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Letter dated at Pork Bayou, Arkansas County, Missouri Territory April 16, 1815, from frontier trader Luttig to his employer, St. Louis merchant Christian Wilt, regarding commercial and other affairs in Arkansas County. Persons to whom the letter relates include Toussaint Charbonneau, Auguste Chouteau, William Clark, and James Kennerly.

Scope and Content Note Positive prints collected bу authors Reynolds and David Yancey Thomas for use in illustrating their book, History of the University of Arkansas, published in 1910. Most have manuscript notations on verso; some have manuscript notations on recto, or printed labels on recto or verso. Twenty-one (21) of the photographs used in illustrating Reynolds and Thomas' book were not preserved in the collection, presumably having been returned to lenders or...

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These papers include the biographical sketches submitted to Reynolds and Thomas. Papers and clippings pertaining to the biographies are also contained in this series.

Content Description

Unpublished manuscripts by historian David Yancey Thomas, including a book-length history of the United States, 1492-1941, as well as drafts of two other articles, and a book order form. The bulk of drafts are typescripts with handwritten and/or typed annotations; some pages are handwritten.

Scope and Content Note Correspondence, speeches, notes, diary, literary manuscripts, songs, notices, lists, photograph, clippings, leaflets, broadsides, programs, and other published or unpublished material created, received, or collected by University of Arkansas professor of history and political science David Yancey Thomas. Includes materials pertaining to: his academic career, especially at the University of Arkansas and specifically as regards his retirement; his research and publication in areas of United...