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Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers consist of letters from Charles J. Finger to his friend Wilbur M. Stone; one letter from Helen Finger to Wilbur M. Stone, (1941); two photographs of Finger, (one with his daughter, Helen Finger); clippings; and miscellaneous.

Scope and Contents Contains 9 folders of largely Charles Joseph Finger and Dorothy Kennan correspondence pertaining to the Federal Writers' Project in Arkansas and subsequent compilation of Arkansas: A Guide to the State; also, a policy memorandum regarding procedure to be followed by the Federal Writers' Project in Arkansas and progress report concerning the Arkansas Guide. File 8 includes Dorothy Kennan's report, "Two Years of...

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This subseries contains a short autobiography and handwritten magazine as well as illustrations by Helen Finger Leflar. In addition, there is the guest book of Nellie B. Finger (Mrs. Charles J. Finger); and manuscripts by Grace Ferguson, a relative of Nellie B. Finger; Charlie May Simon, Arkansas writer; Wendy T. McElheny, a University of Arkansas graduate student; and R.B. Cunninghame Graham, British writer and correspondent of Charles J. Finger.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains a short autobiography and handwritten magazine as well as illustrations by Helen Finger Leflar. In addition, there is the guest book of Nellie B. Finger (Mrs. Charles J. Finger); and manuscripts by Grace Ferguson, a relative of Nellie B. Finger; Charlie May Simon, Arkansas writer; Wendy T. McElheny, a University of Arkansas graduate student; and R.B. Cunninghame Graham, British writer and correspondent of Charles J. Finger.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains a short autobiography and handwritten magazine as well as illustrations by Helen Finger Leflar. In addition, there is the guest book of Nellie B. Finger (Mrs. Charles J. Finger); and manuscripts by Grace Ferguson, a relative of Nellie B. Finger; Charlie May Simon, Arkansas writer; Wendy T. McElheny, a University of Arkansas graduate student; and R.B. Cunninghame Graham, British writer and correspondent of Charles J. Finger.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains letters to Leflar as illustrator of children's books, condolences for her father's death, letters for permission to use Charles J. Finger's literary works, and royalties from the opus of Charles J. Finger.  Significant correspondents include Katherine Murdoch Davis, Charles J. Finger (referred to in the correspondence as "Dad"), Lewis Gannett, Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni, Charlie May Simon Fletcher, and Wilbur Stone (see Finger-Stone correspondence, MC 449).

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains a short autobiography and handwritten magazine as well as illustrations by Helen Finger Leflar. In addition, there is the guest book of Nellie B. Finger (Mrs. Charles J. Finger); and manuscripts by Grace Ferguson, a relative of Nellie B. Finger; Charlie May Simon, Arkansas writer; Wendy T. McElheny, a University of Arkansas graduate student; and R.B. Cunninghame Graham, British writer and correspondent of Charles J. Finger.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The letter is written in ink on two sides of a sheet of Bellows-Reeve stationery. The only date is Nov 3. In it CJF describes an affair he attended in Washington honoring authors of juvenile books. Wilbur Stone was a friend of Finger's who had a collection of early writing for juveniles.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers consist of letters from Charles J. Finger to his friend Wilbur M. Stone; one letter from Helen Finger to Wilbur M. Stone, (1941); two photographs of Finger, (one with his daughter, Helen Finger); clippings; and miscellaneous.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The Helen Finger Leflar Papers consist of three items originally owned by her father, Charles J. Finger. Of greatest note is a framed 1836 letter from Washington Irving.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers consist of correspondence, most of which pertains to Charles J. Finger, and some to his daughter, illustrator Helen Finger Leflar. Also included are Finger's diaries, notebooks, manuscripts, indexes, and other papers as well as materials by Helen Finger Leflar, Mrs. Charles J. Finger's guest book, clippings, photographs, film, and microfilm. The three indexes, prepared by Finger on index cards, comprise an index of his bibliography, and one each on music and literature.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers consist of correspondence, most of which pertains to Charles J. Finger, and some to his daughter, illustrator Helen Finger Leflar. Also included are Finger's diaries, notebooks, manuscripts, indexes, and other papers as well as materials by Helen Finger Leflar, Mrs. Charles J. Finger's guest book, clippings, photographs, film, and microfilm. The three indexes, prepared by Finger on index cards, comprise an index of his bibliography, and one each on music and literature.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers consist of correspondence, most of which pertains to Charles J. Finger, and some to his daughter, illustrator Helen Finger Leflar. Also included are Finger's diaries, notebooks, manuscripts, indexes, and other papers as well as materials by Helen Finger Leflar, Mrs. Charles J. Finger's guest book, clippings, photographs, film, and microfilm. The three indexes, prepared by Finger on index cards, comprise an index of his bibliography, and one each on music and literature.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers consist of correspondence, most of which pertains to Charles J. Finger, and some to his daughter, illustrator Helen Finger Leflar. Also included are Finger's diaries, notebooks, manuscripts, indexes, and other papers as well as materials by Helen Finger Leflar, Mrs. Charles J. Finger's guest book, clippings, photographs, film, and microfilm. The three indexes, prepared by Finger on index cards, comprise an index of his bibliography, and one each on music and literature.

