Scope and Content Note The records pertain to the establishment of the Fort Smith National Historic Site in 1961 and its restoration in the 1970s. Records include correspondence to Fort Smith Judge Paul Wolfe and Restoration Committee Chairman R. K. Rodgers from Congressmen Jim Trimble and John Paul Hammerschmidt, Senators J. William Fulbright and Dale Bumpers, and officials of the National Park Service. Records contain an audiocassette tape of the January 27-28, 1975 conference on Fort Smith history,...

Scope and Content Note Electrostatic copies of indictments, complaints, writs, subpoenas, motions, bonds, orders, depositions, lists, reports, vouchers, receipts, correspondence and other records created by officers of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas or of the U.S. Circuit Court (Commissioner’s Court) for the Western District of Arkansas [see “Note on Courts”] and pertaining to criminal and legal proceedings of the courts. Note on Documents...