Jim Guy Tucker and the Lost Year September heralds the beginning of Fall, bringing us cooler weather, shorter days, and the mixed emotions of children and parents as another school year begins. Imagine, however, no school in September. The local schools in…
Jim Guy Tucker and Vietnam
Jim Guy Tucker and Vietnam I’m the lead archivist on the Governor James Guy Tucker, Jr., processing project, which consists of arranging and describing roughly 600 boxes of material. In addition to his many political accomplishments, Tucker also worked as…
Jim Guy Tucker and the Environment
Jim Guy Tucker and the Environment In 1977, Jim Guy Tucker began his term as Arkansas’ Second District representative to the United States House of Representatives. During his two years as Representative, he faced many challenging issues such as the…
Curating the Jim Guy Tucker Audiovisual Collection
Curating the Jim Guy Tucker Audiovisual Collection Hi. This is Bridget Wood. I’m the graduate assistant processing the audiovisual materials of the Jim Guy Tucker Collection. When I began this project I had little experience with audiovisual materials and had…
Digitizing the Jim Guy Tucker photographs
Digitizing the Jim Guy Tucker Photographs The Scope Over 10,000 images are in the Jim Guy Tucker Papers. For this grant, I’m responsible for digitizing 3,000 to represent Tucker’s career and Arkansas politics in the late 20th century. Around 5,000…
Jim Guy Tucker Lieutenant Governor Jingle
Jim Guy Tucker Lieutenant Governor Jingle Transcript We’re going all the way with Jim Guy Tucker Strong leadership for lieutenant governor We’re going all the way with Jim Guy Tucker He’ll get the job done as lieutenant governor Hi. My…
Jim Guy Tucker at Harvard
Jim Guy Tucker at Harvard Football, Harvard-Style! In the fall of 1961, Jim Guy Tucker enrolled in Harvard University. Tucker had attended Hall High School in Little Rock before moving to Massachusetts to pursue his bachelor’s degree. On October…
Follow us as we process!
Follow Us As We Process! Follow the staff of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) as we process the papers of James Guy Tucker. Thanks to a $136,851 grant from the National…