Scope and Content Note Minutes and proceedings, yearbooks, directories, clippings, histories and other material, 1857-1970, pertaining to Arkansas Missionary Baptists and to related Baptist groups for the period 1840-1970. (355 items pertain to congregations, district and state-wide associations and other organizations of Missionary Baptists in Arkansas; in addition, 29 items pertain to national organizations of Missionary Baptists, 25 items pertain to Missionary Baptists in states other than Arkansas, 11 items...

Scope and Content Note Minutes and proceedings, yearbooks, directories, and related material pertaining to the Arkansas Missionary Baptists and to related Baptist groups for the period. The collection is divided into series dealing with congregations, district, state-wide, and national associations of: Missionary Baptists in Arkansas; Missionary Baptists in states other than Arkansas, and other Baptist church groups both within and without Arkansas. Included in the latter category are the Landmark Missionary...

Scope and Content Note Minutes and proceedings, yearbooks, histories and other material, 1837-1971, pertaining to Arkansas Missionary Baptists and other church groups for the period 1831-1971. (137 items pertain to congregations, district and state-wide associations and other organizations of Missionary Baptists in Arkansas; in addition, 3 items pertain to national organizations of Missionary Baptists and other church groups, 31 items pertain to Missionary Baptists and other church groups in states other than...

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"Minutes of the Little Rock Association of Regular Baptists,: Held at Salem Church, Clark County, Arkansas Territory, on the first Saturday in November, 1825." Little Rock, William E. Woodruff, Printer.

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One-page "Rules of decorum" followed by proceedings of monthly "conference" of the congregation, October 2, 1830 - July 1839. Record is incomplete, with pages wanting.

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Letter from I. C. Brickey, Corresponding Secretary, Batesville (Independence County), 18 December 1851, to William C. Buck, Corresponding Secretary, Bible Board, Nashville, Tennessee, concerning action of the Executive Board of the White River, Arkansas, Baptist Convention.

Scope and Content Note Correspondence, addresses, lectures and speeches, clippings, invitations, literary manuscripts, pamphlets, programs, reports, and other material pertaining to the life and to the personal, familial, academic, professional political, civic, religious and other affairs of the Arkansas lawyer, educator, lecturer, author and politician who was University of Arkansas professor of economics and sociology (1903-15), Governor of Arkansas (1917-21), Redpath Chautauqua circuit lecturer (1918-24),...

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The collection consists of papers relating to the Frost and Boone families of Tennessee and Arkansas, particularly property and financial records. Also included are records pertaining to estates administered by Thomas Wright Frost, and records relating to the Regular Baptist Church of Washington County, Arkansas.

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Membership register; minutes of meetings, May 1892 to Aug. 1926; incoming correspondence; memoranda of proceedings; program; resolution, Feb. 5, 1881 and Apr. 1894 to Aug. 1926; and other records, most of which are dated from the period 1892-1926, pertaining to affairs of the local Goshen Baptist Church congregation and of the Fayetteville Missionary Baptist Association.

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The collection consists of materials pertaining to the Johnson family of Washington County, Arkansas, and to family homes (particularly the Johnson House in Johnson, Ark.) and a family business (the Johnson Mill), as well as to Johnson Baptist Church and to local politics and elections. Materials include photographs, business records, property records, autograph books, correspondence, and clippings.

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History of the Magnet Cove Missionary Baptist Church, 1868-1968, compiled from the Church records by Clara A. Golden.

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"One Hundred Years Ago" and "Beginnings," by James Sterling Rogers, circa 1932. Handwritten accounts of Baptists in Fourche and Little Rock.

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Materials in the collection includes correspondence, board meeting minutes, membership lists, financial records, and photographs.

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Richland Baptist Church minutes of meetings, Dec. 1871 to May 1890 and Oct. 1893; declaration of faith, articles of church government, resolution, rules of order, membership register, n.d., letters dismissory received Sept. 1897 and Nov. 9, 1901; pertaining to affairs of congregation.

Scope and Content Note Materials in the collection focus on Judge Roy's law career, especially her tenure as a Supreme Court and federal judge. They also include general information about the legal profession in Arkansas, and the Eighth United States Judicial Circuit. Other materials reflect her interest in issues relating to the status and achievements of women, as well as her involvement with women's groups. The collection also includes materials reflecting her deep religious faith. Finally, the collection...

Scope and Content Note Materials include poetry, articles, and books written by Maggie Smith. Also included is correspondence by Smith and her extended family, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Smith and topics of interest. Genealogical materials pertain to relations of Smith, including the Aldridge, Chastain, and Sager families, as well as efforts to preserve the Simon Sager cabin. Other genealogical materials relate primarily to families from Benton County, Arkansas, including the diary and photo album of...

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Materials in this collection include minutes books.

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The West Fork (Arkansas) Regular Baptist Church Records were collected in two accessions. The first accession consists of photocopies of a transcript of church records from 1830-1849 and a photocopy of an annual session of the Zion Church.

The second accession consists of a transcript of the West Fork Church's minutes from 1850.