Photographers -- Arkansas
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Bob's Studio of Photography Collection of Donna Axum Whitworth Materials
Collection
Identifier: MC 2366
Content Description
The collection consists of studio photographs of Donna Axum Whitworth, 1964 Miss America, by Robert A. (Bob) Huff and/or David A. Huff of Bob's Studio of Photography, as well as a custom chair used as a prop in Axum's Miss America studio sessions. Photographic materials include ten 16 x 20 prints, as well as some smaller proof prints and cellulose acetate (safety) negatives. Also included are a Bob's Studio of Photography business card and instructions provided by the studio on how to care...
Dates:
circa 1963-1983
Paul and Ann Faris Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 2612
Content Description
The collection contains the photography, writings, and other personal and professional papers of Paul and Ann Faris. Series 1 contains personal and professional papers, including correspondence, biographical materials, and materials related to Paul Faris' work as a professor at Hendrix College. Series 2 contains research materials, photographs, drafts, and other materials related to Paul Faris' 1983 book Ozark Log Cabin Folks: The Way They...
Dates:
circa 1933-2022
J.H. Field Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MC 539
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes prints made by Field, contact prints made from Field's negatives by the Special Collections Department, glass plate negatives, publications, and other papers pertaining to Field. The collection originally included Field's camera, tripod, focusing cloth, film holders, and awards. Field described many of his techniques in magazine articles and interviews. It is evident, especially from the negatives in this collection, that most of his "soft focus"...
Dates:
1899-1931
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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J.H. Field Photographs
William Hines Furbush Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MC 1783
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains thirteen photographs attributed to Furbush. Seven of the photographs have Furbush’s imprint. The other six were possibly taken by him as well. Seven of the photographs are labeled; Dan Gibson, John Hall, John Jones, Thomas L. Evans, ...
Dates:
ca. 1862-1870
John H. Ganner Studio Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MC 1261
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists almost entirely of negatives: 302 glass plate negatives (only a few dated, these from 1900 to 1909) and about 2600 film negatives (dated from 1912 to 1951, most dated in the 1930s and 1940s). The collection also includes movies, prints (61 vintage prints and 102 prints made in the course of processing), correspondence, and other papers. Index of Names Explanations Most of the negatives were originally in...
Dates:
circa 1890 to 1951
W. A. Parker Items
Collection
Identifier: MS P229
Scope and Content Note
Letter, written on the verso of a printed handbill captioned "Arkansas Chautaqua 1886," from Parker to unidentified correspondent, July 13, 1886, pertaining to the writer's work as a commercial photographer in and around Siloam Springs, Arkansas, together with unused illustrated postal card bearing a penned notation identifying the photographic illustration thereon as "Pontoon bridge between Siloam & Neosha, on senic [sic] road." A handbill relates to the Rev. T. B. Ford, the...
Dates:
1886
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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W. A. Parker Items
L. Oscar Plaster Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MC 813
Scope and Content Note
The photographs include 53 images of the Arkansas Centennial Celebration (1936) in Mena and 97 images of buildings, events, and people in and around Mena from the late nineteenth century into the 1950s. The business records are an itemized account of income and outgo for the photographic studio, rental property, and the antique business.
Dates:
1930-1978
Carolyn Reaves Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 2107
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the personal papers of amateur photographer Carolyn Reaves. The bulk of the collection consists of photographic negatives and prints, many of which document Cleveland County, Arkansas, including junior high school and high school football, basketball, donkey basketball, Homecoming celebrations, the Pioneer Craft Festival, 4-H club activities, Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, parades, and Halloween carnivals. Also among the Cleveland County photographs are images of...
Dates:
circa 1880-2017; Majority of material found within 1968-1993
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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Carolyn Reaves Papers