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Original materials that are restricted for access because of their fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Original materials that are restricted for access because of their fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Original materials that are restricted for access because of their fragility.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers consist of letters from Charles J. Finger to his friend Wilbur M. Stone; one letter from Helen Finger to Wilbur M. Stone, (1941); two photographs of Finger, (one with his daughter, Helen Finger); clippings; and miscellaneous.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers pertain mainly to the correspondence of James Keddie and Charles J. Finger from 1931-1934. Also included is a letter from H. F. Livingstone, granddaughter of David Livingstone, to Charles J. Finger, 1939, and various articles by Finger.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The collection consists of diaries and reminiscences from 1920s-1990s. Much of the collection is personal correspondence and correspondence concerning Gilstrap's involvement with the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. Also included in the collection, is Gilstrap's family genealogy materials, several family photographs.

Materials include correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, photographs, and audio visual materials.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains diaries (1890-1897, 1938); notebooks (1898, n.d.); book reviews by Charles J. Finger; reviews of Finger's autobiography, Seven Horizons; indexes; and other papers.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains diaries (1890-1897, 1938); notebooks (1898, n.d.); book reviews by Charles J. Finger; reviews of Finger's autobiography, Seven Horizons; indexes; and other papers.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers consist of correspondence, most of which pertains to Charles J. Finger, and some to his daughter, illustrator Helen Finger Leflar. Also included are Finger's diaries, notebooks, manuscripts, indexes, and other papers as well as materials by Helen Finger Leflar, Mrs. Charles J. Finger's guest book, clippings, photographs, film, and microfilm. The three indexes, prepared by Finger on index cards, comprise an index of his bibliography, and one each on music and literature.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers consist of correspondence, most of which pertains to Charles J. Finger, and some to his daughter, illustrator Helen Finger Leflar. Also included are Finger's diaries, notebooks, manuscripts, indexes, and other papers as well as materials by Helen Finger Leflar, Mrs. Charles J. Finger's guest book, clippings, photographs, film, and microfilm. The three indexes, prepared by Finger on index cards, comprise an index of his bibliography, and one each on music and literature.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The papers consist of correspondence, most of which pertains to Charles J. Finger, and some to his daughter, illustrator Helen Finger Leflar. Also included are Finger's diaries, notebooks, manuscripts, indexes, and other papers as well as materials by Helen Finger Leflar, Mrs. Charles J. Finger's guest book, clippings, photographs, film, and microfilm. The three indexes, prepared by Finger on index cards, comprise an index of his bibliography, and one each on music and literature.