Sid McMath papers, 1880-1989.

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Sid McMath papers, 1880-1989.

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Correspondence, law papers, speeches, photographs, sound recordings, awards, political memorabilia, and clippings pertaining to McMath's political and military careers as well as his personal life. Included are papers dealing with: his experiences in World War II and Vietnam; his political campaigns for governor and senator; Arkansas politics and government, particularly the 1962 Democratic primary; his law practice and partner Henry Woods; his involvement with the Little Rock Catholic High School Junior Marine Corps Reserve Officers Training Corps; and his immediate family, especially diaries written by his first wife Elaine McMath and his son, Sandy. Correspondents include: John McClellan, J. William Fulbright, Orval Faubus, and Henry Woods.

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University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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McMath, Sandy, 1941-

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McMath, Sid, 1912-

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Soldier, attorney, and thirty-fourth governor of Arkansas, 1949-1953. Born Columbia County 1912. Raised in Hot Springs (Garland County), attended University of Arkansas and earned a law degree in 1936. McMath practiced law in Hot Springs until World War II when he entered the United States Marine Corps. He served in the Pacific and returned to Hot Springs after the war to enter politics. McMath was elected Garland County prosecuting attorney in 1946 and governor of Arkansas in 1948. McMath lost ...

Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994

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34th governor of Arkansas. Faubus was born in the Ozark Mountain community of Greasy Creek; taught school in rural communities (1928...1939); worked as an itinerant farm laborer and lumberjack (1931...1935); briefly attended Commonweath College, the radical labor school at Mena (Polk County) Arkansas (1935); was elected to two terms as Madison County Circuit Clerk and Recorder; served in the U.S. Army as an enlisted man and subsequently as a commissioned officer in Europe (1942-1946); was Huntsv...

McClellan, John L. (John Little), 1896-1977

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John Little McClellan, Representative and Senator from Arkansas; born in Sheridan, Grant County, Ark., February 25, 1896; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1913, when he was seventeen; commenced practice in Sheridan, Ark.; served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps 1917-1919; moved to Malvern, Ark. in 1919 and continued the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of the seventh judicial district of Arkansas 1927-1930; elected as a De...

Woods, Henry, 1918-2002

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Henry Woods was born March 17, 1918 in Abbeville, Mississippi. He attended the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1938 and a law degree in 1940. Later, he formed a partnership in Texarkana, Alston & Woods. On March 3, 1941, Woods became a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1946, he returned to Texarkana and reestablished the law firm of Alston & Woods. In 1948, Woods managed Sid McMath's successful campaign for Arkansas governor a...

Catholic High School for Boys (Little Rock, Ark.)

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Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of James William Fulbright : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743979 From the description of Reminiscences of James William Fulbright : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743991 Epithet: Senator Chairman United States Senate Committee for Foreign Relations British Library Archives and Manuscripts C...