September 2015 Acquisitions and Accessions

AHC Books

A History of Ashdown, Arkansas, by Little River County Historical Society

Little River County:  The Place and the People, by Little River County Historical Society

Papa Babe’s Stamp Collection, by Gladys T. Turner

Bluford/Turner Family: History and Genealogy, Foot Prints on the Sands, by Gladys T. Turner

Arkansas DAR Genealogical Records Committee Report, Series 2 Volume ARs0v274, Family Bible and Miscellaneous Records

Arkansas DAR Genealogical Records Committee Report, Series 2 Volume ARs0v279, Family Bible and Miscellaneous Records

Arkansas Pioneers and Allied Families Vol. 1

Census Federal Population Schedules, Arkansas Territory, 1830, Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Biographical Index to Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Arkansas (Goodspeed’s) 1890, by Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Federal Population Schedules, Arkansas Census, 1840, by Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Arkansas Census, 1850 Surname Index, by Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Dallas County, Arkansas:  1850 Census, by Ardith G. Foster

Edgefield County, South Carolina:  Abstracts of Deed Books 1-12, 1786-1796, Vol. 1

Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds: As on file in the Abbeville, South Carolina, Courthouse, by Willie Pauline Young

An Index to Deeds of the Province and State of South Carolina, 1719-1785 and Charleston District, 1785-1800

Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants in South Carolina, Toney Draine and John Skinner

Two 1787 Tax Lists Ninety Six District, South Carolina, by Brent Holcomb

Index to the 1810 Census of North Carolina, by Elizabeth Petty Bentley

Index to the 1820 Census of North Carolina, by Elizabeth Petty Bentley

Index to the 1800 Census of North Carolina, by Elizabeth Petty Bentley

Carolina Cradle: Settlement of Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762, by Robert W. Ramsey

Old Albemarle and Its Absentee Landlords, by Worth S. Ray

Heads of Families, First Census of the United States, 1790, North Carolina

1820 Census of North Carolina, Edgecombe County, by Dorothy Williams Potter

1820 Census of North Carolina, Orange County, by Dorothy Williams Potter

Cavaliers and Pioneers:  Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants: Supplement North Nexk Grants No. 1 1690-1692

Master Index Virginia Surveys and Grants, 1774 – 1791, by Joan E. Brookes – Smith

West Virginia Revolutionary Ancestors, by Anne Waller Reddy

West Virginia Estate Settlements:  An Index to Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Land Grants, and Surveys to 1850, by Ross B. Johnston

Early Records, Hampshire County, Virginia, Now West Virginia, Clara Sage and Laura Jones

Indiana Land Entries: Vincennes District 1807-1877, by Margaret R. Waters

Knox County Indiana: Early Land Records and Court Indexes, 1783 – 1815, by June B. Barekman

Index 1840 Federal Census Indiana, Genealogy Division Indiana State Library

Early Wills and Estate Settlements, Spencer County, Indiana: Original Record Book 1818-1832, Will Record Book “A” 1833-1839, by Christine Young, Ethel Smith, and Hazel M. Hyde

Early Will Book 1818 – 1831 and Will Book 1853 - 1880 Spencer County, Indiana, by J. Oscar and Opal B. Phillips

Spencer County, Indiana Marriages, Books 1-3, 1818 – 1850, by J. Oscar and Opal B. Phillips

Spencer County, Indiana Marriages, 1818-1855, by Christine Young, Ethel Smith, and Hazel M. Hyde

Census of Indiana Territory for 1807

Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories, by J. Estelle Stewart King

First Census of Kentucky 1790, by Charles Brunk Heinemann

Second Census of Kentucky 1800, by G. Glenn Clift

An Index to the 1820 Federal Census of Kentucky, Vol.  1, 2, 3, 4

An Index to the 1810 Federal Census of Kentucky, Vol.  1, 2, 3, 4

Kentucky 1830 Federal Census, Vol.  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

An Historical Atlas of Kentucky and Her Counties, by Wendell H. Rone, Sr.

