John E. Martineau was the twenty-eighth
governor of Arkansas, serving from 1927 to 1928. Born on December 2, 1873, in
Clay County, Missouri, Martineau moved to Lonoke County, Arkansas, with his
family when he was still a small child. He studied law and was elected governor
as a Democrat. During his brief time in office, Martineau was faced with the
disaster of the 1927 flood and was elected President of the Tri-State Flood
Commission, formed by Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. He called out the
National Guard on May 4, 1927, to stop rioting in Little Rock following the
lynching of John Carter, and he reformed the state highway system by
authorizing the use of highway bonds to fund road construction. Martineau
resigned as governor on March 2, 1928, after he was appointed United States
district judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He remained in this
position until his death on March 6, 1937.
This collection contains the official
correspondence of Governor Martineau during his term of office, covering topics
such as the highway department, the flood of 1927, and appointments to offices.
- 1926
- Adjutant General (Box 1)
- Applications (6)
- Arkansas Service Bureau
- Bank Commission
- Blind and Deaf School (2)
- Charitable Institutions
- Clerical - Stenographic
- Comptroller
- Confederate Home (2)
- Congratulations and personal
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I-J
- K-L
- M
- N-P
- Q-R
- S
- T
- U-W
- X-Z
- County officials
- Assessor
- Chancellor
- Circuit Clerk
- Constable
- Coroner
- Judges
- Mayor
- Sheriff
- Surveyor
- Treasurer
- Education
- Election Commission
- Feed and Fertilizer Inspector
- Fish and Game Commission
- Game Warden, H-Z
- Governor Correspondence (Box 2)
- Campaign and political
- A-G
- H-M
- N-Z
- Miscellaneous and personal
- A-G
- H
- I-Mc
- M-S
- T-Z
- Health
- Highway Department (3)
- Honorary Board
- Industrial School
- General
- Boys (2)
- Girls
- African American
- Inheritance Tax Attorney
- Insurance
- Invitations
- A-G
- H-Z
- Judges-Supreme Court
- Labor Commission (2)
- Legislation
- General
- Bills
- Employees
- Speakership
- Oil and gas
- A
- B
- C
- D-G
- H
- J-Mc
- M-N
- O-Q
- R-S
- T-Z
- Penitentiary
- A-J
- H-J
- K-M
- N
- O-S
- T-Z
- Publicity
- Purchasing department
- A-G (Box 3)
- H-Z
- Revenue Department
- A-G
- H-Z
- State Democratic Convention
- State Hospital
- A-G
- H-Z
- State Hotel Inspector
- State Mine Inspector
- State Veterinarian
- University of Arkansas
- A-G
- H-Z
- 1927-1928
- Aeronautics (Box 4)
- Agriculture
- Applications, miscellaneous
- Applications
- A-C
- D-H
- I-L
- M
- N-Z
- Appointments
- A-J
- L-Z
- Arkansas Service Bureau
- Bank Commission
- A-G
- H-Z
- Blind and Deaf School
- Bonds
- Boxing Commission
- Child Welfare
- Confederate Home
- Conservation Department
- A-C
- D-G
- H
- J-Mc
- M-Q (Box 4)
- R-T
- U-Z
- Crippled Children's Home
- Education, schools and colleges
- A-G
- H-Z
- Fire Marshall
- Fish and Game
- Flood
- A-C
- D-H
- J-M
- N-R
- S-Z
- Governor's correspondence
- A-B
- C-E
- F-G
- H
- I-L
- M
- N-S
- T-Z
- Health Department (Box 5)
- Highway Department
- A-C
- D-G
- H
- I-L
- M
- N-R
- S-V
- W-Z
- Honorary Board
- Industrial schools
- General
- Boys and girls
- Invitations
- A-C
- D-G
- H-K
- L-O
- P-S
- T-Z
- Justice of the Peace
- A-B
- C-D
- E-H
- J-M
- N-S (Box 6)
- T-Z
- Labor Department
- Legislature
- A-B
- C-G
- H-K
- L-O
- P-S
- T-Z
- Medical Board
- Military Department
- Mine Inspector
- A-R
- S-Z
- Miscellaneous
- A-B
- C-D
- E-G
- H-M
- N-P
- R-Z
- Notary Public
- A-M
- N-Z
- Penitentiary
- A- B (Box 7)
- C-G
- H
- I-L
- M-N
- O-R
- S-T
- U-Z
- Pensions
- Proclamations
- Publicity
- Purchasing Department
- Revenue Department
- A-H
- I-Z
- Insurance and Revenue
- State Hospital
- State Sanitorium
- State Veterinarian
- Tax Commission
- A-D
- E-G
- H
- N-S (Box 8)
- T-Z
- Text Book Commission
- Tick Eradication
- University of Arkansas
- United States Government
- Journal of the House of Representatives of Arkansas: Thirty-Sixth Regular Session, 1907 (2)
- Oversized Penitentiary records (Box 9)
