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Neil Compton Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1091
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes both Compton's personal and professional materials. These include medical log books, calendars, correspondence, clippings, and various memorabilia relating to his past as a student of Bentonville High School, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. Also included are drafts and notes Compton used in writing his books. The collection contains materials relating to Compton's activities as a conservationist and outdoor...
Dates:
1914-1998
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs Records Relating to Civil Action, 1971, v. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Collection
Identifier: MS En89
Scope and Content Note
Copies of legal proceedings, including summons, complaint, transcript of hearings, opinions and orders, together with corres pondence, photographs, and other supporting documents filed in United States District Court, 1971, in Civil Action File No. LR-70-C-203, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., The Ozark Society, Arkansas Audubon Society, Inc., Arkansas Ecology Center, Pratt Remmel, Jr., and Russell Harper, plaintiffs, v. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, Stanley R. Resor,...
Dates:
1961-1972
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Mary Virginia Ferguson Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MC 2662
Content Description
Scrapbook created by Mary Virginia Ferguson related to the campaign to save the Buffalo River and to her service on the Governor's Committee on Stream Preservation. The bulk of the scrapbook's contents are newspaper clippings; also included is an April 1963 "Suggested Buffalo National River" map created by the Ozark Society; correspondence from the Ozark Society, including a letter from Secretary Evangeline Archer to Ferguson; correspondence from Charlie Johnson to members of the Governor's...
Dates:
circa 1960-1979
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Ozark Society Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: MC 1811
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of administrative files that include the articles of incorporation and trust agreement; financial records; correspondence; subject files such as the Arkansas/Mount Everest Expedition; a photocopy of the manuscript of Wildflowers of the Ozarks by Dorothy Leake; and records pertaining to the Foundation's book sales.
Dates:
1975-2004
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Ozark Society Records
Collection
Identifier: MC 477
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of administrative files that include, among other records, the Society's by-laws, certificate of incorporation and membership lists; general correspondence as well as the one received and generated by the Society's presidents, secretaries, newsletter editors, and other officers; financial records comprising bank statements, treasurers reports, federal and state tax returns and others; minutes of the Board meetings as well as materials relating to general membership...
Dates:
circa 1922-2013
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Ozark Society Records
Collection
Identifier: MS Oz1 219
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, memoranda, financial records, bulletins, legislative bills, clippings, and other published and unpublished records created or received by the principal officers of the Arkansas conservationist and environmental protection society, pertaining especially to its efforts on behalf of Congressional legislation to establish the Buffalo National River.
Dates:
1957-1975
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Kenneth L. Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1423
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes photographs, interviews, notes, research materials, organizational records, and other materials documenting the life and work of Kenneth L. Smith, particularly related to his involvement in environmental conservation in Arkansas and to his research and writings on the lumber industry in the Ouachita region of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Series 1 contains materials related to Arkansas environmental organizations, including the Ozark Society, the Arkansas...
Dates:
circa 1850-2021
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Robert W. Vater Records Pertaining to Proposed Buffalo National River
Collection
Identifier: MS V453 402
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, news releases, clippings (electrostatic copy), report, memorandum, list, April 1964, December 3, 1964 to March 2, 1965 and undated, created received, or collected by Fort Smith, Ark. lawyer Robert W. Vater and pertaining to efforts by Ozark Society and others on behalf of Congressional legislation to establish the Buffalo National River. Correspondents include Evangeline Pratt Waterman Archer, Neil Ernest Compton, William Orville Douglas, Edmond Augustus...
Dates:
1964-1965
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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