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Poe Family Dna Grant Project Report, 2015-2016

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This collection contains one binder of all data and collected research from the Poe Family DNA project.

Washington County Historical Society Final Grant Report, 2016

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The report in this collection contains paper and digital files

South Sebastian County Historical Society Final Grant Report, 2016

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The report in this collection contains photographs, a booklet, a program, one DVD, one CD-ROM, and promotional material.

Paac (Preservation Of African American Cemeteries) Junior Preservation Society Final Grant Report, 2015-2016

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The final grant report in this collection contains papers and digital files.

Michael Rankin Genealogical Collection, 1908-2016

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This collection is comprised of genealogy research, correspondence, books, photographs, optical disks, and other documents pertaining to genealogical information of the Rankin, Hogan, Wynn(e), and Bean(e) families.

Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission Records, 1959-2016

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This collection contains various records from the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission including annual reports, publications, audio of commission meetings, posters, and other material.

United Daughters Of The Confederacy (Udc) Records, 1861-2016

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This collection contains the General Organization of the United Daughters of the Confederacy convention materials and magazine, the Arkansas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy conventions materials, yearbooks, membership applications, Crosses of Honor applications and recipients, and other materials pertaining to the Arkansas Division. It also includes materials from various chapters in the state.

War Memorial Stadium Records, 1959-2016

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This collection contains administrative records of War Memorial Stadium from 1959 to 2016, particularly pertaining to past stadium events, financial documents and expenditures, and various improvement and construction projects. It also includes files related to the 1959 bond refunding project, which was carried out under Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, containing correspondence of Governor Faubus discussing the project.

Ralph Bunche Neighborhood Association Grant Report And Supplementary Materials, 2015-2016

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This collections consists of the final report of grant for Curtis Sykes memorial grant program and supplementary materials.

L.C. And Daisy Bates Museum Foundation Grant Report, 2016

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This collection contains a final grant report, and a three-volume inventory of recording documents and artifacts contained in the Bates House Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Richard Bullard Collection, 2010-2016

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This collection is comprised of discs of various Arkansas cemeteries, oral histories, and events photographed by Richard Bullard.

Arkansas State Medical Board Records, 1884-2016

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The Arkansas State Medical Board records contain medical license application records and regulatory records, as well as correspondence. Each box is arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the applicant. These records were transferred to the Arkansas State Archives by the Arkansas State Medical Board.

Arkansas Crime Laboratory Board Records, 1978-2016

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This collection includes minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory Board from 1978 to 2016.

Fiction Writers Of Central Arkansas Minutes And Papers, 2002-2016

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This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to the Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas (FWCA). Included are FWCA correspondence, minutes, newsletters, bylaws, treasurer’s records, and professional writing materials.

Curtis Lee Sulcer Papers, 1960-2016

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This collection contains thousands of handwritten poetry manuscripts by Curtis Lee Sulcer on legal pads, notebooks, and loose papers as well as one published pamphlet of the poet's work.

Beaumont, William Eustace Beaumont Papers, 1917-2016

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This collection contains William Beaumont’s World War I diary and typed transcript from December 8, 1917 to March 1919, covering a time span from when Beaumont left for basic training through the 247th Aero Squadron's demobilization. It also holds newspaper clippings, Beaumont genealogical information, correspondence, as well as photographs of William and Mary Beaumont.

Who Really Said What? Mobile Historical Situated Documentary As Liminal Learning Space, Owen Gottlieb

Articles

This article explores the complexities and affordances of historical representation that arose in the process of designing a mobile augmented reality video game for teaching history. The process suggests opportunities to push the historical documentary form in new ways. Specifically, the article addresses the shifting liminal space between historical fiction narrative, and historical interactive documentary narrative. What happens when primary sources, available for examination are placed inside of a historically inspired narrative, one that hews closely to the events, but creates drama through dialogues between player and historical figure? In this relatively new field of interactive historical situated documentary, how …

Hell Hound Rogers Or The Great Town Benefactor: Who Was Henry Huttleston Rogers, David Braga

Honors Program Theses and Projects

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Star Wars, Syria, And Our Civil War: Bearing Witness To Atrocity And Suffering, Kevin P. Lavery

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Bear with me on this one. The American Civil War will make it into this conversation, but I have a lot of other things to talk about first. And I should also warn: minor spoilers ahead.

