Spring 2012 Volume 6 • Issue 1

Tim Nutt Named Interim contents Head of Special Collections • Tim Nutt Interim Head of University Libraries Dean Carolyn H. Allen appointed Timothy G. Nutt Special Collections...... 1 interim head of Special Collections after the retirement of Tom W. Dillard in • Home Demonstration January. Tim brought his considerable talents to Special Collections in 2005 as Records ...... 1 manuscripts and rare books librarian and in 2009 became the assistant head of the department. A dedicated and passionate historian and archivist, • Leadership Report...... 2 Tim also serves as president of the Arkansas Historical Association. See his • International Education and column on page 2. Exchange Collections...... 3 • Ozark Society Papers...... 6 • Neil Compton Film...... 7 Home Demonstration Records • Images of Arkansas: Document Twentieth Century Travel and Leisure...... 8 • Furbush Civil War-Era Services to Rural Families Photographs...... 10 By Joshua Youngblood • Thanks to Our Donors...... 10 • New Exhibits from The year 2012 Special Collections...... 11 marks the one hun- dredth anniversary of • Tom Dillard Retires...... 11 the first of what came • African American Student to be known as Home History...... 12 Demonstration Clubs in Arkansas. In 1912, • Featured Researcher and an appropriation of Lioneld Jordan Fellow, $1,500 from the United Keith Orejel...... 13 States Department of • Staff Profiles...... 14 Agriculture General Education Board to • Are You Arkansas- Arkansas allowed Literate?...... 15 Arkansas Assistant Home Demonstration Agents for Negro Work, 1950. From the more than 400 girls in Dorris Vick Collection (MC 961), Box 2, Folder 2, Image 57. Pulaski County to join “The foresight these women tomato canning clubs. The “Tomato showed in knowing how important it Girls” of Pulaski County laid the would be for women to have an edu- groundwork for 100 years of service cation is remarkable,” said Eva Marie from clubs dedicated to bettering home Pearson, journalist and publicity management and rural farm life for women and families in Arkansas. continued on page 4 Leadership Report Collections Released on From the Desk of Tim Nutt International Education

As I read the articles in this these are only a few of the interest- and Exchange issue of The Arkansian, a few of ing articles found in the newsletter. them brought memories from differ- Growing up in rural Arkansas, I ent phases of my life bubbling to the always looked forward to summers and surface. This year we celebrate the spending those hot and humid months centennial of Home Demonstration playing in the creek, visiting my grand- Clubs in Arkansas. The article in parents, and helping my mom can veg- this issue by Joshua Youngblood etables. My mom was a member of the reminded me of my late mother local Home Demonstration Club, and and her involvement in her local one of their activities was canning dem- Tim Nutt, Interim Head of Special Collections Home Demonstration Club, while onstrations. My mom probably learned the article on one of our digitiza- how to can from her mother, but I working here. Harris was gracious, tion projects brought to mind my ini- remember her going to the demonstra- and I enjoyed visiting with him. tial meeting with one of Arkansas’s tions and then taking that information Sadly, he died three years ago, but I prominent novelists, E. Lynn Harris. back home to apply to the bounty of will always remember our nice—but Finally, a photograph of our former vegetables planted, tended, and har- all too brief—conversation. We also have a story from leader in Special Collections took me vested by my dad. Even though we had By Janet Parsch back to my college days. Of course, a large family, including my parents the recent retirement party of Tom and my five siblings, we had plenty of Dillard. The photograph takes me okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash back about 20 years. Tom recently Two important manuscript collections document- to put up for future uses. Under my retired after nearly eight years of ing local efforts in international education and exchange doing a great job as head of Special mom’s supervision, the kids would ster- have been processed and opened for research in Special Marie Lavallard, ca. 1981. From the Marie Lavallard ilize the Mason or Ball jars and then fill Collections here at the University. I Collections—the Foundation for International Exchange of Materials (MC 1644), Box 1, Folder 25. them with the vegetables before put- have been here for about seven years, Students Records and the Marie Louise Lavallard Materials. The Special Collections Department of the ting on the lids and lowering them into but I have known Tom much lon- The Foundation for International Exchange of Students University of Arkansas Libraries collects, ger. In fact, Tom hired me for my Records (MC 1881) consist of three linear feet of materials preserves, organizes and provides access to the heavy, yellow pressure canner. My favorite vegetable to can was squash. first job in the archival world, when containing legal and historical documents, board meeting chair of the Department of Agricultural Communications, research materials documenting the state of he was director of the University of Arkansas and its role in the regional, national, Although I hated the taste of fried materials, mailing and donor lists, plus records of the foun- and founded the Arkansas Farm Research Journal. Ms. and international communities. Arkansian is squash (which my mom cooked fre- Central Arkansas archives. I had just dation’s scholarships, newsletters, and brochures. Lavallard was tireless in mentoring and keeping ties with an old name by which our early ancestors quently), squash pickles were heavenly switched my major from account- The Foundation for International Exchange of Students FIES and international students who attended the univer- called themselves, as well as the name of an to my adolescent taste buds. ing to history, and my advisor set up (FIES) was founded in Fayetteville in 1949 with the mission sity. For more than fifty years she maintained the FIES antebellum newspaper in Fayetteville. The Ar- an interview for me with Tom. He of supporting international students at the University of newsletter, in which she reported