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John C. Futrall Memorial

 Collection
Identifier: MC 746

Scope and Content Note

Notes of Julian Seesel Waterman for talk at memorial service for John Clinton Futrall, president of the University of Arkansas from 1913 to 1939.

Dates

  • 1939

Creator

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

John Clinton Futrall was born on March 9, 1873 in Jackson, Tennessee to Thomas Andrew and Emma Headen Futrall. The Futrall family later moved to Marianna, Arkansas. After graduating from the Marianna Male and Female Institute in 1888, John Futrall attended the Arkansas Industrial University, later named the University of Arkansas, for two years before transferring to the University of Virginia. He returned to the University of Arkansas in 1894. That same year, Futrall organized and coached the first Cardinals football team, later named the Arkansas Razorbacks, from 1894 to 1896. In 1898 he married Annie Gaines Duke from Fayetteville, Arkansas and had three children. In 1913, the Board of Trustees appointed Futrall as the acting President of the University of Arkansas as they searched for a replacement. In 1914, he became the full President of the university. During his tenure, he appointed a dean to the College of Agriculture to prevent the Arkansas Farm Bureau from taking the college from the University of Arkansas. He oversaw the establishment of the College of Business and School of Law and the construction of the Vol Walker Hall, the Agriculture Building, the Chemistry Building, the Engineering Hall, the Women’s Gymnasium, the Chi Omega Greek Theatre, and the Razorback stadium. On September 12, 1939 Futrall died in a car accident on his way back from a business trip in Little Rock near West Fork, Arkansas. A student union building that was completed in 1939 was renamed the Futrall Memorial Hall in his honor.

Extent

.001 Linear Feet (1 item)

Arrangement of the Papers

The collection consists of a single item, housed in a box with other smaller manuscript collections.

Acquisition Information

Unknown donation information.

Processing Information

Processed by Nan Lawler; completed in February 1988.

Title
John C. Futrall Memorial
Status
Completed
Author
Nan Lawler
Date
February 1988
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

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444