Little Rock Air Force Base Elementary School Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MC 2689

Staff Only
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Content Description

The collection contains a photograph album and two loose photographic prints of Little Rock Air Force Base Elementary School and its students and faculty. The album primarily includes class portraits; a photograph of an unidentified man at the beginning of the album may be the school principal. Class portraits are identified by the grade level and the teacher's last name; no students are identified.

Dates

1962-1963

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

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

The Little Rock Air Force Base Elementary School in Jacksonville, Arkansas served the children of military personnel living on the adjacent Air Force Base. The school, which opened in September 1958, was a part of the Pulaski County School District. The school was integrated in September 1959, ahead of other schools in the district, due to the intervention of the Department of Defense. During the 1962-63 school year documented in this collection, it was one of only three integrated schools in the district; Black students attending the other schools, Jacksonville Junior High School and Jacksonville Senior High School, were also residents of the Little Rock Air Force Base.

Extent

0.77 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Arrangement

Loose photographs are stored in Folder 1; the photograph album is in its original order.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Little Rock Air Force Base Elementary School Photographs were purchased by Special Collections from Royal Books of Baltimore, Maryland on April 10, 2024.