university happenings as kansian is published twice a year. We’ve recently digitized issues of the BAD Times, a newspaper published has been my mentor since. While we Arkansas. Over the years, board members, families, and well as updates on the vast number of students with whom Inquiries should be directed to: by Black Americans for Democracy, miss Tom’s leadership, we wish him civic organizations in the community arranged for and she stayed in contact. She was long associated with the Diane Worrell, editor a group founded on the University of only the best in retirement. supported room and board, travel, and opportunities for Escuela Agricola Panamericana in Zamarano, Honduras. University of Arkansas Libraries This newsletter also contains mentoring and moral support for international students by In 2000, Ms. Lavallard, one of only thirty-two nomi- 365 N. McIlroy Avenue Arkansas campus in the late 1960s. The original newspapers were unavail- articles about the records of the organizing used-book sales, producing cookbooks, and nees nationwide, received the Millennium International Fayetteville, AR. 72701-4002 Foundation for the International Telephone 479/575-5577 able for use due to their fragility, but conducting annual mail solicitations and silent auctions. Volunteer Award from the U.S. Department of State. Fax 479/575-3472 the issues are now scanned and posted Exchange of Students, an organiza- More than 570 students from countries across the The John and Marie Lavallard International E-mail [email protected] online. They are fully-searchable online, tion that has supported international world have benefited from FIES support over the past Scholarship became fully endowed in 2005. John died in The Arkansian is available online at: thus allowing researchers to mine this students on the U of A campus 63 years. FIES has also supported American students in 1990, and Marie died on April 3, 2006. The Marie Louise http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/ wonderful resource easily. One of the since 1949. We have an article on a their study abroad opportunities and arranged reciprocal Lavallard Materials (MC 1644) contain correspondence news/arkansian/ students who contributed to the BAD newly digitized 1963 Buffalo River exchanges with colleges in Japan, Austria, Finland, Korea, and personal papers, records concerning the Lavallard Information about the Special Collections Depart- film made by Dr. Neil Compton. ment is available online at: Times was E. Lynn Harris. In addition the Dominican Republic and Honduras. Scholarship, memorabilia from the Lavallards’ domestic http://libinfo.uark.edu/specialcollections/ to writing for the newspaper, Harris Special Collections staffer Janet Almost synonymous with FIES are the names of Marie and international travels, photographs and slides, scrap- Parsch wrote the successful grant and John Lavallard, who were early members of the FIES books, and other materials. Both the FIES and Lavallard Editor: Diane Worrell was the first African American male cheerleader at the University. After proposal to the National Film board and involved with FIES and other international stu- collections were processed by Vera Ekechukwu. Editorial assistant: Erin Robertson Preservation Foundation, which dent organizations until their deaths. The Lavallards moved An event was held in Holcombe Hall on April 18 to Photography: Valerie Robertson, Cat Wallack, graduation, he published a series of successful novels and returned to the allowed us to preserve this wonder- from Vermont to Arkansas in 1946, where Marie began celebrate the opening of the FIES and Lavallard collections Diane Worrell ful piece of Arkansas and national a thirty-six year career with the University of Arkansas and to recognize current FIES and Lavallard scholarship Designer: Joy Caffrey University to teach. He was one of the first people I met after I started continued on page 15 College of Agriculture. She held various positions, including recipients.

2 3 Home Demonstration Records continued from page 1

Hill, Gilbert, and the greater Searcy of published materials includes manuals County Council. It also includes the and reports from the Extension Service, The records of local home dem- records of the Flintrock Strawberry as well as publications produced by onstration clubs, county and Growers Association in Marshall. home demonstration clubs such as state associations, and the The Washington County cookbooks and yearbooks. The Horti- Extension Homemakers Council cultural Handbook for County Agricultural Extension Service all provide Records (MC 906) include records and Home Demonstration Agents (SB318 invaluable insight to the rapid spanning 71 years, from 1916–1987. .H67 1900z) is an early publication from changes the twentieth century This collection, combined with six the state program for agents’ use in the collections from local clubs, make field. brought to farming commu- Washington County the best-repre- A 1940 thesis, A History of the nities, as well as the everyday sented county in the holdings of Agricultural Extension Service in concerns farm women and Special Collections. Although the Arkansas (S544.3.A8 H65) records only begin in the 1940s, by Mena Hogan, includes original their families confronted. the Garland County Extension photographs she compiled to illustrate Homemakers Club Records (MC 1117) the meetings, instruction, and agri- is one of the largest home demon- cultural activities conducted in stration collections, comprising four- Arkansas. One particularly valuable Arkansas Home Demonstration Agents teen boxes containing information on chapter covers the early years of the Association in Conway in 1940, most twenty-three different clubs in African American extension program. of the fourteen committees overseeing the county. History of Home Demonstration Work in organizational concerns are still active. In addition to personal and Arkansas 1914–1965 (TX24.A8 H57), Surprising treasures are avail- county group records, collections published by the Cooperative Extension able in collections from individuals. of local clubs, such as the Savoy Service, as it came to be known in the The records of the Arkansas Council Extension Homemakers Club (MC 1960s, provides an historical overview of Home Demonstration