Arkansas encompasses a diverse multicultural heritage, with each community having its own unique history and cultural background. This online exhibit is intended to highlight this variety.
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Beach house photograph, the Kauffman family and others
Photograph of a beach house scene: Top row (left to right) 1. unknown; 2. Nathalia Kauffman; 3. unknown; 4. Leah Godinsky; 5. Bessie; 6. Sturger. Bottom row (left to right) 1. Rose G.; 2. Anna G.; 3. Edna Sturger.
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Letter, Louisa Keramer to her Uncle, Edward Reichardt
This is a letter to Edward Reichardt from his niece, Louisa Keramer. Louisa and her sister, Mattie, were attending Hope Seminary when they wrote this letter thanking their Uncle for some grapes he had sent.
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Temple B'nai Israel
A street-view postcard in black and white of the B'nai Israel temple, published by the Souvenir Postcard Company of New York.
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A Brief History of the town Prague, Arkansas: "Prague, Arkansas, Has Its Difficulties, Too" Arkansas Gazette newspaper article
This article describes the founding and history of the town Prague, Arkansas, by Czechoslovakian immigrants in 1912. This story was published in the Arkansas Gazette on September 29, 1968.
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Congregation B'nai Israel 100th Anniversary
Program guide to the rededication of the Congregation B'nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas at its one hundredth year anniversary.
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Pastel Drawing on Denim of Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Camp
This image shows a pastel drawing on denim of Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Camp, signed by Masao Okayama, who was probably a student at the camp.
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The Evacuation and Relocation Japanese Americans by Joseph B. Hunter
This speech was written by Joseph Hunter for the Regional Conference of Church Social Workers, which was held in St. Louis, Missouri. The title of this speech is, "The Evacuation and Relocation of Japanese Americans," a four-page document that expresses factual information about the individuals who were placed within the camps. Dr. Hunter also talks about what he sees as the real reason people of Japanese heritage were placed in relocation camps.
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Drawing by Utak Shirashi, a student at one of the Japanese American relocation camps in Arkansas
This is a drawing by Utak Shirashi, depicting a tree, overwritten with the poem, "How the Leaves Came Down," by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, an American children's author who wrote under the pseudonym, Susan Coolidge.
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Hazel Retherford, teacher at Rowher and Jerome Japanese American relocation camps
Photo of Mrs. Hazel Retherford standing in front of the Jerome Relocation center in Jerome, Arkansas.
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1000 German war prisoners, German POW Camp at Camp Robinson
This photo was taken by the United States Army Signal Corps in order to document the prisoners-of-war time spent in the camps. This image shows a shipment of 1000 German war prisoners ether leaving the camp or just arriving.
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German Prisoners of War Camp at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas in the mess hall.
This photo was taken by the United States Army Signal Corps in order to document the prisoners-of-war time spent in the camps. This image shows nine German prisoners-of-war in the mass hall at Camp Robinson in Arkansas.
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Mound at Toltec near Scott, Lonoke County
This photograph is one of the mounds at Toltec near Scott in Lonoke County, Arkansas. The mound is covered with trees in this black and white image from the Work Projects Administration Arkansas Writers' Project. The photo was taken by L.E. Granger in 1941.
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Seventy Fifth Anniversary of Congregation B'nai Israel
This image is of the seventy fifth anniversary dance and dinner celebrating the founding of Congregation B'nai Israel.
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Arkansas Federal Writer's Project: "The Italian Colony," "Polish Colony," and "Misc. Settlements"
This document was written by Arthur Large, who was a writer for the Federal Writers' Project under the Works Projects Administration. The document tells about different immigrant groups that moved to Arkansas, where they settled and why.
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Slovaktown, AR, Works Progress Administration Questionnaire
Questionnaire by the Works Progress Administration of Slovaktown community, including population notes.
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Arkansas Federal Writer's Project: "Lithuanians in Arkansas"
This document was written by Walter Rowland, who was a writer for the Federal Writers' Project under the Works Projects Administration. This document discusses the Lithuanian community in Arkansas, when they came into Arkansas, and where they settled, and includes a biographical sketch of a Lithuanian man named Petrolas, discussing his life in Lithuania and his move to the United States.
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Ila Dedia Upchurch
This item is a black and white image of Ila Dedia Upchurch sometime in the 1920s.
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Spanish Mines and Treasures in Arkansas
This is a compilation of letters asking for information about the mythological hidden Spanish treasures in Arkansas. Judge R.H. Borrow of Ozark wrote to ask his United States Representative from Arkansas's 4th Congressional District, Otis Wingo, to give him any information on the Spanish treasures in Arkansas. Wingo refers him to the state geologist, George Banner. In the next set of letters, Banner explains to A.L. Pierce that the assumed mines of the Spanish are actuality naturally occurring spring beds.
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The Joseph Booker Famliy
Photographic negative taken of the Joseph Booker family of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas from the book, "How I Succeeded In My Business," by the Reverend A. H. Miller, published in 1911. Included in the photograph are (back row, left to right): Helen M., Carrie J., Jos. Robert, Mattie A. and William A.; and front row: President Jos. A., Baby James H., Mrs. Mary C., Walter M. and Sarah A.
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WWI Letter from Samuel Ethridge to Nathalia Kauffman Ethridge, November 20th, 1917
Correspondence between Samuel Ethridge and his future wife Nathalia Kauffman, composed during World War I while he was stationed at Camp Pike, Arkansas.
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German Day Delegation
This photo was taken of the German Day delegation in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1910.
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Postcard of St. Edward's German Church, Little Rock, Arkansas
This postcard was made in Germany and published by the Read-Stahel Drug Company, Importers & Publishers, 501 Main Street, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Concordia (Jewish) Club
Photo of the three-story building that housed the Little Rock Concordia Jewish Club, taken sometime before 1924.
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Emil and Elizabeth Wehrfritz Postcard, July 4th, 1900
This item is a postcard from Emil Cornelius Wehrfritz and his wife Elizabeth Wehrfritz, during their tour of Europe in 1900, to their children in Little Rock, Arkansas. They sent the card from Stuttgart, Germany.
