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Digitized Archival Materials

Digitized Archival Materials

Archival Images

People boarding the Mississippi Queen riverboat - Courtesy of Tom Richeson

Article, ''Capt. Frederick L. Inman gives his friends a free excursion on the Steamboat Portia'' - 1897 - Black Rock photograph collection, ca. 1880-1950, UALR.PH.0036 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Man standing on paddle wheel of the steamboat Quickstep - ca. 1900 - Black Rock photograph collection, ca. 1880-1950, UALR.PH.0036 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboats on the Black River - undated - Black Rock photograph collection, ca. 1880-1950, UALR.PH.0036 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboats and barges on the Black River - ca. 1900 - Black Rock photograph collection, ca. 1880-1950, UALR.PH.0036 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Boat landing at Batesville - 1915 - Rivers, Landings, and Riverboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1927, UALR.PH.0056 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Passengers on board Ozark Queen steamboat during excursion on the White River - ca. 1900 - Rivers, Landings, and Riverboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1927, UALR.PH.0056 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Men unloading Orlando steamboat hauling cotton - ca. 1880 - Rivers, Landings, and Riverboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1927, UALR.PH.0056 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat A. D. Allen at lock number 3 on the White River - ca. 1900 - Rivers, Landings, and Riverboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1927, UALR.PH.0056 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat Pocahontas - 1907 - Rivers, Landings, and Riverboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1927, UALR.PH.0056 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat W. C. Huff on the White River - ca. 1900 - Rivers, Landings, and Riverboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1927, UALR.PH.0056 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat Chickasaw on the White River - undated - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Remains of paddle wheeler unveiled by low water on White River near Wild Goose Bayou - 1900-1902 - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Cargo loaded on the steamboat F. W. Brooks - 1864 - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat Golden Era being used as Federal transport during the Civil War - undated - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboats anchored at Des Arc during Civil War with cargo and wagon parts lining the shore - 1863-1864 - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat Silver Cloud performing patrol duties during the Civil War - 1864 - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Crew aboard the steamboat Black Hawk - undated - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat Rowena on the White River - undated - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat Legal Tender docked - undated - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Crew on board steamboat R. P. Walt - undated - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat Gunboat 51 tied up at shore - undated - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Crew on board the steamboat U.S.S. Eastport - 1864 - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat Des Arc on fire at DeValls Bluff - 1864-03-22 - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat Queen City tinclad near DeValls Bluff - undated - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat Grand of the Little Rock Packett Company - undated - J. N. Heiskell Photograph Collection, 1821-1984, UALR.PH.0100 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Ferry on the Mississippi River in Helena - ca. 1950s - J. N. Heiskell Photograph Collection, 1821-1984, UALR.PH.0100 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Crew on board the Steamboat Kennedy on the White River - 1903 - J. N. Heiskell Photograph Collection, 1821-1984, UALR.PH.0100 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Horse and wagon wait with a load on the shore in front of the Robert E. Lee steamboat - undated - J. N. Heiskell Photograph Collection, 1821-1984, UALR.PH.0100 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboat and barge - undated - J.N. Heiskell Oversized Photograph Collection, 1861-1986, UALR.PH.0101 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Sketch of steamboat John F. Allen loaded with cotton - 1963 - J.N. Heiskell Oversized Photograph Collection, 1861-1986, UALR.PH.0101 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Print of great Mississippi steamboat race between Robert E Lee and Natchez steamboats - undated - J.N. Heiskell Oversized Photograph Collection, 1861-1986, UALR.PH.0101 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Print of the steamboat Princess loading wood on the Mississippi River - undated - J.N. Heiskell Oversized Photograph Collection, 1861-1986, UALR.PH.0101 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Print of midnight race on Mississippi River between Natchez and Eclipse steamboats - undated - J.N. Heiskell Oversized Photograph Collection, 1861-1986, UALR.PH.0101 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Print of the steamboat J. M. White on the Mississippi River - undated - J.N. Heiskell Oversized Photograph Collection, 1861-1986, UALR.PH.0101 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

1/8 Wooden model of the steamboat Sprague - 1963 - J. N. Heiskell Photograph Collection, 1821-1984, UALR.PH.0100 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

