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Joe Marsh Clark Trail Album

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1536

Scope and Content Note

Judith Woltjen, a member of the Highlands Chapter of the Ozark Society, was a leader in the construction of the Clark hiking trail. In 2004 she assembled an album including correspondence documenting the chapter’s negotiations with the City of Fayetteville, photographs of the trail and of the dedication, maps, and other materials pertaining to the establishment of the trail. Also included is a sheet of biographical data on the Clarks.

The album contains nineteen color photographs of the Clark Trail, including persons connected with the Highlands Chapter, e.g., Duane Woltjen, president at the time of the dedication, Mr. Clark, Neil Compton, and of Mayor Fred Hanna. Other photographs are views of the trail, with a frozen waterfall, rock outcroppings, and a running stream. In addition to the photographs, other sections of the album are labeled Building Trail, Letters, Dedication, and Maps. There is also a photocopy of a story by Buddy Gough in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "Urban getaway," Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003.

Dates

  • 1995-2004

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

Joe Marsh Clark was born in 1903 in Berryman, Missouri, and died in Fayetteville in 2000. Maxine McMurtrey Clark was born in 1905 in Salem, Missouri and died in 1988 in Fayetteville. They were life members of the Ozark Society and were editors of and contributors to the Ozark Society Bulletin for fourteen years. They were founders of the Ozark Highlands Chapter of the Society. The Clark trail was built by volunteers of the Highlands Chapter and dedicated in 1995.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Acquisition Information

The Joe Marsh Clark Trail Album was donated to the Special Collections Department by Ellen Compton of Fayetteville, Arkansas in March 2004.

Processing Information

Processed by Ethel C. Simpson; completed in March 2004.

Creator

Source

Title
Joe Marsh Clark Trail Album
Status
Completed
Author
Ethel C. Simpson
Date
2004
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