Look inside the December 2015 Issue of the Arkansas Archivist for these and other features
Peggy Lloyd Retires from Southwest Arkansas Regional
Archives
This month we will be saying
goodbye and wishing a happy retirement to Peggy
Lloyd, a long-time advocate for the history of southwestern Arkansas.
Peggy has worked in a number of capacities
serving Arkansas’s history community. Since 2005, she has been the
Archival Manager at the Southwest
Arkansas Regional Archives (SARA) in Washington,
Arkansas.
Black History Commission News
On February 6, 2016, the
Black History Commission of Arkansas and the Arkansas
History Commission will sponsor a free seminar at the Mosaic Templars Cultural
Center in Little Rock on the history of Little Rock’s school
desegregation. The event, titled “Little Rock School Desegregation from
Then to Now”, will feature a number of speakers who will give some insight into
desegregation.
From the Director
It might be cliche to devote a New Year’s column to a
reflection of the agency’s accomplishments this year; but on those days when
one feels as though they are running between fires with a leaky bucket, it’s
good to take a moment to consider that all the hard work, long days, and
sleepless nights really do pay off.
News from NEARA
The core collection upon which NEARA was established
is the Lawrence County Court records (collection number
MSNE.0070) and it remains our most requested collection to date. These court
records span from the founding of Lawrence County in
1815 as a part of the
Missouri Territory until the Powhatan courthouse was closed
in 1960. Specifically from 1819 to 1836, the court records demonstrate
the growth of Territorial Arkansas into the 25th state of the union.