Christian County, Ky. Census of 1810, by Don Simmons

Livingston County, Ky. Census of 1810, by Don Simmons

Kentucky 1810 Census, by Jackson, Teeples and Schaefemeyer

Kentucky Tax Lists, by The Kentucky Historical Society

Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories, by J. Estelle Stewart King

Ohio County, Kentucky 1810 – 1840 Censuses, by Rowena Lawson

Marriages and Early Consents 1799 – 1880 Ohio County, Kentucky, by Bettie A. and Michael L. Cook

Early Settlers of Ohio County, Kentucky, 1799 – 1840: A Comparative Study of Census and Tax Records of Ohio County, by Jerry Long

Index to the 1830 Federal Census: White, Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, Clay, Clinton,  St. Clair, Madison, Bond, Fayette, Lawrence Counties, Illinois, by James V. Gill

Index to the 1830 Federal Census: Crawford, Edgar, Clark, Schuyler, McDonough, Vermillion, Macon, Shelby. Tazewell, Montgomery, and Macoupin Counties, Illinois, by James V. and Maryan R. Gill

Index to the 1830 Federal Census: Alexander, Pope, Union, Johnson, Jackson, Franklin,  Perry, Randolph, Monroe, Washington, Marion, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Callatin Counties, Illinois, by James V. and Maryan R. Gill

Index to the 1830 Federal Census: Greene, Morgan, Sangamon, Calhoun, Pike, Fulton, Knox, Henry, Adams, Hancock, Warren, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Jo Daviess Counties, Illinois, by James V. and Maryan R. Gill

Fincastle & Kentucky County Va. – Ky Records & History, Volume I, by Michael L. and Bettie A. Cummings Cook

Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Illinois

Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Widows Who Lived in Illinois Counties. 1962, by Mrs. Harold I Meyer

Richland County, Illinois Board Minutes, Volume A, 1841 – 1852, by Richland County Genealogical and Historical Society, Olney, Illinois

1860 Census, Richland County, Illinois, by Richland County Genealogical and Historical Society

1870 Census, Richland County, Illinois, by Richland County Genealogical and Historical Society

1900 Census, Richland County, Illinois, by Richland County Genealogical and Historical Society

Mortality Schedules 1860, 1870, 1880, for Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, and Wayne Counties, Illinois, by Richland County Genealogical

1820 Federal Census of Illinois, by Lowell M. Volkel and James V. Gill

1850 Federal Census Wabash County, Illinois, by Chicago Genealogical Society

Index to the 1830 Federal Census:  Greene, Morgan, Sangamon, Calhoun, Pike, Fulton, Knox, Henry, Adams, Hancock, Warren, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Jo Daviess, Counties Illinois, by James V. Gill and Maryan R. Gill

Prairie Pioneers of Illinois, Vol 1, Illinois State Genealogical Society

Wayne County, Illinois Marriages, 1878 – 1916, by Marin R. Brown

Wayne County, Illinois, Newspaper Gleanings, 1855-1875, by Doris Ellen Witter Bland

Tennessee Soldiers in the Revolution, by Penelope Johnson Allen

Early East Tennessee Tax Lists, by Mary Barnett Curtis

Early Tennessee Tax Lists, by Byron and Barbara Sistler

Hardin County Tennessee Records, 1820 – 1860, by Thomas A. Hays

Marriages of Maury County, Tennessee, 1808 – 1852, by Edythe Rucker Whitley

Census Maury County, Tennessee 1820, by Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Census Perry County, Tennessee 1820, by Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Census Shelby County, Tennessee 1820, by Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Census Lawrence County, Tennessee 1820, by Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Census Dickson County, Tennessee 1820, by Imogene Rowe

Hardin County’s People:  Miscellaneous records from the 19^th Century, by Tony and Hannah Hays

Biographical Index to the History of Western Tennessee, by Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Biographical Index to the History of Middle Tennessee, by Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Biographical Index to the History of Eastern Tennessee, by Mrs. Leister E. Presley

Pennsylvania in 1780:  A Statewide Index of Circa 1780 Pennsylvania Taxlists, by John D. and E. Diane Stemmons

Heads of Families, First Census of the United States, 1790, Pennsylvania

Index to the 1830 Census of Georgia, by Mrs. Alvaretta Kenan Register

Indexes to Seven State Census Reports for Counties in Georgia, 1838-1845, by Brigid S. Townsend

