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Gus Albright Scrapbooks: The Buffalo River
Collection
Identifier: MC 1295
Scope and Content Note
Gus Albright, one-time Arkansas Gazette sports columnist, created two scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, letters, maps, and other papers, pertaining to the controversy over development of the Buffalo River in the northern part of Arkansas. The attempts by the US Army Corps of Engineers in the 1950s and 1960s to dam the river at Gilbert and Lone Rock met with a strong opposition from the National Park Service, various organizations such as the...
Dates:
1957-1993
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission Records
Collection
Identifier: MC 2207
Content Description
The collection includes site reports, management plans, annual reports, brochures, publications, and other materials produced by or related to the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and its management of Arkansas natural areas and natural resources.
Dates:
1979-1995
Found in:
Special Collections Department
T. L. Bass Video and Audio Cassette Tapes
Collection
Identifier: MC 1113
Scope and Content Note
Video and audio cassette tapes created by T. L. Bass in preparation for his 1991 film, The Buffalo River: A National Treasure. Audiocassette 1 contains an interview conducted by Bass with Bill and Orphera Villines, Mt. Sherman (Newton County) Arkansas, in 1989. Audiocassette 2 and the videotape contain an interview with Orphea Duty conducted on October 1, 1989.
Dates:
1989-1991
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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
Orval E. Faubus Speech (about Buffalo River)
Collection
Identifier: MC 1034
Scope and Content Note
Notes for speech (about Buffalo River) by Governor Orval E. Faubus, honored as Conservationist of the Year, National Wildlife/Sears Award Program, 1966, and printed program.
Dates:
1966
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
Don Hamilton Arkansas Wilderness Act Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 560
Scope and Content Note
The papers consist of correspondence, policy studies, newspaper clippings and a videotape pertaining to the passage of the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984. Mr. Hamilton bound much of the material together into volumes. These volumes consist mostly of correspondence to and from Mr. Hamilton as well as other individuals involved with the passage of the Arkansas Wilderness Act. Volumes 5-6, R.A.R.E., consist of papers pertaining to Roadless Area Review Evaluations. The U.S. Forest Service...
Dates:
1977-1985
Found in:
Special Collections Department
John Paul Hammerschmidt Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1230
Scope and Content Note
The collection is divided into twenty-one series. Materials include biographical data, correspondence, legislative and committee materials, personal and office financial records, speeches, press releases, posters, audio and video tapes, and ephemera.
Dates:
1964-2009
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Highlands Chapter of the Ozark Society Records
Collection
Identifier: MC 1533
Scope and Content Note
The records include by-laws; correspondence; meeting minutes; membership lists; financial records comprising bank statements, bills, receipts, invoices and the income and expenditure ledger; subject files pertaining to such subjects as Buffalo National River and nature conservation; newsletters and photographs.
Dates:
1967-1997
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 Sugar Creek Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: MC 2162
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains materials about Neil Compton; materials regarding environmental activism, including brochures, prints, and newspaper clippings; newsletters, including Pack and Paddle, Call of the Wild, and the Ozark Society; correspondence, maps, event/trip information, meeting minutes and agendas for the Sugar Creek Chapter; legislative orders; and order forms for environmental...
Dates:
1974-2002
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
Stolen Water, Forgotten Liberties Research Materials
Collection
Identifier: MC 2143
Scope and Content Note
These research materials for Jenny Barnes Butler's 2014 book, Stolen Water, Forgotten Liberties: A True Story of Life Along Arkansas' South Highway 14 and the Buffalo River, consist of four CDs with recordings from 1978-1979 public meetings between National Park Service staff and Buffalo River canoe and fishing businesses, as well as Butler’s notes on the recordings. The CDs were reformatted from original reel-to-reel audiovisual materials held by Charles...
Dates:
1978-1979; ca 2010-2014
Found in:
Special Collections Department
Upper Elevenpoint River Association Records
Collection
Identifier: MC 420
Scope and Content Note
Records of the Upper Elevenpoint River Association, including correspondence, clippings, photographs, and videotape. The videotape has been digitized and is also available as a digital video file.
Dates:
1940-1968
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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