News, Notes, and Comments

News, Notes, and CommentsSource: The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Autumn, 1982), pp. 293-300Published by: Arkansas Historical AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40022495 .

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News, Notes, and Comments

At a meeting held June 26, 1982, at the Arkansas Territorial Restora- tion in Little Rock, the officers and board of the Arkansas Historical Association voted to hold the annual meeting in Fort Smith on April 21, 22, and 23, 1983. The Trade Winds Motel will be the headquarters. Mrs. Art Martin, AHA board member from Fort Smith, will serve as chairman of local arrangements for the meeting.

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James F. Willis, AHA board member from Magnolia, and chairman of the Membership Committee of the Arkansas Historical Association, has issued a call for volunteers to conduct a new membership drive this fall. "Acquiring new members for the association remains a critical task," Willis said, "because the association faces in the future a probable financial deficit of several thousand dollars each year."

We can operate under such conditions only so long. If this "money crisis" is not overcome by expanding the size of the association, then the very existence of the association could be placed in

jeopardy. If the association is to be preserved and the Quarterly to continue, then all those who are interested in Arkansas history must work together to seek new members. It would be a shame if we failed to keep this organization alive. It has been in existence for forty years and has never missed publishing an issue of the

Quarterly.

Willis noted that the establishment of a Membership Committee last

year was a good beginning. The membership drive last year secured 153 new members. "But," Willis said, "that increase fell far short of the increase necessary to overcome the crisis the association faces."

To assure a sound financial base, we need an increase of 500 to

1,000 members. Last year's membership drive was conducted in

only about twenty-five counties. This year we need to reach into all counties in the state. We need volunteers in each county. I hope



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that loyal friends of the association in every county will rally to

support and work in a membership drive. I urge each present member of the association to check to see if the school and library in his town are receiving the Quarterly, and if not, to ask each institution to subscribe, or better still, give each one a gift sub-

scription for one year. Also, I hope that present members will give gift memberships in the association for Christmas gifts. These would be excellent gifts and be a big help to the association.

Willis said that a new membership drive would be conducted during November and December and that he hopes to set up an expanded Membership Committee, with a chairman in each county, by October 1.

If you would like to volunteer to be chairman of a membership drive in counties which presently have no Membership Committee, please contact Willis at Box 1359, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas 71753.

Printed below are present regional and county chairmen of the

Membership Committee: Jim Merritt, McGehee

Harriet Autrey, Texarkana Mrs. Caruth S. Moore, Robert Boise, Shirley Evening Shade Helen Cannon, Forrest City George M. Reynolds, Morrilton Inez E. Cline, Hot Springs Bobby Roberts, Little Rock Neil Compton, Bentonville John I. Smith, Fayetteville Dan Dennington, Lewisville Quinby Smith, Mountain Home

M/M W. H. Etter, Washington Willis H. Stowers, Russellville

James E. Griner, Jonesboro Michael G. Wade, Blytheville Frances McGregor, Cotton Plant Beverly Watkins, Camden Mrs. Art B. Martin, Fort Smith Milton Willis, Van Buren Bill Mayes, Conway Thelma Wray, Fort Smith

Counties where county chairmen for a membership drive are needed are: Arkansas, Ashley, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicot, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Franklin, Fulton, Grant, Greene, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Logan, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Perry, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Prairie,



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Randolph, Saline, Scott, Searcy, Sevier, Stone, Union, White, Yell, and Lonoke. # # #

The Arkansas History Commission, One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 would like to receive complimentary copies of all jour- nals and other publications published by county or local historical and

genealogical societies in the state. Please direct all such publications to the attention of Dr. John L. Ferguson, State Historian.

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Dr. Aubrey J. Hough, Jr., chief of pathology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Services in Little Rock, has become a Sustaining Member in the association. # # #

Dr. Anthony Z. Dube has resigned his post as executive director of the Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities to assume ownership of three local commercial magazines in the central Arkansas area. He had served eight years as director. Jane Browning has been appointed the new executive director. She has served three years as assistant director.

Other news from the Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities re- lates that through the joint effort of the Old State House Museum and the Arkansas Humanities Resource Center, it is now possible for non-

profit organizations to apply for mini-grants from AEH to cover the rental and shipping costs for the exhibit, "A Photographic Legacy: Re-

visiting the Farm Security Administration's 1930s Photographic Project." There is a large version of the show containing ninety-seven framed

photographs, or two smaller sections each containing forty-eight or forty- nine photographs. The exhibit can be displayed on walls or portable panels.

