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Arkansas River Region Comprehensive Development Plan 1980 Arkansas State Commission, “Arkansas River Region Comprehensive Development Plan 1980,” 1966, page 10. Metroplan records (UALR.MS.0204) Date: 1966 Physical Format: document See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll3/id/484573/rec/1 More from this collection Metroplan records…
Scott Bond’s office Photo 10: Scott Bond’s office, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1939 More from this collection Scott…
Bond family in car Photo 9: Bond family sit in car, including Scott and wife, Magnolia, in back and sons, Ulysses and Theophilus, in front, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7…
Scott Bond and family in garden at home Photo 8: Scott Bond and family in garden at home, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: undated Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See…
The Cedars, Scott Bond’s home in Madison Photo 7: The Cedars, Scott Bond’s home in Madison, Arkansas, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this…
Scott Bond’s blacksmith shop Photo 6: Scott Bond’s blacksmith shop, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1927 More from this…
Scott Bond’s gin with cotton ready for shipping Photo 4: Scott Bond’s gin, ca. 1916. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1928…
Scott Bond’s gin Photo 5: Scott Bond’s gin with cotton ready for shipping, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1931…
Scott Bond’s farm Photo 2: Scott Bond’s farm, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1932 More from this collection Scott…
Workers at Scott Bond’s farm unloading alfalfa Photo 1: Workers at Scott Bond’s farm unloading alfalfa, ca. 1917. Scott Bond photograph collection, 1893-1917 (UALR.PH.0073) Date: 1917 Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s…
Dunbar custodial staff Date: Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/12317/rec/1 More from this collection National Dunbar Alumni Association Historical Collection (UALR.MS.0021) Exercises that feature this item Workers of the…
Taylor Gulf Gas Station Photo 6: A service station employee fills up a Ford Country sedan, Little Rock, 1958. Earl Saunders, Jr., photographs, 1870-1977 (UALR.PH.0106) Date: 1958 Physical Format: negatives See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/15791/rec/1 More from this collection…
Women using adding machines at state revenue department Date: 1954 Physical Format: negatives See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/16865/rec/2 More from this collection Earl Saunders, Jr., photographs, 1870-1977 (UALR.PH.0106) Exercises that feature this item Workers of the Past
Arkansas Gazette composition room Date: 1939 Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/10253/rec/1 More from this collection Arkansas Gazette Business Files, 1819-1983 (UALR.MS.0187) Exercises that feature this item Workers of…
Arkansas Gazette office interior in Little Rock Date: 1939 Physical Format: See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1911/rec/1 More from this collection Arkansas Gazette Business Files, 1819-1983 (UALR.MS.0187) Exercises that feature this item Workers of the Past
Teachers and principal from a school in Forth Smith Date: 1910 Physical Format: 3.5 x 5.5 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/2007/rec/1 More from this collection Education photograph collection, ca. 1880-1930 (UALR.PH.0011) Exercises that…
Fort Smith telephone office in Fort Smith Date: 1900 Physical Format: photographic prints sepia 4 x 6.5 in. See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1049/rec/1 More from this collection Business and Industry photograph collection, ca. 1860s-1970s (UALR.PH.0003) Exercises that feature this…
Cates Motor Service in Fort Smith Date: 1930 Physical Format: photographic prints sepia See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1044/rec/1 More from this collection Business and Industry photograph collection, ca. 1860s-1970s (UALR.PH.0003) Exercises that feature this item People and Machines
Drilling crew covered with oil in Smackover oil field Date: Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/3591/rec/1 More from this collection Oil Industries of Arkansas Photograph Collection, ca. 1920s-1939 (UALR.PH.0059)…
L. A. Amis typewriter shop in Fort Smith Date: 1900 Physical Format: 3.5 x 5.5 in. photographic prints sepia See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1096/rec/1 More from this collection Business and Industry photograph collection, ca. 1860s-1970s (UALR.PH.0003) Exercises that feature…
Train hauling flat cars of logs in Ashley County Date: Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/3616/rec/2 More from this collection Ashley County Scenes Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1979 (UALR.PH.0088) Exercises…
Logs being loaded on to train cars in Ashley County Date: Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/3615/rec/1 More from this collection Ashley County Scenes Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1979 (UALR.PH.0088)…
Group portrait of unidentified saw crew in Ashley County Date: Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/3611/rec/1 More from this collection Ashley County Scenes Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1979 (UALR.PH.0088) Exercises…
Two men driving flatbed of lumber hauled by mules in Ashley County Photo 2: Two men driving flatbed of lumber hauled by mules in Ashley County, Arkansas, not dated. Ashley County Scenes Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1979 (UALR.PH.0088) Date: undated Physical…
Man hauling log to Petit Jean sawmill Photo 1: Man transporting log to Petit Jean sawmill, ca. 1904. Lumber and Industry photograph collection, ca. 1904-1930 (UALR.PH.0029) Date: 1904 Physical Format: 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints See…
Changes in Agriculture (mid-20th Century) Theme: Agriculture Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1966 Introduction Agriculture has always been critical to the Arkansas economy. In the Arkansas Territory (1819 – 1836), over 90% of the Arkansas population worked on the…
Big Farms in the Early 20th Century Theme: Agriculture Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1916-1917 Introduction Before the mid-20th century (1900s), most farms around the world practiced subsistence farming. This means that they were small and run by a…
Bennie “Mama” McGuire, midwife Bennie “Mama” McGuire walks down the street with her bag. She was a native of Marked Tree and started working as a midwife in 1916, ca. 1971. African Americans photograph collection, ca. 1890-1954 (UALR.PH.0052) Date: 1971…
Mamie Odessa Hale Garland training program Photo 2: Training program conducted by Mamie Odessa Hale Garland at J.S. Phelix High School for African Americans, 1951. Women in Arkansas photograph collection, ca. 1850s-1980s (UALR.PH.0067) Date: 1951 Physical Format: 5 x 7…
Mamie Odessa Hale Garland helping new mother and baby Photo 1: Mamie Odessa Hale Garland, a midwife, helps a new mother and her baby, not dated, ca. late 1940s/early 1950s. Women in Arkansas photograph collection, ca. 1850s-1980s (UALR.PH.0067) Date: 1945-1955…
Workers of the Past Theme: Labor Grade Levels: K-4 Time Period: 1900-1969 Introduction In the past, all work was done by people. People made everything by hand, even tools that they used. Around three hundred years ago, that began to…
People and Machines Theme: Labor Grade Levels: K-4 Time Period: 1893-1939 Introduction In the past, all work was done by people. People made everything by hand, even tools that they used. Around three hundred years ago, that began to change.…
From Trees to Lumber Theme: Labor Grade Levels: K-4 Time Period: 1900-1979 Introduction In this activity, you will look at seven black and white photos that show the wood industry in Arkansas in the early 1900s (early 20th century). Wood…
Midwifery and Race Theme: Women of Arkansas Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1940-1971 Introduction For centuries, pregnant people all over the world relied on midwives to assist them during labor. Midwives typically did not attend any specialized schools but…