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The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, a diary, genealogy research, and other materials related to the Cazort family of Johnson County, Arkansas, and particularly to Pauline Cazort Berry. Included are materials related to the Cazort Brothers general stores, to the town of Lamar, and to Ozone Mountain and Petit Jean Mountain, where the family vacationed.

The memoir written by May McClerkin pertains to the Cazort family of Johnson County, Arkansas, who ran a successful business and farming operation near Lamar and Clarksville near the railroad after the Civil War. The memoir by Dr. Cazort pertains to his childhood in Johnson County.

The collection is photocopied and organized into three folders.

Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogical research, family association materials, family newsletters, and photographs.

This collection includes biographical materials about the Porter-Ogilvie families and correspondence between J.B. Porter, J.W. Ogilvie, Una Porter, and Erbert Orr.

The collection contains a manuscript notebook, dated February 9, 1825-February 26, 1826; a land certificate of title to Hardgrave, July 10, 1844; a letter from Skelton Demass to Hardgrave, December 5, 1851; a commission for William B. Smedley in Arkansas State Militia, January 28, 1862; and a land certificate of title to Kerney L. Harman, May 9, 1885.

The collection consists of correspondence, personal and business records, and a few photographs. The papers show how the Graves family's farm was financed, especially during the Great Depression and includes transactions with the Federal Land Bank and commercial banks, mortgage and loan records, and records pertaining to the Ozark Fruit Growers Association. Personal records include poll tax receipts, insurance policies, daily expense records and Odd Fellows records for 1910.