Early Records of Georgia, Vol’s I and II, Wilkes County

Georgia:  Local & Family History Sources in Print, by Marilyn Adams

Georgia Counties:  Their Changing Boundaries, by Pat Bryant

Washington County Georgia Estate Papers, 1829 – 1903, by Elizabeth Pritchard Newsom

The Mayflower Planters at Plymouth, Mass. 1620 and other Newcomers to Ye Olde Colonie, by Leon Clark Hills

The Land Records of America and Their Genealogical Value, by E. Kay Kirkham

How to Read Old Title Deeds, Julian Cornwall

Index of Revolutionary War pension applications in the National Archives, by National Genealogical Society (SARA)

The Colonial Scotch-Irish of the Carolina Piedmont, by Dr. Chalmers G. Davidson

The Lives, Families, and Descendants of Arnold, Philip, and Benjamin Taylor:  From Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Kentucky, By Walter Kingsley Taylor

Draper Collection:  Preston and Virginia Papers, Calendar Series Vol. 1

Draper Collection:  The Kentucky Papers, Calendar Series Vol. 2

Draper Collection:  George Rogers Clark Papers, Calendar Series Vol. 4

Book of Garrotts, Volume II:  Descendants of John and Susanna Garrott of Amelia County, Virginia, by Hester Elizabeth Garrett

Book of Garretts:  Supplement Number Two, by Hester Elizabeth Garrett

Book of Garretts, by Hester Elizabeth Garrett

AHC Periodicals

Confrontation/Change Review, Vol. 2 No. 1, Spring 1977

AHC Printed Ephemera

Official Program and Magazine, Fourth Annual 250-Mile Grand National Championship, Stock Car 

Race

AHC Collections

Augustine “Gus” Fredrich Papers, 1 cu. ft.

John Pope Collection Supplement, 1 cu. ft.

Arkansas State Land Surveyors Records, 7 cu. ft.

NEARA Books

History of Mississippi County, Arkansas, 1962 by Mabel F. Edrington

A World of Beauty: Arkansas by Hubert Smith

The Eureka Springs Story by Otto Ernest Rayburn

UM – Rolla: A History of MSM/UMR by Christensen Ridley

A Place Called Grinnel Flat: An Arkansas Boyhood in the Great Depression by Neal Buffaloe

A History of Greene County, Arkansas by Myrl Rhine Mueller

By the Cypress Swamp: the Arkansas Stories of Octave Thanet, eds. Michael B. and Carol W. Dougan

The Hobo’s Trail: Through the Depression by Earnest L. Best

Sharecropper’s Son: The Rest of the Story by Earnest L. Best

A History of the Current River Baptist Association by Leroy Carson Tedford

NEARA Periodicals

Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Winter 1974 Vol. XXXIII Number 4

Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Spring 1975 Vol. XXXIV Number 1

SARA Books

The Arkansas Journey, by Trey Berry and Ian R. Greaves.

SARA Periodicals

Field Notes:  Newsletter of the Arkansas Archeological Society, No. 386, September/October, 2015.

SARA Collections

Hope/Hempstead County Library Genealogy Room Collection, 270 cu. ft.

SNRC/AHC Event - American Indians and Alaska Natives in America's Wars

The Sequoyah National Research Center and the Arkansas History Commission will be hosting a free half-day symposium from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 14 at Stabler Hall, Room 107 on the UALR campus in Little Rock.  The symposium’s theme, American Indians and Alaska Natives in America’s Wars, will feature speakers Mary Jane Warde, Erin Fehr, Dr. Bob Sanderson, Dr. Daniel F. Littlefield, Jane Wilkerson, and Karen Russ.

Topics include The Destroying Hand of War, Alaska Natives and Their World War II Service in the Alaska Territorial Guard, Vietnam Warriors, and Resources for Studying Native Americans in America’s Wars.

The symposium is free and a light lunch will be provided. Teachers can earn up to four professional development hours through attendance. Registration is limited.  The deadline for registration will be Monday, November 9, so be sure to register soon.

Associated with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the Sequoyah National Research Center maintains the largest collection of Native American expression in the world and works to acquire and preserve the writings and ideas of Native North Americans. The Arkansas History Commission, located in Little Rock, is the official state archives of Arkansas and maintains the largest collection of historical materials on Arkansas in the world. 

