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R. S. Biggers Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 614
Scope and Content Note
Letters and copies of letters to and from R. S. Biggers.
The letters mainly pertain to R. S. Biggers's behind-the-scenes political activities: letters requesting his help in getting people jobs and letters he wrote to Wilbur D. Mills, Hattie W. Caraway, and John E. Miller, recommending people for jobs. Unless otherwise noted, it should be assumed that R. S. Biggers' location was Hardy, Arkansas.
The letters mainly pertain to R. S. Biggers's behind-the-scenes political activities: letters requesting his help in getting people jobs and letters he wrote to Wilbur D. Mills, Hattie W. Caraway, and John E. Miller, recommending people for jobs. Unless otherwise noted, it should be assumed that R. S. Biggers' location was Hardy, Arkansas.
Dates:
1929-1940
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Bill of Sale for Spencer, an Enslaved Boy
Collection
Identifier: MC 2460
Scope and Content Note
Bill of sale for Spencer, a 15-year-old enslaved boy, and the current crops of James D. Morrisett of Hempstead County, Arkansas, to Benjamin J. H. Gaines of Washington County, Arkansas. The sale is described as being for the financial benefit of Fanny B. Morrisett.
Dates:
May 19, 1862
Found in:
Special Collections Department
John Billingsley Letter
Collection
Identifier: MS L34 1876
Scope and Content Note
Six-page letter, dated at Billingsley P.O., Arkansas, June 26, 1876 and addressed to "The committee appointed to collect historical matter for the centennial celebration...at Fort Smith...." Letter pertains to the history of Sebastian County, Arkansas and to pioneer life in the state from 1814.
Dates:
1876
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Irene Bird Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MC 1149
Scope and Content Note
The scrapbook contains printed pages for social functions, theaters, and places of entertainment attended; the names of Bird's friends, their autographs and brief comments; newspaper clippings; postcards; greeting cards; invitations; printed concert and theater programs; admission tickets to sporting events; partially identified snapshots of Irene Bird, her friends, classmates, and professors (Dr. McKinley) at the university, some snapshots taken in front of Carnall Hall, one picture of the Old...
Dates:
1923-1925
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Otto A. Bird Correspondence with Ezra Pound
Collection
Identifier: MS B442 453
Scope and Content Note
Twenty pieces of correspondence between Otto Bird and Ezra Pound, poet and literary critic, comprise the largest part of this collection. Pound's early correspondence with Bird chiefly concerns Bird's study of the medieval Italian poet Guido Cavalcanti. Later correspondence contains Pound's ideas on the philosophy of education as shaped by Dante, Milton, Aristotle, Confucius, and others, and his opinions of world literature in relation to the "Great Books" series.
Dates:
1932-1955; Majority of material found within 1951-1952
Found in:
Special Collections Department
James Gillespie Birney Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MS L34 Birney
Overview
Published correspondence between the Hon. F. H. Elmore, one of the South Carolina delegation in Congress, and James G. Birney, one of the secretaries of the American Anti-slavery Society.
Dates:
1837-1838
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Albert Webb Bishop Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS B54
Overview
Correspondence pertaining to Bishop's legal and financial affairs as Register in Bankruptcy and to the Arkansas Immigrant Aid Society.
Dates:
1866, 1873
Found in:
Special Collections Department
University of Arkansas Office of the President: Charles E. Bishop Speeches
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC 378
Scope and Content Note
Materials include speeches given by Charles E. Bishop during his time as the University of Arkansas President. Some speeches are accompanied by related material, including correspondence, press releases, and event programs. The collection also includes a few of Bishop's published papers and reports and a few speeches given by other people.
Dates:
1972-1980
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Black Americans for Democracy Materials
Collection
Identifier: MC 1915.UA
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains meeting minutes, assorted paper materials, photographs and objects.
Dates:
1971-2009
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Charles R. Black, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1482
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains Eleven Point Dam materials, J.W. Black Lumber Company materials, correspondence with political leaders, sheet music and joke books for minstrels, Lion's Club materials, and materials pertaining to the University of Arkansas that were collected by Black, a graduate in the class of 1935.
Dates:
1921-1980
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Emma Stevenson Black Collection Addendum
Collection
Identifier: MC 892
Scope and Content Note
39 items. Legal and financial records pertaining to the Wheeler-Carnall-Stevenson families of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Some items deal with the operation of newspaper offices in nineteenth century Fort Smith.
