Arkansas
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Ellsworth Walls collection
Collection — Folder S1353
Identifier: S1353
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a 35-page autobiographical manuscript from Ellsworth Walls on December 14, 1936 covering his life from May 21, 1865 (his birth) to September 15, 1936 (the date of his wife Sarah's death).
Dates:
1936/12/14
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ellsworth Walls collection
Harry H. Martindale collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-072
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogical research, correspondence, and other matierlas primarily from Harry H. Martindale with lesser amounts included by Winfred L. Martindale and other researchers in the United States and England ranging from 1863 to 1984, regarding the Martindale, Maxey, Pearson, McCray, Howard, Hurt, and other related families.
Dates:
1863 - 1984
Found in:
Genealogy
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Harry H. Martindale collection
James C. Hanlin letters
Collection — Folder S0578
Identifier: S0578
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of four letters sent by James C. Hanlin to his sister ranging from 1859 to 1863. Three of the letters were written while James was serving with Company E, Indiana 1st Calvary in Arkansas and he shared information about the weather, his health, attending services at a Catholic church, his regiment's movements, and a description of a battle he was involved in on October 25, 1863 near Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Also included is a copy of an invitation to the second...
Dates:
1857-1864
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James C. Hanlin letters
John C. Repine letters
Collection — Folder S1108
Identifier: S1108
Scope and Contents
There are two photocopied letters in this collection. The first letter is to "Dear Uncle" dated August 1863 and is signed Sallie E. Repine, with a one-page note to "Dear Sister" from J. C. Repine. The second letter is dated May 1, 1865, from De Balls Bluff, Arkansas, to Sister from J. C. Repine. He tells her that he is looking forward to being discharged from the army, "but the death of the president may prolong the rebellion but I hope it will hurry it..." He added: "it is a miserable life to...
Dates:
1863-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John C. Repine letters
John Ferguson letters
Collection — Folder S3071
Identifier: S3071
Scope and Contents
The collection includes two letters sent from Ferguson to his wife from Arkansas in 1863. The letters describe activities in the regiment and the possibility of re-enlisting for three more years, as well as the experiences of living in Arkansas.
Item listing:
Aug. 26, 1863 ALS from Ferguson to wife Matilda, sent from Devil’s Bluff [Backbone], Ark.
Dec. 18, 1863 ALS from Ferguson to wife Matilda, sent from Pine Bluff, Ark.
Item listing:
Aug. 26, 1863 ALS from Ferguson to wife Matilda, sent from Devil’s Bluff [Backbone], Ark.
Dec. 18, 1863 ALS from Ferguson to wife Matilda, sent from Pine Bluff, Ark.
Dates:
1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Ferguson letters
Joseph W. Dalrymple papers
Collection — Folder S2603
Identifier: S2603
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Joseph W. Dalrymple from Rising Sun, Indiana, including letters he wrote to his wife, Jennie, while on business in towns along the Ohio and Missisippi rivers in Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee (1870-1881); correspondence from his partner, John W. Bush, from Rising Sun (1875-1881); letters and invoices from merchants in Cincinnati, New Orleans, Louisville, Natchez (Miss.), and Cairo (Ill.) (1871-1883); and correspondence...
Dates:
1858-1891
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph W. Dalrymple papers
Martha C. Bishop papers
Collection — Folder S121
Identifier: S0121
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a memoir from Martha C. Bishop in Indiana from circa 1880-1946 regarding her life.
Dates:
circa 1880-1946
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Martha C. Bishop papers
Rollinson family reminiscences
Collection — Folder S2208
Identifier: S2208
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten copies of "From Indiana to Arkansas by Flatboat, 1873 by Charles Perry Rollison and Party," a reminiscence by Thaddeus W. Rollison and dated March 19, 1937, and "Flatboat Trip from Indiana to Arkansas of William A. Rollison and Party Sunday, June 1, 1873," James Davis Rollison's recollections of his trip written down in the fall of 1906. Along with some family biographical information, the two reminiscences contain descriptions of the flatboats and how they...
Dates:
1906-1937
Woods family letters
Collection — Folder S3325
Identifier: S3325
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two letters from Eva and Thomas Wood of Arkansas to C. F. Turner in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1934 regarding family illnesses, and the fact they are moving back to Camden, Arkansas, and Thomas's job at a furniture factory.
Dates:
1934
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Woods family letters
