The Butler eBanner Newsletter of the Butler Center for Studies Summer 2015 Butler Center Events Art Exhibitions Hartford Music Company Collection Aug. 14–Oct. 31, 2015 Weaving Stories & Hope: Textile Is Open to Researchers Arts from the Japanese American he Hartford Music Company, located Internment Camp at Rohwer, Arkansas in Hartford (Sebastian County), was Butler Center Loft Gallery founded in 1918 by Eugene Mon- Decorative textiles, accompanied by T roe (E. M.) Bartlett—a businessman from stories and information about the Waynesville, , who wanted to pub- Rohwer camp lish gospel music. Specifically, he was inter- Aug. 14–Oct. 31, 2015 Disparate Acts Redux: Bailin, ested in teaching people how to sight-read Criswell, Peters music using a shape-note system. Butler Center West Gallery Shape-note singing systems began in the An exhibition created by three artists who have found community early 1800s as a way to teach congrega- with each other over thirty years tional and community singers to read mu- Sept. 11–Dec. 26, 2015 sic without the aid of musical instruments. Hartford Music Company songbooks, from the Butler Center Underground Gallery Each tone or interval on the musical scale early 1900s to 1942. The early books were print- Gene Hatfield: Outside the Lines is represented by a differently shaped note Artwork created by Gene Hatfield, ed in Hartford under the name Central Music a painter, writer, actor, and former head (for example, the head for a “fa” note Company, the forerunner of Hartford. professor of art at the University of might be represented by a triangle and “la” Central Arkansas by a square). By learning to recognize the E. M. Bartlett, president of the Hartford Music Oct. 9, 2015–March 26, 2016 intervals in this manner, song leaders could Company, printed from electrotype plates for his Butler Center Concordia Hall Photographic Arts: African easily change the musical key of the song to songbooks, published semiannually. The books American Studio Photography suit the needs of the group. Cont. on page 2 from the Joshua & Mary Swift Collection The first exhibition of works from a private collection featuring Steve Stephens Papers Now Available photographs of African he Steve Stephens Papers (MSS 10- Marine Corps in 1950. Stephens left for Korea from the 1860s to 1940s Exhibitions open during each 45) contain the personal papers of in December of 1952 and served one year in the month’s Second Friday Art Night Steve Owen Stephens, best known Korean War beginning in January 1953 with the (2FAN), 5–8 p.m. in the ASI T as the host of Steve’s Show (an early dance- headquarters battalion of the 1st Marine Divi- building. party show) on television station KTHV. sion. He was in Korea when the armistice was Arkansas Sounds Over many years, he has remained a famil- signed on July 27, 1953, and was discharged in Fri., Aug. 7, 7:00 p.m. iar voice and face on ra- 1954 after attaining the rank CALS Ron Robinson Theater dio and television. of sergeant. The John Bush Quintet Stephens was born Stephens returned to New- Vocal and instrumental jazz Rufus James Stephens port and worked part-time as favorites—$10 Fri., Sept. 4, 7:00 p.m. on April 22, 1930, to a broadcaster at radio station CALS Ron Robinson Theater Owen Stephens and Al- KNBY in Newport. That Runaway Planet lie Mae Stephens, own- led to a job at KTHV, where Traditional and original ers of a restaurant and he became the host of the bluegrass—$10 service station in New- dance-party show that be- Fri., Oct. 16, 7:00 p.m. Steve Stephens with Steve’s Show CALS Ron Robinson Theater port (Jackson County). came known as Steve’s Show Sister Rosetta Tharpe Tribute His parents later owned guests. (it was originally called Screening of The Godmother of a furniture store where Stephens worked Your Party). During the show’s run, from 1957 Rock and Roll and mini-concert of Tharpe’s music—FREE while in school. He attended Castle Heights to 1964, it helped launch the careers of Arkansas Tickets available at www. Military Academy and graduated from musicians such as Conway Twitty, Charlie Rich, ArkansasSounds.org or Butler Newport High School. Johnny Cash, and Sonny Burgess. Center Galleries. After attending the From 1958 to 1965, he was the station’s weath- Events cont. on next page for two years, he left school to join the U.S. Cont. on page 2 Cont. from Hartford Music, p. 1 (Sebastian County); Powell, Missouri; County). Albert E. Brumley (who wrote were shipped all over the United States Tulsa, ; Cullman, Alabama; “I’ll Fly Away”) bought the company in and were used at singing conventions and and Houston, Texas. 1948 and moved it to Powell, Missouri. schools. Bartlett wrote most of the songs, though The Hartford Music Company col- The forerunner of the Hartford Music familiar hymns were added as fillers or lection (MSS 14-22) contains hymnals Company was the Central Music Compa- by request. His most famous song that published between 1908 and 1974 by ny, owned by songwriter Will M. Ramsey is still published is “Victory in Jesus.” the Hartford Music Company, Eureka and David Moore. When Ramsey moved Bartlett formed the Hartford Music In- Publishing Company, Stamps-Baxter to Little Rock (Pulaski County) in 1918, stitute to coincide with the Hartford Mu- Music and Printing Company, and other Bartlett persuaded Moore and John A. sic Company, hiring instructors to teach publishing companies, as well as photo- McClung to partner with him in estab- voice, piano, piano tuning, rudiments, graphs and miscellaneous materials from lishing the Hartford Music Company, harmony, and stringed instruments. the Hartford Music Company. The col- with Moore as business manager. The When Bartlett retired in 1931, John lection, which had served as a “mini-mu- companies merged in 1931 under the McClung became president and sole seum” of the Hartford Music Company, Hartford name. By 1931, the company owner of the company. He had co-owned was donated to the Butler Center in May was printing and shipping more than the company in the 1920s and bought it 2014 by Thelma Jean (T. J.) McClung 100,000 books a year to thirty-five states outright on February 20, 1931. Gibson, daughter of John McClung. and two foreign countries. A branch plant After McClung died in 1942, the com- The collection can be accessed in the was established in Nacogdoches, Texas, pany was sold to Floyd Hunter, Waldo Research Room of the Arkansas Studies where 20,000 books were published each Pool, Otis Echols, and Oliver Cooper, Institute building, and the finding aid is year. Other branches were in Fort Smith who moved it to Hot Springs (Garland available online here. n

