Date Original
1967-1993
Description
This collection includes correspondence, notes, memos, reports, grant proposals, court rulings, government studies, news clippings, and Arkansas Correction Board minutes from 1967 to 1971. Much of the material in the collection deals with the tenures of Thomas Murton, Bob Sarver, and the chairman of the Arkansas Correction Board, John Haley. Included in the papers are Cynthia Wolfe's notes explaining many of the different reports and folders she included in the collection.
Biographical/Historical Note
Cynthia Houchin Wolfe, who served as secretary/administrative assistant to the Arkansas State Prison Board, collected these records. Wolfe was employed as executive secretary to John Haley at the Rose Law Firm in 1967. She was the Assistant Commissioner for Program Planning for the Arkansas Department of Corrections, 1968-1972. These records cover some of the most turbulent times in Arkansas prisons, as the reforms of Governor Winthrop Rockefeller were being put into place and the federal courts ruled the Arkansas prison system unconstitutional, forcing the state legislature to appropriate sufficient funds for substantial prison reform.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000278
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Arkansas State Prison Board records, MS.000278
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Arkansas State Prison Board records, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
