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Carter Family Tree, Mattison Griffin
Carter Family Tree, Mattison Griffin
History Class Publications
This research paper looks at the family tree of Mattison Griffin following the Cart line. The lineage is traced back centuries and looks at the location of the family and how they traveled from England to Arkansas.
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.
Scholars Day Program Of Events 2018, Carl Goodson Honors Program
Scholars Day Program Of Events 2018, Carl Goodson Honors Program
Scholars Day
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. …
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
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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. …