Sixty years ago, the state of Arkansas became embroiled in a tense political, social, and legal battle as a result of school integration attempts. …Continue Reading Keeping the Enemies Busy: Act 10 at the University of Arkansas
An exhibit from Special Collections on display on the Main Floor of Mullins commemorates the 50th anniversary of the death of Fayetteville poet and founder of Lost Roads Press, Frank Stanford. The exhibit includes all of the Lost Roads Press books published in Fayetteville before the firm moved. …Continue Reading Lost Roads Press: The First Years in Fayetteville
Architecture in the mid-20th Century was a profession dominated by men. The network of wives who worked in every possible capacity to make their husbands’ work successful typically goes under recognized. Maria Stone was no exception. Archives allow a better understanding of these tenacious women and the roles they played in the development of some of the most memorable architecture of the century….Continue Reading Maria Torch: Edward Durell Stone’s Unsung Partner
In the final An Archivist Abroad blog post, Lori Birrell describes the presentation she gave at the Fulbright Commissioners’ conference. …Continue Reading An Archivist Abroad: Part Four
In this edition of An Archivist Abroad, Lori Birrell describes her trip to the Open Society Archives in Budapest. …Continue Reading An Archivist Abroad: Part Three
Read about our head of Special Collections’ visit to the Library and Information Center of the Hungarian Academy of Science in her second of three blog posts! …Continue Reading An Archivist Abroad: Part Two