurrent Resolution 1025

§  Regular Session 1997 House Bill 1878

§  Regular Session 1997 House Bill 2216

§  Regular Session 1997 Senate Bill 377

§  Regular Session 1997 Senate Bill 379

§  Regular Session 1997 Senate Bill 23

§  Regular Session 1997 House Bill 1252

§  Regular Session 1997 Senate Bill Act 219

§  Sub-series VI: Navigable Rivers promoted by Arkansas Waterways Commission

§  Materials pertaining to Arkansas River 1995 (Box 8)

§  Materials pertaining to Arkansas River 1996

§  Materials pertaining to Arkansas River 1997

§  Materials pertaining to Mississippi River 1995

§  Materials pertaining to Mississippi River 1996

§  Materials pertaining to Mississippi River 1997

§  Materials pertaining to Ouachita River 1995

§  Materials pertaining to Ouachita River 1996

§  Materials pertaining to Ouachita River 1997

§  Materials pertaining to Red River 1995

§  Materials pertaining to Red River 1996

§  Materials pertaining to Red River 1997

§  Materials pertaining to White River 1994

§  Materials pertaining to White River 1995

§  White River materials 1995 [RESTRICTED]

§  Materials pertaining to White River 1996

§  Materials pertaining to White River 1997

o    Series II: Environmental Studies, Reports, and Impact Statements

§  Sub-series I: Arkansas/Mississippi Intermodal Planning Case Study for Rural Riverports & Slackwater Harbors

§  Executive Summary: Arkansas/Mississippi Intermodal Planning Case Study for Rural Riverports & Slackwater Harbors. Prepared for: Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department and Mississippi Department of Transportation (Box 9)

§  Draft Final Report: Arkansas/Mississippi Intermodal Planning Case Study for Rural Riverports & Slackwater Harbors. Prepared for: Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department and Mississippi Department of Transportation, 1996 February 22 [1 of 3]

§  Draft Final Report: Arkansas/Mississippi Intermodal Planning Case Study for Rural Riverports & Slackwater Harbors. Prepared for: Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department and Mississippi Department of Transportation, 1996 February 22 [2 of 3]

§  Draft Final Report: Arkansas/Mississippi Intermodal Planning Case Study for Rural Riverports & Slackwater Harbors. Prepared for: Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department and Mississippi Department of Transportation, 1996 February 22 [3 of 3]

§  Arkansas/Mississippi Intermodal Planning Case Study for Rural Riverports & Slackwater Harbors. Prepared for: Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department and Mississippi Department of Transportation, May 1997 [copy 1 of 3]

§  Arkansas/Mississippi Intermodal Planning Case Study for Rural Riverports & Slackwater Harbors. Prepared for: Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department and Mississippi Department of Transportation, May 1997 [copy 2 of 3]

§  Arkansas/Mississippi Intermodal Planning Case Study for Rural Riverports & Slackwater Harbors. Prepared for: Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department and Mississippi Department of Transportation, May 1997 [copy 3 of 3]

§  Sub-series II: Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Grand Prairie Region and Bayou Meto Basin, Arkansas Project. Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project. General Reevaluation Report.

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 1, Draft Main Report and Environmental Impact Statement, July 1998 [1 of 2] (Box 10)

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 1, Draft Main Report and Environmental Impact Statement, July 1998 [2 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 2, Appendix A: NRCS On-Farm Report, July 1998 [1 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 2, Appendix A: NRCS On-Farm Report, July 1998 [2 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 3, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section I – Hydraulics and Hydrology, July 1998 [1 of 3]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 3, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section I – Hydraulics and Hydrology, July 1998 [2 of 3]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 3, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section I – Hydraulics and Hydrology, July 1998 [3 of 3] (Box 11)

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 4, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section II – Geology and Soils, July 1998 [1 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 4, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section II – Geology and Soils, July 1998 [2 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 5, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section III – General Engineering; Section IV – Structural, Electrical, and Mechanical, [July 1998] [1 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 5, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section III – General Engineering; Section IV – Structural, Electrical, and Mechanical, [July 1998] [2 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 6, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section V – Major Pumping Station, August 1997 [1998]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 7, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section VI – Cost Engineering Report, July 1998 [1 of 2] (Box 12)

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 7, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section VI – Cost Engineering Report, July 1998 [2 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 8, Appendix B: Engineering Investigations and Analyses, Section VII – Reference Maps, July 1998

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 9, Appendix C: Environmental, July 1998 [1 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 9, Appendix C: Environmental, July 1998 [2 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 10, Appendix D: Economics and Appendix E: Real Estate, July 1998

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 11, Appendix F: Legal and Institutional Studies, July 1998 [1 of 2] (Box 13)

