Date Original
1819-1904
Description
This collection contains early correspondence of Arkansas governors and other officials of the territory and state, official correspondence regarding Native Americans, and some French and Spanish papers. There are also messages from governors to the Arkansas Legislature, reports from various Civil War generals to Arkansas governors during the war, correspondence regarding Reconstruction, and letters concerning the purchase of land in Arkansas.
Biographical/Historical Note
The material in this collection was found in a pile of rubbish in the Old State House and saved from destruction by L.C. Gulley, who was tasked with preparing the materials for shipment and sale to a paper mill in St. Louis. Gulley saved papers that he considered of historical value. In 1913 Gulley donated the saved items to the Arkansas History Commission, now named the Arkansas State Archives.
L.C. Gulley served in the Postal Service under the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during WWI and is responsible for a large part of the WWI collection at the ASA.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000064
Resource Type
Text
Collection
L.C. Gulley collection, MS.000064
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
L.C. Gulley collection, 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