For more information about the symposium, please call 501-682-6900 or email history.commission@arkansas.gov.

This project is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Importance of Preserving History

From a very young age, I’ve loved history.  In fact, I can’t remember a time in my life that I wasn’t fascinated by all things from the past.  So much so, in fact, that I went to college and got my degree in American history.   

Consequently, most of my career has been spent in the history world, specifically in archives and museum special collections.  There are so many reasons I have enjoyed the work I’ve done throughout my career.  I’ve gotten to handle and work with fascinating artifacts, from Johnny Cash’s guitar to Civil War swords and flags to all five of our Arkansas’s Constitutions.  I’ve held Louis Jordan’s saxophone and touched the keys of Scott Joplin’s piano.  I’ve handled rifles used at the Alamo and put together Santa Anna’s bed for an exhibit.  I’ve read countless journals and letters of Arkansans from various periods in our state’s history.  I get to watch rarely seen historic film footage and listen to the oral histories of veterans. And most importantly, I’ve worked with patrons who come in every day with the most fascinating family stories. I see the photographs they share, read the letters they preserve and listen to the stories they tell.  Every single one of these experiences for me, an unabashed history nerd, has been precious.

I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t mention I haven’t stayed for the money – pay in our field is abysmal. I also haven’t stayed for the laid-back, low workload atmosphere.  Because historical repositories are so poorly funded, we generally have a serious lack of manpower, which causes each of us to have a huge workload. We never have enough staff.  I’ve stayed in the world of history because I’m so passionate about its maintenance and preservation.  It’s been a struggle, though.  It’s difficult to work in a field with so little support and so much uncertainty. 
 

Historic institutions are often faced with the mindset that because we don’t provide life-saving services, we are non-essential.  This couldn’t be further from the truth.  If you’re proud of your family history, your community’s history, your state’s history, and yes, even American history, maintaining and preserving that history should be considered essential.  

Regardless, historical institutions are now struggling more than ever before.  Archives and museums are at the top of the list of those historical institutions that struggle the most.  It’s completely fair to say that museums, historical societies and libraries, university and state archives all face a considerable lack of interest about our survival.  For example, over the last several years, museums have been closing in droves. I can’t tell you how many I’ve watched close week after week.

Archives are also facing an uncertain future. Several years ago, Georgia’s State Archives, established in 1918, was temporarily closed by its Secretary of State because it wasn’t considered important enough to be kept open and was chosen as the sole institution used to cut costs.  After a large public outcry, it was reopened but with fewer hours, far less staff, and moved over into Georgia’s state university system.     

I think a lot of state government archivists had felt more secure in their jobs until Georgia closed its archives.  Now….we recognize no possibility is off the table.  

So why are we, a state archives, important?  Why should people support us and care about our survival?  The answer is really simple.  What we have is yours.  The historical material in our archives represents your history, your family’s history, and the history of your communities.  We also maintain and preserve state and county government records which affect your daily lives.    

We even preserve material that helps you in your daily jobs.  Are you a local journalist?  Chances are you’ve used us to research a story.  Are you a student?  Our archives help provide material for your papers and theses.  Are you a writer or a professor in the state?  I know we can be found as cited sources in many books.  How about contractors and builders and architects?  We have deed records that often get requested by these professions.  Are you an Arkansas genealogist?  Then you have absolutely used our archives. The list of professions who do research with us is endless.    

Like other state archives, the Arkansas History Commission represents all facets of its state’s history. And like all other state archives, we are passionate about preserving that history. We are necessary and essential because we are Arkansas. 

Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - Pulaski County, Arkansas, jail records, MS.516

A contract between the Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri, and Pulaski County, Arkansas, to build a new jail was signed October 2, 1885. On February 6, 1928, W.E. Lenon was appointed to supervise the razing of the jail and the construction of a new jail. Architectural plans were drawn by architects Thompson, Sanders, and Ginocchio. Construction proposals were received from companies that included W. Frank Ault, Herman and McCain Construction Company, J.H. Leveck and Sons, Stewart-McGehee Construction Company, Fred Parrott, and Gordon Walker. The contract originally awarded to Herman McCain was transferred to Gordon Walker on June 26, 1928. The final payment to Gordon Walker was approved December 29, 1928.

