Mary Dengler Hudgins Research Files

Collection

Identifier: MS H886

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Scope and Content Note

Correspondence; literary manuscripts; notes; musical scores; lists and bibliographies; newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other printed material; photographs; scrapbooks; and other materials principally collected but in part created by Hudgins and pertaining or relating to her interests in: Arkansas-related music, literature, composers, writers, and performing artists, especially Laurence Powell, Scott Joplin, Charles Joseph Finger and Fay Templeton; Charles Cutter's Guide to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, 1884...1915; the Federal Writers' Project in Arkansas 1936-1938; Niloak pottery; Troy Wilson Lewis; The Scrapbook of Arkansas Literature and the Arkansas Thomas Cat; and the regulation of commercial solicitation in Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1887-1916.

Dates

Creation: 1861-1978
Creation: Majority of material found within 1930-1948, 1965-1975

Creator

Hudgins, Mary Dengler, 1901-1987 (Person)

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

Mary Dengler Hudgins (1901-1987), a native of Hot Springs, graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1924. She was a free-lance writer, librarian, and collector of materials pertaining to Hot Springs and to Arkansas. She was especially interested in Arkansas composers and musicians. She was active in the American Association of University Women, the Arkansas Folklore Society, and the Arkansas Historical Association.

Extent

10.25 Linear Feet (8 boxes, 5 items, and 1 oversize folder)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged in 7 series:

Series 1. Files Pertaining to Arkansas Music and Composers
Series 1. Subseries 1. Files Pertaining to Laurence Powell
Series 1. Subseries 2. Files Pertaining to Scott Joplin
Series 1. Subseries 3. Files Pertaining to Other Composers and Compositions
Series 2. Files Pertaining to Arkansas Literature and Authors
Series 2. Subseries 1. Files Pertaining to The Scrapbook of Arkansas Literature
Series 2. Subseries 2. Files Pertaining to Cutter's Guidebooks
Series 2. Subseries 3. Files Pertaining to Charles Joseph Finger
Series 3. Files Pertaining to Niloak Pottery
Series 4. Files Pertaining to Troy Wilson Lewis
Series 5. Files Pertaining to Fay Templeton
Series 6. Files Pertaining to the Hot Springs "Drumming Evil"
Series 7. Miscellaneous Files

Acquisition Information

The Mary Dengler Hudgins Research Files were gifted to the Special Collections Department by Mary Dengler Hudgins of Hot Springs, Arkansas in February 1972; November 1973; August, October, and December 1974; March-May 1975; February and August 1976; and September 1977.