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Hot Springs' Hidden Heroes: Jim And Leander Tugerson, Chase Hartsell
Hot Springs' Hidden Heroes: Jim And Leander Tugerson, Chase Hartsell
Honors Colloquium
This is the poster for the honors colloquium, "Hot Spring' Hidden Heroes: Jim and Leander Tugerson," given by Chase Hartsell. The presentation took place on February 26, 2024, in the Walker Convention Center.
Life In The Time Of Covid-19, Joe Jeffers
Life In The Time Of Covid-19, Joe Jeffers
Articles
This narrative is a personal account of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on my life in 2020. Three factors come to bear on my reactions. First, I am 75 years old. Second, I have a minor heart condition. Third, I am a scientist. The first two put me in a higher risk category, and my behavior changed accordingly. The third is the window through which I view the world. It affects my reaction to data as the nature of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 are revealed. I follow numerous information sources about the pandemic and share those articles on Facebook. Retirement …
Henry Ivens Stone, Local Inventor, Lisa K. Speer
Henry Ivens Stone, Local Inventor, Lisa K. Speer
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Henry Ivens Stone was born October 30, 1866, in Clark County, Arkansas to William Clark "W.C." and Mary Ann (Smith) Stone. Stone's mother, Mary Ann, was the daughter of Dr. Willis and Margaret Janes Smith. Stone married Sara L. "Sallie" Turbeville on May 14, 1887, in Nevada County. Henry and Sallie lived in Whelen Springs, and were the parents of three children--Willie Mae, Warner "Cap," and Henry Jr., who died before his first birthday. Henry Ivens Stone died from pneumonia on November 20, 1900. Frederick Vallowe, the great grandson of Stone, donated the original patent, transcribed below, to the Archives …
Another Man Done Gone, Lisa K. Speer
Another Man Done Gone, Lisa K. Speer
Articles
Author’s note: I grew up hearing stories about a maternal great uncle who died young following an arrest for some minor offense. As an adult, I hadn’t thought much about his story until earlier this year. While hunkered down in quarantine during the COVID-19 outbreak, a cousin texted a photograph and a newspaper clipping to me and asked if I knew who the man was, or anything about what had happened to him. The photograph was of our great uncle, Richard Audell Clift, and the clipping was about his death. Reading about his death made me realize that there was …
The Wiley Funeral Home Records At Ouachita Baptist University, Lisa K. Speer
The Wiley Funeral Home Records At Ouachita Baptist University, Lisa K. Speer
Articles
In 2009, Ouachita Baptist University's Special Collections and Archives received a set of records from the Wiley Funeral Home (now Mitchell Funeral Home) of Arkadelphia, containing death certificates, burial transit permits, and funeral insurance records kept between 1941-1968. The records document the lives of several thousand African Americans who were either residents of Clark County or whose funerals were handled by Wiley Funeral Home.
Clark County, Arkansas: The Garden Spot Of The Sunny South, Lisa K. Speer
Clark County, Arkansas: The Garden Spot Of The Sunny South, Lisa K. Speer
Articles
Presented here is a typescript of a pamphlet produced and distributed circa 1877 by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway to promote settlement in Clark County. The original pamphlet is housed in the collections of the Arkansas State Archives.
100 Years Ago: Front-Page Stories From Arkadelphia's Southern Standard, Lisa K. Speer
100 Years Ago: Front-Page Stories From Arkadelphia's Southern Standard, Lisa K. Speer
Articles
The following news items were extracted from the front pages of Arkadelphia's Southern Standard weekly newspaper of 1919. The articles illustrate the variety of news published by the paper and offer glimpses into life in early 20th-century Clark County. The return to normalcy following the end of a world war; agricultural and economic development of the county; and moonshining were just a few of the themes that ran through the news that made the front pages of 1919.
Discovering Historical Data In Clark County: Sociology Of Research Methods, Layten Moseley
Discovering Historical Data In Clark County: Sociology Of Research Methods, Layten Moseley
Scholars Day
Learning how to conduct studies using ARC GIS mapping, enabled this class to gain a new perspective of the historical significance of Clark County. Becoming educated in this software, along with obtaining a deeper knowledge of the history in Clark County, has enabled integration and appreciation for the community and higher learning.
Register Of Complaints: 1865-1868, Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands
Register Of Complaints: 1865-1868, Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands
Freedmen's Bureau: Arkansas Field Office Records
No abstract provided.
Register Of Marriages: 1865-1867, Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands
Register Of Marriages: 1865-1867, Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands
Freedmen's Bureau: Arkansas Field Office Records
No abstract provided.
Letters Sent, Letters And Orders Received, Endorsements Sent And Received: 1865-1868, Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands
Letters Sent, Letters And Orders Received, Endorsements Sent And Received: 1865-1868, Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands
Freedmen's Bureau: Arkansas Field Office Records
No abstract provided.
Indentures Of Apprenticeship: 1866, Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands
Indentures Of Apprenticeship: 1866, Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands
Freedmen's Bureau: Arkansas Field Office Records
No abstract provided.
Biscoe Family Papers, Chistopher Digiovanni
Biscoe Family Papers, Chistopher Digiovanni
Guides and Finding Aids
Nancy Caroline "Nannie" Gresham Biscoe moved with her five children from Forest, MIssissippi, to Arkadelphia in the 1880s following the death of her husband. Soon after Ouachita Baptist College opened in 1886 Nannie began teaching in the Preperatory Department, continuing there for over a decade until she joined the faculty of Arkadelphia High School. Her teaching career spanned some fifty years. She also served as the first president of the Arkadelphia Woman's LIbrary Association.
Nannie and her family (children Don, Mattie, Hamilton "Hamp" and Gibbs, and an adopted nephew, Pat) lived less than two blocks from the campus of Ouachita …
Una Moffitt Roberts Lawrence Paper, Archivists
Una Moffitt Roberts Lawrence Paper, Archivists
Guides and Finding Aids
Una Roberts was born in Gainesville, Arkansas, August 6, 1893, the oldest child of Hulette Wayman and Mary Moffitt Roberts. H.W. Roberts was a teacher and Una was educated under his private tutoring until her senior year of high school when she attended Cabot High School, Cabot, Arkansas, graduating in 1909.
Una had completed her freshman year in Ouachita Baptist College in 1910, when a serious illness resulting from a fall when she was ten years old prevented further college attendance. So, she began the study of music, and graduated from Baars Music Studios, Little Rock, in June of 1913. …
Habicht-Cohn-Crow House One Of The Oldest In Town, Wendy Bradley Richter
Habicht-Cohn-Crow House One Of The Oldest In Town, Wendy Bradley Richter
Articles
One of Arkadelphia’s oldest homes sits at the corner of Eighth and Pine streets. Known as the Habicht-Cohn-Crow House, the building was constructed in 1870 for Captain Anthony E. Habicht, who came to the South during Reconstruction. Local legend says that Habicht patterned the house after one he had seen in Natchez, Mississippi, and its design was heavily influenced by the Greek Revival style.
J. H. Hankins Papers, Archivists
J. H. Hankins Papers, Archivists
Guides and Finding Aids
J. T. Hankins graduated from Ouachita Baptist College with the Class of 1912 and became a minister.
This collection contains Ouachita Baptist College yearbooks belonging to J.T. Hankins and a letter of recommendation from Hankins' time as a student. Also included are OBC Class of 1912 reunion items and a church bulletin from a church he pastored in Texas.
Political Campaign Memorabilia, Wesley "Wes" Franklin
Political Campaign Memorabilia, Wesley "Wes" Franklin
Guides and Finding Aids
Political campaigns generate many different types of artifacts, documents, and memorabilia. These items are widely distributed among the general population in order to generate support for a particular candidate or cause. The material in this collection was accumulated over the course of several decades and contributed by a variety of people.
This collection contains items and documents from Arkansas's past political campaigns.
Wayne Fowler Scrapbook, Archivists
Wayne Fowler Scrapbook, Archivists
Guides and Finding Aids
Wayne Fowler attended Arkadelphia High School and participated in the band, student government, plays, and the football team. He graduated in 1948.
This scrapbook contains snapshots, newsclippings, programs, and other memorabilia related to Wayne Fowler's time at Arkadelphia High School, with an emphasis on the band and football team. There are also 1948 graduation programs and announcements.
Irma Hopkins Collins Papers, Taylor Jones
Irma Hopkins Collins Papers, Taylor Jones
Guides and Finding Aids
Irma Helen Hopkins was born in Horatio, Arkansas, May 15, 1930. As a student at Ouachita College, she began studying journalism major and won awards for her writing, but then pursued music. She graduated from Ouachita Baptist College in 1952 with a B.A. in violin and speech; Southwestern Seminary with a B.M.S. in voice and choral conducting; M.M. in voice from George Peabody College in Nashville, and earned a doctorate in musical arts at Temple University. She taught at Mars Hill College, George Peabody College, West Virginia Wesleyan College, the University of Pittsburgh, and then at Murray State University. She …
M. K. Sandford Photograph Albums, Archivists
M. K. Sandford Photograph Albums, Archivists
Guides and Finding Aids
Whidbey Island is the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington. The island is approximately thirty miles north of Seattle, and lies between the Olympic Peninsula and the I-5 corridor of western Washington. M. K. Sandford, formerly of Arkadelphia, photographed scenes in the area near her home there.
