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Cooper Creek Watershed Improvement District Records, 1962-1980

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This collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence, and project-related documents for the Cooper Creek Watershed Improvement District between 1962 and 1980. These records document the planned impoundments, project contracts, and commission meetings. There are also drawings depicting the planned impoundments and affected areas within the Cooper Creek watershed.

Mammoth Spring State Park Collection, 1870-1980

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The collection includes materials related to Mammoth Spring, its residents, and industries with particular focus on the railroad companies which ran through the town. There are photographs, newspapers, postcards, personal papers, railroad company records, railroad employee records, railroad publications and manuals, and posters.

John Crowell Wright Papers, 1914-1980

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This collection contains material related to or written by John Crowell Wright. His memoir provides details of General Sterling Price's raid into Missouri in 1864, as well as the guerrilla warfare in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.

"Historical Translation Of Antoine Barraque Manuscript" By Laura Hinderks Thompson, 1980

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This manuscript is a translation of Antoine Barraque's 1826 journal describing the Quapaw removal from Arkansas to Louisiana.

Stevens Family Papers, 1862-1980

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This collection contains genealogical information collected by Arthur Stevens regarding the Stevens family.

Little Rock Public Library History, 1980

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This collection contains two typed accounts of the history of the Little Rock Public Library, as well as a letter about the donation of this collection to the Arkansas History Commission.

Arkansas Constitutional Convention Records, 1979-1980

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This collection contains materials collected by Robert D. Ross, Executive Secretary for the 1979-1980 Arkansas Constitutional Convention. The collection includes correspondence and memorandums from delegates. It also contains the names of delegates, the counties they represented and the staff. Minutes of the convention are on microfiche and are not included in this collection.

"On The Courthouse Square" Printing Negatives, 1980

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This collection contains the negatives used to print the book, "On the Courthouse Square in Arkansas."

Arkansas State Hospital Records, 1873-1980

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This collection contains records of the Arkansas State Hospital, including reports, business records, minutes, and publications.

Compton School, Newton County Image Collection, 1941-1980

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This collection is comprised of images of students and faculty from Compton School in Newton County, Arkansas in two formats, paper photocopies and digital images on discs.

Murmil Heights Elementary School Photograph Albums, 1962-1980

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This collection is comprised of yearly class photographs from first through sixth school grades at the Murmil Heights Elementary School of El Dorado, Arkansas, depicting students and teachers from 1962 – 1982, as well as photographs from events held at the school in 1984 and 1985. The collection also contains a newspaper clipping pertaining to an event at the elementary school from 1984.

Crawford, Pearce, And Allied Families Collection, 1980

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This collection contains the genealogical papers of Nell Elkins Pearce, focusing on the Crawford, Pearce, and related families, assembled in Pearce's efforts to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.

40/86 Mortgage Capital Abstract Of Title Collection, 1858-1980

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40/86 Mortgage Capital abstract of title collection contains 57 abstracts of title for various land parcels comprising subdivisions in Faulkner, Lonoke, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren and White Counties, Arkansas. The bulk of these abstracts were created between 1960 and 1980, though the property histories within the abstracts date back to 1858 in some cases.

Lanthorn, Vol. 14, No. 15a, Christmas 1980, Grand Valley State University

Volume 14, July 10, 1980 - May 5, 1981

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Evangelical Visitor - December 25, 1980 Vol. Xciii. No. 24., Glen A. Pierce

Evangelical Visitor (1887-1999)

Vol. XCIII. No. 24.

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 2, Index, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Muhlenberg County Heritage

“The Muhlenberg County [Kentucky] Heritage” was published four times a year by the Muhlenberg County Genealogical Society in Greenville, Kentucky, from 1978 to 2001. The cover title sometimes appears as “The Heritage.” The publication’s purpose was to support the society and to publish information about the genealogy, culture, and history of Muhlenberg County. A separate annual index was printed each year for volumes 1-14. Afterwards, each issue was indexed separately. Generally, the index is to surnames only.

