During World War II, more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed from their homes and relocated to confinement sites, including 16,000 in Arkansas. The U of A Libraries archival collections document the period….Continue Reading Commemorate Asian Pacific Heritage Month With Japanese American Internment Materials
In celebration of Older Americans Month in May, the University Libraries invite the campus community to listen to interviews with centenarians from the Roy Edwin Thomas Collection. …Continue Reading Celebrate Older Americans Month with Centenarian Interviews
Digital scans previously requested by Special Collections patrons have been added to one convenient location: the Selections from Special Collections and Archives digital collection….Continue Reading Libraries Add Previously Digitized Special Collections Materials to Digital Collection
More than 1,300 images from the University of Arkansas Picture Collection have been digitized and are now available to researchers around the world….Continue Reading Libraries Digitize Largest Collection of University Photos to Date
Join author Elizabeth Findley Shores for a discussion of her recent book, ‘Shared Secrets: The Queer World of Newbery Medalist Charles J. Finger,’ and a virtual tour of related Special Collections holdings. …Continue Reading Author Elizabeth Findley Shores to Discuss ‘Shared Secrets’ March 4
Doctoral candidate Michael Anthony will present “Otherwise You Will Have to Suffer the Consequences: The Catcher Race Riot of 1923,” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 16, via Zoom….Continue Reading Graduate Student Speaker Series Continues with Michael Anthony