This collection consists of papers relating to the construction of jails in Pulaski County, Arkansas.

• I. Specifications county jail
  
  • 1. 1885 October 2: Contract between the Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri, and Pulaski County, Arkansas
  • 2. 1885 October 3: Contract for Pulaski County Jail to be erected by Pulaski County at Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 3. 1887 October 22: The Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company, Little Rock, Arkansas, to W.F. Hill, County Judge, Pulaski County, Arkansas
  • 4. 1887 October 22: Contract between the Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri, and Pulaski County by the County Judge and commissioners
  • 5. Undated: Specifications for four (4) steel-clad jail cells and corridor (exhibit A)
  • 6. Undated: Specifications for additions to Pulaski County Arkansas, jail doors (exhibit B)
  • 7. Undated: Specifications for the iron and steel work of Pulaski Jail by the Aetna Iron Works, Quincy, Illinois
  • 8. Undated: Specifications: for four steel-clad jail cells and corridor, for one steel-clad jail cell and corridor, and for doors, window guards, et cetera
  • 9. Undated: original general specifications for the Pulaski County Jail to be erected in Little Rock...as made by B.J. Bartlett, architect and commissioner
  • 10. Undated: Architectural drawing
  • 11. Undated: Architectural drawing
• II. Re old jail
  
  • 12. 1873 March 14: Jail bond
  • 13. 1873 December: Petition Gordon N. Peay versus William S. Oliver as Sheriff and in his own right, and the Board of Supervisors of Pulaski County
  • 14. 1874 February 20: Petition Gordon N. Peay versus William S. Oliver, in his individual right, and as Sheriff and Collector of Pulaski County, and Pulaski County
  • 15. 1875 May 17: Report of the grand jury
  • 16. 1875 October 31: Report of the grand jury
  • 17. 1885 February 13: Deed to jail property
  • 18. 1877 October 22: The Pauly Jail Bulding and Manufacturing Company, Hot Springs, Arkansas, to W.F. Hill, County Judge Pulaski County, Arkansas
  • 19. 1888 January 13: James J. Ligon, to W.F. Hill, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 20. 1888 April 2: James J. Ligon, to W.F. Hill, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 21. 1914 December 7: E.F. Pace, Pace and Hall, Little Rock, Rock, Arkansas, to C. Evans, Pulaski County Jail, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 22. 1914 December 9: E.N. Davis, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Pulaski County Jail
  • 23. 1914 December 10: Nick Campbell, Arkansas Electric Company, to Evans, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 24. 1914 December 10: Electric Construction Company, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Judge Joseph Asher, County Jail, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 25. Undated: B. H. Crawford, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Clifton Evans
  • 26. Undated: Specifications for a stone wall to be erected around the Pulaski County Jail at Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 27. Undated: Proceedings of the Quorum Court
  • 28. Undated: Fragment
• III. Papers re bond issue 1925
  
  • 29. 1925 June 24: Order of county court in re county debt
  • 30. 1925 June 25: Proof of printing
  • 31. 1925 July 8: Bid and acceptance of bid of I.B. Tigret Company for $350,000.00 bonds proposed to be issued by Pulaski County for funding purposes
  • 32. 1925 July 10: H.B. Chrisp, County Clerk, Little Rock, Arkansas, to members of the Pulaski County Quorum Court
  • 33. 1925 July 10: H.B. Chrisp, Little Rock, Arkansas, to members of the Pulaski County Quorum Court
  • 34. 1925 July 10: Order calling Pulaski County Quorum Court meeting
  • 35. 1925 July 10: Proof of printing
  • 36. 1925 July 16: In re order of the county court fixing the amount of indebtedness outstanding October 7, 1924
  • 37. 1925 July 20: Copy of transcript in circuit court in re bond issue
  • 38. 1925 August 1: Order to be entered by county court authorizing execution of bonds
  • 39. Undated: Miscellaneous list
• IV. Papers re new jail
  
