Blake Wintory Collection of Photographs and Postcards

Collection

Identifier: MC 2510

Staff Only
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Content Description

Photographic prints, stereoviews, and postcards, primarily of scenes in and around Marianna, Ark. Also includes a photograph of Robert Ramsey, a Memphis, Tennessee-born writer who grew up in Lee County, Arkansas, and authored works such as Fiesta and Fire in Summer, which was set in a fictional county inspired by Lee County.

Dates

circa 1906-1951

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Conditions Governing Use

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical / Historical

Blake Wintory is Director of Preservation at the Heritage Foundation of Williamson County, Tennessee. Wintory is an alumnus of the University of Arkansas; he served as a teaching assistant in the Anthropology Department. He later worked for the Department of Arkansas Heritage and for the Lakeport Plantation Museum.

Extent

0.03 Linear Feet (3 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Materials are arranged by format.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Blake Wintory Collection of Photographs and Postcards was donated to Special Collections by Blake Wintory in 2012. Wintory found the Robert Ramsey photograph in a book by Ramsey that Wintory purchased at Burke's Book in Memphis, Tennessee.