Dates:
1849-1915
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Emma Stevenson Black Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 759
Scope and Content Note
The collection represents a sampling of papers from all the named families which Mrs. Black saved over the years. Dr. Homer C. Wheeler, Emma's cousin, had possession of some of the papers from 1984 to 1986, during which time he transcribed a few of the letters and made identifying notations about some others. Many of the correspondents and creators of other documents are related to either John Foster Wheeler or John Carnall, and a copy of a privately published genealogy book, ...
Dates:
1829-1986
Found in:
Special Collections Department
M. Graham Black Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 608
Scope and Content Note
The papers contain items from the student and navy days of Mr. Black, programs from his season with the Martha Graham Dance Company, original poetry and a stage play, clippings, photographs, and phonograph records of songs sung by Mr. Black.
Dates:
1938-1986
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Black Studies Program Materials
Collection
Identifier: MC 1171
Scope and Content Note
Papers include minutes, reports, and notes of the Black Studies Advisory Committee. Also included are course descriptions, correspondence, articles, and miscellaneous materials.
Dates:
1967-1987
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Bessie Motley Blair Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 2534
Content Description
Family papers of Bessie Motley Blair, which were maintained by Blair's daughter, Mary Grace Blair. They include family correspondence, business papers, financial records, photographs, and Mary Grace Blair's genealogy research. Most records pertain to Washington County and Searcy County, Arkansas.
Dates:
circa 1909-2000
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Diane D. Blair Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1632
Scope and Content of the Papers:
Materials include biographical data, correspondence, newspaper clippings, research materials, notes, primary and secondary source documents, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, and electronic data.
Dates:
1874-2000
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Herbert Blair Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 622
Scope and Content Note
The papers pertain to Blair's interests in the petroleum and refining industries, especially as they relate to the developments in Africa. The papers contain correspondence and reports, and the donor's arrangement has been preserved.
Dates:
1934-1986
Found in:
Special Collections Department
William Blanks Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MC 317
Scope and Content Note
Diaries of William Blanks, December 1917 - April 1919 and April 1919 - January 1920. Positive photocopies.
Dates:
1917-1920
Found in:
Special Collections Department
James M. Bliss Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS B61
Scope and Content Note
Letters and related documents pertaining to James M. Bliss' commission as "special agent of the State of Arkansas to...procure engraved or lithographed bonds" from the National Bank Note Co., pursuant to legislation "providing for the building and improving of the Public Levees...." Correspondents include James R. Berry.
Dates:
1871
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Jesse C. Bliss Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1228
Scope and Content Note
Letters, documents, and photographs created or collected by Jesse C. Bliss or his granddaughter, Jesse Elizabeth Hill Durrett. The papers consist of fourteen letters written by Bliss from 1862 to 1864 while serving in the Union Army; genealogical documents pertaining to the Bliss family; a small collection of documents gathered by Elizabeth Durrett to supplement her claim to a widow's pension; photographs of Bliss, the Durretts, and unidentified family members and acquaintances....
Dates:
1862-1967
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Virgil T. Blossom Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1364
Scope and Content Note
Papers pertaining to Virgil T. Blossom's career as Superintendent of the Little Rock Public Schools, 1953-1958, especially his role in the desegregation crisis in 1957-58. The papers pertain to the Central High crisis. Blossom became a central figure in the controversy, and he was removed as superintendent in November 1958. He wrote an account of the crisis, published as a series of articles, "The Untold Story of Little Rock," in Saturday Evening Post (May 23 - June 27, 1959) and...
Dates:
1952-1960
Found in:
Special Collections Department
David Russell Boatright Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MC 928
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbook of University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, student David Russell Boatright, 1931-1935, containing clippings, correspondence, photographs, and programs.
Dates:
1931-1935
Found in:
Special Collections Department
John A. Bobo Military Commendations
Collection
Identifier: MC 1852
Scope and Content Note
Materials include military commendation certificates.
Dates:
1914-1919
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Bod-Caw Epic
Collection
Identifier: MS B63
Scope and Content Note
A mounted clipping concerning Arkansas' "first heroic poem."
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Bodcaw Lumber Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MC 1388
Scope and Content Note
The records consist of minute books and stock ledgers.
Dates:
1889-1941
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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