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A Different Summer Internship: Special Collections Work During COVID-19

Author By Joshua Youngblood
Publication date December 2, 2020

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

Panel: Confronting Our Inherent Biases: Their Impact on Collections, Research and Scholarship

Author By Kelsey Lovewell Lippard
Publication date October 12, 2020

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’

Author By Kelsey Lovewell Lippard
Publication date October 7, 2020

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

Author By Kelsey Lovewell Lippard
Publication date September 16, 2020

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

Recognizing Suffrage: An Imperfect Struggle

Author By Kelsey Lovewell Lippard
Publication date August 17, 2020

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, architectural records archivist Cat Wallack shares some of our holdings in Special Collections related to women’s suffrage. …Continue Reading Recognizing Suffrage: An Imperfect Struggle

Coming Soon: ArchivesSpace at the University of Arkansas

Author By Kara Flynn
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