Clubs, a of statewide home demonstration work statewide federation of home dem- in every county. Women and girls from a Pulaski County tomato canning club display fresh fruit and preserved items they produced, ca. 1912. From the Mablevale Home Demonstration Club onstration clubs founded in 1929, The Cooperative Extension The Cooperative Extension Records (MC 1640), "Canning Club Work of Emma Archer," scrapbook, Image 53. are included within the Dorris Vick Service is still active in each of Collection (MC 961). The collection Service is still active in each Arkansas’s 75 counties, sponsoring chairman for the Arkansas Extension “Though the groups themselves have Council of Home Demonstrators, contains records of the earliest appoint- of Arkansas’s 75 counties, educational programs disseminating Homemakers Council, who attended changed a great deal over the years, Mrs. J. Howard Crawford, boasted ment of home demonstration agents in sponsoring educational pro- the latest research via agricultural, club meetings as a little girl with her with many of the new members being that there were 1,641 clubs in Arkansas the state, narrative histories of home financial management, and youth mother. “They began working in retired women with a lot of professional with more than 40,000 members. demonstration work, and efforts to grams disseminating the programs. Extension clubs in Arkansas many areas of community service early and life experience already, the core The history recorded in these form county and state federations. latest research via agricul- continue to provide programs directed on—such as rural electrification, hos- areas of their work have never changed: collections ranges from the establish- The Blanche Hanks Elliott Papers tural, financial manage- at self-improvement, continuing and (MC 1272) illustrate the career and pital development, and immuniza- leadership development, community ment of Extension Services and the ment, and youth programs. adult education, and community tion—that later came to fruition.” service, and education,” Pearson said. formation of the nation’s first home personal interests of a home extension service. The materials in Special With passage of the Smith-Lever In Special Collections, the work demonstration group, the Mablevale instructor who worked in Pope and Collections offer opportunities for Act of 1914, the U.S. Congress pro- of women involved with rural outreach Home Demonstration Club (MC Benton Counties. The collection rewarding research on subject areas vided federal support for a Cooperative and agricultural extension programs is 1640) of Pulaski County in 1914, to documents her interactions with folk 1169) often contain detailed informa- such as the evolution and work of Extension Service, coordinated represented by 27 separate manuscript the decades of work by local, county, artists and writers such as M. E. Oliver, tion about the history of small com- women’s clubs, the preservation of between universities, state government, collections related to home demon- and statewide organizations to pro- Edsel Ford, and Ernie Deane, and munities and the contributions of indi- traditional skills such as knitting and county officials, to disseminate stration groups. The records of local vide education and resources to the prominent Arkansans, including Clay vidual members. Records from local and quilt making, the economic information about modern agriculture home demonstration clubs, county and women and families of Arkansas. M. Anderson, David Pryor, and Orval clubs illustrate the grassroots organiz- development of rural communities and home economics to rural commu- state associations, and the Extension The University of Arkansas Faubus. ing efforts inspired by the Extension and small towns in Arkansas, women’s nities. Over the next several decades, Service all provide invaluable insight Cooperative Extension Service Records County-wide collections provide Service. The Liberty Hill Friendship charitable work, nutrition science, the pioneering agents of the Women’s to the rapid changes the twentieth cen- (MC 1145) consist of ten boxes of mate- documentation of local groups. The Extension Homemakers Club collec- and general standards of living in dif- Division of the Extension Service tury brought to farming communities, rial providing the primary record of the Searcy County Extension Homemakers tion (MC 1237) includes organizational ferent regions across the state. Home journeyed across Arkansas to bring as well as the everyday concerns farm service as administered through the Clubs Collection (MC 1046) con- records such as by-laws, membership Demonstration Club records are rich the latest information about house- women and their families confronted. University for its first 74 years, from tains correspondence and reports of and attendance rolls, and progress in first-hand accounts of the dramatic hold management, agriculture, nutri- Clubs were established in towns and cit- 1914-1988. The Arkansas Association of county extension and home demon- reports, as well as photographs, clip- changes the twentieth century brought tion, and child-rearing to thousands ies too, as Arkansas women and girls Extension Home Economists Records stration agents and the scrapbooks pings, and other materials showing the to Arkansas rural life and to the work of mothers, wives, and future farmers joined together to study and share the 1940–1990 (MC 1171) document efforts and record books for the home dem- club’s activities in the community. of professionals and private citizens to through the creation of home demon- traditions and skills of homemaking. to coordinate the state associations with onstration clubs of South Mountain, In addition to manuscript improve the lives of all Arkansans. stration clubs in local communities. In 1951, the president of the Arkansas the national movement. Founded as the Leslie, Pine Bluff, Marshall, Silver collections, the Arkansas Collection 4 5 Top: Inaugural Ozark Society cleanup float on the Buffalo River. Photograph by Neil Compton, August 1967. The Ozark Society still regularly hosts such events Ozark Society Papers Released to keep the Buffalo River in pristine condition. From the Neil Compton Papers (MC 1091), Box 27, Folder 21, In Celebration of Environmental Anniversaries Image 1193.