Other exhibits which can be borrowed from the Arkansas Humani- ties Resource Center are "A Place Called Rohwer," National Archives

photographs of Japanese-Americans imprisoned at two camps in southern Arkansas during World War II; "Arkansas Autumn," the ceaseless spirit of six older Arkansans is displayed in a large, colorful

exhibit; and "His Arkansas Land," a celebration of the spirit of the Arkansas character embodied in the small family farmer. Nonprofit organizations can apply to the Arkansas Endowment for the Humani- ties for mini-grants to help cover costs of equipment rental, exhibit




rental or transportation, or honoraria for speakers. The resource center also has films and video cassettes available which make interesting programs.

Mini-grants from AEH have been awarded to "Northeast Arkansas

Heritage Project: Local History Program," Arkansas State University, Dr. Robert England, $1,000; "Northeast Arkansas Heritage Project: Folk Life and Folk History Program," Arkansas State University, Jones- boro, Dr. Robert England, $1,000; "National Archives Photographic Caption Research," University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dr. E. J. Friedlander, $495; "The Social History of the Arkansas Territory: II," University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dr. Charles Bolton, $1,000; "Arkansas Authors Symposium," Friends of the Central Arkansas Li-

brary, Little Rock, Walter Nunn, $1,000; "Historical Study: Friedrich Gerstaecker and Emma Dusenbury," University of Arkansas, Fayette- ville, Robert Cochran, $1,000; "Pictorial History of Greater Little Rock," Pulaski County Historical Society, Little Rock, Judy Lester, $1,000; "Old

Supreme Court Chamber - Historical Brochure," Office of the Secretary of State, Glenn Mahone, $500; "His Arkansas Land," Southern Arkan- sas University, Magnolia, Robert Walz, $314.50; "Hogs in the Bottom:

Family Folklore in Arkansas," August House, Little Rock, Deirdre

LaPin, $1,000; and "The Jews of Arkansas: Their Contributions to the State's Development," University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Carolyn Gray LeMaster, $500.

C. Fred Williams, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and professor of history, was the featured humanist of the AEH for the summer quarter. Dr. Williams's most recent AEH project was a cooperative effort among several institu-

tions, including the Ford Foundation, to record the reminiscences of charter Southern Tenant Farmers Union members at their reunion in

April at Memphis. Historians videotaped over fifty one-hour interviews which will be edited into a one-hour television documentary of this early populist agricultural movement.

For information about the Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities

mini-grant program and/or to receive its newsletter, write to 1010 West Third Street, Suite 102, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201.

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Officers for 1982 for the Faulkner County Historical Society are

president, Guy W. Murphy; vice president, Hattie Ann Kelso; secretary, Meredith Wilbourn; and treasurer, Pat Finkbeiner. The subject for the

society's 1982 membership card is the Bono-Springfield Bridge across the North Cadron Creek. The bridge, linking Conway and Faulkner counties, is believed to be one of the oldest bridges still in use. It was authorized in 1871 by the Conway County Court and completed in 1874. The

design is "bowstring arch-truss," patented by Zenas King, Cleveland, Ohio, about 1840. The photograph was made by Miles Johnson with the United States Corps of Engineers Toad Suck office.

Dues are $10 yearly. The society's address is Post Office Box 731, Conway, Arkansas 72032. # # #

The Union County Genealogical Society was organized in June 1976 and was chartered with forty members. The society holds monthly meetings at 7:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month at Barton

Library in El Dorado, Arkansas. It publishes a journal, Traces and Traces, which contains articles, a query section, book reviews, and an index. Shirley Dollar is editor. Two issues of the journal will be published during 1982. G. R. White is president of the society. The address is Post Office Box 1202, El Dorado, Arkansas 71730.

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The Johnson County Historical Society Newsletter has a query section which is printed free. If you want a copy of the column with your query in it, include a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your re-

quest. The address of the society is Post Office Box 505, Clarksville, Arkansas 72830. & & m

The Eighth Annual National Congress of Civil War Round Tables will be held at the Holiday Inn at Corinth, Mississippi, on October 7-10, 1982. It will feature an all-day tour of the Shiloh battlefield led by Ed

Bearss, chief historian of the National Park Service. The program will concentrate on Shiloh - its prelude, its commanders, its armies, its controversies. Persons interested in joining the Round Table and attend-

ing the congress should contact Jerry L. Russell, national chairman, Post Office Box 7388, Little Rock, Arkansas 72217 or call him at (501) 225-3996. # # #




"Bruce Catton's The Blue and The Gray," an epic eight-hour drama about the American Civil War, is scheduled to be broadcast on the CBS Television Network this coming November.

Set in the turbulent years between 1859 and 1865, "The Blue and The

Gray" tells the compelling story of two related families - one in the North and one in the South - whose lives are forever changed by the momentous events of the Civil War.

