Exploring the Arkansas Broadsides Collection

The Arkansas Broadsides Collection (BC.MSS.99.35), covering years 1877 to 1940, contains a variety of broadsides that were used to announce and advertise such events as land sales, estate sales, musical performances, public auctions, and the openings of the tax books in various counties across the state. Since notices of this nature are ephemeral and usually have been discarded over time, this collection provides an interesting and informative research tool–and an endlessly fascinating rabbit hole to fall into.

The finding aid to the collection is online.

  • flyer with text "strawberries to pick" (opens in new window)
    Notice calling for workers to pick strawberries in Greenbrier Township, Independence County, Arkansas, on May 7, by F. E. Jeffery, Desha, Arkansas, circa 1910s.
  • flyer with text "Now!" listing products and brand names for sale (opens in new window)
    Advertisement for James M. "Jim" Earle, watchmaker and jeweler, 416 East 11th Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, circa 1920-1950.
  • flyer with text "dance friday may the tenth and every friday night ozark legion hut" (opens in new window)
    Notice of a dance at the Ozark Legion Hut, Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas, featuring Amos Hedrick and His Modern Mountaineers, Friday, May the 10th and every Friday night at 8:30 PM, and broadcasting over K. F. P. W., circa 1920.
  • flyer with text "mail order brides" and list of cast members (opens in new window)
    Notice advertising a play to be given by the Senior Class at Arkansas A & M College, Monticello, Arkansas, on Friday evening, May 2, circa 1930-1940, at 8:00 p.m. in the college armory, titled "Mail Order Brides."
  • flyer with text "world champion stunt motercyclist captain putt mossman" (opens in new window)
    Advertisement for an auto and motorcycle thrill show featuring stunt motorcyclist, Captain Putt Mossman, to be held on May 5, 1949, at the school grounds in Hackett, Arkansas.

 

View all the digitized broadsides in the collection.

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