Bottom: L to R: Neil Compton, Congressman Asa Hutchinson, and Senator John Paul Hammerschmidt By Erin Robertson attending the Buffalo National River Park's twenty-fifth anniversary celebration on Jun 14, 1997 at Tyler Bend Recreational Park. From the Neil Compton Papers (MC 1091), Box 27, Folder 21, Image 490. With the approaching fifti- eth anniversary of the creation of the Ozark Society, the fortieth anni- versary of the establishment of the Buffalo River as the first national river, and the one hundreth anniver- Early Film of Buffalo sary of the birth of Ozark environ- River Restored mentalist Neil Compton, the Special Collections Department gears up for Special Collections received these celebrations with the release of an a grant of $4,590 from the National Film Preservation Foundation to preserve a 14-minute 8mm film produced Dr. Neil Compton founded in the spring of 1963 by Dr. Neil the group in May 1962 to Compton of Bentonville. The promote “conservation, Film Technology Company of Hollywood, , recently education, and recreation” completed the re-mastering and in the beauty of the conversion of the film. Titled Opportunity for Arkansas—The surrounding Ozarks. Buffalo National River, the film A popular swimming hole on the upper Buffalo River situated at the Highway 7 crossing near Pruitt, ca. 1965. The is one of thirteen that Dr. caption on the back reads: "Stone ledges provide natural diving platforms." From the Neil Compton Papers (MC 1091) Compton, founding president Box 27, Folder 14, Image 434. of the Ozark Society, shot, addendum to the Ozark Society papers. edited, scripted, and narrated In 1974 the board of the Ozark in the early 1960s as part of the Society designated Special Collections tax information, legislative bills per- Due to the efforts of the Ozark effort to keep the Buffalo River as the official depository of the soci- taining to the Buffalo River hear- in north Arkansas from being ety’s records. The organization, which ings, and files pertaining to subjects Society, in March 1972 the wrote: “It is simply that the Buffalo dammed. Ellen Compton, for- focuses on environmental conserva- an illustration on how papers like such as the Ozark National Forest, National River and its surrounding mer Special Collections archi- tion, began donating their records to Buffalo River became the this can help people, even if they are stream channelization, and wilder- natural landscape can be our sanctu- vist and daughter of the late Dr. Special Collections in 1975. The origi- their own papers,” Compton said. ness conservation. Various chapter first national river in U.S. ary, a refuge— at least from time to Compton, observes that, “Seeing nal materials consisted of 65 boxes or Neil Compton wrote, “To real- records include newsletters and bul- history. To this day, the time—for physical, mental, and spiri- the sunshine and sparkling 32 linear feet of correspondence, finan- ize that we are a part of this grand letins, as well as clippings from non- tual renewal. A place to be enjoyed, water in the re-mastered film cial records, legislative bills and other Buffalo remains a symbol of combination of natural forces and Ozark Society publications. The col- cherished, treasured, and defended.” is delightful. The music once materials from 1957–1975 pertaining to basic particles woven on the loom of lection also contains photographs the power of environmental Ellen Compton, retired Special again delights the ear.” Plans the establishment of the Buffalo River time comforts the soul and restores plus video and audio recordings. Collections manuscripts proces- are underway for special show- as the nation’s first national river. activism and the crowning our often jaded spirits. With that Dr. Neil Compton founded the sor and daughter of the late Neil ings of the film in conjunction The materials in the recent adden- comes the realization that if we are group in May 1962 to promote “con- glory of the Natural State. Compton, shared an anecdote about with anniversaries occurring this dum have now been processed and to survive the unpredictable future, servation, education, and recreation” her father. “My dad had given his year: the fortieth anniversary of opened for research. This manuscript we must not upset this wonder- in the beauty of the surrounding Ozark Society papers (Neil Compton the establishment of the Buffalo collection, Ozark Society Records ful balance on planet Earth.” Ozarks. The group soon expanded river in U.S. history. To this day, the Papers, MC 1091) to Special Collections River as America’s first national 1962–2001 (MC 477), encompasses In the same way that Neil its purpose to larger conservation Buffalo remains a symbol of the power in the seventies, all organized beau- river, the fiftieth anniversary 13 boxes of materials that stretch 12.5 Compton and countless Ozark Society issues, such as the preservation of of environmental activism and the tifully,” she said. “After my mother of the founding of the Ozark linear feet. Research Assistant Vera advocates after him championed the the Buffalo River as a free-flowing, crowning glory of the Natural State. died, he spent his days rereading all Society, and the one hundredth Ekechukwu processed the manuscript preservation of the Natural State, so undammed river. Due to the efforts of In the foreword of Compton’s of the Ozark Society papers, and anniversary of Dr. Compton’s collection, which consists of admin- too is Special Collections doing its the Ozark Society, in March 1972 the book The Battle for the Buffalo River, Ozark that is how he wrote his book The birth.— Janet Parsch istrative files, membership records, part to preserve the history of envi- Buffalo River became the first national Society member and author Ken Smith Battle for the Buffalo River. This is just ronmental conservation in Arkansas. 6 7 Images of Arkansas Travel and Leisure Wish You Were Here! Selected and Annotated by Todd E. Lewis

The Scott Bond family of Madison (St. Francis County), 1917. From Dan A. Rudd and Theo Bond, From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond, 1917.

Men relaxing in the sun parlor of the Lamar Bath House in Hot Springs, January 31, Top Ruth Dickinson of Fayetteville and friends, 1905, Mary D. Hudgins Collection (MC 534), Box 105, Folder “Lamar Bath House,” Northwest Arkansas, ca. 1895, Berry, Dickinson, Peel Image 1838. Family Papers (MC 1372), Box 13, Folder 11, Image 149. Governor Orval and Elizabeth Faubus in front of the Jubilation T. Cornpone statue at Dogpatch, U.S.A., ca. 1970, Orval Faubus Papers Addendum, (MC 922), Box 54, Folder 4, Image 1747.

