The collection of jazz musician and composer John Stubblefield is now available to the public in the Special Collection department. The collection includes scores composed by Stubblefield, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and more. …Continue Reading John Stubblefield Papers Now Available in Special Collections
“Arkansa, Arkansaw, Arkansas: 200 Years Since the Founding of the Territory” will be on display in the Special Collections department through the summer semesters. …Continue Reading New Exhibit in Special Collections Celebrates Arkansas Territory’s 200th Anniversary
The University Libraries’ Special Collections department has recently completed processing of the Jessie Angeline Evans Benham Papers (MC 2265), a collection of correspondence and other materials related to the student leader who was a pioneer in her opposition to segregation during the late 1950s….Continue Reading Van Buren High School’s Integration Crisis in Correspondence, Clippings, and Student Courage
Join the University Libraries and doctoral candidate Michele ‘Scout’ Johnson at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in the Special Collections Reading Room as she presents “Mothers of Intention: The Road to a Dissertation Lies through Special Collections.” …Continue Reading Johnson to Present on Mothers, the Klan and the Massive Resistance Movement
In her latest blog post, architectural records archivist Cat Wallack recounts the legacy of architect and former U of A professor John G. Williams. …Continue Reading John G. Williams: Laying the Foundation for the School of Architecture
The series kicks off at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in the Walton Reading Room of Mullins Library at the University of Arkansas, with “Elias Cornelius Boudinot: Cherokee Confederate in the Age of Print Culture.” A reception will follow, and both are free and open to the public….Continue Reading Arkansas Stories Use Objects and Places to Bring History to Life