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Johnson County (Ark.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Cazort Family Memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1669
Scope and Content Note

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.

Dates: ca. 1880-1986

Cazort Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2578
Content Description

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.

Dates: circa 1880-2022

Irvin and Gaynelle Park Graves Family and Business Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1137
Scope and Content Note

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.

Dates: 1899-1943

Hardgrave Family Research Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1771
Scope and Content Note

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

Dates: 1970-2007

John Davis Hardgrave Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1318
Scope and Content Note

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.

Dates: 1825-1885

Johnson and Madison Counties Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1032
Scope and Content Note

Letters, documents, and ephemera pertaining to Johnson and Madison counties, Arkansas.

Dates: 1854-1954

Johnson County Extension Homemakers Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1207
Scope and Content Note

The records contain yearbooks (1934-1992, 1995-2000), annual reports of county extension agents and workers, and two narrative reports (1954-1955 and no date, respectively). The undated narrative report, consisting of loose, typewritten sheets with photographs, was not in any apparent order. It is now arranged thematically under main headings, such as Publicity, Fairs and Exhibits, Home Management and Family Finance, 4-H Clubs, Farm Management, etc.

Dates: 1934-1992

Johnson County Extension Homemakers Club Records Addendum

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1207a
Scope and Content Note

Materials in this collection include Johnson County Club yearbooks (2000-2005) and education handbooks (1992-1995), Arkansas State annual meeting programs (1935, 1937), and a Coal Hill Chapter photocopied scrapbook (1933-1944), as well as a scrapbook (ca 1928-1995) containing photocopies of clippings, song lyrics, photographs, annual reports, and other materials regarding the Johnson County EHC that were compiled by JoAnn Thompson.

Dates: circa 1928–2012

Liberty Hill Friendship Extension Homemakers Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1237
Scope and Content Note The Liberty Hill Friendship Extension Homemakers Club of Hunt, Johnson County, Arkansas, records consist of a scrapbook with letters, greeting and thank you cards, announcements, programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, award ribbons, and miscellaneous printed material; copies of the Secretary's Record Book for Extension Homemakers Clubs, containing the club's constitution and by-laws, membership, attendance record, minutes of the meetings, and progress and financial reports; copies of...
Dates: 1983-1993

Porter-Ogilvie Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1515
Scope and Content Note

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

Dates: 1862-1914