Tourists at the Happy Hollow resort in Hot Springs, July 5, 1899, Mary D. Hudgins Man “surf planing” on Lake Chicot, 1926. From Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers in Egypt, 1976, Dale Bumpers Papers Tourists in Eureka Springs, 1890, Cora Pinkley Call Papers (MC 727), Collection (MC 534), Box 103, Folder “Happy Hollow,” Image 1218. Bureau of Mines, Playgrounds in Arkansas, 1926. (unprocessed). Box 14, Folder 1, Image 5.

8 9 New Photos Acquired Thanks New Exhibits from Farewell to Special Collections Tom Dillard of Civil War-Era African to Our Donors! Donations to Special Collections, Arkansas Heritage Month: Arkansans at Work July 1, 2011 to December 21, 2011 Arkansas Heritage Month 2012 celebrates the working American Photographer lives of Arkansans. Through the years, the way people make By Erin Robertson their living has changed dramatically, from farming and Arkansas Archaeological agriculture, to technology. This exhibit showcases images Survey, Fayetteville of Arkansans working in the early twentieth century with Margaret Stokes Bateman, Starkville, MS images from our photograph collection. Special Collections recently Robert W. and C. Images showcase the rice, cotton, fruit and sorghum added two new photographs to the Bradsher, Jr., Little Rock industries. Other photographs illustrate the coal and oil Travis Glen Brooks, Fayetteville industries, which have contributed to the state‘s economy William Hines Furbush collection Kenneth Danforth, Arlington, VA (MC 1783). The original collection of Carolyn Magruder Davids, since the early twentieth century. The railroad and lumber images, acquired in 2008, consisted Woodinville, WA industries that radically changed the landscape of Arkansas of ten photographs of Civil War sol- Tom W. Dillard, Farmington forever are also recognized. (Location: Special Collections Frank S. Faulkner, Jr., San Antonio, TX Display East, Mullins Library) diers. The two newest photographs, Gene R. Fry and Jane Ann Heinze- acquired through both private and Fry, Brookfield, MA public auctions, were added in 2012. Greg and M. Cilinda Giezentanner, War and Reflection: Selections of Rare Books Furbush, an African American Fayetteville Reed and Mary Ann Greenwood, Related to the Civil War born in 1839 in Carroll County, Fayetteville This exhibit showcases rare books that relate to the his- Kentucky, operated a photography stu- Kathryn Grover, Rogers torical themes of the American Civil War. The rare books dio in Ohio before moving to Helena, Betty A. Harrison, Fayetteville holdings of the University of Arkansas Libraries Special Arkansas (Phillips County) to continue Peggy Wall Hays, Conway Collections include more than 2,000 titles housed in the Richard and Diana Sue Hein, Tom Dillard cuts cake at a January 2012 reception held in the University House his photographic work. Apart from his , NY department because of their exceptional value, curiosity, or in honor of his retirement. photography, Furbush was also known Henrietta Cameron, wife of Helena grocery store clerk Alex Dusty Helbing, Ft. Smith distinction. for his involvement as Commissary K. Cameron. Photograph by William Hines Furbush, ca. Jeanie Horn, Marshall The works included show some of the ways the Civil Tom Dillard retired in January 2012 after a long and Sergeant in the Forty-second Colored 1862. From the William Hines Furbush Photographs (MC Inspiration Point Fine Arts War was documented and remembered in the final years of illustrious career in archives and Arkansas history. He Colony, Eureka Springs 1783), Box 1, Folder 1, Image 12. became head of Special Collections in 2004. During his Infantry at Columbus, Ohio and Joan Iwon, Hot Springs Village the war and in the decades after. These included an early for his political involvement in the James J. and Margaret Z. first-hand account of the war in Arkansas published in 1864, tenure, he successfully recruited collections, raised funds Arkansas General Assembly. Furbush Johnston, Fayetteville Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove by William Baxter. The earliest for special projects, implemented digitization initiatives, was one of the first to experiment Joyzelle Book Committee, Little Rock histories of the war attempted to more fully understand the and raised the profile of Special Collections and the Christine Kermaire, Charleroi, Belgium University of Arkansas Libraries. with the Back-to-Africa movement in John King, Fayetteville meaning of the catastrophic conflict that costs hundreds of Liberia before he settled in Arkansas. Jake Lamkins, Fayetteville thousands of lives and left large swaths of the country in At the January reception held in his honor, Tom In 1872 he was elected as a Gary Langley, Kittery, ME ruins. The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and remarked, “Arkansas history has been neglected for so long. Republican to the Arkansas General Laurence G. Luckinbill, Westin, CT Confederate Armies, published by the U.S. Army in the 1890s, When I started my career in 1971, there were more references Assembly to represent the Arkansas David Malone and Deborah to Ohio in the Journal of Southern History than to Arkansas! In Thomas, Fayetteville provides scholars with site plans of fortifications, illustrations eleventh district—comprising Monroe Susan E. May, Little Rock of soldiers