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Harmon Liveright Remmel, Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 605

Scope and Content Note

Scrapbooks, letters, and other items pertaining to the family of Harmon Liveright Remmel, Jr. of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, broadsides, and other items concerning Harmon Liveright Remmel, Sr., who led the Arkansas State Republican Party from the 1890s until his death October 14, 1927. The collection also includes a number of items in German. Among these are letters to the senior Mr. Remmel from various relatives, and a Wanderbuch of Harmon Liveright Remmel, Sr.'s father, Gottlieb Remmel (a Wanderbuch is a work record which individuals training to be master craftsmen were required to maintain. Gottlieb Remmel trained as a tanner, and his Wanderbuch dates from 1832 - 1835). Also in German is a printed booklet (Neujahrsbuchlein fur Die Jugend) and two pocket notebooks, one of which contains Gottlieb Remmel's Last Will and Testament handwritten in English.

The scrapbook labeled "Volume 1" contains items concerning the construction of Remmel Dam (Hot Spring County, Arkansas), which was named in honor of the senior Mr. Remmel. It was the first hydroelectric power dam in Arkansas. Volumes 2 and 3 are scrapbooks concerning the lives and careers of Harmon L. Remmel, Sr. and Elizabeth Cameron Remmel (Mrs. Harmon L. Remmel, Sr.). Volume 3 was created by Ada E. Remmel Benson (sister of Harmon L. Remmel, Sr.), as a gift for her nephew, Harmon L. Remmel, Jr.

The photographs include individual and group portraits of political figures, scenes of buildings and landscape, and snapshots of Remmel Dam under construction. Photographs are individually numbered except in the case of identical prints; these are differentiated by a letter suffix.

Individuals repeatedly cited are referred to in the first instance by their full name and thereafter by initials. Location of correspondents is cited once only unless the location changes. Brackets indicate information which was not certain.

ALS stands for "Autograph letter, signed".

Significant correspondents include: Charles H. Brough, Nicholas Murray Butler, Calvin Coolidge, Warren G. Harding, Andrew W. Mellon, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft.

Dates

  • 1835-1985
  • Majority of material found within 1919-1927

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English and German.

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).

Extent

1 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by format; correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

The Harmon Liveright Remmel, Jr., Papers were donated to Special Collections by Mr. Remmel March 8, 1986.

Processing Information

Prepared by Leon C. Miller and Nan Lawler, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in February 1987.

Title
Harmon Liveright Remmel, Jr., Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Leon C. Miller and Nan Lawler
Date
1987
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