John Park Cravens papers : correspondence amd papers, 1881-1967.

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John Park Cravens papers : correspondence amd papers, 1881-1967.

Correspondence, postcards, printed material, a broadside, and a scrapbook complete this collection.

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Worley, Ted R. (Ted Raymond), 1906-1969

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Arkansas State Historian. From the description of Ted R. Worley letter, 1953 Oct. 12. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 645658569 Arkansas educator and historian. From the description of Ted Worley letter, 1958 Oct. 20. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 650876232 ...

Shannon, Karr, 1902-1971

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Marinoni, Rosa Zagnoni, 1888-1970

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Moses, Colter Hamilton, 1887-1966

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Parler, Mary Celestia

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Cravens, John Park, 1899-

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John Park Cravens (1899-1971) was born near Mount Magazine, Logan County, Ark. At the age of eighteen, he began editing and printing his own weekly newspaper, The Magazine Gazette, and published the first of his many tall tales that dealt with Arkansas and the Ozarks. Cravens was also a freelance writer. His stories were published in national magazines and broadcast on the radio. The United Confederate Veterans appointed Cravens honorary Colonel to the staff of their Commander-in-Chief, and he s...

Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980

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Author and folklorist. From the description of Vance Randolph book typescripts, 1947-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84232113 The Collector Vance Randolph was a self-educated folklorist who made a living as a professional writer. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1892, he was educated as a scientist: as an undergraduate, he studied biology, and then in graduate school at Clark University, in psychology. As a graduate stu...

Allsopp, Fred W. (Fred William), 1867-1946

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Newspaper publisher and author. From the description of History of the Arkansas gazette, undated. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 231684333 ...

Rayburn, Otto Ernest

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Otto Ernest Rayburn moved to the Ozarks in 1917. He lived in Missouri and Arkansas, where he was a teacher, newspaper publisher, bookseller, and promoter of tourism. Toward the end of his life he organized his enormous hoard of information about the Ozarks into the collection now in the University Libraries. He died in 1960. From the description of Otto Ernest Rayburn papers 1916-1960. (University of Arkansas - Fayetteville). WorldCat record id: 34639902 ...

Babcock, Bernie, 1868-1962

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Campbell, Doak S. (Doak Sheridan), 1888-1973

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President, Florida State University. Doak Sheridan Campbell, third president of the Florida State College for Women (1941-1957), was born near Waldron, Arkansas, on November 16, 1888. He attended public school in Arkansas, after which he obtained his teaching license. He taught for one year, then went to Ouachita College at Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he graduated with a teaching degree in 1911, emphasizing music and speech. He then became superintendent of school at Co...

Hays, Brooks

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Baptist lawyer and congressman from Arkansas. Served on the Christian Life Commission and served as President of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1957-1959. From the description of Papers [microform], 1950-1959. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 72533314 From the description of Papers, 1950-1959. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 51231066 Employee of U.S. Department of Agriculture and later U.S. representative from Arkansas,...

Dellinger, Samuel C. (Samuel Claudius), 1892-

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