United States. Congress. House
Organization
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
John Paul Hammerschmidt Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1230
Scope and Content Note
The collection is divided into twenty-one series. Materials include biographical data, correspondence, legislative and committee materials, personal and office financial records, speeches, press releases, posters, audio and video tapes, and ephemera.
Dates:
1964-2009
Lawrence Brooks Hays Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS H334p
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, diaries, notes, literary manuscripts, reports, speeches, clippings, political campaign materials, academic records, business and legal documents, clippings, photographs, sound recordings and other materials pertaining to the life and career of Lawrence Brooks Hays, an Arkansas lawyer, politician, legislator, government official, educator, social worker, author, and civic and religious leader. Records, most of which date from 1915 to 1972, pertain to Hays'...
Dates:
circa 1844-1978; Majority of material found within 1915-1972
Thomas Chipman McRae Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS M244
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, speeches, clippings, essays, memoranda, pamphlets, reports, bulletins, receipts, invoices, minutes of meetings, legislative bills, lists, invitations, notes, broadsides, and other documents relating to the personal, familial, professional, business, political, and other affairs of McRae, banker, lawyer, and legislator, United States Congressman (1885-1903), and Governor of Arkansas (1921- 1924). The collection includes the papers, 1930-1938, of Thomas Chipman...
Dates:
1879–1938
William F. and Catherine D. Norrell Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1236
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains some personal materials, including correspondence between the Norrells and their daughter, their obituaries, and funeral memorials. However, the bulk of the collection relates to the professional lives of the Norrells. Especially noteworthy are items pertaining to Mr. Norrell's activities as a member of the Subcommittee on Military Appropriations. These include first-hand materials from Operation Crossroads in 1946; the ships sunk in that operation included the...
Dates:
1932-1981
Oren Harris Supplementary Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 138C
Scope and Content Note
This supplement to the Oren Harris Papers complements the gift to the University of Arkansas Libraries by Judge Harris in 1966 and a second increment received in 1972 and 1973. The present collection consists of materials in a variety of formats documenting a considerable span of Harris's life and career. Series 1, Speeches and Reports, reflects Congressman Harris's role as chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, as well as other national and Arkansas issues. ...
Dates:
ca 1940s-1980s
Hiram Heartsill Ragon Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS R126 388
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbooks, correspondence, memoranda, speeches, notes, photographs, clippings, news releases, political campaign literature, and other published or unpublished materials pertaining to: the life and career of Hiram Heartsill Ragon, U.S. Congressman from Arkansas, 1923-1933, and judge of the U.S, District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 1933 until his death, and to the life and career of his son, Hiram Heartsill Ragon, Jr. (1917-1975), Prosecuting Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial...
Dates:
1915-1962; undated
Joseph Taylor Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS R563 18
Scope and Content Note
The Joseph Taylor Robinson papers (primarily 1900-1937) contain correspondence, memoranda, speeches, legislative bills, business and financial records, legal files, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other materials created or received by or pertaining to Robinson's life and career, especially to his service as U. S. Senator from Arkansas, 1913-1937.
Dates:
1900-1954; Majority of material found within 1900-1937
Ray Thornton Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1964
Scope and Content Note
Materials pertain to both personal and professional aspects of Ray Thornton’s life. Personal materials include correspondence from family and friends; annotated books; and collected mementoes. Other personal materials encompass genealogical notes, including research materials related to A.J. Stephens: As Remembered by His Family (1983) and an unpublished biography of Witt Stephens. Professional materials pertain to Thornton’s multifaceted career,...
Dates:
1898, 1928-2017; Majority of material found within 1945-2011
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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Ray Thornton Papers
James W. Trimble Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 557
Scope and Content Note
Papers and photographs of James William Trimble (1894-1972) and his family of Berryville (Carroll County), Arkansas.
This collection of mostly family papers include congressional papers, personal papers, photographs, genealogical information, diplomas, awards, certificates, and clippings which refer to James W. Trimble, his family, and other members of the Arkansas Congressional delegation. The papers also contain broadsides that have been removed to the broadside collection.
Dates:
1854-1984
U.S. Congress House Published Documents
Collection
Identifier: MS Un3p
Scope and Content Note
Thirty-six House Reports, 3 House Documents, 1 House Executive Document and 1 Senate Document of the 1st and/or 2d sessions of the U.S. 21st, 24th, 28th, 29th, 49th, 50th and 51st Congresses (1830, 1835-35, 1844-45, 1846, 1886, 1888-89 and 1890, respectively), relating to various affairs in Arkansas. Twenty-three of the items pertain to memorials and petitions for, and proposed private bills for, the compensation, relief, or pensioning of individual citizens. Other items pertain to such...
Dates:
1830-1890
Additional filters:
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- Political campaigns -- Arkansas 4
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 3
- Camp Pike (Ark.) 2
- Governors -- Arkansas 2
- Legislators -- Arkansas 2
- Veterans 2
- Aging 1
- Agricultural laws and legislation -- United States 1
- Arkansas Post (Ark.) 1
- Berryville (Ark.) 1
- Bridges -- Arkansas 1
- Buffalo National River (Ark.) 1
- Carroll County (Ark.) 1
- Cold War 1
- El Dorado (Ark.) 1
- Flood control -- Arkansas 1
- Flood dams and reservoirs -- Arkansas 1
- Floods -- Arkansas 1
- Governors -- Arkansas -- Elections 1
- Judges -- Arkansas 1
- Lawyers -- Arkansas 1
- Nature conservation -- Arkansas -- Buffalo River -- Political aspects 1
- Nuclear energy 1
- Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946 1
- Public lands -- Arkansas 1
- Public works -- Arkansas 1
- Railroads -- Arkansas 1
- School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock 1
- Taxation -- Law and legislation 1
- Transportation -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
- Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 ∧ less
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