Lanthorn, Vol. 14, No. 18, December 17, 1980, Grand Valley State University

Volume 14, July 10, 1980 - May 5, 1981

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Mary Carrick, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

Oral Histories

Mary Carrick talks about her young years going to District 3 country schoolhouse just three miles outside of Chadron, Nebraska. The school was one room and had one teacher that changed almost every year. Mary was the only one in her grade until more joined her in the upper grades. Everyone at the school got along, and built a great community that never got into too much trouble. Mary spends her time in her interview discussing her fond and positive memories of school functions and festivals and wishes for them to be preserved. She recognizes that student with “special problems”, …

The Genesis Of Jurisart Series No.1: Black Legal Catalysts Painted By Tim Hinton (B. Chicago, Ill. 1947), J. Clay Smith Jr.

Selected Speeches

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 005, Number 13, December 15, 1980, Grand Valley State University

1980-1981, Volume 5

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter, Vol. 19, Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History

Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter

The year of the Maine Folklife Survey is drawing to a close at the end of January. We are in the wrap-up phase, having completed fieldwork in October. Six field workers visited some 300 homes throughout the State, and worked in some 130 townships in every county over the summer, gathering information of all kinds from axe handle making to step dancing to baking bean-hole beans. People have been marvelously friendly, have understood why we were gathering traditional materials, and certainly have been helpful. Though we have felt stretched thin on budget and time to get to see and meet …

Goldie Ewing Wilson Bigsby, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

Oral Histories

Oral history interview with Goldie Bigsby, who taught for 36 years, primarily in rural schools. She finished her career working in the Gering, Nebraska school district.

Note: this transcript has not yet been reviewed and may contain errors.

Lanthorn, Vol. 14, No. 17, December 11, 1980, Grand Valley State University

Volume 14, July 10, 1980 - May 5, 1981

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

The Comment, December 11, 1980, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 December Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald, includes articles:

• Comer, Diane. Obverse English is a Sin of the Times
• Judd, Alan. Clem Haskins the Gem
• Mitchell, Cyndi. Orienteers Try to Win & Try Not to Get Lost

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 56, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Collins, Mike & Nathan Johnson. Times for Finals Can be Changed
• About 8,000 Pre-Register for Spring
• Pillow, Robert. Hanukkah: Teachers, Students Celebrate Jewish Holiday
• Kirtley, Marian. Interhall Council Calls Hall Monitors Outdated
• Judd, Alan. He was a Dreamer, but not the Only One – John Lennon
• Gibbons, Roland. Editorial Cartoon: Graduation
• Wright, Chris. Anniversary of University of Evansville Plane Crash
• Galloway, Amy. Editor Breathes 341- Word Sigh of Relief
• Holiday Schedule Set
• Herald Editors Named – Margaret Shirley, Diane Comer
• Employee Group not Active Now …

Evangelical Visitor - December 10, 1980 Vol. Xciii. No. 23., Glen A. Pierce

Evangelical Visitor (1887-1999)

Vol. XCIII. No. 23.

Ua11/2 Art Exhibit, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Press release regarding Shoe Fantasies exhibit by Charles Forrester.

Rena Hall, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

Oral Histories

Oral history interview with Rena Hall, covering her own school experience as well as her experience with various schools when she was first a teacher and then a superintendent. Much of her school experience was in Morril County, Nebraska.

Note: this oral history has not yet been transcribed. To request transcription, please contact archives@unk.edu.

Abe Stine Interview For The Survivors Of The Holocaust Oral History Project, Abe Stine, Charles Berry

Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust (MS-215)

On December 9th, 1980, Dr. Charles Berry interview Abe Stine about his life before, during, and after World War II. In his interview Stine discusses growing up in Zabkowice, Poland, his family history, and more. During his interview Stine talks about being forced into an Arbeitslager called Niederkild, building the Autobahn, and eventually being transferred to Buchenwald. Towards the end of his interview he details the deplorable conditions he and others faced in the Buchenwald concentration camp, before being libreated in 1945 and his life after.