Lilbourn Hays Meriwether Letters
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Scope and Content Note
The letters were written by Lilbourn Meriwether in 1912, when he was a student at the University, to his father R. W. Meriwether in Paragould. The first was dated February 27 and the second February 28 and they were sent Special Delivery from Fayetteville. They describe the student uprising known as the X-Ray incident, in which students published a paper by that name. For a full account of this incident, see Robert A. Leflar's history of the University, The First Hundred Years, pp. 349-351.
The second letter also contains an accounting of some money Lilbourn Meriwether has spent for college expenses.
Dates
- 1912
Creator
- Meriwether, Lilbourn Hays (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
Lilbourn Hays Meriwether was a student at the University of Arkansas from Paragould, Arkansas.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Arrangement of the Papers
Letters are arranged chronologically.
Acquisition Information
The Lilbourn Hays Meriwether Letters were donated to Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries in 2000 by Robert W. Meriwether.
Processing Information
Processed by Ethel C. Simpson; completed in March 2002.
- Title
- Lilbourn Hays Meriwether Letters
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ethel C. Simpson
- Date
- March 2002
- 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