Sean Clancy of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette recently published a profile of Little Rock romance novelist Margaret Etheridge (who writes under the name Maggie Wells), author of the Arkansas Special Agents series, and one particular quotation from her really hit home. When Clancy asked her if she had received any resistance from her editors at Harlequin to setting her latest stories in Arkansas,
The official title I wear is “Genealogy and Local History Specialist.” When people ask me what I do at work, I generally tell them my job is to answer questions.
Some people who call us at the CALS Roberts Library or visit the Research Room have an exact question they want answers to,
The heat of August seems a good time to feature something cool and refreshing—and what is more refreshing than a swimming pool?
The Leroy Scott Collection, donated to the CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies in 2010 and open to researchers since 2013, is named for Leroy Scott, the man who directed Little Rock’s public swimming pool programs for more than twenty years.
Seemingly small decisions can have momentous consequences. The recent publication of an entry on Parker Westbrook on the CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas, coupled with the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies’ Lucille and Parker Westbrook Collection, illuminates this principle.
Arkansas native Parker Lucas Westbrook was born in Nashville (Howard County) on January 4,
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