Cont. from Steve Stephens, p. 1 business people, and philanthropists. He erman and also hosted Eye on Arkansas, retired in 1998 but continues to serve as an early talk show. He interviewed such a voice talent for numerous local and na- entertainment icons as Liberace, Patti tional radio and television commercials. Page, the Four Aces, Angie Dickinson, He has hosted the “Biography Arkansas” Bob Crosby, Mickey Rooney, the casts segment for KUAR radio since the seg- of TV’s The Beverly Hillbillies and Pon- ment’s debut in 2005. Read more about derosa, Roy Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Stephens on the EOA here. Jr., and Ronald Reagan. This collection includes approximately Stephens married Ellen Beede of New- 15.5 linear feet of correspondence, pub- port on April 21, 1957, and the couple licity materials, photographs, audio and had two sons, Stanton (now deceased) video recordings, scrapbooks, and mem- and Steele; the couple divorced after thir- orabilia related to Stephens’s various ca- ty years of marriage. reers and philanthropic work from 1951 Stephens’s career included working for through 2011. The finding aid is avail- Senator John McClellan in Washington able online here. DC, developer Jess Odom in Little Rock, presenting Steve Stephens Steve Stephens also donated a collec- and Jack Stephens (no relation) at Ste- with a proclamation declaring October tion (BC.KWP.19) to the Butler Center’s phens, Inc. At Stephens, Inc., he helped 7, 1959, Teenagers Against Birth De- Forgotten: The Arkansas Korean War Proj- develop the Entertainment Division, fects, Arthritis, and Polio (TABDAP) ect. The collection includes photographs which included clients Harry Thomason, Day. and documents related to his service as a Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, and Burt was active in several philanthropic ef- marine during the Korean War, as well as Reynolds. forts, including the March of Dimes, Li- an oral history interview with Stephens Stephens also worked in real estate, ons World Services for the Blind, and the from June 2, 2009. Both collections can investment services, advertising, and Arkansas Cancer Research Center. Dur- be accessed in the Research Room of the other ventures with his own company, ing his long and diverse career, he has Arkansas Studies Institute building, and Stephens International. Additionally, he come into contact with many celebrities, the BC.KWP.19 finding aid ishere . n

