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South by Southwest Books (Fayetteville, Ark.)

 Organization

Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:

Arkansas and Texas Journal

 Collection
Identifier: MC 643
Scope and Content Note

Notebook containing account of journey through Arkansas and Texas, 1 October 1855 -4 November 1855. Writer unknown. Notebook contains 108 pp, only 25 filled.

Dates: 1855

Arkansas Children's Home Society Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 652
Abstract

Folder about Arkansas Children's Home Society, Little Rock, and letter from the Reverend O. P. Christian, Superintendent, to John W. Gresham.

Dates: 1918

Arkansas Female College Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MC 672
Scope and Content Note

Broadside for the ninth annual session of Arkansas Female College, Little Rock, 1882-1883, listing trustees, faculty, costs, and information on examinations and boarding.

Dates: 1882-1883

Arkansas State Provost Marshall Circulars

 Collection
Identifier: MC 644
Scope and Content Note

Notebook, ca. 100 pages, in which were pasted circulars (mimeographed) from the State Provost Marshall's office and the State Adjutant General's office, as well as correspondence concerning the draft.

Dates: 1917

Barney Babcock Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: MC 684
Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of a 136-page manuscript, "A Record and Description of Travels," containing descriptions of trips made by Barney Babcock during the 1880s and 1890s, mostly by train from Malvern, Arkansas.

Dates: 1897

William Worth Bailey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS B156
Scope and Content Note

Printed handbill, 8 1/2" x 5 l/2", "A Few Recent European Press Comments (Translated) of William Worth Bailey, the Blind Phenomenon...," together with Xerox copy of seven undated clippings from unidentified newspapers, pertaining to the life and professional career of concert violinist Bailey, who was born in Fort Smith, Ark.

Dates: ca 1901

Baptists. Arkansas. White River Church Proceedings

 Collection
Identifier: MS B229Wh 233E
Scope and Content Note

One-page "Rules of decorum" followed by proceedings of monthly "conference" of the congregation, October 2, 1830 - July 1839. Record is incomplete, with pages wanting.

Dates: 1830-1839

Bradley County (Arkansas) Estate Sale of Enslaved Persons

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1141
Scope and Content Note

Official account, signed by Bradley County Clerk W. H. Wheeler, listing the names of eleven enslaved persons belonging to the estate of James. T. Bragg, the names of the enslavers purchasing, and the price paid. Enslaved persons included in this bill were Marion, Solomon, Jerry, Sterling, Anniea, who was mentioned as being accompanied by an unnamed child, Evilia, Linnifer, Sally, and Marzu, who was also mentioned as being accompanied by an unnamed child.

Dates: 1860

Bradley County Businesses and Road Overseers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 692
Scope and Content Note

"List of Licensed Groceries & Taverns & Ferries..." and "List of Road Overseers...1855."

One leave containing a handwritten list of grocery, tavern, and ferry licenses; list of road overseers for each township for 1855.

Dates: 1855

Thaddeus H. Caraway Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MC 671
Scope and Content Note

Two typed letters, on U. S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, letterhead, from Thaddeus H. Caraway to Judge J. N. Rachels, Searcy, asking support for Caraway's candidacy for U. S. Senate; typed carbon copy of letter [from Rachels] to Caraway.

Dates: 1919

Church of the Living God Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 688
Scope and Content Note

Notes on the history of the Church of the Living God, petition for a Christian Industrial Orphan Home Academy to be located at Wilton (Little River County), leaflet containing annual report of the Academy for 1903 (J. S. Christian, President), and form letter (1905) asking for donations.

Dates: 1903-1905

Commissioner's Sale Notice

 Collection
Identifier: MC 657
Scope and Content Note

Small broadside advertising commissioner's sale of land and cotton gin in Bald Knob, January 9, 1894; announcement from Jno. [John] T. Hicks, Commissioner, Searcy, December 18, 1893.

Dates: 1893

Commonwealth College Auction Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MC 689
Scope and Content Note

Printed (Starco Print., Mena) broadside announcing execution sale, December 16, 1940, of farm equipment, livestock, and hay, to satisfy judgments against Commonwealth College Association.

Dates: December 16, 1940

Commonwealth College Auction Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MC 690
Scope and Content Note

Printed (Starco Print., Mena) broadside announcing executive sale, December 19, 1940, of printing, office, and household equipment; hardware; food; and books, to satisfy judgements against Commonwealth College Association.

Dates: December 19, 1940

Dancing School Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MC 679
Scope and Content Note

Small broadside advertising a "School for Dancing," Sparks' Hall, [Fort Smith?].

Dates: circa 1910s

Wallace Davis Political Leaflet

 Collection
Identifier: MC 660
Scope and Content Note

Printed (Allied Printing, Little Rock) leaflet, folded to 4 pages, by Wallace Davis, son of Jeff Davis, concerning the political enmity between his father and candidate James P. Clarke; in form of letter addressed to Hon. W. F. Kirby, Little Rock.

Dates: 1914

A. Dixon Freight Bill

 Collection
Identifier: MC 975
Scope and Content Note

Freight bill for the Ultima Thule, Arkadelphia and Mississippi Railway, recording a shipment to A. Dixon, Daleville, Arkansas.

