Special Collections intern Tyler Dyer recounts her experience learning about the Arkansas Fouke Monster in this blog post. …Continue Reading Boggy Creek Blog: The Legend of the Fouke Monster
Category: Special Collections
A Different Summer Internship: Special Collections Work During COVID-19
Emily Snyder, the summer 2020 Special Collections intern, describes her experience working with the Division remotely. In addition to her research and archival work projects, Emily also took part in the distance meetings with Special Collections staff even as she had to engage in her independent work without access to the physical collections. …Continue Reading A Different Summer Internship: Special Collections Work During COVID-19
Graduate Student Speaker Series Continues With Acadia Kandora
Acadia Kandora, a candidate for the Master of Fine Arts, will present “Shifting Landscape: an Ecological Blend of the Virtual and Physical” at 11 a.m. Nov. 19 on Zoom. Registration is required. …Continue Reading Graduate Student Speaker Series Continues With Acadia Kandora
Panel: Confronting Our Inherent Biases: Their Impact on Collections, Research and Scholarship
Panelists Valencia Johnson, Cherisse Jones-Branch, Stace Treat and Joshua Youngblood will offer discussion about the impact of inherent bias on the use of library collections and archives….Continue Reading Panel: Confronting Our Inherent Biases: Their Impact on Collections, Research and Scholarship
Panel Discussion: ‘A Confederate Star: Arkansas’ Flag and the Lost Cause’
Doctoral history candidates Airic Hughes, Will Teague and Marie Totten will discuss the Arkansas state flag’s history within the context of the Lost Cause myth, the Klan, nativism, and racism from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, on Zoom….Continue Reading Panel Discussion: ‘A Confederate Star: Arkansas’ Flag and the Lost Cause’
Graduate Student Speaker Series Continues With Katie Powell
Powell will present “The Fight for Home and Fatherland: a look inside the women of the James H. Berry chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy” and discuss the Confederate statue formerly located on the Bentonville square….Continue Reading Graduate Student Speaker Series Continues With Katie Powell