Legacies & Lunch Noon – 1 p.m. Wed., Sept. 2 The Arkansas Traveler, to be performed at this David Bailin—artist and teacher to discuss the special musical presentation. exhibition Disparate Acts Redux (on view in Main Library’s Darragh Center Wed., Aug. 5 Butler Center Galleries Aug. 14–Oct. 31) and Marcie Cohen Ferris—author of The Edible the importance of being part of a community of Finding Family Facts South and professor of American Studies at artists. A free genealogy course the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Main Library’s Darragh Center will discuss Southern foodways. Aug. 10, Sept. 17, Oct. 12 Presented with the Clinton School of Public Wed., Oct. 7 3:30 – 5 p.m. Service; CALS Ron Robinson Theater Arkansas Sounds Gone By—selections from the ASI Room 204, 401 President Clinton Ave. Ron Robinson sheet music collection, such as

Page 2 The Butler Banner The Butler eBanner A Word from the Center is the quarterly electronic David Stricklin, Manager of the Butler Center newsletter of the or many years I was subject to the song, but we followed that with some Butler Center iron rule of the school calendar. very exciting work with the U.S. Depart- for Arkansas Studies, I was either in school, the parent ment of State and Crystal Bridges Mu- a department of the Central F Arkansas Library System of school-aged kids, or teaching from seum of American Art that we’ve talked about the time of the Spanish-American about before and will talk about more in Mailing address War—only a slight exaggeration—until I future issues of this newsletter. All of that 100 Rock St. came to work for CALS in 2005. About is directly traceable to Kay’s work with Little Rock, AR 72201 this time of year, I still find myself think- us. We’ll feature in future issues her suc- Physical address ing about back-to-school sales, getting cessor, George West, who is an award- Arkansas Studies Institute school supplies, and (always) lunch box- winning teacher, and the ways he’s going 401 President Clinton Ave. es, even though I am long liberated from to build on the great foundation we have Little Rock, AR 72201 the semester system. built with Kay’s help. All that’s left to say 501.320.5700 • [email protected] Our work at the Butler Center bears about Kay now is thanks. www.butlercenter.org some relationship to the rhythms of the Thinking of teachers brings up the re- Ali Welky: Editor school year, though we certainly don’t markable Legacies & Lunch experience Mike Keckhaver: Design slow down we had in in the sum- June, featured mer. Our work on page 6. It’s Summer 2015 with teach- not unusual to ers intensi- have an event Mr. Butler from an earlier part of her life, fies in many at a history always added a great deal to our friendly respects, both organization presence. Thanks, Holly! because of our about some- We’re about to open the fourth major annual semi- one who has exhibition of art from the remarkable col- nar for teach- been dead lection Rosalie Santine Gould gave us ers, described on page 9, and because of longer than the person was alive, but it from the World War II Japanese Ameri- other professional-development events surely must be unusual to have one about can internment camp at Rohwer. This one where we connect with those folks. For someone who died at such an early age. is work on textiles made by people held many months, we have spent a lot of time We started a webpage to collect memo- in the camp. This collection has attracted and effort getting ready to help teachers ries of Roosevelt Thompson, and I wrote attention from people all over the coun- incorporate the latest curricular revisions a little something for it based on hearing try. In fact, I’m pictured here, with our art pertaining to Arkansas history. In fact, so many teachers talk so movingly about coordinator Colin Thompson, to the left, through our education-outreach coordi- a former student. with a group of students from nator, Kay Bland, we have been involved Speaking of retirements, I’d like to who visited under the sponsorship of the in helping craft those revisions, which thank Holly Mathisen for her ten-plus Japanese American Citizens League. Our went into effect this summer. I’ve talked years of service to the Butler Center and connections around the country and be- a lot about Kay in these pages, and I hap- CALS and her constant good cheer and yond its borders continue to grow, espe- pen to be writing these words on her last attitude of welcome, most recently in our cially among teachers, because of Rosa- day with us. We’re sad about her retire- art galleries. Almost twenty thousand lie’s great gift to us. ment, but we are intensely proud of the people used our meeting rooms last year, Check out what we’re doing through work she’s done for Arkansas teachers the vast majority of whom dealt with the many links provided in this eBanner. and for us. We originally thought the Holly in significant ways. Her enthusi- It’s a lot. Thanks, to all the people who 2015 teacher seminar would be her swan asm for our work, and her friendship with make it possible for us to do this work! n SEARCHING FOR ACTS OF ARKANSAS ince territorial days, officials of printed form. The Butler Center’s col- possess a few volumes that could be do- Arkansas have directed the publi- lection of the Acts of Arkansas is spotty, nated to the Butler Center. One volume, Scation of the acts and regulations with many volumes missing. To assist ten volumes—whatever you may have. passed by the General Assembly. The future researchers, we are attempting to If you have any to donate, please contact acts of recent years are available online, collect a complete run of the acts. We are Bob Razer at (501) 320-5727 or rleslie@ but older ones remain available only in hoping that someone reading this might cals.org to make arrangements. n

