Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence is from individuals considered by JWF to be friends or close acquaintances, or from others writing on topics of a personal nature. Many of these letters contain political information or observations, but the majority are on non-political topics relative to JWF's personal affairs. In addition to the specifically identified correspondent files, correspondents include: Homer M[artin] Adkins (1.1), Saul D[avid] Alinsky (1.1), Stewart [Johonnot] [Oliver] Alsop (1.1), Louis Fabian...

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This correspondence pertains to Orval Faubus as a public figure: as governor or former governor. It is arranged much as it was received: some materials are divided by date, some by the name of the correspondent, and some by the names of organizations. Photographs, clippings, and other items sent to Faubus with letters have been left with those letters.

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Note, dated Elmira, New York, September 3, 1880, to T. W. M. Boone of Fort Smith, Arkansas, conveying writer's thanks to Young Folk's Literary Guild of Fort Smith for election to honorary membership.

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Presidential pardon issued August 3, 1868 for Charles Cane, convicted of manslaughter "at the May term 1868, of the United States Court for the Western District of Arkansas...."

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: Letters dated at Washington, D. C. April 19, 1830 and April 25, 1831, from President Jackson to, respectively, Samuel F. Hays at Nashville, Tennessee and the Reverend Hardy M. Cryer, near Gallatin, Tennessee. The earlier, one-page letter deals with personal affairs, principally with the care of Jackson's garden and his wife's grave at "The Hermitage." The second letter, of eight pages, discusses political affairs, especially the resignation of Martin Van Buren and John Henry Eaton from...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Consists of 17 manuscript boxes containing material arranged in 3 subseries: family correspondence (5 boxes), personal correspondence (4 boxes), and professional correspondence (8 boxes). Within each subseries, material is arranged according to date on the item. Family correspondence includes letters to and from CMW and his immediate family and other relatives concerning personal activities, health, schooling, business and real estate affairs, and comments on CMW's work. Personal...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of general correspondence from 1957 to 1986; NAACP correspondence from 1957 to 1979 and NAACP publications from 1962 to 1974; honors, awards, and certificates bestowed on Mrs. Bates from 1957 to 1981; memorabilia including 1948 and 1956 Arkansas campaign literature; copies of sworn affidavits taken from 1957 to 1960; copies of resumes and speeches; magazine articles and reprints concerning the 1957 crisis; and National Democratic Party campaign materials from 1964....