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.