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rkansas history, always at the ple of Japanese descent after the bomb- Women from all over Arkansas—left heart of the Butler Center’s mis- ing of Pearl Harbor. Yet through all the out of the civil rights granted by the Asion, continues to be the main chaos and heartbreak of the internment post–Civil War Reconstruction Amend- theme this fall in three new books com- experience, young people often brought ments—took part in a long struggle to ing from our publishing division, Butler a unique perspective of hope and resil- gain the primary civil right of American Center Books. iency—going to school, having fun with citizens: voting. The state’s capital city friends, and even falling in love in these of Little Rock served as the focal point remote Arkansas camps, all within a pe- not only for suffrage work in Arkansas, rimeter of barbed wire and guard towers. but also for the state’s contribution to Intended for young-adult readers, this the nationwide nonviolent campaign for book explores important dimensions of women’s suffrage that reached its climax Arkansas and U.S. history, including between 1913 and 1920. what it means to be an American, and Based on original research, Cahill’s gives readers a chance to consider how book relates the history of some of those they would face situations of upheaval who contributed to this victorious strug- and strife. gle, reveals long-forgotten photographs, Welky, who co-edited the Encyclopedia includes a map of the locations of meet- of Arkansas Music (Butler Center Books, ings and rallies, and provides a list of Ar- 2013), is the assistant editor of the Ency- suffragists who helped ensure that clopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. discrimination could no longer exclude She lives in Conway. women from participation in the political life of the state and nation. Cahill is an independent scholar who has authored several books on travel and history, including extensive writing about women’s suffrage. Cahill is also an award-winning watercolorist. She lives A Captive Audience: Voices of Japa- in Rayville, . nese American Youth in World War II Arkansas Editor Ali Welky has mined the But- ler Center’s rich archives and other col- lections to compile an account of young Japanese Americans who were interned in camps near the small southeastern Arkansas towns of Rohwer and Jerome during World War II. A Captive Audi- ence: Voices of Japanese American Youth in World War II Arkansas (ISBN 978-1- 935106-86-9, paperback, $21.95) will be released in October. Using archival primary material such It’s Official! The Real Stories behind as photographs, yearbooks, artwork, and Arkansas’s State Symbols first-person written accounts, A Cap- Arkansas Women and the Right to For our third book for this fall, we tive Audience gives an inside look at the Vote called on Arkansas State Capitol histori- experiences of young people during the On the eve of the 100th anniversary an David Ware to fill us in on some little- forced incarceration of Japanese Ameri- of women gaining the right to vote, we known history about the state of Arkan- cans. Many young internees at the camps are pleased to announce the publication sas and its emblems. His book is It’s Offi- saw their families lose their homes, busi- of Bernadette Cahill’s Arkansas Women cial: The Real Stories behind Arkansas’s nesses, and possessions from their lives and the Right to Vote: The Little Rock State Symbols (ISBN 978-1-935106-84- on the West Coast when the U.S. govern- Campaigns, 1868–1920 (ISBN 978-1- 5, paperback, $21.95). ment rounded up and incarcerated peo- 935106-82-1, paperback, $24.95). Since Arkansas’s creation as an inde-

Page 4 The Butler Banner case for considering the symbols as use- ful keys to understanding both the Arkan- sas that has been and the one it hopes to be. Ware—who holds a PhD in American history from Arizona State University— has served as historian for the capitol since 2001. He lives in Little Rock.

