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Seven sets of aerial photographs created by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, representing the counties of Sebastian, Washington, Crawford, Garland, Grant, Hot Springs, and Saline. The photographs are 10" x 10" black-and-white photographic prints, providing coverage at a scale of 1:20,000.

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Six-page letter, dated at Billingsley P.O., Arkansas, June 26, 1876 and addressed to "The committee appointed to collect historical matter for the centennial celebration...at Fort Smith...." Letter pertains to the history of Sebastian County, Arkansas and to pioneer life in the state from 1814.

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Material pertaining to the life of William J. Hamilton, Arkansas student, teacher, lawyer, and merchant, especially to his years as a student at Arkansas Industrial University, 1889-1894. The memoirs also relate, in part, to the history of Hartford, Arkansas, to Hamilton's daughter, Nell Lucille Hamilton Trotter, and to other members of the Hamilton-Gryder-York-Dean-Trotter families.

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The collection, created by Horace Paul Bryan, consists of photocopies of various newspaper and magazine articles written by Bryan and/or about agriculture, coal mining, sea life, labor, and local history.

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Record of plantation and commissary accounts maintained by Mabry at Iuka, Mississippi, January 3, 1882 to January 10, 1884, and in Sebastian County, Arkansas, June 1, 1889 to May 5, 1893.

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Plat surveys of a part of T6N, R32W, drawn and annotated by County Surveyor John R. Smoot, April 7, 1870 (1 L. folded); two plat surveys of a part of T8N, R32W, drawn by surveyor J.K. Birnbaum, November 11, 1881 (1 L.) and December 1, 1886 (2 L.), the former indicating intersection of Van Buren Road and Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad.

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Bound volume of township plats and tables, with occasional notes and architectural drawings, pertaining to history of land ownership in Sebastian County. 1 volume (17" x 14 1/4" x 1"), 92 pages.

Scope and Content Note The papers pertain to coal mining activities in the Hartford and Excelsior areas of Sebastian County, Arkansas, between the 1910's and the 1950's. Records in boxes 1-4 contain business records. The business is not identified, but is presumed to be that of the Boyd Excelsior Fuel Company or its descendant. Records in box 1 contain a copy of a report on coal mining activities, various final logs, assays, and other records. Records in box 4 contain payroll records. They are arranged by year and...

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Small broadside listing the Reverend Wesley Smith's accomplishments ("laboring since Jan. 1st among the Sac & Fox Indians, west of the Creek Nation"), asking for donations. Penciled note at bottom of broadside probably by dealer.

Scope and Content Note Contains 22 items pertaining to a 1935 Federal Emergency Administration Relief Workers' Strike in Sebastian County, Arkansas. Xerox copy of selected material, Jan. 9 - Mar .1, 1935, from state files of National Archives and Records Service's Records Group 69, Records of Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Records relate, in part, to: Arkansas Emergency Relief Administration, Horace Bryan, Commonwealth College, Students League for Industrial Democracy, Ward H. Rodgers, Southern Tenant...