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Upper Elevenpoint River Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 420

Scope and Content Note

Records of the Upper Elevenpoint River Association, including correspondence, clippings, photographs, and videotape. The videotape has been digitized and is also available as a digital video file.

Dates

  • 1940-1968

Creator

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

The Upper Elevenpoint River Association was an Arkansas/Missouri grass roots conservation group which opposed the building of Water Valley Dam on the Elevenpoint River near Dalton (Randolph County), Arkansas between 1952 and 1968. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized Water Valley Reservoir in 1938 but plans for its construction lay dormant until the early 1950s. During the winter of 1951/52 several citizens groups from Randolph County, Arkansas and Oregon County, Missouri established the Elevenpoint Protective Association to study the effects of the proposed Water Valley Reservoir. After an April 1952 hearing, the proposal was shelved. However, in 1957 and 1958 the Army Corps of Engineers reactivated the proposal and Water Valley opponents reorganized themselves into the Upper Elevenpoint River Association, which had as its sole purpose the defeat of Water Valley Dam.

Extent

6.25 Linear Feet (15 boxes)

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged into three series by format:

  1. Series 1: Correspondence
  2. Series 1. Subseries 1: Chronological Files
  3. Series 1. Subseries 2: Subject Files
  4. Series 2: Clippings
  5. Series 3: Photographs

Acquisition Information

Helen Bly of Pochahontas, Arkansas donated the records of the Upper Elevenpoint River Association to Special Collections on October 14, 1981. She was the secretary of the Upper Elevenpoint River Association from 1952 to 1968.

Materials Cataloged Separately

9 broadsides pertaining to the politics of the Upper Elevenpoint River Association have been removed to the broadside collection.

Processing Information

Processed by Anthony J. Wappel; completed in September 1988

Creator

Source

Title
Upper Elevenpoint River Association Records
Status
Completed
Author
Anthony J. Wappel
Date
1988
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