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he University of Arkansas Press will also present new Arkansas- Trelated titles this fall. Butler Cen- ter Books and the University of Arkansas Press share the mission of publishing pendent territory in 1819, its legislature works on the history and culture of Ar- Department of English and Philosophy has officially designated a wide assort- kansas and the South. Two new books at Arkansas State University, was general ment of symbols to represent the state. from UA Press, Defining the Delta and editor of Arkansas Review: A Journal of Some of these refer to economic main- Slavery and Secession in Arkansas, will Delta Studies from 2009 to 2013. stays, while others attest to the aspira- be particularly important to those inter- Slavery and Secession in Arkansas: A tions of those who saw a bright future for ested in the history of Arkansas and its Documentary History, edited by James their extensive and varied community. surrounding region. J. Gigantino II, collects accounts from This volume’s essays examine each of Defining the Delta: Multidisciplinary primary-source documents that trace Ar- Arkansas’s designated symbols, outlin- Perspectives on the Lower kansas’s tortuous road to secession and ing their genesis, their significance at the River Delta, edited by Janelle Collins, war. Gigantino teaches in the history de- time of their adoption, and their place in collects fifteen essays describing and de- partment at the University of Arkansas in modern Arkansas. Combining political fining this important seven-state region Fayetteville. narratives, natural history, and the occa- that is bisected by and dependent on the For more information on these and oth- sional “shaggy dog” story, Ware makes a Mississippi River. Collins, chair of the er publications, visit UA Press. n EOA Expands Civil War Content he Encyclopedia of Arkansas His- A Unique Partnership tory & Culture received its third T ince 2008, the Butler Center and ent to join it in supporting and learn- grant from the Arkansas Civil War Ses- the Pulaski County Historical So- ing about local history. Information quicentennial Commission in the late S ciety have joined together to publish about the society and membership is spring of 2015. Previous grants from the the society’s award-winning quarterly available here. n ACWSC have been used to develop more journal, the Pulaski County Histori- content relating to the military history of cal Review. This partnership is an im- Arkansas from 1861 to 1865. This third portant piece of the Butler Center’s grant will expand upon the work already mission to encourage research into done, aiding the EOA in adding entries the county’s history. The Butler Cen- on the events and people of the war, as ter’s Bob Razer serves as editor of the well as noteworthy military steamships Review, and Butler Center employees and more. To date, the EOA has put 183 are frequent contributors to its pages. Civil War–related entries online in rela- Society members receive the journal tion to the two previous grants, but there as part of their membership. The so- is still much more to be added. If you are ciety extends an invitation to all those interested in writing one or more of these interested in Arkansas’s past and pres- entries, click on the “Get Involved” tab on the EOA’s main page. n