Dates: 1891

Dogwood Tree Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MC 683
Scope and Content Note

"The Dogwood Tree: A Legend" reprinted from Hill-Billy News, April 9, 1937, by Hill-Billy News Printing, [Winslow, Arkansas?]. Printed in black and red ink, with decorative border.

Dates: circa 1937

Dyer Methodist Church Dedication Program

 Collection
Identifier: MC 681
Scope and Content Note

Program for dedication service for Dyer Methodist Church, Dyer, Arkansas, January 30, 1949. Includes halftone of church.

Dates: 1949

Elm Springs Academy, Elm Springs, Arkansas, Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MS E61 291
Scope and Content Note

Announcement of curricula, tuition, and board costs, and term schedules for 1888-89 academic year.

Dates: 1888

Farmers and Merchants Bank Folder

 Collection
Identifier: MC 646
Scope and Content Note

Folder listing resources and liabilities of bank as of October 10, 1927, officers, car load shipments of agricultural products, from Springdale, "The New Home of the Welch Grape Juice Company."

Dates: 1927

Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative Union Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MC 670
Scope and Content Note

Printed broadside "To the Farmers of Arkansas" by J.B. Paine, Secretary-Treasurer (of the Arkansas Union) regarding the establishment of community cooperative "Business Enterprises."

Dates: circa 1912

Leo M. Favrot Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1138
Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed form letters issued by Leo M. Favrot to black Arkansas teachers concerning a variety of educational topics; mimeographed form letter from Favrot to Arkansas blacks concerning the Arkansas State Fair; mimeographed report form completed by teacher Lizzie Ryles, Hempstead County, Arkansas, and submitted to Favrot concerning black industrial education classes.

Dates: 1913-1915

E. H. Featherstone Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MC 647
Scope and Content Note

Letter from E. H. Featherstone to John D. Adams, concerning a note given by Featherstone and Benjamin F. Pope to Samuel Adams, then Treasurer of Arkansas.

Dates: 1851

Charles Joseph Finger Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS F494 300A
Scope and Contents

Typed letter, signed, dated "Septr 27th/Gayeta [i.e., Fayetteville, Ark.]", to Lessie [Stringfellow] R[ead], regarding Charles [Morrow?] Wilson, Charles Joseph Finger's literary activities, and his views on the U.S. National Recovery Administration and Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Dates: undated

Additional filters:

Subject
Arkansas -- Politics and government 8
Fort Smith (Ark.) 4
Political campaigns -- Arkansas 4
Religion -- Arkansas 4
Women -- Arkansas -- Societies and clubs 4
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Bradley County (Ark.) 3
Education -- Arkansas 3
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 3
Lonoke County (Ark.) 3
Slavery -- Arkansas 3
Auctions 2
Authors -- Arkansas 2
Baptists -- Arkansas 2
Clubs -- Arkansas 2
Cotton gins and ginning 2
Helena (Ark.) 2
Independence County (Ark.) 2
Methodist Church -- Arkansas 2
Scott County (Ark.) 2
Sebastian County (Ark.) 2
Slave bills of sale 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Washington County (Ark.) 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States 2
Accounts 1
African American children -- Education 1
African American churches -- Arkansas 1
African Americans -- Education -- Arkansas 1
Agriculture -- Arkansas 1
Agriculture, Cooperative 1
Arkansas -- Description and travel 1
Arkansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Arkansas -- Social life and customs 1
Arkansas Territory 1
Bald Knob (Ark.) 1
Banks and banking -- Arkansas 1
Batesville (Ark.) 1
Benton County (Ark.) 1
Business 1
Business -- Arkansas 1
Business records 1
Calhoun County (Ark.) 1
Center Point (Howard County, Ark.) 1
Cherokee Indians -- Government relations 1
Chickasaw Indians 1
Chicot County (Ark.) 1
Coal mines and mining 1
Columbia County (Ark.) 1
Communal living -- Arkansas 1
Concert programs 1
Concerts 1
Conservation of natural resources 1
Cotton growing -- Arkansas 1
Crawford County (Ark.) 1
Dancing schools -- Arkansas 1
Debates and debating 1
Deeds 1
Draft -- United States 1
Dyer (Ark.) 1
Elections -- Arkansas 1
Elgin (Ark.) 1
Elm Springs (Ark.) 1
Entertainment events 1
Fayetteville (Ark.) 1
Folklore 1
Fraternal organizations 1
General stores -- Arkansas 1
Harrison (Ark.) 1
Hempstead County (Ark.) 1
Hotels -- Arkansas 1
Indian Removal, 1813-1903 1
Japanese -- United States 1
Lawrence County (Ark.) 1
Lectures and lecturing 1
Legal services 1
Little Rock (Ark.) 1
Logan County (Ark.) 1
Lovely County (Ark.) 1
Lumbering 1
Lyceums 1
Magnolia (Ark.) 1
Medical personnel 1
Medicine 1
Methodism -- Arkansas 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Miller County (Ark.) 1
Mines and mineral resources -- Arkansas 1
Monte Ne (Ark.) 1
Mountain Home (Ark.) 1
Music in universities and colleges. 1
Musicians -- Arkansas 1
Orphanages -- Arkansas 1
Petroleum industry and trade 1
Poetry 1
Political campaigns -- Arkansas -- Carroll County 1
Pottery -- Arkansas 1
Prairie Grove, Battle of, Ark., 1862 1
Railroad travel -- United States 1
Railroads 1
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