Arkansas Resources

Arkansas

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture

"The mission of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas Project" (as stated on its Web site) "is to collect and disseminate information on all aspects of the state's history and culture and to provide a comprehensive reference work for historians, teachers, students and individuals for the purpose of promoting the study, understanding, and appreciation of Arkansas's heritage." The Encyclopedia is maintained and updated by staff from the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.

Search Arkansas History Commission databases.

This journal now has indexing and/or full-text from the following databases:

No complete index exists for this newspaper. Print indexes for selected years of the newspaper are located on the second floor. A special index was created by the staff of the Arkansas Tech University Pendergraft Library for the Little Rock school integration issue and covers the years: 1957, 1994-1999. Full-text from 1984 to present is available through the Lexis Nexis Academic database. Requests for photocopies can be made through ILLIAD interlibrary loan.

All newspapers are available in microfilm format and are housed in the Pebley Historical and Cultural Center, Room 106. Microfilm of The Southwest Times Record is located on the second floor.

Fort Smith and Sebastian County

The Olive, Kathleen and Rosa Belle A. Pebley Historical And Cultural Center Collection was established in 2003 and focuses primarily on the early history of Fort Smith and the immediate surrounding counties. The collection, located in Room 106 of the Boreham Library, is non-circulating and may be used by the public as well as the University community.

This is the official site of the Fort Smith Historical Society. Organized in 1977, the Society seeks to preserve written and oral history of the Fort Smith area. The Journal, the Society's award-winning publication, is completely indexed and published in April and September.

Digitized issues of The Journal from v.1, 1977 on. The Journal is produced and owned by the Fort Smith Historical Society. UA Fort Smith and Boreham Library host the online version as a free service to the community.

This index includes local publications of interest to the city of Fort Smith and the immediate surrounding area. Titles indexed so far include Arkansas Etc., Entertainment Fort Smith, Fort Smith Etc., the Ozark Historical Review (selected local or state stories only), The Journal published by the Fort Smith Historical Society, and the Southwest Times Record newspaper (1988-1991 only).

This cumulative index is published by the South Sebastian County Historical Society.