If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then we would need more than three million words to describe the contents of the CALS Butler Center’s Pulaski County Photograph Collection (BC.PHO.2.A).
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If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then we would need more than three million words to describe the contents of the CALS Butler Center’s Pulaski County Photograph Collection (BC.PHO.2.A).
The Woodrow T. Little Collection (BC.MSS.14.83), donated to the CALS Butler Center by Little’s daughter, Janice Smith, is a relatively small collection that contains a wealth of information and images.
The Arkansas River flood of 2019 was being described as “historic” before a single levee was breached or structure flooded. Recognizing the impact the flooding would have on the region,
By David Stricklin, Director of the CALS Roberts Library
Summertime is lively here. The livin’ may be easy, as the song says, but it’s certainly not slow.
We need photographs, documents, videos, maps, and audio clips to help make the CALS EOA the most comprehensive and engaging resource on Arkansas history. If you have photos or other media,
The CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a changing, evolving resource. This fact will, I hope, become even more evident as we approach the centennial of the Elaine Massacre of 1919.
This feature of our Butler Banner invites readers to click their way into our many and varied digital resources.
Featured this time is a three-minute video that came to the CALS Butler Center as part of our Home Movies Collection.
In this year’s one-day summer seminar, “Tools for Teaching and Learning Difficult History: Racial Violence in Arkansas, the 1919 Elaine Massacre and a Century of Lynching, 1836–1936,” educators received support and guidance for the challenging but crucial task of teaching history such as the Elaine Massacre.
The Butler Banner archives between 1999-2018 are available in PDF format only. The Butler Banner was our print newsletter.
We allow certain outlets to reprint our copyrighted Butler Banner or CALS Roberts Library blog posts with express permission. To seek permission, please email Glenn Whaley at gwhaley@cals.org.
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