Scope and Content Note Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, legislative bills, reports and other materials comprising, for the most part, Oren Harris' Congressional files. Harris, a native of Hempstead County, Arkansas, represented the fourth Congressional district of Arkansas in the 77th-89th United States Congresses, from January 3, 1941 until his resignation February 2, 1966 to accept appointment as United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. For 23 years a member of the House Committee...

Scope and Content Note Articles, clippings, photocopies, photos, reports, and correspondence which primarily documents some of the work of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and the Special Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight, both chaired by Representative Oren Harris. A small number of records pertain to other aspects of Harris' legislative and judicial careers. Arranged in 3 series, the material covers investigations of the Allied Telephone Company of Conway, Arkansas [1965], the...

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. ...

Scope and Content Note Materials in this addendum focus on her career and reveal the types of people she corresponded with, such as other judges and justices, religious figures, and many prominent political leaders. These materials are organized by people she corresponded with and with miscellaneous materials at the end. Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings about the people that Roy interacted with, many holiday and birthday cards that Roy received over the years and other materials...