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Recommended Citation Utley family papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical/Historical Note...... 4 Scope and Contents...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 5 Collection Inventory...... 6 Manuscripts...... 6 Correspondence...... 9 Block prints by Vivian Williams Utley...... 12 Poems...... 15 Published material...... 17 Yearbooks...... 21 Unpublished materials...... 21 Artifacts (Transferred to Three-Dimensional Object Collection)...... 23
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Summary Information
Repository Arkansas State Archives
Title Utley family papers
Date [inclusive] 1849-1974
Extent 10.5 Cubic feet 13 boxes
Language English
Language of Materials Materials entirely in English.
Preferred Citation Utley family papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Biographical/Historical Note
Joseph Simeon Utley was born October 18, 1876, in Greenbrier, Arkansas, the son of Francis David and Amanda Melvina Snow Utley. J.S. Utley obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Hendrix College in 1906. He was admitted to the Arkansas Bar and started his private law practice in 1907. In 1903, he married Vivian Rockwood Williams, who was born October 15, 1877. Their children were Don Williams, born February 18, 1905; Georgia Fentem, born January 28, 1907; and Ruth Beale, who was born May 18, 1911. Vivian Utley died December 4, 1942. Joseph Simeon Utley died December 13, 1943.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of short stories, plays, poetry, block prints, and other artwork by Vivian Williams Utley and her daughters, Georgia Fentem Utley and Ruth Beale Utley. There is also correspondence, newspapers, photographs, books, publications, and miscellaneous material and artifacts related to J.S. Utley and other members of his family.
Administrative Information
Publication Information Arkansas State Archives 09/30/2011
Revision Description Toolkit separated materials entry for three-dimensional objects added on 4/10/2018. Box 13 re-processed and finding aid updated on 6/6/2018. Missing box of block prints found in vault row 0 and finding aid updated on 8/21/2018. 6/6/2018
Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Immediate Source of Acquisition Susannah Jones, Joplin, Missouri, 1984.
Related Materials
Separated Materials Two items from this collection were transferred to the ASA Three-Dimensional Object Collection on 04/10/2017: L1984.0002.1 - White cotton baby shirt. L1984.0002.2 - Small undated painting that appears to be of the Madonna with Baby Jesus and an angel.
Separated Materials Photographs transferred to general photograph file; other items moved to oversize manuscript collection. See legacy finding aid in guide book 26 for list.
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Collection Inventory
Manuscripts
Box
1 1. "Famous Paintings"
2. "Amazon River and Birds There"
3. "Against the Law" by Vivian Williams Utley
4. "Always Follow Through" by Vivian Williams Utley
5. "The Antiquary" by Vivian Williams Utley
6. "Beyond the Hills" a play by Vivian Williams Utley
7. "Beyond the Hills" a play by Vivian Williams Utley
8. "Beyond the HIlls" a play by Vivian Williams Utley
9. "Beyond the Hills," Chapter XXV, by Vivian Williams Utley
10. "Blockadin'" by Vivian Williams Utley
11. "Bootleg Trapper" by Vivian Williams Utley
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12. "Buffalo River Justice" by Vivian Williams Utley
13. "Chased by a Panther" by Vivian Williams Utley
14. "Contentment" by Vivian Williams Utley
15. "The Cry in the Night"
16. "Crystal River Monster" by Vivian Williams Utley
17. "The Daily Prayer of a Physician"
18. "Family Reunion" by Vivian Williams Utley
19. "First Negative"
20. "From Miner to Musician" by Vivian Williams Utley
Box
2 21. "Girl Born and Reared in Lithuania, Now a Useful and Appreciative Citizen" by Vivian Williams Utley
22. "History of Block Painting" by Vivian Williams Utley
23. "Home," anonymous, with World War I newsclippings
24. "Homesteaders" by Vivian Williams Utley
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25. "Hound Dog Trial" by Vivian Williams Utley
