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| Mount Holly Cemetery plot deed, 1854. Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives |
Our new accessions include state plans, Ouachita Baptist
University yearbooks and an 1854 deed for a lot at Mount Holly Cemetery! We
house hundreds of thousands of historical records, more than 20,000 books
connected to Arkansas history and countless stories and news articles. Visit
your Arkansas State Archives and start discovering your Arkansas history!
Archival & Artifacts Collections
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A.R. Schultz
collection: Christopher Schultz donated a deed for a cemetery lot at Mount
Holly Cemetery, dated March 6, 1854, to the Arkansas State Archives after he
found it with family papers.
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New
Freedom Baptist Church collection: Dr. Wendy Richter, former state
historian and State Archives director, recently donated 31 programs from the
New Freedom Baptist Church in Malvern, Arkansas. The new programs will be added to previously donated records related to the church.
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Africa
Day Fest Curtis H. Sykes Report:
The Arkansas State Archives received the final report, photographs, video and
publicity material related to the 2018 Africa Day Fest in Little Rock. The
Black History Commission of Arkansas approved Africa Day Fest for a Curtis H.
Sykes Grant in 2018.
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Arkansas
Pennants collection: Joe David Rice, former state tourism director, donated
a collection of pennants advertising Arkansas.
State Record Transfers
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Arkansas
Department of Career and Technical Education records: The department
recently transferred documents to the State Archives. Records include: vocational
technical education historical documents (1941-1994 and 1982-1999;) five-year
state plans (1917-1922;) advisory council tapes (1917-1922;) annual reports
(1917-1948;) newspaper clippings (1981-1994;) board minutes (1981-1997;) undated
vocational technical education historical documents; and two ledger books.
Printed Materials
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“All
About Arkansas,” published in 2016, was donated by Joe David Rice. The
limited-edition book was created to promote tourism as a means of economic
development in Arkansas.
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Three Ouachita Baptist University yearbooks were
donated by Dr. Wendy Richter. The yearbooks cover 2014, 2015 and 2017 years.
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“Early
History of Sharp County” by Caruth Shaver Moore was donated by the Friends of
the Arkansas State Archives. The book was first published in 1909 but had been out of print since 1979.
The Sharp County
Historical Society sponsored a reproduction of the book this year.
For more information, contact the Arkansas State Archives at
state.archives@arkansas.gov or
at 501-682-6900.
