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