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Printed announcement for the 1892 session of the Arkansas Industrial University. Includes description of courses, as well as information on costs.

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Handwritten blank form for the explanation of absences and/or lateness for activation of the military detachment of the Arkansas Industrial University, 1875.

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Recruiting folder: "Arkansas Industrial University, Fayetteville, Ark. For both sexes. Attendance large. Increased facilities. Next term begins Tuesday, March 1, 1892. Send for the new catalogue...," describing University and listing courses offered, fees and tuition, etc.

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Scrapbook pages and photograph, circa 1896. 9 items.

Scrapbook pages containing 1896 Arkansas Industrial University (now the University of Arkansas) graduation program, senior class song (written by Ida G. Barr), views of Fayetteville and U of A campus, newspaper clippings. Photograph (7½ x 9 3/4" mounted on card) is of Old Main from the north, dated on reverse 1904-1906.

Scope and Content Note The materials in this collection are primarily items collected by Ruth Dickinson Berry (1880-1973) and her daughter, Mary Berry Preston (1914-1997). The materials in the Berry, Dickinson, Peel Family Papers (1833-1977) are a diverse accumulation of records which include family correspondence; political, legal, and financial documents; school records; scrapbooks, albums, and notebooks; greeting cards; clipping files; notes for newspaper articles; records of institutions, clubs,...

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The Byroade collection is arranged in four series and consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, slave bills of sale, Civil War papers, wedding and funeral memorabilia, school records, photographs, and business, financial, legal, and political papers.

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Materials in this collection include photographs and negatives of Francis B. Chidester and William P. Chidester, a beneficiary appointment for Francis B. Chidester to attend the Arkansas Industrial University, and a tuition receipt.

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Outlines, drafts, and finished essays; notes; examinations; and other papers (including Regulations of AIU; appointment as beneficiary; receipt for fee; and concert, chapel, elocution, and commencement programs) of Daniel M. Davis, a student of the Preparatory Department, Arkansas Industrial University, 1893.

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This collection contains correspondence, addresses and speeches, essays, scrapbook, and other materials created or received by Futrall, President of the University of Arkansas from 1913 to 1939; by his father, Thomas Andrew Futrall, 1842-1917; and by other persons; pertaining to personal and familial interests and concerns of the Futrall family, and to the academic and professional careers of John Futrall and Thomas Futrall.

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Material pertaining to the life of William J. Hamilton, Arkansas student, teacher, lawyer, and merchant, especially to his years as a student at Arkansas Industrial University, 1889-1894. The memoirs also relate, in part, to the history of Hartford, Arkansas, to Hamilton's daughter, Nell Lucille Hamilton Trotter, and to other members of the Hamilton-Gryder-York-Dean-Trotter families.

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Autograph album inscribed "A.I.U." with signature of John J. Hughes. Verses and writings signed by fellow students commemorate their schooldays together. Photographs of unidentified classmates and a photograph of Old Main.

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"Day book" and diary of University of Arkansas student. Contents: record of moneys received and expended, pp. [1-2], 5-12, 21-40, 43-56; blank pages, pp. 69-71; index entry, p. 72; diary, March 25, 1891 ... March 6, 1894, pp. 73-78, 83-98, 101-130, 141-156, 163-180. 1 volume (13" x 8" x 1").

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Letter from Governor William Read Miller to D. E. Jones, pertaining to resignation of Jones as a Trustee of the Arkansas Industrial University.

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The collection consists of one item, a letter written by James Mitchell on November 27, 1874. It is written by hand on a folded sheet of stationery bearing a lithograph in green depicting University Hall, the building housing the Arkansas Industrial University. In the letter Mitchell addresses David Walker, a prominent judge, asking Walker to use his influence with the Arkansas General Assembly to obtain a sufficient appropriation to operate the new University.

Scope and Content Note Autograph books, letters, and photographs pertaining to the Sledge-Ammons-Riddick family, including Civil War letters and autograph book belonging to Molsie Wright Ammons, preparatory class, Arkansas Industrial University, 1886. The collection apparently originated with Rebecca Maisie Sledge (died January 1867, El Dorado, Arkansas), who married [?] Ammons. Their daughter, Molsie Wright Ammons (born 4 July 1866, El Dorado, Arkansas) married Walter M. Riddick, and added to the...

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Miscellaneous Arkansas-related and other collected material.

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Autograph book with signed personal inscriptions collected by Ida Pace from Jan. 4, 1884, to May 15, 1886, from approximately 62 persons, 46 of whom were Arkansas Industrial University students.

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This collection contains Julia Rutherford's ledger with songs, purchase records, and lists of church members, two autograph books from AIU, a commencement invitation, and two photographs.

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Autograph letter signed, dated Roseville (Logan County), Arkansas, December 4, 1878, from Sewell to D. H. Hill, president of Arkansas Industrial University, regarding conduct and health of writer's children, students John M. Sewell and Pink Sewell.

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Positive photocopies of letters were donated to Special Collections by James T. Smith, M. D., Paris, Arkansas, 8 July 1986. The original letters are owned by the donor of the photocopies.

The material consists of seven letters written by Arthur M. Smith, from Arkansas Industrial University, Fayetteville, Arkansas, to his mother, Mrs. M. J. Smith.

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Two report cards of Miss Annie Tillman from Arkansas Industrial University, December 1, 1884-October 9, 1885. Reports list courses taken, grades, absences, and number of demerits. They are signed by George M. Edgar, President, Ruth Johnson, Acting Secretary (1884), and George D. Purinton, Secretary (1885).

Scope and Contents Letters pertaining to the professional, business, political, and other affairs of David Walker, Fayetteville, Ark. lawyer, jurist, politician, legislator, and state supreme court justice. Part of the material relates to the affairs of the Whig Party and to the Civil War and Reconstruction in Arkansas, and to the Arkansas Industrial University in 1874. Correspondents include: John D. Adams, Mark Bean, John J. Clendinin, John R. Eakin, Elbert Hartwell English, Augustus Hill Garland, Lorenzo...

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Documents pertaining to student life at Arkansas Industrial University (later known as the University of Arkansas).