The Butler Banner Page 5 sible. He left us with an expectation that we must shoot for the stars, as though it Remembering Rosey were our individual and personal duty as n Wednesday, June 3, 2015, man. He was always studious with a very Little Rock Central High School gradu- the Butler Center honored the pleasant attitude and a catching smile. I ates to show the world that kids from a Omemory of Roosevelt Thomp- also believe he would have been our first school that had previously been part of son with “Remembering Rosey: The Too- African American governor. We all were a terrible chapter in civil rights history Brief Life of Roosevelt Thompson,” a spe- so proud of him but not as much as his could in fact go out into the world and cial program at the CALS Ron Robinson father. He bubbled with pride whenever succeed. We carried this banner high. Theater, presented in partnership with the Rosey’s name was mentioned.” We got the message from Roosevelt’s Clinton School of Public Service. This — Shelia King-Bivens Thrower, sheer persona and demeanor—and he program was held as part of the Butler former member of Cherry Street AME never had to speak that message—that Center’s monthly Legacies & Lunch lec- Zion Church we were to go out into the world and dis- ture series. Pine Bluff, AR prove common perceptions of Arkansas Roosevelt Thompson was a gifted as backwards and racist and we were to young man who was headed toward a “Roosevelt Thompson was a senior succeed. I hope to God we have done that bright future in public service before his when my class, the Class of 1982, entered because, as it turned out after his tragic death in an automobile accident in 1984. Central High. As student body president, loss, he was also preparing us to attempt It was widely believed that Thompson he was our student body leader both in to carry his banner too. was poised to become Arkansas’s first formal settings such as on stage in the I have thought many, many times over African American governor. This year auditorium as well as informally in the the years that America, and Arkansas in is the 35th anniversary of Thompson’s hallowed halls of our new school. He was particular, would be a far better place if graduation from Little Rock Central funny and self-deprecating as a leader, Roosevelt had survived.” High School, where and he immediately — Megan DeLamar Schroeder he was student body made us newbies feel Texarkana, TX president, an All-Star welcome and at home football player, and a in that big school. He “I was struck by the emotional power of National Merit Schol- had a humble person- the comments made by people who had ar. At Legacies & al demeanor that was taught Roosevelt Thompson, offered at Lunch, historic video so endearing, because our program on his life on June 3, 2015. footage of Thompson behind that humil- An old friend of mine who is a teacher was shown, including ity lay a truly deep says he never enters a classroom with- interviews with Bill and brilliant soul. out thinking of one of his great teachers and Hillary Clinton He also had a very from college, and you often hear tributes about Thompson’s goofy sense of humor of teachers offered by former students. work with them as and such a beautiful But I’ve never heard tributes of a former an intern. The pro- smile. In short, we un- student offered so movingly by that stu- gram also featured a derclassmen adored dent’s teachers. It was an honor to be in panel discussion with Roosevelt Thompson the room with those people.” Elaine Dumas, one of and we looked up — David Stricklin Thompson’s teachers Roosevelt Levander Thompson’s to him more than he Butler Center for Arkansas Studies and mentors at Central 1983 Yale yearbook photograph. ever knew. He set a High; Lee Thompson, He died the following year. tone at Central High At Yale, one of the most distinguished his brother; and Beth Photo courtesy of Little Rock for us that we sought awards given to students is the Roosevelt Felton, his classmate Central High School. to meet for our entire L. Thompson Prize; it has been given to at Central and a staff tenure there. I hope members of the senior class for commit- member at the CALS Roosevelt Thomp- we succeeded. ment to public service every year since son Library in Little Rock. One way that Roosevelt impacted our Thompson’s death. The auditorium of The Butler Center asked those who class was that he set a very high standard Little Rock Central High School was knew Thompson to send us their recol- for the types of colleges we should seek named after Thompson, and a scholar- lections and thoughts about this beloved to attend. Part of this may be because ship in Thompson’s name is awarded to Arkansan. Below is a sampling of those he made getting into Yale look so easy, Central High students every year. A new responses: although I am sure it was not. He set a branch of the Central Arkansas Library clear example for those of us who were System named after Thompson opened “My memories of him are much more motivated students, and we believed that at 38 Rahling Circle in west Little Rock on a religious level. We were members we could gain acceptance at any college. on September 25, 2004. Read more about of the same church where his father was Because of Roosevelt, we simply did not Roosevelt Thompson on the Encyclopedia pastor. He was an exceptional young know differently—anything seemed pos- of Arkansas. n

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In July, Etta Reed (left) and Dorothy Taylor visited the research room at the ASI building to find information on At May’s Legacies & Lunch, Chris some local church history. They are Engholm discussed his experiences pictured here with the Butler Center’s For July’s Legacies & Lunch, leading to his exhibition White River Rhonda Stewart (center). author and photographer Bill Ward Memoirs. discussed his books about Conway and about the Arkansas River.

June’s Legacies & Lunch featured a panel discussion commemorating the life of Roosevelt Thompson. Arkansas Sounds, May, featured the Wildflowers.

In May, Butler Center Books launched its spring releases. Pictured here are Ray and Steven Hanley signing their book Arky and editors Mike Polston and Guy Lancaster, with contributors Steve Teske and David Sesser, signing their book To Can the Kaiser. CALS director and Arkansas Arkansas Sounds, July, featured Adam history aficionado Bobby Faucett & the Tall Grass (pictured here) and Roberts is getting his own Iron Tongue. copies signed.

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Materials donations: Guy Lancaster Steven Wise Kay Bland Nancy Lowe In memory of Betty Rice Aruna Chinta Monetary donations: Larry Benfield Leah Christenson & Genrietta Churbanova Arkansas Historical Association, for summer teacher Jay & Robbie Bradford Robert Cox seminars Richard & Gaye Bland Joan Dietz Arkansas Humanities Council, for summer teacher seminars Capital Financial Group William Downs Arkansas Pioneers, in memory of Betty Helvenston Ed Daniel IV Jon Evans Arkansas Pioneers, in honor of Sheila and George Mitchell Economics Arkansas Christina Field David Austin, for Arkansas Sounds Bobby & Brenda Hargis Irving Greenberg Grimsley & Carol B. Graham, for Peyton and Betty Rice Art Sue Owens Glen Harrison, Knoxville, TN Conservation fund Jim & Tracy Rice David Hoss Japanese-American Citizens League Peyton Rice Susan Iwata, Dublin, CA Patricia Scott David Stricklin & Sally Browder Michael Klossner David Stricklin & Sally Browder, in memory of Archie Moore Dick & Caroline D. Smith Richard Kremer, Norwich, VT Jr. for Arkansas Sounds

the encyclopedia of Arkansas history & culture WANTED: Authors and Media We need entries, photographs, documents, videos, maps, and audio clips to help make the EOA the most comprehensive and engaging resource on Arkansas history.

