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John J. Egger's certificate as postmaster of Egger, Polk County, Arkansas (1886), and diary kept on a calendar pad by Johnny Egger, 1927. The diary includes notes on the weather and a day-by-day account of Egger's activities: farming, hauling, woodcutting, hunting, and visits.

The collection consists of records relating to the Proft family, and particularly to Paul Otto Proft and his wife, Florence Ellenor Beers Proft. Many Proft family members lived in Mena, Arkansas and Polk County; the collection particularly includes materials related to Mena's Trinity Lutheran Church. Materials include scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, vital records, memoirs, and genealogical research. Much of the genealogical research was compiled by Helena Beers Buechner.