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 11, Appendix F: Legal and Institutional Studies, July 1998 [2 of 2]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 1, Main Report and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), September 1999 [1 of 4]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 1, Main Report and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), September 1999 [2 of 4]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 1, Main Report and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), September 1999 [3 of 4]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 1, Main Report and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), September 1999, Disc: ASA_CD_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 [4 of 4] – Opened and was readable as of February 2018, 461MB

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 9, Appendix C: Environmental, September 1999 [1 of 3] (Box 14)

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 9, Appendix C: Environmental, September 1999 [2 of 3]

§  Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study: Volume 9, Appendix C: Environmental, September 1999 [3 of 3]

§  Sub-series III: Mid-America Ports Study

§  Mid-America Ports Study related correspondence 1977-1981 (Box 15)

§  Executive Committee and Steering Committee Mid-America Ports Study Minutes February 1977 – May 1977

§  Base Data and Information Desired from State Representatives

§  United States of Department of Commerce News 1977 May 2

§  Overview of the Proposal for Technical Study: U.S. Department of Commerce: Mid-America Ports Study, May 1977 [2 copes]

§  U.S. Department of Commerce: Mid-America Ports Study Steering Committee Briefing Memphis, Tennessee, 1977 September 27

§  Appendix: U.S. Department of Commerce: Mid-America Ports Study Steering Committee Briefing, Preliminary State Commodity Movement Data Memphis, Tennessee, 1977 September 27

§  U.S. Department of Commerce: Mid-America Ports Study, Steering Committee Briefing New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 January 20

§  Appendix I: Historical & Forecast Trade Data: U.S. Department of Commerce: Mid-America Ports Study, Steering Committee Briefing New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 January 20

§  Appendix II: Port Facility Inventory Printouts: U.S. Department of Commerce: Mid-America Ports Study, Steering Committee Briefing New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 January 20

§  Draft: U.S. Department of Commerce: Mid-America Ports Study, Final Report, February 1979 [1 of 3]

§  Draft: U.S. Department of Commerce: Mid-America Ports Study, Final Report, February 1979 [2 of 3]

§  Draft: U.S. Department of Commerce: Mid-America Ports Study, Final Report, February 1979 [3 of 3] (Box 16)

§  Draft Appendix: U.S. Department of Commerce: Mid-America Ports Study, Final Report, February 1979

§  Mid-America Ports Study, Final Report, Volume 1: Main Report, June 1979

§  Mid-America Ports Study, Final Report, Volume 2: General Appendixes, June 1979

§  Mid-America Ports Study, Arkansas, Volume 4: Final Report Appendix, June 1979 [1 of 2]

§  Mid-America Ports Study, Arkansas, Volume 4: Final Report Appendix, June 1979 [2 of 2]

§  Appendix: Mid-America System Summary, Historical Trade and Low Constrained Forecast, undated

§  Sub-series IV: Various studies, reports, and impact statements

§  A Report to the Congress on the Status of the Public Ports of the United States, December 1985 (Box 17)

§  Bioaccumulation of Methyl Mercury Through a Food Chain, by J.T. Knight, July 1, 1995-June 30, 1996

§  Development of Marine Terminal Facilities, Pulaski County, Arkansas, October 1962

§  Draft: Environmental Impact Statement: The Great River Bridge, Arkansas/Mississippi, October 1996 [1 of 2]

§  Draft: Environmental Impact Statement: The Great River Bridge, Arkansas/Mississippi, October 1996 [2 of 2]

§  Environmental Impact Statement. Energy Transportation System, Inc. Bureau of Land Management. Appendix A: (Map Volume) 1980

§  Environmental Status Report, Volume I of III, April 1982

§  Environmental Status Report, Volume II of III, April 1982 (Box 18)

§  Environmental Status Report, Volume III of III, April 1982

§  Final Environmental Impact Statement, Southeast Arkansas I-69 Connector, 2001 August 7 [1 of 3]

§  Final Environmental Impact Statement, Southeast Arkansas I-69 Connector, 2001 August 7 [2 of 3]

§  Final Environmental Impact Statement, Southeast Arkansas I-69 Connector, 2001 August 7 [3 of 3]

§  Inland Waterway Port Model: Design, Development and Methodology, January 1981

§  Master Plan for Marine Terminal Facilities and Industrial Development. Prepared for Little Rock Port Authority, Little Rock, Arkansas. June 1979 (Box 19)

§  Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment Summaries for St. Francis River Basin, March 1979

§  Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Update, 1994 July 15

§  Oil Spill Contingency Planning, National Statue: A Report to the President. Prepared by The National Response Team, October 1990 [attached correspondence]

