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Madison County (Ark.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Naf

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Basore Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2241
Content Description The collection contains materials, predominantly correspondence, related to the Basore family of Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri. Much of the correspondence is by or between siblings George W. Basore, Francis Marion (F.M.) Basore, and Abraham Denver (A.D.) Basore, and many letters relate to the Kingston Roller Mill of Kingston, Arkansas, which several family members were involved with. As described by the donor, Wayne Clark, in his introduction to the collection, "The letters are mostly...
Dates: 1883-2011

Haney Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 860
Scope and Content Note

The Haney family papers have been arranged chronologically in four series: correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, and miscellaneous papers, which include drawings of Samuel and Margaret Haney, the Haney homestead, and a courting poem, circa 1850s.

Dates: 1825-1980s

Hawn-Knight Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 756
Scope and Content Note The papers in this collection have been divided into four series. Papers pertaining to Dr. Monroe Knight have been arranged in series one and consist of family correspondence and professional records. Series two contains papers pertaining to Alfred and Daisy Hawn. These papers include personal correspondence between husband, wife, friends, and relatives; poetry and essays written or collected by the Hawns; professional records relating to the operation of the ...
Dates: 1874-1956

Ruby V. Hughes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 909
Scope and Content Note

The papers contain correspondence, some pertaining to his infantry days; two diaries also related to the service; a scrapbook containing his column from the Madison County Record; American Roll of Honor certificates; photographs; and clippings.

Dates: 1908-1957

Ruby V. Hughes Papers Addendum

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1087
Scope and Content Note

Materials include a diary, scrapbook, photographs, correspondence, a doll, jewelry box, newspaper clippings, and other general items.

Dates: 1893-1968

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

Albert King Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1683
Content Description

The collection consists of speeches, campaign materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and other materials, primarily regarding the Madison County, Arkansas political career of Albert King and reflecting King's involvement with Carl E. Bailey and Orval Faubus' gubernatorial campaigns.

Dates: circa 1890-1983

Robert Summerfield Medearis Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS M467
Scope and Content Note Scrapbook of mounted clippings of published articles and letters to the editors of newspapers, written by physician Medearis, a native of Madison County, Arkansas who studied medicine in London and Paris, who subsequently practiced medicine in Huntsville, Arkansas and who later practiced in Argenta [North Little Rock], Arkansas. Most clippings are from the Madison County Democrat or the Madison County Record, but some are from...
Dates: circa 1907-1929

Robert Myers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 893
Scope and Content Note

Notice of Executor's Sale (estate of James H. Cameron), Huntsville, February 5, 1923; program for Kingston High School play, April 26, 1929; and four letters from Vance Randolph to Wesley A. DeLaney.

Dates: 1923-1950

Peter Phillips Memoranda Book

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2323
Scope and Content Note

Deering Harvester Co. memoranda book used by Peter Phillips of Hindsville, Arkansas from 1899-1903. Entries appear to primarily reflect purchases and work done. Locations mentioned include Susanville, California; Hindsville, Arkansas; and Glade Creek, Arkansas.

Dates: 1899-1903

Stokenbury-Brashears Family Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1785
Scope and Content Note

The collection contains photographs and tintypes of members of the Stokenbury-Brashears family ca. 1900-1920. The photographs were removed from two deteriorating photo albums and separated into identified and unidentified images.

Dates: ca. 1900-1920

Swift Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1451
Scope and Content Note The papers consist of photographs, photograph albums, a scrapbook, correspondence, professional and financial records, genealogical records, and recorded interviews. The material was created or collected by Dr. Charles Eugene Swift of Goshen and Elkins, Arkansas, and by members of his immediate family, especially his son Joseph Maxwell Swift, and by other descendants. The papers include photographs of individuals (ca. 1870-1977), their homes, schools, and activities. Of special...
Dates: 1876-1976

Williams Family (Madison County) Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1839
Scope and Content Note Materials in the collection include correspondence, newspaper clippings, class notes, bank documents, architectural blueprints, portraits, and miscellaneous other materials. The materials largely concern the personal matters of Ms. Alpha Williams; the blueprints in particular, however, speak specifically to her career as a rural social worker. Besides the above, there are as well certain documents signed by her brothers Mack and Earl Williams, and materials concerning other family...
Dates: 1919-1964