A New Voice Taken Away: The African American Political Experience in Post-Reconstruction Arkansas Politics

This second blog from Special Collections intern Craig Huddleston examines the end of Reconstruction in Arkansas, the rise of explicitly racist government and the last African American legislators to hold elected office prior to the modern Civil Rights Era. …Continue Reading A New Voice Taken Away: The African American Political Experience in Post-Reconstruction Arkansas Politics

Coming Soon: ArchivesSpace at the University of Arkansas

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  • Publication date August 10, 2020

Long-time users of Special Collections may be very familiar with our “A-Z List,” an alphabetical listing of all the archival finding aids and  other collection descriptions we have available online. It’s been growing by leaps and bounds over the years, and now includes more than 1,800 collections! This fall semester, however, we’ll be retiring the…Continue Reading Coming Soon: ArchivesSpace at the University of Arkansas

Introducing Your Special Collections Account

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  • Publication date August 10, 2020

We’re excited to announce that a new researcher registration and request system is now available in Special Collections!  As those of you who have previously visited and conducted research in Special Collections know, we relied on several paper registration forms and call slips to help our researchers access collections. The paper forms are now enjoying…Continue Reading Introducing Your Special Collections Account