Board of Trustees meeting with Lawrence Davis Sr. front row on right [graphic]. [196-?]

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Board of Trustees meeting with Lawrence Davis Sr. front row on right [graphic]. [196-?]

Negative taken of the Board of Trustees meeting with President Lawrence A. Davis Sr. 9front row on right) in front of unidentified building at the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal (A.G. & N.) College (later called Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in Pine Bluff. Born in McCrory, Woodruff County, Arkansas in 1914, Lawrence A. Davis graduated from Merrill High School in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1933. He received an A.B. Degree in English from the A.G. & N. in 1937, and a M.A. degree from the University of Kansas in 1941. Davis was president of the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College in Pine Bluff from 1943-1972 and became the first Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Dr. Davis became the President of Laney College in Oakland, Alameda County, California in 1975.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Arkansas History Commission

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Davis, Lawrence Arnette, 1914-

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Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College. Board of Trustees.

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