About

About

Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Located in downtown Little Rock, the UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture is housed in the Bobby L. Roberts Library, the state’s largest facility dedicated to the study of Arkansas history and culture. Through its connection to the university, the archives benefit from the rigorous scholarship of our faculty, creating a valuable resource for students, researchers, stakeholders, and the general public.

The Bobby L. Roberts Library represents a partnership between the Central Arkansas Library System and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, through which the two institutions have made more than 10 million documents and photographs on Arkansas history available for public use.

Mission

The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture collects, keeps safe, and makes available Arkansas history that connects people to each other and their shared experiences.

About the Project

"Confronting the Crisis: The Legacy of Central High School" started from the UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC)’s participation in the Central High Integration 60th Anniversary Committee, which includes figures and organizations from around the state. Materials in the media galleries and oral histories come from the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, and collections from the CAHC, such as the Elizabeth Huckaby Papers (UALR.MS.0118) and the Bishop Robert R. Brown Letters (UALR.MS.0081).

Project Contributors

Jared Craig
Virtual Exhibit Coordinator
UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Nathania Sawyer
Archivist
Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Donna Shelton
Academic Editor, Web Manager
UA Little Rock Office of the Provost

Todd Lewis
Lead Processing Archivist
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Special Collections

David Ware
Arkansas State Capitol Historian
M.A, Ph.D.

Scott Whiteley Carter
Special Projects Administrator
City of Little Rock

Sondra Gordy
Retired Professor of History
University of Central Arkansas

Anthony Newkirk
Assistant Professor of History
Philander Smith College

Michael Pierce
Associate Professor
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Mark Newman
Professor of History
University of Edinburgh

Donna Lampkin Stephens
Associate Professor of Journalism
University of Central Arkansas

Sonny Rhodes
Associate Professor of Journalism
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Karen Russ
Library
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Mark Christ
Outreach Director
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program

Graeme Cope
Retired American History Professor
Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia

Sarah Bost
Archivist
Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Stella Cameron
Media Specialist
Little Rock School District

Jessie Bates
Student
Central High School

Joshua Couch
Graduate Assistant
Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Michael Fondren
Graduate Assistant
Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Chad Garrett
Director of Digital Projects and Initiatives
Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Kimberly Wessels Kaczenski
Assistant Director
Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Shannon Marie Lausch
Archivist

Carolyn Macheak
Librarian
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Zoie Moore
Student
Central High School

Zia Tollete
Student
Central High School

George West
Education Outreach Coordinator
Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Kelly Farr
Editor
Crisis of Conscience: Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights Struggle

Nancy Rousseau
Principal
Little Rock Central High School

Central High Integration 60th Anniversary Committee

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

About the Author

Plan Your Visit

Carolyn Macheak is the research and scholarly communications coordinator at the UA Little Rock's Ottenheimer Library.

The Civil War and other UA Little Rock Center for History and Culture collections are available in the Research Room at the Bobby L. Roberts Library, located downtown in Little Rock's River Market District:

401 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
501.320.5700

The Research Room is open Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Feel free to contact us by calling 501.320.5780 or submitting your question or request using one of our forms.