World Services for the Blind: A Story of SuccessCAHC Exhibit World Services for the Blind (WSB) is a comprehensive rehabilitation center for the adult blind and visually impaired located in Little Rock, Arkansas. Along with life skills, the center specializes…
Victor F. Snyder: The Courage and Commitment for Congress
Victor F. Snyder: The Courage and Commitment for CongressCAHC Exhibit Victor “Vic” Frederick Snyder is a Vietnam veteran, family physician, and lawyer who served as an Arkansas state senator from 1991 to 1996 and as a U.S. Representative for Arkansas’…
Refugiados Cubanos: Last Step to Freedom The Cuban Refugee Crisis in Arkansas
Refugiados Cubanos: Last Step to FreedomStudent Exhibit During a six-month period in 1980, approximately 125,000 Cuban refugees left Cuba in a mass exodus. Almost immediately after refugees arrived, the Jimmy Carter administration opened federal detention centers across the U.S. This…
Character Collection
Character CollectionStudent Exhibit A collection of mini exhibits featuring some of the unique Arkansans found in the archival collections at CAHC. Published February 2022.
Arkansas Constitutional Convention, 1979-1980: Citizen Participation in the Political Process
Arkansas Constitutional Convention, 1979-1980CAHC Exhibit From 1979 to 1980, Arkansas held its eighth convention to revise the state constitution. The proposed constitution addressed controversial issues such as changes to usury limits, property taxes, and redistricting. Due to numerous challenges, the…
Zero Hour: Arkansas in 1980
Zero Hour: Arkansas in 1980Student Exhibit The year 1980 was a pivotal moment in both American and Arkansas history. Arkansans faced a Titan II missile explosion, clashed over the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, and considered a…
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas
The Civilian Conservation Corps in ArkansasCAHC Exhibit This exhibit features the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Arkansas. Through President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1933 New Deal initiatives, the CCC enrolled millions of unemployed, Depression-stricken men, including thousands of…
Elaine Race Massacre: Red Summer in Arkansas
Elaine Race Massacre: Red Summer in ArkansasCAHC Exhibit The Elaine Race Massacre was the deadliest racial conflict in Arkansas history. A gun incident at a farmers union meeting on September 30, 1919, turned into mob violence and led to the…
Charlie May Simon: Pushing Against the Stream of Time
Charlie May Simon: Pushing Against the Stream of TimeCAHC Exhibit Charlie May Simon is one of the more notable figures in 20th-century Arkansas literature. She was an award-winning author who wrote children’s literature, autobiographies, and biographies. Published October 2018 /…
The Road from Hell Is Paved with Little Rocks
The Road from Hell Is Paved with Little RocksCAHC Exhibit This exhibit focuses on the segregation and integration of the educational system across Arkansas. Published August 2018 / Redesigned 2022.
Confronting the Crisis: The Legacy of Little Rock Central High School
Confronting the Crisis: The Legacy of Little Rock Central High SchoolCAHC Exhibit This exhibit explores the legacy of the Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Crisis and its impact on the civil rights movement. Published August 2017 / Redesigned 2022.
Jim Guy Tucker Papers
Jim Guy Tucker PapersCAHC Exhibit Jim Guy Tucker served as Prosecuting Attorney, Attorney General, U.S. Representative for Arkansas’ Second District, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor of Arkansas. His political legacy spanned from 1970-1996. Published March 2017 / Redesigned 2022.
Arkansas Women’s Suffrage Centennial
Arkansas Women’s Suffrage CentennialCAHC Exhibit This exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of the right to vote for women in Arkansas. The Arkansas Women’s Suffrage Centennial was celebrated between 2017 and 2020. Published February 2017 / Redesigned 2022.
No Laughing Matter: Political Cartoons and the Arkansas Historical Perspective
No Laughing Matter: Political Cartoons and the Arkansas Historical PerspectiveCAHC Exhibit This exhibit examines the interaction of politics and history in Arkansas through a selection of original works by Arkansas political cartoonists Jon Kennedy (Arkansas Democrat, 1941-1988) and Bill Graham…
Johnny Cash: Arkansas Icon
Johnny Cash: Arkansas IconCAHC Exhibit Johnny Cash was an American country singer-songwriter. This exhibit explores Cash’s Arkansas connections from his 1930s childhood in Dyess, Arkansas, through his comeback at the turn of the 21st century. Special emphasis is placed on…
Rohwer Restored
Rohwer RestoredCAHC Exhibit This exhibit documents a project to stabilize and restore the Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center Cemetery, one of two Arkansas locations designated to intern Japanese Americans during World War II. Published March 2016 / Redesigned 2022.
Winthrop Rockefeller Collection
Winthrop Rockefeller CollectionCAHC Exhibit Winthrop Rockefeller was a World War II veteran, politician, and philanthropist. From 1967-1971, he served as Arkansas’ first Republican governor since Reconstruction. Published February 2016 / Redesigned 2023.
As Much as the Water: How Steamboats Shaped Arkansas
As Much as the Water: How Steamboats Shaped ArkansasCAHC Exhibit The exhibit explores the impact of the steamboat on Arkansas from its arrival at Arkansas Post in 1820 until it was surpassed by the railroad as the main means of…
City Market and Arcade
The City Market and ArcadeCAHC Exhibit Located in Little Rock’s River Market, the Arcade building was inspired by a marketplace torn down in 1960. The story of the original City Market and Arcade, an architectural wonder in its day, depicts…
Life Interrupted
Life InterruptedCAHC Exhibit This exhibit commemorates the 10th anniversary of “Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in World War II Arkansas.” It explores Japanese American internment at the Rohwer and Jerome Relocation Centers. Published January 2014 / Redesigned 2022.
Calvin R. Ledbetter, Jr. Papers
Calvin R. Ledbetter, Jr. PapersCAHC Exhibit Cal Ledbetter worked as a political science faculty member at Little Rock University from 1960-1997, and he served as an Arkansas state representative from 1967-1977. He attended the state Constitutional Conventions of 1968-1970 and…
Dale Bumpers Gubernatorial Papers
Dale Bumpers Gubernatorial PapersCAHC Exhibit Dale Bumpers was a lawyer who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas from 1971-1975 and as a U.S. Senator from 1975 to 1999. Published October 2011 / Redesigned 2023.