Research Room
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In Arkansas, the battle over books has deep roots. Long before recent headlines about banned titles and library protests, communities…
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As the cataloging and serials librarian at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, I have the privilege of getting up…
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The bond between the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies and the Center for Arkansas History and Culture—a collaboration between the…
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People regularly reach out to the Roberts Library to ask their most pressing questions about Arkansas history. Sometimes we get…
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Katherine Phillips Mitchell was born into a home of hope. Although her parents Clem Phillips and Parthenia Nash Phillips lived…
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In March 2024, the Arkansas Humanities Council hosted the inaugural Next Gen conference to connect emerging humanities professionals with careers…
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The official title I wear is “Genealogy and Local History Specialist.” When people ask me what I do at work,…
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October 6, 2023, was the last day of my thirty-eight-year career at the Central Arkansas Library System. I spent the…
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An email from a patron researching family history was recently forwarded to the genealogy reference desk in the CALS Roberts…
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In early May, the Arkansas Digital Newspaper Project (ADNP) team presented “Exploring the Arkansas Digital Newspaper Project” as part of…
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When posed with the question of an Arkansas-related blog post topic for Valentine’s Day, the rural community of Romance in…
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The first way historians often try to reach young people is to show them that history is not just a…
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When I was little, my brother and I were fascinated by dinosaurs. To us, the Museum of Discovery was the…
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Before coming to work in the CALS Roberts Library, I was a library assistant in the Reference Department in the…
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Guest post by researcher Callie Williams Throughout the last decade, I have explored the archives at the Central Arkansas Library…
