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James Lincoln Stice Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1233

Scope and Content Note

The papers consist of three scrapbooks; correspondence, ca 1906 to 1946, including letters which Stice exchanged with the Arkansas Congressman J.W. Trimble; newspaper clippings (mostly from The Oswego Independent) with miscellaneous family news/announcements, e.g. wedding engagements, birthdays, obituaries, and job promotions; newspaper articles written by Stice's brother, George T., while he was serving in the U.S. Army in Manila, Phillippines, in 1898-1899; Stice's series of articles A Boy's Impression of Oswego published in The Oswego Independent in 1932; a published pamphlet (a collection of newspaper articles, 1932-1935) The New Deal by James Lincoln Stice; a printed leaflet of comments by C.E. Rench, Parson's Sun, Kansas, on Stice's Free Enterprise; U.S. Post Office Department identification cards; family photographs and one tintype; and other papers and printed material. The scrapbooks, ca 1890-1907, contain newspaper clippings, programs, empty envelopes addressed by George T. Stice from Philippines to his mother, Melissa Stice, and a few memorabilia. The papers also contain a landscape map (located at the Special Collections' map case) of the Stice (now Upchurch) residence in Fayetteville.

Stice is the author of Free Enterprise, a collection of stories of his experiences in the postal service in different capacities, but primarily of his work as an inspector in the Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, and Kansas and Missouri. The stories were first published in The Oswego Independent weekly newspaper and later printed in a book form.

Dates

  • ca 1870s-1947

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

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

James Lincoln Stice, the son of David Monroe (1835-1904) and Melissa Stice, was born in 1861 near Alexander, Morgan County, Illinois. He grew up and was educated in Oswego, Labette County, Kansas. Stice held various summer jobs during his schooling years ranging from an assistant postmaster and a deputy county treasurer to a head bookkeeper. Stice began his career with the U.S. Post Office in 1879 when he was appointed assistant postmaster at Oswego post office. In July 1884, he became a Frisco Railway postal clerk and in 1898, after successfully passing the Civil Service examination, Stice was appointed to the post office inspection service. He became an Inspector in Charge at Spokane, Washington, around 1912 and a superintendent of the railway mail service at Omaha, Nebraska and later Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Stice resigned in 1917 to engage in private business at Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)

Acquisition Information

The James Lincoln Stice Papers were donated to the Special Collections Division by Florence Stice Upchurch, Fayetteville, Arkansas, on January 3, 1993.

Processing Information

Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in February 1999.

Creator

Source

Title
James Lincoln Stice Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Vera Ekechukwu
Date
1999
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