The original story, prepared for the CBS Television Network, by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton and by John Leekley is filled with the carefully-researched color and detail for which Catton is so noted.

While the foreground of the story is fiction, its background is popu- lated by a galaxy of historical figures, including Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and many others. It is the most ambitious television project CBS has ever undertaken. The story includes 781 scenes, all of which were filmed on location at 102 different sets in northwest Arkansas and Oklahoma. Many of the battle scenes were filmed at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.

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The Great River Road Association has issued an all new strip map which shows the routings of the 3,000 miles of the Great River Road that links Canada with the Gulf of Mexico along the Mississippi River. The

map shows and describes over 100 points of significance and interest for the reader. The least number of maps which can be ordered is twenty- five and this number sells for $10. Order from the Great River Road

Association, 1983 GRR Map, 205 Victoria Crossing Building, 867 Grand

Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105. # # #

A great deal of interesting Civil War information appears in The War Bulletin, the newsletter of the Northwest Arkansas Civil War Round Table of May 1982. Memberships in the Round Table, which include a subscription to the newsletter, cost $10. The editor is Michael A. Hughes, 2365 Hatfield, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701.

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On March 23, 1982, the new Woodlands Heritage Museum and Re- source Center Advisory Committee was sworn in by Donald Corbin,




appellate judge of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, before representatives of the governor's office, the Department of Parks and Tourism, and Arkansas Museum Services.

The committee was authorized by Act 641 of 1981 of the Arkansas General Assembly to study the feasibility of establishing a museum and

research/resource center to properly preserve and exhibit the large treasure of archives, sites, and artifacts of the type used by early foresters, loggers, and sawmillers, particularly in Arkansas.

Forestry is the largest industry in Arkansas, with the twenty-five leading counties producing over one billion board feet of timber each

year. Representatives from the timber-producing counties and the indus-

try itself have for a long time expressed a desire for a permanent facility which would recognize their contributions to our cultural heritage and the increasing importance to the economy that Arkansas's timber re- sources represent.

The committee is expected to make its recommendations prior to the next regular legislative session of the general assembly which begins in

January 1983. Members of the committee are Vernon Carter, Rogers; Harold Cabe,

Little Rock; Don Dierks, Jr., Hot Springs; Conley Culpepper, Mountain Pine; Charles Eddington, Warren; Steven Foster, Mountain View; John Fox, Sr., Pine Bluff, Richard Grigsby, Malvern; Joe B. Mills, Clarks- ville; Kenneth Smith, Fayetteville; Ross Whipple, Arkadelphia; Larry Willett, Monticello; Gordon Hartrick, Hamburg; and John L. Fergu- son, Little Rock. # # #

The fourth Mid-America Conference on History, sponsored by the

Department of History at Southwest Missouri State University, will be held September 15-17, 1983, in Springfield, Missouri. No particular theme is planned. Some graduate student sessions will be created. Please send proposals for papers or sessions to Jere L. Krakow, Department of

History, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri 65804 by May 15, 1983. # # #

The Popular Culture Association will meet in Wichita, Kansas, in

April 1983. From April 24 to 27 scholars with interests in many areas will give papers/presentations and meet informally to share common




interests. Those wishing more information on the activities important to scholars of Ozark Culture should contact Sue Poor, Department of Eng- lish, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078.

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Robert Devan has opened a small laboratory at his home at 8007 DePriest Road, Mabelvale, Arkansas 72103, telephone (501) 568-6740, for paper and book restoration. He can restore and preserve documents, books, maps, prints, and family history material.

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The Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of

Mississippi has assumed editorial responsibilities for Perspectives on the American South: An Annual Review of Society, Politics, and Culture. Volumes One and Two of the annual were coedited by John Shelton Reed and Merle Black at the University of North Carolina. Scheduled for publication in the summer of 1983, Volume Three will be coedited

by James C. Cobb and Charles R. Wilson. The editors are soliciting papers from scholars in the social sciences and the humanities.

Perspectives on the American South is an interdisciplinary effort to

produce articles that are scholarly and at the same time intelligible to a

lay audience. Its focus is upon the social-cultural study of the South, and will explore the distinctiveness and diversity of southern life, particularly in the twentieth century. The editors will welcome all sub-

missions, but they are especially interested in comparative studies of the South and other societies, examinations of southern ethnic and cultural

groups, and studies of the relationships of the region's culture to its social

setting. The editors are interested in articles that deal with substantive content of regional culture, rather than with methodology. They should be well-written, jargon-free essays, sound by the standards of the author's

discipline and interesting from the viewpoint of a nonspecialist. Refer- ences should be cited in footnotes following the University of Chicago styles given in Turabian's Manual for Writers. Please send manuscripts and inquiries to the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, Univer-

sity of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677.



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