26. "In Manless Land" a Comedy in Two Acts by Vivian Williams Utley
27. "In Manless Land" A Comedy in Two Acts by Vivian Williams Utley
28. "In Manless Land" A Comedy in Two Acts by Vivian Williams Utley
29. "In Manless Land" A Comedy in Two Acts by Vivian Williams Utley
30. "In Manless Land" A Comedy in Two Acts by Vivian Williams Utley
31."In Manless Land" a play by Vivian Williams Utley
32. "Libraries of Babylon" by Vivian Williams Utley
33. "Little Green Box" by Vivian Williams Utley
34. "Moonshiners of the Mountains"
35. "Patience on the Recoil" by Vivian Williams Utley
36. "Pineapple Bedstead Story"
37. "The Plot"
38. "Plunkett, the Gentleman for Clayton" by Vivian Williams Utley
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39. "Promissory Note"
40. "Red Ribbon on Her Hair" by Vivian Williams Utley
41. "Sorghum Making Time in the Hills" by Vivian Williams Utley
42. "Strange Will" by Vivian Williams Utley
43. "Them Hills Air Blue" by Vivian Williams Utley
44. "Uncle Sam Lady" by Vivian Williams Utley
45. "Viewpoints" by Chet C. Allard
46. "We See New Orleans" by Vivian Williams Utley
47. "What Do You Consider the Most Vital Defense Problem of This Community"
48. "Whisperings of Nature" by Vivian Williams Utley
Correspondence
Box
3 49. 1918 April 2: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S. Utley) Benton, Arkansas
50. 1918 May 3: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
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51. 1918 May 9: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
52. 1918 May 15: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
53. 1918 May 15: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
54. 1918 May 19: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
55. 1918 May 20: J.S. Utley, Atlanta, Georgia, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Benton, Arkansas
56. 1923 November 23: J.S. Utley, New York, New York, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley
57. 1927 July 17: Georgia Fentem Utley, Conway, Arkansas, to Ruth Beale Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
58. 1929 July 5: F. Firton, Moselle, France, to Ruth Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
59. 1930 August 2: F. Firton, Moselle, France, to Ruth Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
60. 1933 June 18: Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Ruth Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
61. 1935 February 9: Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Ruth Utley, Texarkana, Arkansas
62. 1937 May 19: Frances Rule, United Feature Syndicate, New York, New York, to Ruth Utley,
63. 1937 May 20: Charles O. Gorham, McClure Newspaper Syndicate, New York, New York, to Ruth Utley
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64. 1939 March 17: Troy W. Lewis, American Caxton Society Press, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Ruth Utley
65. 1939 June 8: Richard K. Abbot, Writer's Digest, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
66. 1941 October 27: Daniel Ryerson, New York, New York, to Vivian Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
67. 1942 January 23: Charles A. Pearce, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Incorporated, Publishers, New York, New York, to Vivian Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
68. 1942 February 24: Gordon Gipson, Treasurer, The Caxton Printers, Limited, Caldwell, Idaho, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas
69. 1942 April 22: Vivian Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas, to C. Colchan, New York, New York
70. 1943 April 23: Vivian Utley, Little Rock, Arkansas, to C. Colchan, New York, New York
Undated correspondence
71. Jack Woodford, Hollywood, California, to Vivian (Mrs. J.S.) Utley
72. Christmas card with notes for a story
73. John Patrick Lally
74. Mother, to Ruth
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75. Omar, to Precious
76. Betty, to Daddy and Miss Ruth, Mother
Letters with manuscripts
77. 1911 March 10: "A Drink of Water"
78. 1932 July 8: Vases
79. 1938 August 18: Lakes
80. 1941 March 3: "Bootleg Trapper," by Vivian Williams Utley
81. 1941 June 18: "Love's Short Wave Radio"
82. Undated: "Asleep on the Hay"
