Sawmills -- Arkansas
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bob and Patty Besom Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 1758
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains Arkansas historical materials collected by Bob and Patty Besom. Series I, The University of Arkansas News Bureau files, contains a variety of material focused on contemporary University activities. Included are printed, typed, or hand-written press releases, communications from faculty, staff and media, newspaper clippings, research material, and drafts of stories.
Series II, Union Saw Mill Material, contains materials pertaining to the Union Saw Mill...
Dates:
circa 1759-2019
Jess E. Shroll Ledger
Collection
Identifier: MC 2142
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of Jess Shroll’s ledger of his Ponca, Arkansas store and sawmill, with entries dating from 1927-1939. Included in the ledger are entries on sales, purchases, and employee payments, including dealings with the Ozark Stave Company, the Ponca Ore Milling Co., and the Millard Garage. Also included is a notarized affidavit by his son, Robert Shroll, that the ledger’s contents are Jess Shroll’s original entries.
Dates:
1927-1939
Found in:
Special Collections Department
/
Jess E. Shroll Ledger
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