Documenting Arkansas

Yesterday, the Arkansas History Commission kicked off Arkansas Archives Week 2007. If you're unable to make any of this week's events listed below, and you'd like to see some interesting historical Arkansas pictures and artifacts like this Arkansas $10 bill, click here: ark-ives.com.



Each day at 1:00 and 1:30 p.m. this week, staff members will offer a brief program about the State Archives -- its outstanding primary resources of Arkansas history, the commitment to making those resources accessible to all researchers, and the way in which the archives enrich the lives of the citizens of Arkansas. The events will be held at the Arkansas History Commission, One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Monday, October 22:
Homesteading 101: Dividing the Public Domain
Introduction to State Land Records
Tuesday, October 23:
Fifty Years of Microfilming at the State Archives
For the Next Generation and Beyond . . . Preservation of Books and Family Papers
Wednesday, October 24:
Documenting Arkansas’
Desperately Seeking Arkansas: Arkansas Maps of the Southwest Region
Thursday, October 25:
How to Use the Finding Aids at the Arkansas History Commission
How to Find Books and Pamphlets at the AHC
Friday, October 26:
Tales Told by Historic Objects
Arkansas Flag Designs

Arkansas Archives Week events at the 1914 Schoolhouse at Historic Washington State Park, Washington, Arkansas:

Friday, October 26, 2007
6:00 p.m.: The Next Generation and Beyond: Preservation of Books/Family Papers
Written in Stone: Cemeteries in Southwest Arkansas
Saturday, October 27, 2007
10:30 a.m.—Arkansas History Commission Workshop
SARA: A Southwest Arkansas Treasure
Desperately Seeking Arkansas: Arkansas Maps of the Southwest Region
Homesteading 101: Dividing the Public Domain