Scope and Content Note The papers pertain primarily to William Rheem Lighton (1866- 1923), his wife Laura McMaken Lighton (1869-1948) and their children, Dorothy (1893-1967), Louis Duryea (1895-1963), Suzanne Chalfant (1905-1978), and Betty (b. 1912). Most of the papers were collected and saved by daughters Suzanne and Betty. Included are materials pertaining to their extended family, in particular, Dorothy Lighton's children and grandchildren and Laura McMaken's father, Andrew Campbell McMaken. These...

Scope and Content Note Materials pertain primarily to Betty Lighton and date from her early college years to the last years of her life. Topics of interest relate primarily to northwest Arkansas, and include the Happy Hollow Foundation, the juvenile court system, the mental health system, and various community service organizations, especially materials pertaining to the United Community Services of Northwest Arkansas. Other topics include the Red Cross during World War II and Girl Scouts in northwest Arkansas and...

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Illustrated "shooting script," in bound mimeograph, for motion picture film, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass," screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, produced by Louis D. Lighton, directed by Norman Z. McLeod, and released by Paramount Studios, 1933.

Scope and Content Note These interviews were also used to create a multi-media slide show about the Washington Willow Historic District of Fayetteville, Arkansas, titled Washington Willow Historical District: A September Song. The collection contains taped interviews arranged alphabetically by the name of the interviewee, transcripts of these interviews, and a slide show Washington Willow Historical District: A September Song, consisting of a tape,...