in uniform, and maps of battlefields. Numerous 1976, during the American Revolution Bicentennial, we did and Phillips Counties—and during his Rick Mayes, West Fork authors published nostalgic and elegiac writings that helped not have an elementary level textbook on Arkansas in print. tenure was credited with the creation of Joanne Brandon McLendon, Little Rock create the mythologies that endure even today, such as Sparks I am pleased to have played a role in reversing the neglect Lee County. Furbush served as the first Gordon D. Morgan, Fayetteville from the Camp Fire; or, Tales of the Old Veterans: Thrilling Stories of Arkansas studies has suffered in the past.” Warren Pearce, Colorado Springs, CO Commenting on his retirement Tom recently said, sheriff of Lee County from 1873–1879. Reverse side of the photo showing the stamp of Fred A. Philpot, Hobbs, NM Heroic deeds, Brave Encounters, Desperate Battles, Bold Achievements, In late 1878 he resigned as sheriff and Furbush's Helena photography studio. Polk, Stanley, Wilcox Reckless Daring, Lofty Patriotism, Terrible Suffering and Wondrous “I am still savoring my retirement even after four months! was named the Democratic nominee to Architects, Little Rock Fortitude, as Re-told To-day Around the Modern Camp Fire, ed. While I miss the students and everyone in Special the Arkansas House of Representatives. Curtis B. Presley, Fayetteville Joseph W. Morton, Jr. (1893). (Location: Glass case near Collections, I must admit that I am enjoying working in John G. and Dora J. Ragsdale, the garden, researching, writing my history column in One of the new photos is from “In our newest acquisitions, there Little Rock Reference Desk, Mullins Library) Furbush’s Ohio photography stu- are two images of women,” observed Joel B. Reed, Canby, MN the Democrat-Gazette, and spending time with my wife and dio, but the second is the only known Krista Jones, who processed the new Charlotte Schexnayder, Dumas, AR Sidney S. McMath: A Man for Arkansas at 100 dogs. My time in Special Collections was the culmina- example with the stamp of Furbush’s photographs. “When we think of Civil William R. and Dana tion of a career of 42 years spent documenting our state. Steward, Sherwood Tim Nutt, Cat Wallack, and Joshua Youngblood Helena photography studio. The pho- War photographs, we automatically recently traveled to Little Rock to install a display at the I am now enjoying being a user of Special Collections, Billye Stockton, Little Rock and every time I go there to do research, I am reminded tograph features a young woman, think of the masculine identity and sol- Nancy Ellen Talburt, Fayetteville McMath Library, which is part of the Central Arkansas Henrietta Cameron, wife of Helena diers in uniform. We don’t think of the Kenneth Trapp, Bella Vista Library System. The exhibit, which honors the 100th anni- of what a spectacular resource the department is.” grocery store clerk Alex K. Cameron, home front. To have photographs of Margaret Whillock, Little Rock versary of Governor Sid McMath’s birth, was created by Estate of Ann J. Wilkie, Champaign, IL with the insignia of the Helena stu- Civil War-era women, especially taken Special Collections in conjunction with a conference and Editor’s note: Many of the photographs published in the Bobby G. Williams, Fayetteville Fall issue of The Arkansian were by Special Collections dio on the reverse side. Not only is by an African American photogra- various other celebratory activities held in Little Rock during the photo’s origin important, but pher working in Helena, Arkansas dur- employee Valerie Robertson. We regret that her contribu- the month of June. A similar exhibit is being installed in the tions were not acknowledged and apologize for the oversight. what it symbolizes is significant. ing the Civil War, is a special thing.” hallway outside of Special Collections in Mullins Library. 10 11 Newly Released Collections Featured Researcher: Donate Your Document African American Keith Orejel, First Lioneld Historical Student History Jordan Fellow, Visits Special Materials! By Amy Allen Collections Special Collections is always on the lookout for Special Collections, in celebration materials that document of Black History Month in February, the history of Arkansas, released two collections from the student group Black Americans for such as: Democracy (BAD)—a digital collection of the organization’s newspaper, BAD Family papers Times: The Black Americans for Democracy News, and a complementary manuscript Records of Arkansas clubs collection. Both are open for public and organizations research, providing insight into black history at the University of Arkansas. Records of Arkansas businesses BAD, formed in 1968 after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Photographs was a registered student organiza- tion for African American students Videos and films at the University of Arkansas. The club—which operated under this History was made by Mellonee Carrigan (L) and Jo Lynn Dennis (R) when they became the first African Books about Arkansas or name through the 1970s—was a politi- American homecoming maids in 1974. Photograph from Bad Times: The Black Americans for Democracy written by Arkansans cal and social group striving to bring News, December 12, 1974. Scrapbooks attention to issues black students Keith Orejel (center) surrounded by (L to R) Special Collections Interim Department Head Tim Nutt, Fayetteville Mayor faced on campus, to promote achieve- handle. Now all twenty issues have by and about E. Lynn Harris, who later Lioneld Jordan, Communications Professor Stephen Smith, and Carolyn Henderson Allen, Dean of the University Libraries. ments of black students and faculty, been digitized for preservation and became a nationally recognized author. Letters and to provide social interaction. The easier access. The digital copies are Complementing the digital collec- Keith Orejel was named the first annual recipient of the Lioneld Jordan group encouraged black students to available online and include full-text tion, the manuscript collection, Black Fellowship in Labor and Working Class Studies. He has been working in the Arkansas cookbooks get more involved on campus and searching capabilities. The collec- Americans for Democracy Materials Special Collections Department since January 2012. Originally from California, urged administrators to provide more tion can be viewed on the Special (MC 1915.UA), contains meeting min- Keith is currently a Ph.D. candidate in history at Columbia University in New Menus from Arkansas restaurants opportunities for black students. Collections web site: http://libinfo.uark. utes for the organization during the York City. For his dissertation work, he is using materials in the Arkansas BAD Times: The Black Americans edu/eresources/digitalcollections.asp. time period when BAD Times was writ- Collection in addition to the manuscript collections of Arkansas political leaders— Menus and recipes from family meals for Democracy News, also known as the Articles in the Bad Times newspa- ten. The collection contains photos most notably that of John Paul Hammerschmidt—to examine rural and small- Times, was a newspaper written and pers covered topics concerning both and other materials documenting the town communities after World War II. His work focuses specifically on local com- produced by BAD students, provid- local and national issues, including edi- group as it evolved over the decades. munity efforts to achieve industrial development in response to the rapid decline If you are interested in donating ing a first-hand look at everyday issues torials on local subjects, such as the In the fall of 1979, members in agricultural employment after the widespread mechanization of farming. materials, please contact: occurring during a turbulent time of color divide in dormitories on campus, changed the name of the group to Keith’s leisure activities include spending time with his fiancée Laura change in America’s history. Topics and national topics, such as affirma- Students Taking a New Direction and his dog Buford. His favorite family activities include walks in the in the paper ranged from editori- tive action. Students also wrote about (STAND) to project a more positive park, trips to museums, and rooting for the Philadelphia Phillies. Timothy G. Nutt, Interim als on University administrative deci- popular social activities, such as Black image. STAND continued to promote Funded by communications professor Stephen Smith, the Lioneld Jordan Head of Special Collections sions to highlights of social activities. Emphasis Week (later changed to appreciation of black heritage, improve Fellowship in Labor and Working Class Studies was established to honor the lead- Special Collections Department Special Collections has twenty Black Awareness Week) and the Miss interracial relations and educational ership and vision of Lioneld Jordan, the current mayor of Fayetteville. Mr. Jordan University of Arkansas Libraries issues of the newspaper, dating from BAD Pageant (later changed to Miss quality, and help members develop was an undergraduate student at the University and a carpenter with the University 365 N. McIlroy Avenue 1971–1977, in its holdings. The news- Black University of Arkansas). The leadership skills. During this time Physical Plant for 26 years. He serves as president of AFSCME Local 965 and of papers have been popular for research newspaper also brought attention to period, STAND was granted two per- the Northwest Arkansas Labor Council. He is a champion of working families. Fayetteville, AR 72701 over the years, but frequent use, com- achievements of black students, such manent seats on the Associated Stu- Applications are being accepted for the 2013 Lioneld Jordan bined with the age of the newspa- as Gene McKissic, the first black presi- dent Government. The organization Fellowship. The fellowship conveys reimbursement up to $500 for expenses Telephone: 479-575-8443 pers, created preservation problems dent of the student body in 1972, and changed its name again in the late 1980s incurred while using the Special Collections’ materials on Arkansas his- E-mail: [email protected] for this valuable resource. Some of Mellonee Carrigan and Jo Lynn Dennis, to the Black Students Association, a tory, labor culture, labor education, labor lore, occupational folk life, trade the newspapers were crumbling, mak- the first black homecoming maids in group which remains active today. union traditions, and worker culture. For more information, contact Tim ing them increasingly difficult to 1974. The collection contains articles Nutt in Special Collections at (479) 575-8443 or [email protected].

