Upper Elevenpoint River Association Records
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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
- Upper Elevenpoint River Association (Organization)
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:
- Series 1: Correspondence
- Series 1. Subseries 1: Chronological Files
- Series 1. Subseries 2: Subject Files
- Series 2: Clippings
- 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
- 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
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu