Arkansas -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Arkansas Constitutional Convention Records
Collection
Identifier: MS Ar4 Con 89, 89A-D
Scope and Content Note
Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, speeches, minutes of meetings, sound recording's and transcripts of proceedings, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, legislative bills, resolutions and acts, and other published and unpublished materials created, received, or assembled by members and staff of the convention in the course of its work.
Dates:
1969-1970
Sidney S. McMath Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 899
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains correspondence, law material, speeches, papers, photographs, tape recordings, awards, certificates, and clippings from McMath's political and military careers, as well as his personal life. The papers also contained broadsides, which have been removed to the broadside collection.
Dates:
circa 1880-1989
Charles B. Roscopf Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 2631
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials created or collected by Arkansas lawyer and legislator Charles B. Roscopf. Included are materials related to the 1969-1970 Arkansas Constitutional Convention, at which Roscopf served as a delegate; correspondence with elected officials, particularly on topics related to Phillips County, Arkansas; and two telegrams sent to Roscopf by Gov. Orval E. Faubus when Faubus called a special session of the Arkansas General Assembly in response to court-ordered school...
Dates:
1928-2010
Ray Thornton Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1964
Scope and Content Note
Materials pertain to both personal and professional aspects of Ray Thornton’s life. Personal materials include correspondence from family and friends; annotated books; and collected mementoes. Other personal materials encompass genealogical notes, including research materials related to A.J. Stephens: As Remembered by His Family (1983) and an unpublished biography of Witt Stephens. Professional materials pertain to Thornton’s multifaceted career,...
Dates:
1898, 1928-2017; Majority of material found within 1945-2011
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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Ray Thornton Papers