  • 40. 1928 January 13: Notice of meeting of Quorum Court
  • 41. 1928 February 6: Appointment of W.E. Lenon Commissioner of Public Buildings of Pulaski County to supervise the building, erection and construction of said county jail and razing of the present jail
  • 42. 1928 February 28: Appointment of the firm of Thompson, Sanders, and Ginocchio as architects to draw plans for the new jail
  • 43. 1928 April 26: Order approving contract of G.S. Thompson and approving plans or specifications
  • 44. 1928 May 21: W. Frank Ault, General Contractor, Little Rock, Arkansas, to W.E. Lenon, Commissioner, Little Rock, Arkansas. Construction proposal.
  • 45. 1928 May 21: Herman and McCain Construction Company, to W.E. Lenon, Commissioner, Little Rock, Arkansas. Construction proposal.
  • 46. 1928 May 21: J.H. Leveck and Sons, to W.E. Lenon, Commissioner, Little Rock, Arkansas. Construction proposal.
  • 47. 1928 May 21: Stewart-McGehee Construction Co., to W.E. Lenon, Commissioner, Little Rock, Arkansas. Construction proposal.
  • 48. 1928 May 21: Fred Parrott, to W.E. Lenon, Commissioner, Little Rock, Arkansas. Construction proposal.
  • 49. 1928 May 21: Gordon Walker, to W.E. Lenon, commissioner, Little Rock, Arkansas. Construction proposal.
  • 50. 1928 May 22: W. E. Lenon. Commissioner, Little Rock, Arkansas, to W.S. Rogers, County Clerk. Authorization to return bid checks to W.F. Ault, Stevlart-McGehee Construction Company, Fred Parrott, and J.H. Leveck and Sons.
  • 51. 1928 May 23: County Clerk, to W.F. Ault, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 52. 1928 May 23: County Clerk, to J.H. Leveck and Sons, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 53. 1928 May 23: County Clerk, to Fred Parrott, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 54. 1928 May 23: County Clerk, to Stewart-McGehee Construction Company, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 55. 1928 June 6: Bond
  • 56. 1928 June 11: Order re construction of new jail
  • 57. 1928 June 11: Report of commissioner re construction of new county jail
  • 58. 1928 June 11: Order re construction of new county jail
  • 59. 1928 June 11: Order re construction of new county jail
  • 60. 1928 June 11: Report of commissioner re construction of new county jail
  • 61. 1928 June 18: Proof of publication
  • 62. 1928 June 18: Proof of publication
  • 63. 1928 June 18: Proof of publication
  • 64. 1928 June 26: Report of commissioner re construction of new county jail
  • 65. 1928 June 26: Order re construction of new county jail, approving transfer of contract of Herman McCain to Gordon Walker
  • 66. 1928 June 26: Bond
  • 67. 1928 June 26: Order re construction of new county jail
  • 68. 1928 June 30: Quorum Count transcript regarding new county jail
  • 69. 1928 July 12: Bond
  • 70. 1928 July 16: Order re construction of new county jail
  • 71. 1928 July 16: Supplemental report of public building commissioner re construction of new county jail
  • 72. 1928 August 22: Order in the matter of building new jail to issue warrants to Gordon Walker
  • 73. 1928 August 28: Order in the matter of building new jail appeal of John Lester granted
  • 74. 1928 August 29: Transcript
  • 75. 1928 September 4: Order in the matter of building new jail for warrants
  • 76. 1928 September 4: Order in the matter of building new jail for warrants
  • 77. 1928 October 4: Certificate county jail warrants
  • 78. 1928 October 16: Order Nunc Pro Tunc with reference to employment of attorneys in the matter of building a new jail
  • 79. 1928 November 14: Certificate of estimate
  • 80. 1928 November 27: Order to issue warrant to Gordon Walker
  • 81. 1928 November 27: Certificate verifying signatures and seals on warrants
  • 82. 1928 December 29: Order final payment to Gordon Walker
  • 83. 1928 December 31: Order approving final report of W.E. Lenon, building commissioner
  • 84. 1928 December 31: Confirmation and approval of report of W.E. Lenon and discharge from duty
  • 85. 1928 December 31: Certificate verifying signatures and seals on warrants
  • 86. 1928 January 11: American Tar Products Company, Incorporated, roof guarantee bond
  • 87. Undated: Notice to contractors
  • 88. Undated: Bids for Pulaski County Jail
  • 89. Undated: Miscellaneous
  • 90. Undated: Card fragment
• V. Papers re bond issue for new jail
  
