Wednesday’s Wonderful Collection - Little Rock Air Force Base collection, MG.00117

The campaign to locate an Air Force base in central Arkansas was led by Pulaski County Judge Arch Campbell and Chamber of Commerce president Harry W. Pfeifer, Jr., who established a Defense Installations Committee. When the Little Rock Air Force Base opened, a Community Council was organized to coordinate military and civilian community life. The Community Council addressed the need for homes, hospitals, and schools.

This collection includes correspondence, minutes, and newspaper clippings describing the selection, building, and operation of the Little Rock Air Force Base, and the change from Strategic Air Command to Military Airlift Command base.

·         I. Little Rock Air Force Base Community Council records (Reel MG00117)

o    1. 1952 January 11: Arch Campbell and Harry W. Pfeifer, Jr., to the Honorable Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, District of Columbia

o    2. 1952 January 9: Dinner program "Honoring Brigadier General Harold R. Maddux," Marion Hotel

o    3. By-Laws of the Little Rock Air Force Base Community Council

o    4. Little Rock Air Force Base Community Council, officers

o    5. 1975 September 25: Major General Joseph J. Preston, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, to Everette Tucker, Jr., Little Rock, Arkansas

o    6. 1975 September 30: John McClellan, United States Senate, Washington, District of Columbia, to Everette Tucker, Jr., Little Rock, Arkansas

o    7. 1975 October 9: Sidney S. McMath, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Everette Tucker, Little Rock, Arkansas

·         II. Scrapbooks

o    8. 1952-1984

o    9. 1955-1967 (Reel MG00117-MG00118)

o    10. 1954-1976 (Reel MG00119)