Scope and Content Note

The collection contains materials regarding photographer Geoff Winningham's commission by the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Little Rock to photograph Arkansas architecture. The materials are primarily financial in nature, and include Winningham’s correspondence with bank President H. Charles Johnson and bank employee Dana Durst; Winningham’s budgets, invoices, and receipts; planning notes for the project; and drafts and a final copy of Winningham’s contract.

Scope and Content Note The photographs in the collection were commissioned by First Federal Savings and Loan of Little Rock and executed by Geoff Winningham in 1980 and 1981. This photographic essay consists of black and white photographs which survey the vernacular architecture of Arkansas. Included are photographs of residences, churches, stores, cabins, garages, barns, businesses, outhouses, and bridges throughout the state. Also included is the portfolio Of the Soil, Six Classics of Arkansas' Vernacular...