Core family papers 1821-1991.

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Core family papers 1821-1991.

Core family papers 1821-1991.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40859570

Collection includes materials of the extended Core family, diaries, scrapbooks, correspondence, and financial and medical records. Historical and genealogical research materials of colonial Arkansas, Arkansas County after 1805, the rice farming industry, and genealogy. Materials from the Civil War era, including the poll book from the county's secession convention in February 18, 1861, and receipts to individuals for acquisitions for "County War Purposes." Materials on Arkansas County include files pertaining to the activities of the county chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Grand Prairie Historical Society. Dorothy Core inherited materials on the Arkansas Flying Farmers from her parents, who were interested in aviation and applied their skills as pilots to their work as farmers. Also, several files address the participation of her mother and sister in social organizations in Arkansas County, correspondence, family newsletters, and other materials, sixteen diaries of Norman Core's grandfather, Marcus Sylvester Core. Collection includes over eight hundred photographs of family, towns in Arkansas County, and photographs of Flying Farmers.

35.5 linear ft.

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries