The ripple effect of change starts at a single point. The point could be an object, place, event, or person. Names are sometimes lost to history, but many survive with little notice. The name of Sam Ella Jones Ward still resonates in a community where she lived nearly one hundred years ago. Born in Prescott,
“I am sixteen, going on seventeen…” sings the CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas in its best Rodgers and Hammerstein Sound of Music teenager voice.
Watch out on the roads—we’re old enough to DRIVE!
Born (as in launched to the public as a work in progress—aren’t we all works in progress?) on May 2,
Guest post by researcher Callie Williams
Throughout the last decade, I have explored the archives at the Central Arkansas Library System’s Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the CALS Roberts Library to find the unique histories of the homes built in the historic neighborhoods of Little Rock. Every year in the early spring,
It’s been an exciting season at the Central Arkansas Library System and at the CALS Roberts Library. We have received some accolades and are revving up some programs that have been incubating for a while.
Annual Report: First, if you’d like to review last year’s accomplishments at CALS, check out CALS’s 2021 Annual Report.
The Butler Banner archives between 1999-2018 are available in PDF format only.
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