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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.

Project Contributors

AJ Walker-Carter
Graduate Assistant
Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Bernadette Cahill
Journalist and Historian

M.A. in History, Glasgow University

Bridget Wood
Arkansas State Archives

Carol Macheak
Librarian
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Cherisse Jones-Branch
Professor of History
Arkansas State University

Danielle Butler
Project Archivist
Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Elizabeth Hill
Author, Board Member

Arkansas Women's Institute

Jeannie Whayne
Professor of History

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Yslan Hicks
Interim Chair & Associate Professor
Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, UA Little Rock

Rebecca Glazier
Associate Professor in Public Affairs
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Ben Johnson
Professor of Arkansas Studies
Southern Arkansas University

Brian Irby
Archival Assistant of Education
Arkansas State Archives

CaLee Henderson
Project Archivist

Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

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

David Ware
Historian
PH.D, Arizona State University

Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm
Assistant Professor in Public Affairs

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Karen Russ
Librarian
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Kristin Mann
Professor of History & Social Studies Education Coordinator
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Pat Ramsey
Senior Lecturer, Department of History

University of Central Arkansas

Stephanie Bayless
Director of the National Archives, Author
San Francisco

Kaye Lundgren
Archival Assistant
Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Kimberly Kaczenski
Assistant Director
Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Jo Blatti
Social Historian
Little Rock, Arkansas

Jared Craig
Graduate Assistant
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program

Leah Lambert
Adult Education & Living History Coordinator

Old State House Museum

Kelly Jones
Assistant Professor of History
Austin Peay State University

W. Dusty Higgins
Assitant Professor of Digital Art 

UA Little Rock Department of Art & Design

Josh Couch
Graduate Assistant
Center for Arkansas History and Culture

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture

George West & Butler Center Lesson Plans

Clinton School of Public Service

Grant Funding

This project is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Department of Arkansas Heritage.