Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Wednesday's Wonderful Collection - Harvey Parnell papers, MS.000629

Harvey Parnell (1880-1936) served as Governor of Arkansas from 1928-1933. He was born near Orlando, Cleveland County, Arkansas. Parnell was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives from Chicot County in 1919, and to the State Senate representing Chicot and Ashley counties in 1923. In November of 1926, he was the elected Lieutenant Governor in Arkansas, then became governor in 1928 following John E. Martineau's appointment as United States District Judge, and the next year was elected to the first of his two terms. In 1931, Parnell appointed Hattie Caraway to fill the United States Senate seat of her late husband, Thaddeus Caraway. Hattie later became the first woman elected to the United States Senate and served from 1932 to 1945.
Parnell's term covered the first critical years of the Great Depression, and his administration worked with the federal government and other relief agencies to help the people of the state in agricultural, educational, and other matters relating to the economic depression. Parnell was seen as a progressive Democrat, who had both a business and an agricultural background. He supported the cigarette-tax law that helped to found public schools in Arkansas in order to bring in more manufacturing companies. He was clear in his belief that all manufacturing business where being generated in states with good public school systems.
This collection contains materials and information regarding accounting, agricultural records, banking, financial reports, communication about taxes, correspondence with organizations, correspondence with Arkansans, mining materials, various government commissions, Acts and pending bills, bonds, campaign information, confederate home and pension records, the cotton industry, drought relief, education, schools, criminal and institutional information, election correspondence, warrants, extradition warrants, flood control, personal correspondence, highways department and interstate, legal papers, legislative materials, medical reports, state hospital materials, pensions, and governmental offices.


  • State Board of Accounting (Box 1)
    • A - I
    • Ja - Z
  • Aeronautics: 1929
    • L - Z
  • Affidavits for warrants of arrest
  • Agriculture
    • A - B
    • C - H
    • J - P
    • Q - Z
  • Agricultural Miscellaneous
  • Agricultural - Extension Service: 1929
    • A - L
    • M - Z
  • Agricultural Credit Board 1931 - 1932
  • Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello, Ark.
  • Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal School, Pine Bluff, Ark.
    • A - H
    • I - Z
  • Airports: Tax on Gasoline 1930
  • Amendments to State Constitution 1930
  • American Exchange Trust Company: 1931
    • A - M
    • N - Z
  • American Legion
    • A - L
    • M - Z
  • American Mining Congress
    • A - G
    • H - M
    • N - Z
  • American Red Cross
    • William M. Baxyer
    • Be - W
  • Apiary Board
  • Application List (Box 2)
    • Employment
    • Granville Jones Vacancy
    • Miscellaneous
      • A
      • Ba - Bi
      • Bl - Bri
      • Bro - Bz
      • Ca - Col
      • Com - Cz
      • D
      • E
      • F
      • G
      • Ha - Hd
      • Hen - Holm
      • Holt - Hz
      • I - J
      • K
      • L (Box 3)
      • Ma - Mat
      • Max - Miln
      • Milu - Mz
      • N - O
      • Pa - Pd
      • Pe - Pond
      • Pont - Pz
      • Q - R
      • Sa - Sk
      • Sl - Sta
      • Ste - Sz
      • T
      • U - We
      • Wi - Z
  • Appointments
    • L. G. Byrely
      • A - I
      • Ja - Z (Box 4)
    • Miscellaneous
  • Athletic Commission
    • Letters
    • Booklet 1927
  • Banking
    • Arkansas State Bank of Ashdown (2)
    • Proclamations
    • Banking Department
      • A - B
      • C - D
      • E - F
      • I - L
      • M - N
      • P - R
      • S
      • T - V
      • W - Z
  • Barber Board
  • Base Ball Act: 1929