83. Undated: "Crystal River Monster"
84. Undated: About a dog
85. Undated: "Smoke in Their Eyes" by Vivian Williams Utley
Block prints by Vivian Williams Utley
Box
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4 86. Metal plate
87. "Along the River Road"
88. Arkansas capitol
89. Arkansas mill
90. Arkansas watermill, 1930
91. Buttermilk Falls, Caddo Gap, Arkansas
92. Christmas cards
93. First post before 1770, Arkansas City, Arkansas
94. Highway bridge at Sylamore, Arkansas
95. In the heart of the Ozarks
96. The Main Street Bridge from North Little Rock, Arkansas
97. Mill
98. Mill in blue
99. Mountain with lake
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100. My first dry point
101. New Orleans
102. Old Hartwick Mill near Guy
103. Pinnacle Rock, near Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas
104. Stream
105. "Struggle for Life"
106. Territorial State House, 1935
107. Birdsell water mill
108. Crowley's Lake at Crowley's Ridge State Park
109. Evening Shade water mill
110. The Forest Lake Country Club
111. Fruit trees in bloom
112. Hills Lake on Galloway Pike near Little Rock, Arkansas
113. Mill
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114. Old State House, two views
115. Petit Jean State Park Bridge
116. Presbyterian Church, Eighth and Scott
117. Rock Island Depot at old Huntersville, North Little Rock
118. Sugar Loaf Mountain at Heber Springs, Arkansas
119. Waterfall
120. Wild geese at Stuttgart, Arkansas, rice fields
121. "Beauty Spots," Gazette feature articles
122. Oldest water mill in Arkansas, by Annabelle Wolfe
123. Miscellaneous
124. Miscellaneous
Poems
125. "In the Spirit of Washington" by Ruth Utley Jones
126. "We're the Parents of a Nun"
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127. "The Heavens Laugh" (1933) by Ruth Utley
128. "The Heavens Laugh" Ruth Utley
129. "Poems" (1933-1936) by Ruth Utley, published
130. Scrapbook of clippings about "Poems" by Ruth Utley
131. "Other Poems" (1928-1940) by Ruth Utley, unpublished
132. Ruth Utley, unpublished poems
Box
5 133. "Letting Things Come" by Georgia Fentem Utley
134. "Fragments" by members of 12A literature, Little Rock High School, 1929 March
135. "Fragments" Volume Two, by pupils of senior English classes, Little Rock Senior High School, 1929 December
136. "Frank Lebby Stanton" Georgia's first poet laureate, 1938
137. Miscellaneous poems
138. "Poets' Roundtable of Arkansas," 1942-1943
139. "The Poets' Scroll," 1932 July
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140. "Poets' Roundtable of Arkansas," 1946-1947
Published material
141. "Crossing the Bar" by Alfred Tennyson
142. "Ashes and Sparks" by Georgia Fentam Utley
143. Little Rock High School newspaper, "The Tiger" excerpts, Ruth Beale Utley
144. "The Tiger," Senior issue, 1925 May 15
145. "The Tiger," Little Rock High School 50th Anniversary of Class of 1925
146. "The Window," University of Colorado, Spring edition, 1944
147. "The Writer," a collection of works by members of the Arkansas Authors' and Composers' Society, 1937-1938
148. Article, "We See New Orleans" by Vivian Williams Utley
149. Articles, Vivian Williams Utley
150. Short stories, Vivian Williams Utley, 1936-1939
Box
6 151. Bible, 1865
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152. Bible, undated
153. "The Red Letter New Testament," undated
154. "A Dictionary of Poetical Quotations," Ward Thomas Y. Crowell and Company, 1883
Box
7 155. "Poems of Trees: A Sidney Lanier Memorial," Volume VIII, compiled and edited by Wightman F. Melton, 1939
156. "Heart Songs: Melodies of Days Gone By," initiated by the National Magazine, 1909
Box
8 157. "Poems of Trees: A Sidney Lanier Memorial," Volume VI, compiled and edited by Wightman F. Welton, 1937
158. "Denslow's Night Before Christmas" by Clement C. Moore, 1902
159. "Beyond the Hills," a novel by Ruth Williams Utley, bound typescript, 1940
Box
9 160. "The Scrapbook of Arkansas Literature: An Anthology for the General Reader," edited by Octavius Coke, 1939 (two copies)
10 161. 1937 March 25: "Benton Courier," Centennial number
162. "Arkansas Gazette Magazine," featured articles, 1937-1939, "Arkansas Beauty Spots in Wood Block," text and illustrations by Vivian Williams Utley
