William Blanks Diaries
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Scope and Content Note
Diaries (positive photocopies) of William Blanks, December 1917 - April 1919 and April 1919 - January 1920. Topics include weather, work (at a store, an undertaker or funeral home, and at Hamburg Bank), and day-to-day life in Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas; agriculture, particularly cotton crops and livestock; the 1919 influenza epidemic; and President Woodrow Wilson's cancelled Little Rock speech. Persons mentioned include J.B. Callaway, Leroy Lane, Murphy Jones, Walter Johnner, Gaster Walch, Howard Blanks, H.L. Sanderlin, and Wheelis Cook.
Also included is a document created by Blanks' great-granddaughter, Susan Park Esche, that includes photographs, transcriptions, and a date index of the notebooks.
Dates
- 1917-1920
Creator
- Blanks, William (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
William Lane Blanks (1864-1925) was a storekeeper, automobile dealer, and bank president (of Hamburg Bank) in Ashley County, Arkansas.
Extent
0.26 Linear Feet (1 box and 2 folders)
266 Megabytes (1 file)
Arrangement of the Papers
Collection is arranged chronologically.
Acquisition Information
The William Blanks Diaries were lent to Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries for photocopying in 1978 by Blanks' granddaughter, Caroline Blanks Park of Cabot, Arkansas, through Margaret Bolsterli.
In 2022, Blanks’ great-granddaughter, Susan Park Esche, created a document that included photographs, transcriptions, and a date index of the notebooks. She donated a digital file and a hard copy of her work to Special Collections in January 2023.
Processing Information
Nan Lawler; completed in March 1988. Updated by Katrina Windon in January 2023 to incorporate an additional donation of materials (Box 1).
Creator
- Blanks, William (Person)
Source
- Park, Caroline Blanks (Donor, Person)
- Esche, Susan Park (Donor, Person)
- Title
- William Blanks Diaries
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nan Lawler
- Date
- March 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
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu