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Church buildings -- Arkansas

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bert Hiltebrand Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS H562 385
Scope and Content Note

382 positive prints, 5 1/4" x 4" to 8 3/4" x 6 1/2", of photographs made by Mena, Ark, commercial photographer Bert Hiltebrand, 1900-1930, of buildings, persons, scenes, and activities in and around Mena. Photographs pertain to: churches; schools; agriculture, lumbering and other industrial and commercial activity; social, cultural, and recreational activities. Most are mounted; some are captioned or identified with penciled notation on verso of mounting; few are dated.

Dates: 1900-1930

Proft Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2551
Content Description

The collection consists of records relating to the Proft family, and particularly to Paul Otto Proft and his wife, Florence Ellenor Beers Proft. Many Proft family members lived in Mena, Arkansas and Polk County; the collection particularly includes materials related to Mena's Trinity Lutheran Church. Materials include scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, vital records, memoirs, and genealogical research. Much of the genealogical research was compiled by Helena Beers Buechner.

Dates: circa 1870-2020