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Photograph album containing fourteen mounted photographs (positive prints), 8" x 6" each, of scenes on the White River in Marion County, Arkansas. Included are photographs of the steamboat Ozark Queen.

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Bound volume of separate bills of lading for goods shipped by Pennywit and Company, Van Buren, Arkansas, on Arkansas River steamboats from March 1, 1858-October 26, 1861. Microfilm copy available for research use.

Scope and Content Note Typescript of reminiscences by Walter R. Roe entitled "A Boys [sic] View of Arkansas City 1899-1913," compiled by C. C. Stuart circa 1960 and edited by Helen Pennington in 2008. The reminiscences begin when Roe's family moved to Arkansas City, Arkansas, in 1899, when Roe was two years old. Topics include the Mississippi River; shipping and boats, particularly the Kate Adams; primary school; local businesses; and the lumber industry, including the...

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A printed manifest of goods shipped on the Fannie Scott.

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Freight bill for the Arkansas river steamer "Quapaw," J. M. Danley, captain, recording the shipment of pork and quinine to M. E. Stone.

Scope and Content Note Photographs, scrapbooks, and other material pertaining to steamboats on the Mississippi River, 1811-1930, particularly in the Helena and Memphis areas. The collection was assembled by the donor starting in 1966 by copying or collecting materials from publications and private collections. The collection consists of some 140 individual prints, nearly 400 negatives (mostly 35 mm), and 12 scrapbooks containing clippings, notes, correspondence, and some 350 additional photographs. The...