  • 91. 1929 June 5: Order calling for special election in the matter of issuing county bonds to re-finance the new jail indebtedness
  • 92. 1929 June 8: Resolution concerning voting places for special general election
  • 93. 1929 June 15: Proof of publication
  • 94. 1929 July 8: Certificate of election results special bond election
  • 95. 1929 July 16: Order in the matter of issuing bonds to refinance the new jail indebtedness
  • 96. 1929 July 24: Proof of publication
  • 97. 1929 July 27: Order in the matter of refunding Pulaski County Jail warrants
  • 98. 1929 July 29: Owens and Ehrman, Attorneys at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Judge W.F. Sibeck, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 99. 1929 August 1: June P. Wooten, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Judge W.F. Sibeck, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 100. 1929 August 3: Order in the matter of funding warrants issued for constructing a county jail
  • 101. 1929 August 6: Proof of publication
  • 102. 1929 August 16: Order in the matter of refunding Pulaski County Jail warrants
  • 103. 1929 August 16: Papers relating to the floating bonds to pay for the new county jail
  • 104. 1929 August 20: Order authorizing the issue of bonds
  • 105. 1929 August 20: Order accepting bid for bond
  • 106. 1929 August 20: Proof of publication
  • 107. 1929 August 26: Rose, Hemingway, Cantrell and Loughborough, Little Rock, Arkansas, to W.S. Rogers, County Clerk, Little Rock, Arkansas. Concerns county jail bonds
  • 108. 1929 August 27: Certificate of assessed valuation of all taxable property in Pulaski County for 1928
  • 109. 1929 August 27: Opening and closing orders of the county court from April 1, 1929, to August 24, 1929
  • 110. 1929 August 28: Papers accompanying Bankers Trust Company Funding Bonds
  • 111. 1929 August 29: Certificate of identification of signature and non-litigation
  • 112. 1929 September 3: Order in the matter of Pulaski County Jail warrants
• VI. Old cancelled bonds
  
  • 113. 1859 July 1: $1000, Number 62
  • 114. 1859 July 1: $1000, Number 65
  • 115. 1871 August 15: $100, Number 6
  • 116. 1871 August 15: $100, Number 407
  • 117. 1871 August 15: $100, Number 411
  • 118. 1873 April 1: $100, Number 61
  • 119. 1873 April 1: $100, Number 99
  • 120. 1873 December 6: $25, Number 60
  • 121. 1873 December 11: $500, Number 163
  • 122. 1874 March 6: $500, Number 475
  • 123. 1874 October 16: $100, Number 996
  • 124. 1874 October 16: $500, Number 1000
  • 125. 1874 October 16: $500, Number 1002
  • 126. 1875 December 15: $100, Number 93
  • 127. 1875 December 15: $100, Number 88
  • 128. 1875 December 28: $500, Number 59
  • 129. 1875 December 28: $500, Number 5
  • 130. 1875 December 28: $500, Number 62
  • 131. 1875 December 30: $500, Number 116
  • 132. 1875 December 31: $25, Number 202
  • 133. 1878 September 23: $25, Number 82
  • 134. 1878 September 23: $100, Number 80
  • 135. 1878 October 1: $25, Number 99
  • 136. 1878 October 1: $100, Number 91
  • 137. 1878 October 1: $500, Number 86
  • 138. 1907 July 1: $1000, Number 17
  • 139. 1907 July 1: $1000, Number 18
  • 140. 1922 August 1: $I0,000, Number 5282
  • 141. 1922 August 1: $I0,000, Number 5283

New Digital Collection - Go, Fight, Win! A History of Sports in Arkansas

We have a new online digital collection!

From little league baseball to basketball championships, from calling the Hogs at a Razorback game to cheering on the Arkansas Travelers, sports have long been close to the hearts of Arkansans everywhere.  Arkansas’s history is filled with friendly competitions and long-standing rivalries on the various playing fields, bringing together communities and schools to cheer on their favorite teams. Within the vaults of the Arkansas History Commission, there is a wealth of sports images and archival materials that help tell some of the story of sports in Arkansas. Select materials have been digitized and been made available online in this digital collection.

 You can view this new collection on our website at: http://ahc.digital-ar.org/…/landing…/collection/p16790coll21