    • A - F
    • G - M
    • N - P
    • R - Z
  • Basic Science Law 1929
  • Beebe Junior Agricultural School
  • Bench Warrants
    • A - J
    • K - W
  • Blind and Deaf School
  • Bonds
    • Investigation Committee
    • Leave, Pentitions, Surety
    • State
  • Boy's Industrial School
    • White
    • African American
  • Camp Pike
  • Campaign: Miscellaneous (2)
  • Cancer Control Committee
  • Capias Instanter Processes
  • Centennial Commission
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Child Welfare
  • Children's Home and Hospital
  • Chiropodists Board
  • Chiropratic Examining Board
    • A - C
    • D - G
    • H - L
    • M - Z
  • Clemency
  • Clerk: Circuit
  • Clerk: County
  • Commerce Department
  • Comptroller
    • A - P
    • R - Z
  • Confederate Home (Box 5)
    • A - C
    • G - L
    • M - W
  • Confederate Pensions
    • Records
      • A - B
      • C - F
      • G - H
      • J - M
      • N - R
      • S - V
      • W - Z
    • Bonds: Petitions
  • Congress: Candidates
  • Conservation Board
  • Conservation and Inspection Department
  • Constable Appointments
    • A - B
    • C - D
    • E -H
    • I - M
    • N - R
    • S - Z
  • Construction Commission
    • A - F
    • G - L
    • M - Z
  • Coroner Appointments
  • Cosmetic Therapy: Board of
  • Cotton Conference: 1932
    • A - F
    • G - Z
    • Cotton Control
      • A
      • B - Bow
      • Bra - By
      • Ca - Cos
      • Cot - Cur
      • D
      • E - F
      • G (Box 6)
      • H - Hay
      • He - Hu
      • I
      • J - K
      • L
      • Mc
      • M
      • N - O
      • P
      • R
      • S - Sla
      • Slo - Stew
      • Sto - Sz
      • U - Wa
      • We - Wil
      • Wir - Z
      • Special Legislative Session
        • A - O
        • P - Z
  • Criminal Identification and Investigation
    • A - F
    • G - O
    • P - Z
  • Arkansas Society of Crippled Children
  • Cummins State Farm
  • Deaf School: Booklet 29th Biennial Report
  • Debt Board
  • Delegates: Appointments
  • Democratic Central Committee
  • Democratic National Convention
  • Dental Examiners Board
  • Departmental Reduction
  • Drought Relief (Box 7)
    • January 1931
    • February 2 -13, 1931
    • February 14 - 28, 1931
    • March 1931
  • Eclectic Medical Board
  • Education
    • The School Law of Arkansas Booklet
    • Schools and Universities
      • A
      • B
      • C
      • D - Fr
      • Fu
      • G - H
      • I - L
      • M - O
      • P - Ra
      • Re - Ta
      • Te - Z
    • Speeches, Meeting, and Reports
  • Election Commissioners
    • A - B
    • C - F
    • G - L
    • M - R
    • S - Z
  • Election: Congratulations
    • A - Ba
    • Be - Bz
    • C
    • D - F
    • G
    • H - I
    • J - L
    • M - N
    • O - P
    • Q - S
    • T - Z
  • Elections (Box 8)
    • A - O
    • P - Z
  • State Board of Embalmers
  • Engineers Board
  • Equalization Board
  • Extradition Warrants
    • Alabama
    • to Arkansas
    • California
    • Colorado
    • Florida
    • Illinois
      • A - M
      • S - Z
    • Indiana
      • A - R
      • W - Z
    • Iowa
    • Kansas
    • Kentucky
    • Louisiana
    • Michigan
    • Minnesota
    • Mississippi
    • Missouri
    • New Mexico
    • New York
    • North Carolina
    • Ohio
    • Oklahoma
      • A - B
      • D - G
      • J - R
      • S - Z
    • South Carolina (Box 9)
    • Tennessee
      • A - B
      • C - D
      • F - G
      • H - L
      • M - T
      • U - Z
    • Texas
      • A - D
      • E - Z
    • Utah
    • Virginia
    • Washington
    • West Virginia
    • Wisconsin
    • Wyoming
  • Farm Tax Relief
    • A - H
    • J - Z
  • Farmers Credit Corporation
  • Finance
  • Financial Reports: Governor's Office
    • 1926 - 1927
    • 1928
    • 1929
    • 1930
    • 1931
    • 1932
  • Firearms: Control
  • Flood Control
    • Correspondence
    • Levee Bonds
    • Maps
    • Pamphlets
    • Regulations
    • Reports
    • Resolutions
    • Speeches
