Thousands of manuscript collections housed at the Arkansas State Archives preserve the private and business papers of individuals as well as records of religious, educational, business, patriotic, social, and civic organizations. In addition, the Archives preserves state and federal government records, such as state land records and papers of numerous Arkansas governors. Collectively, these manuscript materials make up the largest known collection of Arkansas documents and historical material.
Search archival collection finding aids or view digitized collections below.
Browse the Archival collections:
Arkansas-Missouri slave case records, 1849-1859
Charles Hillman Brough: Elaine riot and other events scrapbook, 1919-1920
Colonel John Brown diaries, 1821-1865
Cynthia Earle Ward diary, 1865
George W. Paschal letterbook, 1838-1939
Gertrude P. Johnson diary, 1881 and 1887
Hattie Caraway 1938 Senatorial Race scrapbook, 1936-1942
Henry Brockman journal, 1862-1867
H. Lewis Dunn, Various Electrical Companies, scrapbook, 1907-1919
Home Demonstration Clubs of Arkansas, 1933-1966
John Hugh Reynolds materials, 1855-1923
Leek Plantation Freedman's Bureau ledger, 1867
Lowden Plantation records, 1922-1930
Margaret Louise Sims Reichardt scrapbook, 1921-1927
Marion Reed Biddle collection, 1942-1943
Phillips County American Legion minutes, 1919
St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railroad, Texarkana, Arkansas, station ledger, 1880
Subiaco Abbey and Academy collection, 1917-2021
Thomas Jefferson Jobe diary, 1861
T.W. Hardison diaries, 1923-1957
United States Western District Court of Arkansas records, 1839-1908
Walter J. Lemke drawings collection
William Leon Russell scrapbook, 1940-1974
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Arkansas scrapbooks, 1933-1943