Entries Needing Media (photographs, etc.): Huff (Independence County) Williford Methodist Church Alicia (Lawrence County) Incoming Kingdom Missionary Unit Yancopin (Desha County) Anthonyville (Crittenden County) Indian Bay (Monroe County) Yellowhammer Arkadelphia Presbyterian Academy John Hornor Jacobs If you have photos or other media, please Arkansas Entomological Society Ricky Lane Jasper contact Mike Keckhaver at mkeckhaver@ Arkansas Political Science Association Billy Farrel (Bill) Johnson encyclopediaofarkansas.net Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Glenn T. Johnson Avilla (Saline County) Jones Bar-B-Q Diner Entries Needing Authors: Bachman’s Warbler John Lawrence Markle Act 76 of 1983 (a.k.a. Teacher Testing William Nelson Beall Marr’s Creek Bridge Law) Lasker (Las) Bell Deborah Myers Mathis Arkansas Philological Association Blackfish Lake Ferry Site James McQueen McIntosh American Cancer Society, Arkansas Boswell School Clifford E. Minton Chapters Walter Lee Brown Mitchellville (Desha County) Big Dam Bridge Shawn Camp Monticello Post Office (Historic) Community Organizations Build Absolute Campbell Cemetery Jeffrey Ryan (Jeff) Nichols Teamwork (COMBAT) Vertie Lee Glasgow Carter Old U.S. Highway 67 Erma Lee Glasco Davis CCC Company 749 Powder Magazine Harold Robert Perry William Delford (Willie) Davis Clarksville Confederate Monument Piggott National Guard Armory Devil’s Knot [Book and Movie] Osro Cobb Pocahontas Post Office (Historic) Easter Seals Arkansas Carl Richey “Cotton” Cordell Pottsville Citizens Bank Fort Smith Tornado of 1898 Corinth (Howard County) James Wesley Pruden Jr. Collins Hemingway Cotton Plant Academy Rabbit Foot Lodge Hot Springs [Novel] Charles Sumner Duke Raggio (Lee County) Labor Day Bombing of 1959 Wayne Eugene DuMond Reed (Desha County) Robert Leflar Paul Irving Eells James Byron Reed Little Rock Convention of Colored Florida Brothers Building Benjamin Franklin Rice Citizens (1865) Bennie Fuller William Leon Russell Emma Kelly Rhodes Willard Badgett Gatewood Jr. Andrew Jackson Smith Phyllis Yvonne Stickney Herbert Richard (H. R.) Gibson Willis S. Smith Curtis Henry Sykes Frank Joseph Ginocchio Snapp (Woodruff County) George Tribou Greensboro (Craighead County) John Stubblefield W. G. Huxtable Pumping Plant Kathryn Hall-Trujillo Sue Bailey Thurman Wakarusa Music Festival Ena Hartman Violet Cemetery Samuel Woodrow Williams Morris Kevin Hayes Jack Hearn Watson Jr. Rufus King Young Helena National Guard Armory Harold L. “Brother Hal” Webber If you would like to write one of these entries, Lawrence Oliver Hamilton Ira James Kohath Wells please contact Guy Lancaster at [email protected] Alexander Travis Hawthorn Lloyd Garrison Wheeler

