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Washington County (Ark.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Lest We Forget: Memorial Record for Washington County

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1334
Scope and Content Note The folio volume was compiled under the auspices of the Marion Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is bound in red leather with marbled edges and gilt lettering on the front: "Lest We Forget" and on the spine: "Memorial Record, 1917-1918, Washington County, Patterson [printer], Fayetteville." The memorial book was dedicated to fifty-three Washington County soldiers who died in the war. It contains the soldiers' names, their home address, and the date and...
Dates: 1917-1918

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

Suzanne Lighton File

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1559
Scope and Content Note

The file consists of clippings and photocopies of clippings, a photograph, and Washington County documents pertaining to Suzanne Lighton's appointment to and resignation from the position of Referee of the county Juvenile Court in 1965 and 1967.

Dates: 1965, 1967

B. F. Little Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1077
Scope and Content Note

Items pertaining to B.F. Little of Washington County. The papers contain items pertaining to Little's attempt to receive a pension for his Civil War service, other financial records (including tax receipts), and items relating to his duties as sheriff. Also included are materials about his son-in-law, C.E. Swift.

Dates: 1862-1918

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

Northwest Arkansas Schoolmasters Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1700
Scope and Contents

The collection contains meeting minutes, agendas, member lists, financial records, a constitution, and other organizational records of the Northwest Arkansas Schoolmasters Club and of its predecessor, the Washington County Schoolmasters' Club.

Dates: 1934-1978

Oak Grove Extension Homemakers Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1106
Scope and Content Note

Scrapbooks, secretary's records books, and treasurer's book detailing the clubs activities and organization. Organized in three series: Scrapbooks, volumes 1-14, 1945-1989; Secretary's record books, volumes 15-45, 1943-1988; Treasurer's book ("order book"), volume 46, 1956-1969.

Dates: 1943-1989

Office of Dr. John C. Carter History

 Collection
Identifier: MC 601
Scope and Content Note

This collection is a history prepared on Dr. John C. Carter and his business by Kim Allen Scott. The paper was published in Flashback volume 37, number 1 on February 1987.

Dates: 1987

Ethyl Louise Harper Phillips Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1648
Scope and Content Note

The Ethyl Louise Harper Phillips Materials include a wedding scrapbook, a wedding gift register, a photograph, and a diary outlining the author's experiences as a teacher.

Dates: 1911-1917

George Phillips Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1102
Scope and Content Note

The George Phillips Papers consist of research material pertaining to Lewis Evans.

Dates: circa 1983-1984

Benjamin H. Pierson Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS L34 Pierson
Scope and Content Note

Letters dated at Fayetteville, Arkansas May 24 and 25, 1844, from Washington County Circuit Clerk Pierson to Samuel Adams, Acting Governor of Arkansas, Little Rock, regarding Washington County Sheriff Presly R. Smith's delinquency in posting bond as county tax collector.

Dates: 1844

Roy Robinson Literary Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS R566 351B
Scope and Contents

Pencil-written memoir entitled "Love Will Find a Way," by Roy Robinson, of a Washington County, Arkansas courtship.

Dates: circa 1910

Savoy Extension Homemakers Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1169
Scope and Content Note

The records consist of a copy of the club's history written in April, 1991; five photographs, 1930-1990; and four copies of the Record Book for Secretary of Home Demonstration Club, 1949-1952, containing the information about the Savoy community, the club's constitution and by-laws, membership, attendance record, and minutes of the meetings.

Dates: ca 1930-1991

John Sherff Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS L34 Sherff
Scope and Content Note

Letter dated at Washington County, Tennessee April 24, 1842, from John Sherff to his son-in-law, Robert Hodges, "Steemmill P. O.," Washington County, Arkansas, relating to Joshua Sherff and to personal and familial affairs, together with letter from same place, January 3, 1847, from Joshua Sherff to Hodges at "Cane Hill Boonsborough," Arkansas, reporting the death of John Sherff, inquiring about opportunities in Arkansas, and dealing with personal and family affairs.

Dates: 1842-1847

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

Southern Memorial Association of Washington County Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1029
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains three volumes of their records. The volumes are primarily association minutes. Also included are biographies of deceased association members, a constitution and bylaws, and membership lists.

Dates: 1897-1934

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

J. C. Tilley Mercantile Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 994
Scope and Content Note

Bank statements, income tax forms, and a ledger book concerning business transactions of the J.C. Tilley Mercantile Company.

Dates: 1908-1926

Alfred Wallace Property Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1874
Scope and Contents

Property records documenting sale of lands in Washington and Crawford County, Arkansas to Alfred Wallace by the Sheriff of each county. The properties had been taken from the original owners as payment for debts. In addition to the originals, a photocopy of each document is also available.

Dates: 1846-1847

Washington County Abstract Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1848
Content Description The collection primarily contains Washington County, Arkansas abstract books. These records were created and maintained by several abstract companies, which included the Berry Abstract Company; Washington County Banking & Trust Co.; A. F. Wolf Realty Co. Abstracts, Real Estate, and Insurance; and the Pollard-Pettigrew Abstract Company.The abstract books' standard form fields include: Grantor; Grantee; Kind of Instrument; Date; Date Filed; Record (Volume) and Page number;...
Dates: 1838-1949

Washington County Anti-Horse Thief Association

 Collection
Identifier: MC 991
Scope and Content Note

Bound volume of names of members of the Washington County Anti-Horse Thief Association. Included are records of their dues and payments.

Dates: 1921-1923

Washington County, Ark. Superintendent of Schools Reports

 Collection
Identifier: MS W276 305
Scope and Content Note

Annual reports of the County Superintendent of Washington County, Arkansas, for the years ending in June 30 of 1920-1922, 1924-1926, 1928-1932, and 1935-1936.

Dates: 1920-1936

Washington County, Arkansas Index Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2457
Abstract

Index ledger containing entries of personal and business names, with associated reference numbers.

Dates: circa 1941-1962

Washington County Court Probate Record Book

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2018
Scope and Contents Probate record book of the Washington County Court, including wills, appointments of estate executors, and other probate records from 1829-1839. Individuals with records contained in the book include Martha Wilson, Rial Potter, Robert Hamilton, Thomas Garvin, John L. Taylor, Benjamin Hayles, James Lawrence, Ralph Davis, John Wilson, Thomas Wagnor, Alexander Williams, William Wolf, Evan Harrah, Isham Wood, James Simpson, William A. Wilson, David Dunkin, John Jordan, Ransom Lane, Alexander W....
Dates: 1829-1839

Washington County Education Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1701
Scope and Contents

The collection contains organizational records of the Washington County Education Association, including meeting minutes, by-laws, financial records, and newspaper clippings. Also included are some documents related to the Washington County Teachers Association, a related organization.

Dates: 1937-1969