These three volumes contain photography by M. K. Sandford, primarly of nature and wildlife in the Whidbey Island area.
Ellis R. Bennett Papers, Mattison Griffin
Ellis R. Bennett Papers, Mattison Griffin
Guides and Finding Aids
Ellis R. Bennett of Union County, Arkansas, served in Europe during World War I as a part of the United States Army, Company B, 13th Engineers. The unit consisted of men experienced in various phases of the operation of railways. Ellis Bennett characterized his position as an "operator," and his interest in communications continued after his military service was over. Bennett died in 1945 at the Army and Navy Hospital in Hot Springs. He was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
This collection contains numerous items from the World War I era that illustrate Ellis Bennett's military service and family life. …
History Of Library Cannon, Wendy Bradley Richter
History Of Library Cannon, Wendy Bradley Richter
Articles
Today, relatively few Arkadelphians know the history behind the cannon that sits on the lawn of the Clark County Library on Caddo Street.
Manufactured by the Confederate Army at the foundry/arsenal here in Arkadelphia in the early 1860s, it never fired a shot at an opposing army. Interestingly, the weapon also served as a hitching post after the war, before being place on the library grounds.
Cates Remembered As Early Pioneer, Wendy Bradley Richter
Cates Remembered As Early Pioneer, Wendy Bradley Richter
Articles
Few people were privileged to witness the spread of settlement into the virtually untouched wilderness of Arkansas following the arrival of European explorers. Even by the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, only two places in what is now Arkansas could truly be called settlements, and both were near the Mississippi River.
1918: Bone-Chilling Temperatures Freeze River, Wendy Bradley Richter
1918: Bone-Chilling Temperatures Freeze River, Wendy Bradley Richter
Articles
With recent frigid temperatures in the area, it is difficult to imagine that the harsh cold weather does not come close to that which visited Arkadelphia 100 years ago.
Flanagin Law Office Constructed Prior To Civil War, Wendy Bradley Richter
Flanagin Law Office Constructed Prior To Civil War, Wendy Bradley Richter
Articles
Today, many visitors to the downtown Arkadelphia vicinity may not realize the historical significance of one of the buildings across the street from the Clark County Court House.
The structure known to some as the "Flanagin Law Office" was constructed prior to the Civil War and served as an office for a number of different attorneys, including Arkansas Governor Harris Flanagin of Arkadelphia. Flanagin became governor in 1862 and held the office during some of the most tumultuous year in American history.
Contributions Of Women To Clark County's History, Lisa K. Speer
Contributions Of Women To Clark County's History, Lisa K. Speer
Articles
Excerpted from a lecture given for the Clark County bicentennial, this article focuses on the contributions of Clark County women to the community during the major movements and events of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Arkadelphians Play Baseball In Montana, Lisa K. Speer
Arkadelphians Play Baseball In Montana, Lisa K. Speer
Articles
Perhaps a little known facet of Clark County history is its connection to Negro League baseball in the early 20th century. Between 1917 and 1939, sixteen young men from Arkadelphia played baseball for the Butte Colored Giants in Montana.
The Early Arkadelphia Post Office, Wendy Bradley Richter
The Early Arkadelphia Post Office, Wendy Bradley Richter
Articles
At this time of year, many people begin to make preparations to send or receive packages by mail during the holiday season.
Today, practically all homes and businesses receive some sort of communication each day the United State Postal Service operates. But, many don't stop to think about the improvements that have take place in that service through the years.
Clark Remembered For Exploration Of Louisiana Purchase, Wendy Bradley Richter
Clark Remembered For Exploration Of Louisiana Purchase, Wendy Bradley Richter
Articles
In the early days of Arkansas history, counties were physically much larger, although much more sparsely settled.
Clark County was one of five counties in existence when Arkansas Territory was established in 1819. In fact, the county celebrates its 199th anniversary later this week.
Crow Becomes First To Work In Arkadelphia Real Estate, Wendy Bradley Richter
Crow Becomes First To Work In Arkadelphia Real Estate, Wendy Bradley Richter
Articles
Through the years, many Clark Countians have enjoyed distinguished careers and have made significant contributions to the development of the area.
One such individual was businessman Austin M. Crow. While no one today has a living memory of Mr. Crow, his wide-ranging activities place him among the early leaders of the Arkadelphia community.