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Typewritten transcripts of letters, contracts, statements of account, diary fragments, invitation, agreement, petition, lists, promissory note and other documents pertaining to personal, family and business affairs in and around El Dorado, Arkansas.

All letters are to Bertram Knox Andress unless otherwise stated.

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55 photographic negatives of wells, drillers and other workers, drilling operations, suppliers, tank cars, storage tanks, and other scenes, persons, and activities in the El Dorado and Smackover oil fields of Union and Ouachita Counties, and in and around the cities of El Dorado, Norphlet, and Smackover, Arkansas.

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The collection consists of records related to the professional career of journalist Kenneth C. Danforth, as well as Arkansas-related materials collected by Danforth. Materials include copies of Danforth's writings; resumes; photographs taken by Danforth of David Pryor's 1976 gubernatorial campaign; and an Arkansas Sesquicentennial souvenir packet containing reproductions of historic photographs of El Dorado.

Scope and Content Note This supplement to the Oren Harris Papers complements the gift to the University of Arkansas Libraries by Judge Harris in 1966 and a second increment received in 1972 and 1973. The present collection consists of materials in a variety of formats documenting a considerable span of Harris's life and career. Series 1, Speeches and Reports, reflects Congressman Harris's role as chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, as well as other national and Arkansas issues. ...

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Account of the bringing in of "Busey No. 1" near El Dorado, Ark. in 1921, and of the economic and social consequences for the community, together with mounted photographs. Prepared by Mona M. Templeton as class project for University of Arkansas folklore class taught by Mary C. Parler. Includes typed transcript of interview with Anna Laura Dickinson as recorded on Folklore sound recording tapes, reel numbers 441 and 442.

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The collection consists of a series of personal correspondence, dating from 1945-1949, from Earle C. Makin (1917-1990) to Oreste V. Unti, a friend and former colleague. Included with one of the letters is a 1949 photograph of Makin's home at 1250 W Oak Street, El Dorado, Arkansas. Makin, who was living in El Dorado, Arkansas, and working for Lion Oil at the time, writes about his personal life, his professional work as a chemist, and his archaeological hobby.