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 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.”