Page 8 The Butler Banner 2015 Educator Summer Seminar Report ifty educators from across the state Educators then traveled to the Mosaic mour, who is an associate dean and pro- convened in Little Rock on June Templars Cultural Center to learn about fessor of art history at the University of F11 to participate in the third annual the cultural heritage of African American Central Arkansas, provided an engaging educator summer seminar. Sponsored women. Teachers were provided a guided talk about the four female artists who by the Arkansas Humanities Council, tour by Elvon Reed and staff. participated in the Arkansas Post Office the Arkansas Historical Association, and Teachers learned about Charlotte Ste- Murals Project as part of the New Deal the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies/ phens, a longtime educator in the Little during the Great Depression. CALS, the seminar had the theme “20th- Rock School District. Attendees also re- Continuing with the Depression-era Century Arkansas Women and Their In- viewed an exhibit on the Black History theme about Arkansas women who made fluence on the 21st a difference, Century.” attendees During the first heard a pre- session of the sentation summer seminar, the next day conducted in the by Steven Darragh Center of Teske, a the Main Library Butler Cen- at CALS, teach- ter archivist ers were treated who has to a “visit” from written two Arkansas’s first collective female senator, The 2015 summer seminar attendees. Several school-based teams consisted of school librar- biographies Hattie Caraway— ians and teachers, while there were three families of teachers who attended. (which the in the form of attendees re- Dr. Nancy Hendricks. Session attendees Hall of Fame and noted Arkansas women ceived) on famous Arkansans. The first, were encouraged to use the performance honored for their accomplishments, in- Natural State Notables (Butler Center technique as a model for classroom in- cluding entrepreneur Fannie Rowell. Ed- Books, 2013), contains the story of Ruth struction or for development of entries in ucators were encouraged over the course Beall, who was the superintendent of Ar- the annual Arkansas History Day Com- of the two days of the seminar to go back kansas Children’s Hospital between 1934 petition. They were also reminded to uti- to their local communities and research and 1961. lize the Encyclopedia of Arkansas His- women who have been or could be rec- Attendees also toured what is now the tory & Culture’s media and text entries ognized for their achievements. Museum of Discovery, founded by Ber- on Senator Caraway. Educators then boarded the tour bus nie Babcock, whose biography is found in For the next sessions, attendees moved and traveled to the Arkansas History the second collection by Teske, Unvar- across the street to the Arkansas Stud- Commission, where they were hosted by nished Arkansas (Butler Center Books, ies Institute (ASI) building, where they the director of the commission, Dr. Lisa 2012). Hosted by the educator at the heard from Stephanie Bayless, Butler Speer. museum, Samantha Sauer, the attendees Center archivist and author of a biogra- Educators were invited to examine were given a tour and lecture about ob- phy of Adolphine Fletcher Terry, Obliged some of the artifacts pulled from the col- jects being chosen for a timeline exhibit to Help (Butler Center Books, 2011); all lections about Arkansas women, includ- currently being curated. the teachers received a copy of the book. ing photographs of Senator Hattie Cara- The final session speaker was Elizabeth Also at this session, teachers received way, along with diaries and scrapbooks Hill, who shared the history of Arkansas copies of a sample teaching tool depict- of Arkansas women in many professions. women in her book A Splendid Piece of ing “Women in Arkansas” in newspa- At a dinner presentation at Dave’s Work—1912–2012: One Hundred Years per format donated by the Cabot Public Place, David Stricklin, manager of the of Arkansas’s Home Demonstration and Schools’ Museum of American History. Butler Center, introduced George West, Extension Homemakers Clubs. Hill’s Encyclopedia of Arkansas staff historian who will be taking Kay Bland’s position research shows that Arkansas women Mike Polston is curator of the museum. as Butler Center K-12 education coor- learned from Home Demonstration Clubs The teachers toured the Research dinator after her retirement in August. to grow, gather, and preserve produce Room in the ASI, where Chris Stewart of West, who had attended the seminar for from their gardens, helping their families the Butler Center and Kimberly Kaczen- the previous two years, was a Little Rock recover from the Depression and support ski of UALR explained utilization of the Central High civics teacher and one of the troops during World War I and World shared Butler Center/UALR online index the lead teachers for the Central High War II. Attendees went home with cop- and related the procedures for teacher- Memory Project. ies of her book and ideas for researching directed student visits. The dinner speaker, Dr. Gayle Sey- women in their own histories. n

The Butler Banner Page 9 This feature of our Butler eBanner invites readers to click their way into our many and varied digital resources. Featured this time is the Butler Center’s Arkansas Broadsides Collection. Click on each document to view the full digital item.

TheArkansas Broadsides Collection (BC. MSS.99.35) contains a variety of broadsides that were used to announce such events as land sales, estate sales, public auctions, and the openings of the tax books in various counties across the state, covering years 1877 to 1940. Since notices of this nature usually have been discarded over time, this collection provides an interesting and informative research tool. The finding aid to the collection can be found here.

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