New entries on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Check out what's new on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas:
Arkansas and Oklahoma Western Railroad
Diaz (Jackson County)
East Camden (Ouachita County)
Glen Rose (Hot Spring County)
Hodges v. United States
Hot Springs Shootout
Kansas City and Memphis Railway
Lamb’s Plantation, Skirmish at
Longview, Skirmish at
Marmaduke-Walker Duel
Ne-Yo
Pulaski Light Artillery Battery
States’ Rights Democratic Party (a.k.a. Dixiecrats)
Washington and Benton County Expedition

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Broadside Wednesday

Notice of Sale, M. M. McDermott and Susan Barnett land, Johnson County, Ark., 1893
Box 1, Item 33
The Arkansas Broadsides Collection (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.

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Women's Educational Aid Society (Little Rock, Ark)

The Women’s Educational Aid Society was organized in Little Rock in 1887. According to the organization’s constitution, the “object of this Society is to assist worthy young unmarried women to obtain an education.”


Membership was limited to fifty, with a waiting list of three women and annual dues of $2 each. Women whose father, husband, or brother was "connected with the liquor traffic” were not eligible for membership.


From October to June, the Society met every other Wednesday for business and a program. Below are some examples of the types of programs at club meetings taken from the 1924-1925 Society yearbook. Click on the images to view a larger version.




This item can be found in MSS 00-22, Women's Educational Aid Society Materials. Box 1, File 4.

This first appeared on the blog in November 2009.

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Broadside Wednesday

Administrators Sale, Independence Probate Court, 1886
Box 1, Item 5
The Arkansas Broadsides Collection (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.

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Holiday Hours

The Arkansas Studies Institute will be closed Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

We will reopen on Saturday, November 24 with our regular hours.

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New entries on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas

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Holyfield, Wayland
Rock ‘n’ Roll Highway 67

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Broadside Wednesday

Sheriffs Sale, Lucy Bond land, Warren, Bradley County, Ark., 1890
Box 1, Item 39
The Arkansas Broadsides Collection (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.

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Eberts Training Field (Lonoke, Arkansas)

Eberts Training Field was established near Lonoke in 1917 and was a leading training center for aviators during World War I. Cadets started to arrive in March of 1918, but the war ended in November of 1918 before the first graduating class made it through the program.

Eberts Training Field, Lonoke, Arkansas, circa 1918.
MSS 05-14 Dave Wallis Papers, Series III, Subsereis I, Box 9, Item 20


Hangar 7, Eberts Training Field, Lonoke, Arkansas, circa 1918.
MSS 05-14 Dave Wallis Papers, Series III, Subseries I, Box 9, Item 26


Eberts Training Field, Lonoke, Arkansas, circa 1918.
MSS 05-14 Dave Wallis Papers, Series III, Subseries I, Box 9, Item 28


11 men posed as a musical group with make-shift insturments in the barracks of Squadron Q, Eberts Training Field, Lonoke, Arkansas, circa 1918.
The numbered men are identified as 1)Tom Bragle, 2)McDonald, 3)Strominger, 4)Smith, 5)Penn, 6)Baker, 7)Jordan, 8)Carrick, 9)Unidentified, 10)Garstner, 11)Smith.
MSS 05-14 Dave Wallis Papers, Series III, Subseries I, Box 9, Item 41

For more information about Eberts Training Field visit the Encyclopedia of Arkansas or come to the research room in the Arkansas Studies Institute to view documents and photographs from the Dave Wallis Papers (MSS 05-14). The above photos are only a selection of what is available in the collection. You can view the complete finding aid for the Dave Wallis Papers here.

Note: Most photos on this blog are low resolution scans. Visit the Butler Center to see the original photos or contact us to inquire about getting your own high resolution copies.

This first appeared on the blog in October 2009.

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New entries on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Check out what's new on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas:
Ameringer, Freda Hogan
Carroll, Marion, and Searcy Counties, Scout to
Dyer (Crawford County)
Graham, David Crockett (D. C.)
Keenan, Jimmie Owens
Monte Ne Railway
Skipper v. Union Central Life Insurance Company (a.k.a. Monticello Lynching of 1898)
War Memorial Stadium

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Broadside Wednesday

Notice, Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway Company, to keep gates closed, ca. 1885
Box 1, Item 65
The Arkansas Broadsides Collection (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.

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Event Reminder: Legacies and Lunch, Nov. 7

Wednesday, November 7, noon
Darragh Center, Main Library
John Deering, Chief Editorial Cartoonist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, will discuss the history and importance of cartoons created by George Fisher. Fisher was a political cartoonist for more than 50 years whose work influenced and helped define Arkansas politics for a generation.

Legacies & Lunch is sponsored in part by the Arkansas Humanities Council. Bring a sack lunch; drinks and dessert are provided.

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Featured Manuscript Collection: November/December

John H. Baird standing outside of tent, unidentified location, Korea, ca. 1951.

Location: Box 4, Item 41

Korean War Service: 19th Regiment, 21st Infantry Division, U.S. Army, 1950-1951

John Herman “Jack” Baird, Jr. was born in New York in 1922. He served in World War II for three years stationed on an island off the coast of Panama. Baird remained in the Inactive Reserves after returning to the states and completed law school at the University of Mississippi on the G.I. Bill in January of 1950. Recalled to active duty on September 22, 1950, Baird served in the Korean War for one year and two months beginning in September of 1950 with the 19th Regiment of the 21st Infantry Division. After the war, Baird settled in Little Rock, Arkansas. He currently lives in San Rafael, California.

The Baird Collection contains biographical images, military documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings related to the Korean War, including copies of Baird’s Medical Clearance Certificate from October 18, 1951 and his Camera Pass for Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation from November 7, 1951. In addition to the documents, the Baird Collection contains 217 photographs.

View the complete finding aid to KWP-6 John H. Baird Korean War Collection here.
See the selection of Baird’s photographs available online here and documents available online here.


Unidentified soldier sleeping on stack of shell casings, unidentified location, Korea, ca. 1951. Location: Box 3, Item 24

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New entries on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Check out what's new on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas:
Elton and Betty White
Fort Smith, Abandonment of
Kimberley (Pike County)

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Holiday 2012 at the Butler Center Galleries

Stop by the Butler Center Galleries at 401 President Clinton Avenue to enter our holiday Friends of Friends drawing for a chance to win a $100 or $250 gift certificate from the Butler Center Galleries.

All you have to do is fill out a registration form and name the friend who told you about this promotion (or any friend you would like to register). The winner will receive a $250 gift certificate at the Butler Center Galleries, and the winner's designated friend will receive a $100 gift certificate. Please note: CALS staff and the artists represented in Butler Center Galleries are not eligible to win the $250 gift certificate, but can be named as the friend to win the $100 gift certificate.

Register between Thursday, November 1 and Saturday, December 15. The winner will be contacted on Monday, December 17.

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