Lighton family papers : correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, and other papers, 1828-1987.

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Lighton family papers : correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, and other papers, 1828-1987.

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Papers were collected and saved by daughters Suzanne and Betty. Included are materials pertaining to their extended family, in particular, Dorothy Lighton's children and grandchildren and Laura McMaken's father, Andrew Campbell McMaken. These include papers pertaining to Andrew McMaken's Civil War service. Also included are some materials pertaining to close friends Lee Seamster (a Fayetteville judge, later member of the Arkansas Supreme Court, and Suzanne Lighton's legal mentor) and Henry Tovey (music professor at the University of Arkansas).

15 linear ft., 33 v.

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7446538

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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