ASA Conducts Records Preservation/Retention Workshops for State Agencies

The Arkansas State Archives is conducting a series of records retention and preservation workshops for state agencies. They will be conducted on the following dates:

March 8, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
April 5, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
May 3, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
June 7, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
August 2, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
September 6, 9:00 a.m. - 11 a.m.
October 4, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
November 1, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

The workshops will cover the current Arkansas general records retention schedule, how to maintain and preserve records, donation of records to the State Archives, and electronic records.  


For more information or to register, please contact Danyelle McNeill at danyelle.mcneill@arkansas.gov.

AHC and BHCA Quarterly Meeting Dates

The Arkansas History Commission will meet on the following dates and times this year:

March 9, 10 a.m.
June 8, 10 a.m.
Sept. 7, 10 a.m.
Dec. 7, 10 a.m.

The Black History Commission of Arkansas will tentatively meet on the following dates this year:

Feb. 9, noon
May 18, noon
Aug. 10, noon
Nov. 9, noon

All meeting will be held in the Arkansas State Archives conference room, located on the 2nd floor of the Multi-Agency Complex at One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas.  Meetings are open to the public. 

The Black History Commission of Arkansas is an advisory body to the Arkansas State Archives charged with preserving the history of black Arkansans and promoting the teaching of black history in Arkansas’s schools.

For questions and comments, please contact the Arkansas State Archives at 501-682-6900.

Black History Commission of Arkansas quarterly meeting

The Black History Commission of Arkansas will hold a regular, quarterly meeting on Thurs., Feb. 9, 2017, at noon in the Arkansas State Archives conference room, located on the 2nd floor of the Multi-agency Complex at One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas.  This meeting is open to the public.
 

The Black History Commission of Arkansas is an advisory body to the Arkansas State Archives charged with preserving the history of black Arkansans and promoting the teaching of black history in Arkansas’s schools.

For questions and comments, please contact the Arkansas State Archives at 501-682-6900.

ASA Launches New World War I Exhibit

The Arkansas State Archives is opening a new exhibit, "On the Fields and in the Trenches: Relics of the First World War," which features World War I artifacts held in the State Archives museum collection, Department of Arkansas Heritage Director Stacy Hurst announced.

 The collection includes weaponry, medical equipment, medals, photographs, a uniform and a variety of military helmets from several countries.

“This exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of the United States entry into World War I,” says Archives Director Dr. Lisa K. Speer.  “Over 71,000 Arkansans served in the military during the ‘Great War’,” Speer noted, “and this exhibit provides a glimpse into the carnage and brutality of the war experienced by soldiers, medics and nurses on both sides of the conflict.”

Speer serves as a member of the Arkansas World War I Centennial Commemoration Committee, and the State Archives is among a number of museums that will host World War I exhibits in 2017.  The Arkansas State Archives has a large collection of artifacts related to the First World War acquired in the early decades of the twentieth century for a Great War Museum at the Arkansas State Capitol.  Many of these artifacts were picked up off the battlefields by Louis C. Gulley, an Arkansan working as a postmaster for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during the war.

The Arkansas State Archives is an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and is responsible for collecting and maintaining the largest collection of historical materials on Arkansas in the world.  The State Archives has two branch locations; the Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives is located in Powhatan and the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives is located in Washington.

Other agencies of the Department of Arkansas Heritage include the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, and the Historic Arkansas Museum.

Records retention workshops for state agencies

The Arkansas State Archives is conducting a series of records retention and preservation workshops for state agencies. They will be conducted on the following dates:

February 8, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
March 8, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
April 5, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
May 3, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
June 7, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
August 2, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
September 6, 9:00 a.m. - 11 a.m.
October 4, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
November 1, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

For more information or to register, please contact Danyelle McNeill at danyelle.mcneill@arkansas.gov.

January 2017 Acquisitions and Accessions

ASA Books

Little Rock/North Little Rock Yellowbook, 2013-2014
Little Rock/North Little Rock Yellowbook, 2014-2015 (2)
Little Rock/North Little Rock Yellowbook, 2016-2017
Periodicals
Meriwether Connections:  Vol. 20 No. 1, January-March 2001 - Vol. 20 No. 2, April – June 2001
Meriwether Connections:  Vol. 20 No. 1, January-March 2001 - Vol. 23 No.4, October - December 2004
Meriwether Connections:  Vol. 20 No. 1, January-March 2001 - Vol. 25 No.1, January-March 2006 - Vol. 25 No.4, October - December 2006
Meriwether Connections:  Vol. 26 No. 2, April – June 2007
Meriwether Connections:  Vol. 28 No. 3, July - September 2009
Meriwether Connections:  Vol. 29 No. 2, April – June 2010
Meriwether Connections:  Vol. 31 No. 3, July - September 2012 - Vol. 35 No.1, January-March 2016
2001 Membership Directory, The Meriwether Society, Inc.
2006 Membership Directory, The Meriwether Society, Inc.
2013 Membership Directory, The Meriwether Society, Inc.
2010 Membership Directory, The Meriwether Society, Inc.
2014 Membership Directory, The Meriwether Society, Inc.
2015 Membership Directory, The Meriwether Society, Inc.
Jamewtowne Society Newsletter, Vol. 34, No. 1 April 2010- Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring 2016
Cathedral of Saint Andrew September 27,2015 – November 27, 2016

NEARA Periodicals
GSCCA newsletter, January 2017

SARA Books

The Star, Henderson State University, 1979
The Star, Henderson State University, 1984
The Star, Henderson State University, 1986
The Star, Henderson State University, 1987
The Star, Henderson State University, 2002
The Star, Henderson State University, 2003
The Star, Henderson State University, 2004
The Star, Henderson State University, 2006
The Star, Henderson State University, 2013
The Bobcat, Hope High School, 1957
Trammel’s Trace the First Road to Texas from the North, Gary L. Pinkerton

SARA Periodicals

The Stater, Summer 2016
Printed Ephemera
Hope High School, Graduation Program, 1970
Memorial Bulletin, Mrs. Clara Jean Taylor
Memorial Bulletin, Mrs. Evelyn Ann Allison Pounds
DVDs
America Divided:  The Civil War

ASA Accessions

Peggy Lloyd collection
State of Arkansas versus Charles a slave and others, 0.02 cu ft
World War I postcards and photographs, 23 items

SARA Archival Manager to Speak at Ouachita-Calhoun Genealogical Society

Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives Manager Melissa Nesbitt will present "Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives: Guide to Historical and Genealogical Records," to the Ouachita-Calhoun Genealogical Society at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26th in the Great Hall at the First United Methodist Church (141 Harrison Ave.) in Camden.