I was moved to silence after seeing Rogue One, the first spin-off film of the Star Wars franchise. Even now, tears creep into my eyes as I remember how it shook me. I had heard reviews claiming that it was the first Star Wars movie to put the cost of war at the center of the narrative. I hadn’t expected it to be so …

The Trent Affair: Avoiding A Possible Crisis During The Civil War, Alison Patterson

History & Classics Student Scholarship

In November 1861, Union Naval Captain Charles Wilkes seized the Trent, a British mailing ship, because it was transporting two Confederate diplomats, John Slidell and James Mason. Wilkes captured the two Confederate representatives due to what he considered were treasonous actions against the Union, but he did so without any orders from the Union government. Under a proclamation issued by the Queen of Britain at the start of the Civil War, Britain recognized the Confederacy as a belligerent and was not supposed to transport the dispatches of Slidell and Mason because international law considered them contraband. Yet, by acknowledging the …

Ambassadors For The Kingdom Of God Or For America? Christian Nationalism, The Christian Right, And The Contra War, Lauren Frances Turek

History Faculty Research

This essay uses the concept of Christian nationalism to explore the religious dynamics of the Contra war and U.S.–Nicaraguan relations during Ronald Reagan’s presidency. Religious organizations and individuals played crucial roles on both sides in the war in Nicaragua and in the debates in the United States over support for the Contras. Evangelistic work strengthened transnational ties between Christians, but also raised the stakes of the war; supporters of the Sandinistas and Contras alike alleged a victory by their adversary imperiled the future of Christianity in Nicaragua. Christian nationalism thus manifested itself and intertwined in both the United States and …

"The Most Patient Of Animals, Next To The Ass:" Jan Smuts, Howard University, And African American Leandership, 1930, Robert Edgar, Myra Ann Houser

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Former South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts’ 1930 European and North American tour included a series of interactions with diasporic African and African American activists and intelligentsia. Among Smuts’s many remarks stands a particular speech he delivered in New York City, when he called Africans “the most patient of all animals, next to the ass.” Naturally, this and other comments touched off a firestorm of controversy surrounding Smuts, his visit, and segregationist South Africa’s laws. Utilizing news coverage, correspondence, and recollections of the trip, this article uses his visit as a lens into both African American relations with Africa and …

Kennedy's Crisis: How John F. Kennedy Used History To Prevent Armageddon, Jordan L. Cerbone

Honors Scholar Theses

The Cuban Missile Crisis may be equated to a dangerous game of chess played between two powerful rival nations, the United States and the Soviet Union. President John F. Kennedy’s closest advisers, including all Joint Chiefs of Staff, recommended an air strike to destroy the Cuban missiles. Although Kennedy overruled them, he was nevertheless able to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis through a combination of brilliant intuition and successful diplomacy. The mainstream consensus is that Kennedy’s personality was responsible for ending the crisis amicably. Consequently, Americans can consider the Cuban Missile Crisis as Kennedy’s crisis.

This thesis explores the role …

A Hike Through History: Students Explore The Appalachian Trail, Laurel J. Wilson

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Hiking is a great way to get outside, commune with nature, and connect with the surrounding area. A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hiking one of my favorite sections of the Appalachian Trail in a manner that was completely different than I had ever before experienced. Instead of dressing in my usual 21st century hiking attire, I, along with several others, opted to take things back about 154 years and dressed as a Union soldier would have in 1862.

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The Unknown Legacy Of The 13th Amendment, Danielle E. Jones

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment, declaring slavery illegal in the United States. Or so it seemed. The second line of the Amendment, and the most oft unknown, states that slavery can still be used as a form of punishment for crimes, and this practice became widely used as a part of southern backlash to Reconstruction Era policies. After the end of the Civil War, many southern states struggled with rebuilding their infrastructures and government systems. In order to avoid falling into more debt, many of these states turned towards the convict lease system, which claimed that …

The Accidental Martyr, Shannon Moore

History & Classics Student Scholarship

Hayward Shepherd, a black railroad porter in Harper’s Ferry, was the first man killed in John Brown’s raid, an insurrection intended to free Shepherd’s own race from the grips of slavery. Many Democratic newspapers in both the North and South initially reported that Brown’s men shot Shepherd specifically because he refused to take up arms on the side of the abolitionists. Republican presses instead tended to use passive phrases when describing Shepherd’s death, suggesting that they did not want to report the fact that an anti-slavery group had killed a free black man. These moderate presses remained far less opinionated …

Lincoln County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Lincoln County, Kentucky.

Biographical Sketch Of Martha Green, Elizabeth Lizzie Hall

History Class Publications

Martha Glennie Greene was born on November 9, 1907 in Louisiana to Myal and Georgia Greene. Belonging to one of Arkadelphia’s pioneer families who first arrived from Virginia in 1836, her family was very involved in the community.

Green County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick

Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection

Place names of Green County, Kentucky.

The 2016 Fortenbaugh Lecture: Individual Responses To Lincoln’S Assassination, Hannah M. Christensen

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Every year on November 19th, the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, a distinguished scholar of the Civil War Era is invited to speak as part of the Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture and present an aspect of the Civil War in a format that the general public can understand. This year, the 55th annual Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr. Martha Hodes of New York University. Dr. Hodes’ lecture was based on her book Mourning Lincoln and argued, based on personal primary sources from the immediate aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, that Americans’ responses were by no means consistent. Not …