Walter John Lemke papers, 1821-1969 (bulk 1926-1969).

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Walter John Lemke papers, 1821-1969 (bulk 1926-1969).

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Materials pertain to Lemke's professional and academic career and interests, as regards his newspaper columns and publications; the Arkansas press; the journalism of World War II; the publication of "Uncle Walt's Newsletter"; the affairs of the University of Arkansas journalism department; the Arkansas Press Association, the Arkansas Writer's Conference, and the Arkansas High School Press Association, which he founded in 1928. Material also relates to the history of the University of Arkansas; and activities of University faculty, students, and alumni; university publications; Lemke's correspondence with University faculty, students, and alumni in military service during World War II and the Korean War; his active participation in the affairs of the Washington County Historical Society, which he founded in 1951, and his support of and interest in other state and county historical societies and associations; his general interest in Arkansas history and genealogy; his collecting of historical maps and other Arkansiana and his photographs. Correspondents include: Bernie Babcock, John Tyler Caldwell, Edsel Ford, J. William Fulbright, John Clinton Futrall, Arthur M. Harding, John Netherland Heiskell, Lewis Webster Jones, Vance Randolph, Lessie Stringfellow Read, James W. Trimble, Jacob Wythe Walker, and Charles Morrow Wilson.

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University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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