12 13 Leadership Report continued from page 2 Are You Arkansas-Literate? Staff Profiles history—coinciding with the celebra- tion of the 40th anniversary of the Erin will remain in Northwest legislation that made the Buffalo a Arkansas Authors national river. Arkansas with her husband for 1. Acclaimed author Charles Portis is best known for this novel The article on the acquisition another year. She plans to pursue featuring the character Rooster Cogburn: journalism, travel, read, and wait of a new batch of 19th century photo- graphs is particularly exciting. These (A) Masters of Atlantis (B) The Dog of the South (C) True Grit for Air Force to send them on (D) Norwood the first of many adventures. recently-acquired photos, all Civil War-era portraits by African American 2. Which Arkansas novelist met and became fast friends with fellow W.H. Furbush, have allowed Special writer Norman Mailer during the Philippines Campaign in World Collections to not only preserve these War II? important images, but also to rein- (A) Francis Irby Gwaltney (B) Donald Harington (C) Dee Brown troduce this remarkable individual (D) Laurell K. Hamilton to historians. I hope, after you read the article, you are excited as I am. 3. Who is known for writing about the fictional heroines Aurora Furbush photographs are rare, but we Teagarden and Sookie Stackhouse? are always looking for additonal exam- (A) Barbara Taylor Bradford (B) Steve Whisnant (C) Valerie Robertson Erin Robertson Megan Massanelli ples of his work. We are in the pro- (D) Charlaine Harris Editorial assistant Erin Megan Massanelli holds a cess of digitizing our Furbush images, 4. The novel A Brief History of the Dead, written by this Arkansan, Robertson graduated in May with a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history which we plan to make available on revolves around the main character slowly becoming the last person Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in gender studies from the our website. Of course, we always wel- on earth as everyone around her disappears: literature and print/editorial jour- University of Arkansas. She was hired come you to visit us in Fayetteville (A) Guy Lancaster (B) John G. Ragsdale (C) Kevin Brockmeier nalism, with a minor in history. She as the reading room assistant for Special to see the original photographs. (D) Sean Fitzgibbon grew up in Green Forest, Arkansas, Collections in October 2011. Megan As in previous issues, we have included the “Are You Arkansas- 5. This novelist was the first African American male cheerleader where she enjoyed a close-knit fam- Jonathan Browning grew up in Conway and North Little at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville: ily, playing outdoors, and read- Rock and graduated from Mount Literate?” quiz. This issue’s quiz focuses on Arkansas novelists, and our (A) William Wright (B) E. Lynn Harris (C) John Johnson ing all the books she could get her Jonathan Browning was born St. Mary Academy in Little Rock. (D) Sidney Moncrief hands on. She graduated from Green and raised in Benton, Arkanas, where In addition to assisting Special state has certainly had it’s fair share. Forest High School in 2008 and was he graduated from Benton High Collections researchers, Megan also I don’t think the quiz is overly diffi- 6. Using a pseudonym, this novelist wrote a series of novels on awarded an Honors College Fellowship School. As a first year architecture helps with preservation tasks and main- cult—our resident New Yorker on staff the adventures of retired florist Theo Bloomer: from the University of Arkansas. student in the Fay Jones School of taining the organization of the collec- correctly answered three of them— (A) Joan Hess (B) Jill Curran (C) Octave Thanet Erin was hired in August 2011 Architecture, Jonathan is pursuing a tions. She compiles monthly reading but I hope it is informative and fun. (D) Thyra Samter Winslow to assist with departmental publica- demanding course of study with classes room statistics which help to guide deci- Of the many new duties associ- ated with being interim head of Special 7. Of the following authors, who was the first female Arkansan to tions and communications. She helps in engineering, architecture, and sus- sions made by administrative personnel. be included in Authors and Writers Who’s Who in 1903? produce and edit The Arkansian, and tainability. In the future he plans to put Megan enjoys researching topics Collections, writing this column has been one of the most pleasurable. It (A) Marcia Camp (B) Tumpy Harrison (C) Charlie May Simon she does archival research and copy all this coursework to use in building related to social change, public policy (D) Bernie Babcock editing for Arkansauce: The Journal his own architectural firm in Arkansas. and librarianship, as well as the history gave me the opportunity to think back of Arkansas Foodways. Of her work Jonathan’s work in the Arkansas of American craft and decorative arts. over my career, celebrate some of our 8. This author, who was also a dentist, is often credited as the first in Special Collections, Erin says, “I Architectural Archives involves orga- One of her favorite aspects of work- important collections, and share our black Arkansas novelist: especially enjoy learning about the nizing and preserving architectural ing in the reading room is being able to heritage with the people of this state. (A) Archie Moore Jr. (B) J.H. Smith (C) Linda McDowell wealth of information available in documents. For him, the opportu- learn more about these topics from the (D) E.C. Morris Timothy G. Nutt Special Collections. I feel as if I’m nity to observe firsthand the design perspective of Arkansas history and cul- 9. Who authored two published novels and was the son of an treasure-hunting each time I work processes of prominent architects is ture, while helping patrons pursue their Arkansas Governor and U.S. Attorney General? with the archival collections.” a privilege. His work experience has own research. Interim Head of Special Collections University of Arkansas Libraries (A) Will Garland (B) Robbie Rector (C) Francis Cherry Jr. In her leisure time, Erin reinforced lessons he has learned in In her leisure time, Megan finds (D) Jeff Davis Jr. enjoys running, reading, and his architectural design studio classes pleasure in knitting, reading, and 365 N. McIlroy Avenue traveling. She recently married and expanded his awareness of design spending time outdoors. She plans on Fayettdville, AR 72701 10. This nationally-known novelist wrote a string of novels such as Andrew Van Genderen who in May history. applying to graduate programs in the Up Terrapin River and An Arkansas Planter, but he is probably as commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant When he has the opportunity, future but has not yet decided between Phone: (479) 575-8443 well-known for editing the folksy newspaper The Arkansas Traveler: and will become an intelligence Jonathan enjoys hunting, gardening, library science, art history, or women’s Email: [email protected] (A) Joe Candido (B) Trenton Lee Stewart (C) Opie Read

officer in the U.S. Air Force. and raising goats. studies. (D) Douglas C. Jones

; 6 (A); 7 (D); 8 (B); 9 (A); 10 (C) (C) 10 (A); 9 (B); 8 (D); 7 (A); 6 ; B) ( 5 (C); 4 (D); 3 ; A) ( 2 ; C) ( 1 ANSWERS:

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Costumed Special Collections staffers hosted a reception for the 2012 annual meeting of the Arkansas Historical Association on April 12, 2012 at the Headquarters House in Fayetteville. L to R: Krista Jones, Andrew Donovan, Megan Massanelli, Tim Nutt, and Amy Allen. 16