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163. Undated: "Arkansas Gazette Sunday Magazine," page 5-6; 11-12, "Old Hankins Water Mill," and "Streamlining the Chatter"
164. 1918 November 11: "Arkansas Democrat," fragmented
165. 1935 newspaper article: "Authors and Composers to Open Season," photo of Vivian Williams Utley, president
166. 1936 April 30: "Arkansas Methodist," poem "In the April Long Ago" by Ruth Utley, pages 3-4
167. 1938 November 6: "Arkansas Gazette Sunday Magazine Section," "Early North Arkansas Settlers," pages 1-2; 15-16
168. 1966 March 6: "Arkansas Gazette," Alice Smith's 100th birthday, pages 23A-24A
169. 1966 March 7: "Arkansas Democrat," Alice Smith's 100th birthday, page 3
170. Undated: Benton, Arkansas, newspaper, "The Alamo and the Storm," a short story by Vivian Williams Utley
171. 1940 June 17: "Arkansas Democrat," extra, "France Gives Up"
172. 1971, newsclippings
Box
11 173. 1940 October 13: Letter, Henry Orbach, KARK radio, to Mrs. J.S. Utley, with articles from "The Milwaukee Journal"
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174. 1943 September 8: Arkansas Democrat," pages 1-2
175. 1944 June 6: "Arkansas Gazette"
176. 1945 May 4: "Arkansas Democrat," pages 1-10
177. 1945 May 5: "Arkansas Democrat"
178. 1945 May 6: "Arkansas Democrat," section A
179. 1945 May 7: "Arkansas Democrat"
180. 1945 May 8: "Arkansas Democrat"
181. 1945 May 9: "Arkansas Democrat," pages 1-2 and 13-14
182. 1945 August 10: "Arkansas Democrat"
183. 1945 August 15: "Arkansas Gazette"
184. 1969 July 21: "Arkansas Gazette," pages 1A-16A
185. 1969 July 25: "Arkansas Gazette," pages 1A-20A
186. 1969 November 16: "Arkansas Gazette," pages 1-2
187. 1969 November 20: "Arkansas Gazette," pages 1A-2A and 19A-20A
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188. 1969 November 25: "Arkansas Gazette," pages 1A-2A; 19A-20A
189. 1974 August 9: "Arkansas Gazette," pages 1A-30A
Yearbooks
Box
12 190. 1926 yearbook, "The Scroll," Arkansas State Teachers' College, Conway, Arkansas
191. 1927 yearbook, "The Scroll," Arkansas State Teachers' College, Conway, Arkansas
192. 1930 yearbook, "The Scroll," Arkansas State Teachers' College, Conway, Arkansas
193. 1931 yearbook, "The Scroll," Arkansas State Teachers' College, Conway, Arkansas
Box
13 194. 1927 December 7: "The Tiger," Little Rock High School
195. 1928 May 17: "The Tiger," Little Rock High School
196. 1928 April 25: "The Tiger," Little Rock High School
197. 1929: "The Tiger," Little Rock High School, 1929 Seniors
Unpublished materials
198. "Stunt Book", scrapbook of photographs and memorabilia of Ruth Beale Utley
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199. 1940 April 26: Phonograph record, "An Orchid for J.S. Utley," with correspondence from G.C. Moses, Moses Melody Shop, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Judge J.S. Utley
200. Undated: Picture scrapbook of New Orleans, Chicago, San Francisco
201. Artifact -L1984.0002.1 - Cloth baby shirt - Placed with ASA Three-Dimensional Object Collection
202. 1927: Watercolor of a river and a bridge, by Vivian Williams Utley
203. 1943 June: Diploma, Joseph Simeon Utley, Hendrix College
Box
14 204. Autograph book, Ruth Utley, 1926
205. Autograph book, Vivian Williams, 1890-1893
206. Undated: Devil's Den State Park, Arkansas, materials
207. Manuscript, "Betty," by a small child
208. Photograph scrapbook, Mrs. J.S. Utley
209. 1943 December 13: Resolution concerning the death of Joseph Simeon Utley
210. Valedictory address delivered, 1849
211. 1942 December 5: Registers and memory book (with family record) on Vivian Williams Utley, from her funeral
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212. Artifact - L1984.0002.2 - Small undated painting of a woman with two children [Possible Mary with Jesus and an angel], anonymous - Placed with ASA Three-Dimensional Object Collection
213. Undated: Handwritten notes and short story
214. Miscellaneous
215. Miscellaneous
216. Miscellaneous
Artifacts (Transferred to Three-Dimensional Object Collection)
L1984.0002.1 - White cotton baby shirt.
L1984.0002.2 - Small undated painting that appears to be of the Madonna with Baby Jesus and an angel.
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