"History of Arkansas Motor Freight Lines, Inc." Typescript
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of a 4-page typescript giving an organizational history of Arkansas Motor Freight Lines, Inc. from its founding in 1935 until November 1949.
Dates
- ca 1949-1950
Creator
- Arkansas Motor Freight Lines, Inc. (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Arkansas Motor Freight Lines, Inc. was incorporated December 9, 1935, as a trucking company. In 1942, H.Q. Hamilton was elected President of the company; Roy C. Martin succeeded him as President after Hamilton's death in November 1949. Robert A. Young, Jr., purchased the company in 1951. After a merger with Best Motor Lines in 1957, the company was known as Arkansas-Best Freight System Inc., and its name later changed to ABF Freight. ABF Freight is currently under the umbrella of the ArcBest corporation, headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in March 2019.
Creator
- Arkansas Motor Freight Lines, Inc. (Organization)
- Title
- "History of Arkansas Motor Freight Lines, Inc." Typescript
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- March 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu