Arkansas -- Politics and government
Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:
Robert W. Newell Autograph Album
Signatures of Governor James Philip Eagle, other state constitutional officers, and members of the Senate of the Twenty-eighth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, obtained in February, 1891.
William F. and Catherine D. Norrell Papers
Norwood Family Papers
Photographs, correspondence, scrapbook, business ledger, and other materials pertaining to the Norwood family of Sevier County, Arkansas. The bulk of the materials are related to J. P. Norwood and to his wife, Demma Dooley Norwood.
Oren Harris Supplementary Papers
John Herbert Page Notebook and Correspondence
Harvey Parnell Speeches
The material consists of speeches delivered by Governor Parnell, as well as articles written by him, and two newspapers.
Harvey Parnell Speeches and Scrapbooks
Speeches by Harvey Parnell, clippings scrapbooks, and miscellaneous materials. 88 items.
Phillip Pennywit Telegram
Telegraph agent's delivery copy of telegram dated at Van Buren, Arkansas March 19, 1861, from Van Buren merchant Pennywit to convention delegates Jesse Turner and Hugh F. Thomason, Little Rock, Arkansas, approving the action of the Arkansas Secession Convention and the "immortal thirty nine who...voted down the ordinance of Secession."
People's Party Broadside
Printed broadside "To the Voters of Arkansas," by Thomas Fletcher, Chairman, and J. B. Suttler, exposing Democrat activities and advising votes for four Populist and four Republican electors.
Benjamin H. Pierson Letters
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.
Albert Pike Letter
Autograph letter, signed, dated Alexandria, VA, July 4, 1874, from Albert Pike to David Walker (Fayetteville, Ark.), urging him to run for U.S. Senate and reviewing history of Whig Party in Arkansas.
Pine Bluff League of Women Voters Records
The material consists of annual reports, minutes of annual meetings, audits and budgets, membership lists, research notes, and other records.
David H. Pryor Papers
Pulaski County Democratic Central Committee Records
Record book containing proceeding minutes, clippings, and tally sheets pertaining to party activities in Pulaski County, and one folder of laid-in materials.
Hiram Heartsill Ragon Papers
Roy Reed Papers
Bill Reifenberger Collection of J. William Fulbright Materials
The collection consists of materials related to Arkansas politician and statesman J. William Fulbright that were acquired by Bill Reifenberger as part of research for a 2006 documentary about Fulbright, Fulbright: The Man, The Mission, & The Message, for which Reifenberger served as a co-screenwriter and co-producer. Materials are primarily photographs; also included are newspaper clippings and political cartoons.
Harmon Liveright Remmel Papers
Harmon Liveright Remmel, Jr., Papers
Pratt C. Remmel Arkansas State Republican Party Archive
John Hugh Reynolds Letter and Associated Material
Xeroxed copies of typed, signed letter (2 leaves) dated Fayetteville, Ark., Mar. 30, 1907, from John Hugh Reynolds to the Hon. James W. Thompson, Little Rock, and accompanying "Arguments" (2 leaves) and publisher's advertisement (1 leaf). Material pertains to proposed legislation regarding the Arkansas History Commission and to publication of volume one of Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association.
Rabie Guthrie Rhodes Papers
Roy Riales Papers
The collection consists of correspondence written by various politicians. Much of the collection contains newspaper clippings, tracing Riales' political career, and the restoration of Queen Wilhelmina State Park, and Arkansas highways. Also included in the collection, are several photographs documenting his career in the Arkansas Legislature.
Willis Ricketts Papers
Susan B. Riley Albert Pike Materials
Prof. Riley's unpublished Ph.D. dissertation (George Peabody College for Teachers, 1934) on the life and works of Pike, together with correspondence and other collected or compiled supporting material, published and unpublished, relating to her doctoral and subsequent research on the subject.