1/8 Wooden model of the steamboat Sprague - 1963 - J. N. Heiskell Photograph Collection, 1821-1984, UALR.PH.0100 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Engraving of the explosion of the steamboat Sultana - 1965 - J. N. Heiskell Photograph Collection, 1821-1984, UALR.PH.0100 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Native Americans on reservation land in Fort Smith, Arkansas - 1884 - Native Americans photograph collection, 1884-1893, UALR.PH.0055 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

USS Cincinnati - 1862-1866 - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

USS Lexington - 1861-1865 - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

USS Conestoga - 1862-1865 - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

USS Mound City - 1862-1865 - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

USS Cricket - 1863-1865 - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

USS Tyler - 1861-1865 - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Close-up of crew on USS Signal - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

USS Signal - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Steamboats at DeValls Bluff - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

USS Mound City - 1862-1865 - Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, ca. 1861-1865, UALR.PH.0080 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Cut-away view of steamboat Kate Adams - undated - Architectural Drawings, ArD 313 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Archival Documents

Page 1 - J. C. W. Smith interviews T .D. Williams of Clarendon about showboats for the Federal Writers' Project - Bernie Babcock Collection, 1855-1966, UALR.MS.0092 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 2 - J. C. W. Smith interviews T .D. Williams of Clarendon about showboats for the Federal Writers' Project - Bernie Babcock Collection, 1855-1966, UALR.MS.0092 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 3 - J. C. W. Smith interviews T .D. Williams of Clarendon about showboats for the Federal Writers' Project - Bernie Babcock Collection, 1855-1966, UALR.MS.0092 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 4 - J. C. W. Smith interviews T .D. Williams of Clarendon about showboats for the Federal Writers' Project - Bernie Babcock Collection, 1855-1966, UALR.MS.0092 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 1 - Letter from William H. Allen on board the "Du Quesne" steamer to his parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Rebecca Allen Turner Collection, 1840-1895, UALR.MS.0174 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 2 - Letter from William H. Allen on board the "Du Quesne" steamer to his parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Rebecca Allen Turner Collection, 1840-1895, UALR.MS.0174 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 3 - Letter from William H. Allen on board the "Du Quesne" steamer to his parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Rebecca Allen Turner Collection, 1840-1895, UALR.MS.0174 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 4 - Letter from William H. Allen on board the "Du Quesne" steamer to his parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Rebecca Allen Turner Collection, 1840-1895, UALR.MS.0174 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 1 - Letter from William H. Allen on board the "Olive Branch" steamer to his parents in Pittsburgh - Rebecca Allen Turner Collection, 1840-1895, UALR.MS.0174 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 2 and 3 - Letter from William H. Allen on board the "Olive Branch" steamer to his parents in Pittsburgh - Rebecca Allen Turner Collection, 1840-1895, UALR.MS.0174 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 4 - Letter from William H. Allen on board the "Olive Branch" steamer to his parents in Pittsburgh - Rebecca Allen Turner Collection, 1840-1895, UALR.MS.0174 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 1 - Union letter from L. Richardson in Little Rock concerning orders for steamboat to proceed to Fort Smith - Miscellaneous Letter Collection UALR.MS.0217 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 2 - Union letter from L. Richardson in Little Rock concerning orders for steamboat to proceed to Fort Smith - Miscellaneous Letter Collection UALR.MS.0217 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 1 - Confederate letter from Captain Tho. C. Peel in Camden to Captain N. A. Birge concerning steamboats on the White River - Miscellaneous Letter Collection UALR.MS.0217 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Page 1 - Confederate letter from Captain Tho. C. Peel in Camden to Captain N. A. Birge concerning steamboats on the White River - Miscellaneous Letter Collection UALR.MS.0217 - UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System - 1991 - UALR Pamphlet Collection, PAM 00622 - UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Transportation voucher - 1867 - Reconstruction Records, 1866-1868, UALR.MS.0016 - UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Transportation voucher - 1868 - Reconstruction Records, 1866-1868, UALR.MS.0016 - UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Bill of lading for the J.S. McCune - 1867 - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Bill of lading for the Emma C. Elliot - 1872 - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Bill of lading for the Arch P. Green - 1879 - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Ad for the Mary Patterson, M. M. Bateman, master - 1859 September - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Ads for the Albert Pearce, J. F. Luker, master; and the St. Louis, Duvall's Bluff, Des Arc, Jacksonport, and Little Rock Packet Company steamers Gold Finch with Captain Gere and Minnie with Captain Shaw - ca. 1866 - Huddleston Steamboat Photograph Collection, ca. 1827-1976, UALR.PH.0070 - UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture

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