We invite all graduate students who have done research using our collections and would like to be part of the spring Graduate Student Speaker Series to contact Special Collections by emailing specoll@uark.edu….Continue Reading Special Collections Wants You!
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Libraries Launch Digital Collection on American Old West
Whiskey smuggling, murder, scandal and a “hanging judge” – the latest digital exhibit from University Libraries has all this and more. The Deputy Marshal Addison Beck and Judge Isaac Parker’s Court collection is now available worldwide, free of charge. …Continue Reading Libraries Launch Digital Collection on American Old West
Hands on History
Lori Birrell, head of Special Collections, describes the artifacts and experiences available to students, faculty and the general public in our Special Collections department. …Continue Reading Hands on History
Libraries Present Graduate Student Speaker Sarah Riva Next
Doctoral student Sarah Riva will present “Overthinking the Dissertation: One Grad Student’s Story of the Research Process” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Special Collections reading room. …Continue Reading Libraries Present Graduate Student Speaker Sarah Riva Next
Oral History Transcriptions: Architecture Without Presumption
Architectural records archivist Cat Wallack describes the contents and significance of the newly-released Roy Reed Oral History Interviews with Fay Jones collection. …Continue Reading Oral History Transcriptions: Architecture Without Presumption
Remembering the First Lady of Arkansas, Mrs. Betty Bumpers (January 11, 1925 – November 23, 2018)
The University of Arkansas Libraries are honored to commemorate the life and legacy of Mrs. Betty Flanagan Bumpers. The activist and civic leader, former first lady of Arkansas, and wife of Governor and U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers passed away November 23, 2018….Continue Reading Remembering the First Lady of Arkansas, Mrs. Betty Bumpers (January 11, 1925 – November 23, 2018)