Scope and Content Note Materials in the collection fall into three basic groups: the Bank of Wilson, Lee Wilson and Company, and Keiser Supply Company. Bank of Wilson records relate to both individual and business accounts. Materials include correspondence and statements, bank statements, cancelled checks and receipts, and cash vouchers. Lee Wilson and Company records pertain to the activities of the company as well as the communities founded by Lee Wilson. They include materials related to labor...

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Copies of letters and photographs collected by Jefferson Forrest Mullins of Wilson, Arkansas, were donated to the University of Arkansas Libraries by his daughter, Carolyn Moffitt, of Memphis. The letters were written to Mullins in 1946 and 1948 by two German prisoners of war who had been incarcerated at Wilson, Arkansas, during World War II.

Abstract

The collection contains photographs of Wilson, Mississippi County, Arkansas, dating from circa 1930-1966.

Scope and Content Note Materials include Lee Wilson and Co. photographs, developed by Jack Pryor, negatives, proofs, and a short list of descriptions about the pictures. The Lee Wilson and Co. images were photographed by Jack Pryor. At least some of the images first appeared with the article, Arkansas Giant by J. D. Ratcliff from The Country Home Magazine and another article, The World's Largest Cotton...