Month: March 2026

The CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies’ recently processed Abramson family papers showcase the personal and business life of a prominent family from Holly Grove in Monroe County, Arkansas. They owned vast tracts of land in Monroe and Lee Counties, much of which was worked by tenant farmers, and also owned and operated the cotton gin,

People across the country watched the Oscars on Sunday to celebrate all the big movies of last year. In this previous blog post, I took a more local view, writing about finding out that the movie Best Pancakes in the Country was filming here in the Little Rock area. In various interviews,

Researching family history is always a journey. This week, that journey took me to the discovery of a relative I had never heard of. A routine review of databases revealed names that were familiar in my research but included a child I did not know: Leslie Eugene Toombs. His last name was transcribed as “Traubs.” His parents were listed as Willie and Adeaner Toombs.

Organized by the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (ACNMWA), the exhibition Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter is on view through April 18, 2026, in the Underground Gallery at the CALS Roberts Library (401 President Clinton Ave.). Roberts Library visiting information is at https://robertslibrary.org/visit/location-hours/.