    • Miscellaneous (2)
  • Forestry
    • A - F
    • G - R
    • S - Z
  • Game and Fish Commission (Box 10)
    • A
    • B - C
    • D - F
    • G - I
    • J - L
    • M - O
    • P
    • Q - R
    • S
    • T
    • U - Z
  • Garrett Construction vs. Highway Commission
    • Miscellaneous (2)
    • Testimony (2)
  • Good Roads Association
  • Governor's Conference
  • Governor's Correspondence
    • A
    • Ba - Bh
    • Bi - Bra
    • Bre - Bz
    • Ca - Ci
    • Cl -Co
    • Cr - Cz
    • D - E
    • F
    • G
    • H
    • I - J
    • K - L
    • M
    • N - O
    • P
    • Q - R
    • S - Sl
    • Sm - Sz
    • T
    • U - V
    • Wa
    • We - Wz
    • Y - Z
  • Governor's Messages
  • Health Board (Box 11)
  • Health Department
  • Highway Department
    • A
    • Ba - Bl
    • Bo - Bz
    • Ca - Ci
    • Cl - Cz
    • D
    • E
    • F
    • G
    • Ha - He
    • Hi - Hz
    • I - J
    • K
    • L
    • Mc
    • Ma
    • Me - Mz
    • N - O
    • P - Q
    • R
    • Sa - Sl
    • Sm - Sz
    • T
    • Wa - Wh
    • Wi - Wz
    • U - V
    • X - Z
    • Miscellaneous
  • Indictments
    • A - E
    • F - Mc
    • M - Z
  • Information
    • A - G
    • H - Q
    • R - Z
  • Inspection
  • Institutions
  • Insurance
  • Interstate Commerce Commission (Box 12)
    • 1930
    • 1930 January - 1931 April
    • 1931 May - 1931 July
    • 1931 August - 1931 October
    • 1931 November - 1931 December
    • 1932 January - 1932 February
    • 1932 March
  • Invitations
    • A - B
    • C - F
    • G - I
    • J - M
    • N - R
    • S - Z
  • Invoices
    • A
    • B - C
    • D - F
    • G - K
    • L - M
    • N - S
    • T - Z
  • Joint Resolution: United States
  • Judges
    • County
      • A - C
      • D - H
      • I - Mc
      • Ma - O
      • P - Sh
      • Si - T
      • U - Z
    • Chancery and Circuit
  • Justices of the Peace
    • A
    • Ba - Bh
    • Bi - Bz
    • Ca - Cn
    • Co - Cz
    • D (Box 13)
    • E
    • F
    • G
    • H - Hn
    • Ho - Hz
    • I - J
    • K - Lh
    • Li - Lz
    • M
    • N - O
    • P
    • R
    • S - Sm
    • Sn - Sz
    • T
    • U - Z
  • Labor
  • Lands
  • Leadings Businessmen & Educators Committee
  • Legal
    • A - N
    • O - Z
  • Legal Digest Requestes (Box 14)
    • A - B
    • C - F
    • G - J
    • K - O
    • P - Z
  • Legislative
    • General
      • A - B
      • C
      • D - F
      • G - I
      • J - M
      • N - S
      • T - Z
    • Acts and Resolutions
    • Bills and Proclamations
    • Petitions and Special Sessions (2)
    • Representative Appointments
  • Loans
  • Mayors: Corespondence
  • Medical Board
    • A - F
    • G - O
    • P - Z
  • Military
  • Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture
  • Miscellaneous
    • A
    • B
    • C (Box 15)
    • D - F
    • G
    • H
    • I - K
    • L - Mc
    • M
    • N - O
    • P
    • Q - R
    • S
    • T - V
    • W - Z
  • Municipal Incorporation Board
  • Missouri Pacific Lines
    • A - P
    • R - Z
  • National Forest Reserve
  • Normal School of the Ozarks
  • Notary Public
    • A - B
    • C - F
    • G - L
    • M - P
    • R - Y
  • Nurse Examiners Board
  • Oil and Gas
  • Old State House Preservation Board (Box 16)
  • Optometry Board
  • Osteopathic Examiners Board
  • Pardons and Paroles
    • A - B
    • C
    • D
    • E - F
    • G
    • H
    • I - J
    • K - L
    • M - N
    • O - P
    • Q - R
    • S
    • T - V
    • Wa
    • We - Z
  • Penal
  • Penitentiary
    • A
    • Ba - Bl
    • Bo - Bz
    • C
    • D - F
    • G - K
    • L - Mc
    • Ma - Mz
    • N - R
    • S
    • Ta - Tod
    • Tod - TZ
    • V - Z
    • Commitments
    • Court Briefs and Legislative Acts
  • Pensions (Box 17)
    • A - C
    • D - G
    • H - L
    • Mc - R
    • S - Z
  • Personal Correspondence
  • Petitions: Criminal
    • A - B
    • C - D
    • E
    • F - G
    • H - I
    • J - L
    • Mc - M
    • N - Q
    • R - S
    • T - Z
  • Pharmacy Board
  • Plant Board
  • Pledges
  • Political
    • Miscellaneous
      • A - B
      • C - H
      • I - O
      • P
      • R - S
      • T - Z
    • Campaign for Senate
      • A - C
      • D - F
      • G - I
      • J - L
      • Mc - O
      • P - S
      • T - Z
    • Clippings (4)
  • Presidential Elections (Box 18)
  • Printing Board
  • Printing Invoices
  • Proclamations, Clemency, Fines, Sentences, and Bonds
    • A - L
    • M - Z
  • Prohibition
    • A - J
    • K - Z
  • Publicity
  • Purchasing Agent
    • A - R
    • S - Z
  • Ouachita National Park
  • Ouachita College
  • Racing Bill
    • A - C
    • D - I
    • J - O
    • P - Z
  • Radio
  • Railroads
  • Railroad Commission
    • A - L
    • M - Z
  • Relief
    • A - C
    • D - K
    • Mc - R
    • S - Z
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • Requisitions
    • A - Be
    • Bi - Br
    • Bu - By
    • Ca - Col
    • Com - Cr
    • D
    • E - F
    • G - Ha (Box 19)
    • He - Ho
    • Hu - Hy
    • I - J
    • K
    • L
    • Mc - Ma
    • Me - Mu
    • N - P
    • Q - Sa
    • Sc - Su
    • T
    • U - We
    • Wh - Z
  • Revenue Department
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D - F
    • G - H
    • I - Mc
    • Ma - O
    • P - R
    • S
    • T - Z
    • Miscellaneous
  • Revenue Fund Receipts
  • Rhodes Scholarships
  • School Survey
  • Secretary of State
  • Senator (Box 20)
    • A - E
    • F - M
    • N - Z
  • Senate Bills
    • #128 (2)
    • #334
    • Petitions to Veto #334 (5)
    • Miscellaneous
  • Service Bureau
    • A - G
    • H - Z
  • Sheriff and Collector
  • Soil Conservation Station
  • St. Francis Levee District
    • A - J
    • K - Z
  • State vs. Blackwood (2)
  • State vs. Root Refinery: Mosquito Case
  • State Fair Association
  • State Farm for Women: Jacksonville
  • State Hospital for Nervous Diseases
    • A
    • B
    • C - F
    • G - I
    • J - M
    • N - S
    • T - Z
  • State Mine Inspector
    • Boyd and Ellington
    • Spegle 1928 - 1932 (4)
  • State Park Commission
  • State Sanatorium
    • A - F
    • G - L
    • M - R (Box 21)
    • S - Z
  • State Sanatorium for African Americans
  • State Teachers College
  • State Treasurer
  • Stock Law
  • Supreme Court
  • Surveyors: County
  • Tax Assessors
    • A - Hea
    • Hea - Z
  • Tax Commission
  • Tax Law and Reports
  • Taxes
    • A - B
    • C - D
    • E - G
    • H - L
    • M - P
    • Q - T
    • U - Z
  • Telegrams
    • A - D
    • E - H
    • I - M
    • N - R
    • S - Z
  • Text Book Commission
    • A - B
    • C - H
    • L - R
    • S
    • T - Z
  • Tick Eradication
    • A - C
    • D - I
    • J - M
    • N - P
    • R - Z
  • Treasurers
  • Trees
  • Tucker State Farm
    • General Information
    • Comparative Cost and Cotton Seed Sold
    • Daily Gin Report 1931 - 1932 (2)
    • Recapitulation of Main Tence Account (Box 22)
    • Warden's Daily Reports
  • Unemployment Committee
  • Unemployment Relief
  • Vetoes
    • A - M
    • N - Z
  • University of Arkansas
    • A - B
    • C - E
    • F
    • G
    • H - T
    • U - V
    • W - Z
  • Veterinary Department
    • A - B
    • C - D
    • E - H
    • J - O
    • P
    • R - Z
  • Vocational Schools
    • First District
    • Third District
    • Fourth District
  • Vouchers
    • 1927 May - 1928 October
    • 1928 November - 1929 January
    • 1929 February - 1929 April
    • 1929 May - 1929 August
    • 1930 July - 1930 September
    • 1930 October - 1930 November
    • 1930 December - 1931 January
    • 1931 February - 1931 April
    • 1931 May - 1931 June
    • 1931 July - 1931 October
    • 1931 November - 1931 December
    • 1932 January - 1932 February
    • 1932 March - 1932 April
    • 1932 May - 1932 June
      • Warrants of Arrest
        • A - I
        • J - Z
  • War Memorial Board
  • Western Arkansas Junior Agricultural School: Mena
  • White House Conference
    • A - F
    • G - H (Box 23)
    • I - Q
    • R -Z
  • Miscellaneous Material
  • List of Names: Multiple Counties