§  Osceola Transportation Improvement/Economic Development Study, January 1998

§  Point Remove Wetlands Reclamation and Irrigation Project, Pope and Conway Counties, Arkansas, 1995 February 7

§  Port Potential – 1990: A Survey of Opportunities for Port Development on the Lower Red and Ouachita – Black River Systems, 1990

§  Plum Bayou Watershed, Flat Bayou Portion. Jefferson County, Arkansas. Soil Conservation Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture, October 1981

§  Reference Materials: Joint Study Committee on Arkansas Ports and Waterways, 1997

§  Rivers: the Other Interstates, by Keith E. Garrison, PowerPoint presentation, circa 2009 (Box 20)

§  Study of State Investment in Public Ports, 2000 October 19

§  Survey of State Involvement in Water Transportation and Port Development, 1981

§  United States Port Development Expenditure Report, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, March 1997 [3 copies]

§  United States Shallow Draft Public Port Development Expenditure Report, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, December 1998 [3 copies]

§  U.S. Shallow Draft Public Port Development Expenditure Report, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, February 2000 [2 copies]

§  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Arkansas Projects, Little Rock/Memphis/Vicksburg Districts. Prepared for Representative Mike Ross, January 2001

§  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Highlights of the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge, April 1999

§  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan, April 1999

§  Water Transport Terminals and Economic Development at Inland Waterfront Ports, Civil Engineering, circa 1971

§  Waterborne Commerce and Inland Port Development, Transportation Research Record 669, 1978

§  White River Basin Comprehensive Study, Arkansas and Missouri, October 2008

§  White River Navigation to Newport, Arkansas: Briefing Book, circa 2000

o    Series III: Audiovisual materials

§  PH.AWCrecs.0001: Dardanelle Lock and Dam prior to dedication ceremony. Corps of Engineers photograph. Black and white photograph, 10 x 8. 1966 January 10 (Box 20)

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _1: Along the Arkansas River, AETN (Box 21)

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _2 ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _4: Arkansas River Navigation System "A River Runs Through" [3 copies]

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _5: "Barging into the 21st Century" The American Waterways Operators

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _6 - ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _8: "Chocolate Tide" [3 copies]

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _9: "Currents of History" September/October/November 2006, Tele Vision for Arkansas

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _10 - ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _11: Lower White River Debate, 8/24/00 [2 copies]

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _12: I Am The River: A Video Song by Dan Tyler

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _13: Marine Transportation System MTS Making It Possible

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _14 - ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _16: Montgomery Point Lock and Dam [3 copies] (Box 22)

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _17 - ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _18: Nature's Freeways: February 18th 1999 [2 copies]

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _19 - ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _21: Southeast Arkansas Intermodal Industrial Park, Entergy [3 copies]

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _22: Taking A Second Look: Communities and Dam Removal

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _23: Tall Tales from the Fish's Mouth, UAM 4/29/96

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _24: The Arkansas Spirit, Department of Economic Development

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _25: "The Mississippi River On Course," U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _26: The Port of Little Rock: An Integrated – Intermodal Industrial Complex [1 of 3 copies]

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _27 – ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _28: The Port of Little Rock: An Integrated – Intermodal Industrial Complex [2 & 3 of 3 copies] (Box 23)

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _29: The River Adventure, National Rivers Hall of Fame, 1988

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _30: Waterways Commission

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _31 - ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _33: White River Basin Balancing the Needs of Man and Nature [3 copies]

§  ASA_VHS_AWCrecs_SR2017_0013_MS812 _34: U.S. Government Videocassette [Title Unknown]

o    Series IV: Publications

§  A Century on the Mississippi: A History of the Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1876-1981. June 1986 (Box 24)

§  Arkansas Waterways: Coursing through America's Heartland, undated

§  Army National Guard Promotion Ceremony program for Brigadier General Patricia M. Anslow, 2012 July 14

§  IDR: International Dredging Review; 2007 Directory of Dredge Owners and Operators Dredging Industry Buyer’s Guide

§  In the Arkansas Basin Await: Neglected Riches, A River at Work. A Pictorial Story of National Assets in a Great Southwestern Area

§  Ports on the Missouri, Arkansas, Verdigris, White, and Ouachita Rivers. Ports Series No. 68, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1987

o    Series V: Artifacts (Transferred to the ASA Three-Dimensional Object Collection)

§  SR2017.0013.1 - One white license plate for the Arkansas Waterways Commission, which has “Commissioner” at the top with the logo of the Arkansas Waterways Commission in the middle and the web address of “waterways.arkansas.gov” at the bottom.

§  SR2017.0013.2 – One matted and framed brochure for the 25th Silver Anniversary Celebration of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System from 1996 with a color photograph of the sun setting over the water and metal plaque that reads “Sponsor.”