University of Arkansas Libraries Digital Collections facilitate the discovery of and access to a variety of digital materials related to the University and to Arkansas and its history, culture, environment, and people.
This portal is designed to help teachers and students locate and use K-12 learning resources developed by University of Arkansas campuses, as well as organizations throughout the state and beyond. It is brought to you by CUACRL, the Council of University of Arkansas College and Research Libraries. The mission of CUACRL is “to share,
The UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) at the Arkansas Studies Institute collects and makes available to the public resources on Arkansas history and the region. These materials include letters, legal documents, photographs, maps, architectural drawings, pamphlets, books, journals, newspapers, and other materials. In total, the collections comprise about 10,000 linear feet,
This interview is with Zhion Hammonds, 11th grade, eStem Public Charter School, reflecting on what he learned from the 1918 statement by James Lucky about the experience of African American soldiers during WWI and what he learned about making the podcast that he can share with other students
Creator: Zhion Hammonds, 11th grade,
This audio walking tour follows the footsteps and narrates eyewitness accounts of the Little Rock Nine’s ill-fated first attempt to attend classes during the historic desegregation crisis. Researched, scripted, and ecorded by students in the Central High Memory Project.
Walking Tour
This audio walking tour follows the footsteps and narrates eyewitness accounts of the Little Rock Nine’s ill-fated first attempt to attend classes during the historic desegregation crisis.
This document is a step-by-step guide to using resources collections at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies for teaching research and citation skills. The guide introduces researchers to web-based exhibits at the Butler Center website and to advanced searching techniques in the online Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
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This Teachers’ and students’ guide to WWI oral history provides a student’s perspective to the World War I Student Digital History Project hosted on the Arkansas History Hub. It includes research questions and links to sources for study that preopare students with historical background for producing WWI oral histories.
Creator: Alex Crawford, 11th grade,
Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. about his father WWI veteran James “Jim” Guy Tucker, Sr.
Alex Crawford interviews former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. about his grandfather. Captain James “Jim” Guy Tucker, Sr. served in 353rd Infantry in frontline combat during Meuse-Argonne Offensive, suffering injury from German shelling and gas attack on November 1,
The Arkansas African American History Makers Coloring Book from the the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission is an important resource to educate youth about the accomplishments of some important Arkansans.
This video was displayed at the Old State House Museum during 2007 as part of the exhibit A Piece of My Soul: Quilts by Black Arkansans, as well as numerous additional works.
Courtesy of the Old State House Museum
The Butler Banner archives between 1999-2018 are available in PDF format only. The Butler Banner was our print newsletter.
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