Scope and Content Note The papers pertain primarily to Arthur Nelson Peters (Jay Hale's grandfather) and his business, the Ball and Peters Railroad and General Contractors Company of Little Rock. The papers consist of three series--family papers, property records, and business records. Series 1, Family Papers, includes Peters family histories, an eyewitness account of the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War, correspondence during World War I, military records, poems from the 1850's and 1860's, and...