Waggoner Family Papers
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Scope and Content Note
The Waggoner Family Papers contain correspondence, financial and legal papers, miscellaneous family documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, autograph album, and three monographs.
Dates
- 1865-1945
Creator
- Waggoner family (Family)
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 H. Waggoner was born on August 15, 1834 near Louisville, Kentucky. He was a wagoner with Company B, 7th Iowa Cavalry Regiment from 1862 to 1865. He was married to Catharine W. Hoover on April 5, 1861 and moved with the family to Arkansas in 1888. William and Catharine Waggoner had six sons, amongst them Robert and Daniel. Their daughter, Mary Waggoner, outlived her three husbands, Gus Wenzel, J. G. Jacobs, and W. J. Hughes. William H. Waggoner died on January 27, 1918.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is organized into four series:
- Correspondence, 1887-1921
- Financial and Legal Papers, 1896-1923
- Miscellaneous Family Papers, ca 1865-1945
- Newspaper clippings, photographs, autograph album, and monographs
Acquisition Information
The Waggoner Family Papers were donated to Special Collections by Irmadine Doss of Rose Bud, Arkansas, on January 23, 1996.
Processing Information
Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, February 1996.
- Title
- Waggoner Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Vera Ekechukwu
- Date
- 1996
- 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