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Compton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1453
Scope and Content Note

The papers consist of correspondence, documents, genealogical material, and images related to the family of David Compton, Sr. (1850-1923) and his wife, Mary Eyre Haller Compton (1851-1934) as well as their sons, David Compton, Jr. (1885-1959) and William Eyre Compton (1890-1981). There is also documentation concerning the lives of Neil Ernest Compton (1912-1999) and his wife Laurene Putman Compton (1916-1991).

Dates: 1807-1980
Found in: Special Collections Department / Compton Family Papers

Greer Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 948
Scope and Content Note The papers pertain mostly to Richard Baker Greer and his grandfather, Benjamin Finis Greer. Benjamin Finis Greer (1867-1942) was born to James W. Greer and Mollie E. Shannon Greer in Evansville (Washington County), Arkansas. In 1889, he married Lula Flinn, another Evansville native. In addition to general agricultural pursuits, Greer worked for the Kansas City Southern Railroad in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and Stilwell, Oklahoma. He was elected Washington County Probate Clerk in 1904 and...
Dates: 1900-1980
Found in: Special Collections Department / Greer Family Papers

Dean Family Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1719
Scope and Content Note The collection includes correspondence, photographs, albums and financial documents pertaining to various members of the Dean family. The collection also includes Larrabee family materials; Dora's sister, Bertha Dean, married Ray Larrabee on February 24, 1926. The "Personal Documents" refers to material formerly in a binder labeled as...
Dates: 1900-1989
Found in: Special Collections Department / Dean Family Materials

Letsch Family Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1780
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains materials pertaining to a potato-digger patent, correspondence, magazine, and government documents.

Dates: 1885-1931
Found in: Special Collections Department / Letsch Family Materials

Strickler Family Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1645
Scope and Content Note The collection includes materials concerning three generations of the Strickler and Sharp families, focusing on Alfred D. Strickler and Mary Tilford Sharp. It includes correspondence, documents, family lineage materials, pamphlets, financial papers and receipts, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a CD-ROM pertaining to family history. The correspondence includes post cards and letters to and from Alfred D. Strickler, Martha Strickler, Oscar Sharp, and Mary Tilford Sharp. The...
Dates: 1820-2003
Found in: Special Collections Department / Strickler Family Materials

Shreve Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 635
Scope and Content Note

The papers consist of three series--correspondence, family papers, and photographs. Papers include genealogical records, Civil War military records, property records (including a tax valuation of enslaved people), farm produce notebooks, Shreve family photographs and photographs of Washington County subjects.

Dates: 1810-1975
Found in: Special Collections Department / Shreve Family Papers

McIlroy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 790
Scope and Content Note

The papers consist of correspondence, photographs, and business records and have been grouped into four series; Powell-Rhea, Rhea-McIlroy, Lincoln land records, and Photographs.

Dates: 1846-1979
Found in: Special Collections Department / McIlroy Family Papers

Divelbiss-Reel Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2652
Content Description

The collection contains genealogical research, correspondence, photographs, property records, and other materials related to the Divelbiss and Reel families. The materials follow the ancestry of Maude Divelbiss Reel and her husband, Blanchard Frank Reel. Many materials relate to family members who lived in Washington County, Arkansas, and particularly in Elkins, Arkansas.

Dates: circa 1870-2023
Found in: Special Collections Department / Divelbiss-Reel Family Papers

Hawkins-Walker Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1562
Scope and Content Note This collection includes family correspondence, largely to Jane Curl Walker Hawkins from her siblings, children, nieces and nephews, and grandchildren, including letters from her son, James William Hawkins, who went to California during the Gold Rush, and from L. Brodie, her grandson, who writes from the Civil War. Other...
Dates: 1823-1935
Found in: Special Collections Department / Hawkins-Walker Family Papers

Benjamin Finis Greer Family Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: MS G75
Scope and Content Note

Reminiscence of Ben F. Greer pertaining to the genealogy and history of the Greer and Shannon families and to the history of Washington County. Published in Washington County Historical Society Bulletin.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Special Collections Department / Benjamin Finis Greer Family Reminiscences

Gertrude Fallin Cook Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C77
Scope and Content Note Correspondence, land records, and other material pertaining to the family, agricultural, business, and other affairs of the Bloyd-Combs-Corum-Fallin-McMurtry-Tigard families of Washington County, Arkansas; Clay County, Missouri; and Williamson County, Texas. Two lengthy letters dated from Oregon Territory in 1852 and 1857 recount the experiences of the Tigard family and other Arkansas emigrants en route to Oregon; depict the hardships and sufferings endured en route; describe the...
Dates: 1830-1878
Found in: Special Collections Department / Gertrude Fallin Cook Family Papers

Herbert Earle Buchanan Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS B85
Scope and Content Note Series 1 contains 33 items of correspondence. Twenty of the 24 letters dated 1857-1898 are to James Albert Buchanan, and pertain to land, familial, and other affairs of the Buchanan family of Washington County, Ark., especially to the role of County Surveyor J. A. Buchanan in work performed 1880-1881 for railroads under construction in the vicinity. Nine letters dated 1928-1929 pertain to Herbert Earle Buchanan's candidacy for presidency of Washington and Lee University; correspondencents...
Dates: 1837-1902, 1928-1929
Found in: Special Collections Department / Herbert Earle Buchanan Family Papers

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Field, Julius Herman, 1869-1936 1
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