Fordyce, John R. (John Rison), 1869-1939
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fordyce Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1311
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes business records of the Fordyce Bath House (1913-1985), clippings about various family members and their activities, correspondence, journals, and much genealogical material. Some of the items pertain to families linked to the Fordyce family by marriage. Of particular note are a Civil War diary (1862-1865) kept by Mary Jane (Mrs. W. D.) Chadick, mother- in-law of Samuel Wesley Fordyce; a typescript of an overland journey diary (1853-1854) kept by David Sloan Stanley,...
Dates:
circa 1400-1992
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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Fordyce Family Papers
John Rison Fordyce Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS F759 367r
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and related records created, received, or collected by Arkansas manufacturer, entrepreneur, amateur historian, soldier, engineer, and inventor John Rison Fordyce. Records pertain primarily to Fordyce’s personal, familial, business, military, and avocational interests and activities and incidentally to his professional activities. Principal areas to which records relate include: Fordyce family genealogy; the college education of Fordyce’s son, Edward Winfield;...
Dates:
1880-1935; Majority of material found within 1925-1931
United States National Park Service Business Records of Hot Springs, Arkansas Bathhouses
Collection
Identifier: MS Un3nps 367
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, payrolls, contracts, charts, certificates, tax returns, invoices, financial statements, architectural drawings, personnel files, bulletins, registers, minutes of meetings, printed advertising and promotional materials, and other records documenting the management, maintenance, operation, business and financial affairs, personnel administration, and patron relations of three of the larger and more popular former establishments of Hot Springs' celebrated...
Dates:
1903-1975; Majority of material found within 1925-1969
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