Date Original
1941-1980
Description
This collection is comprised of images of students and faculty from Compton School in Newton County, Arkansas in two formats, paper photocopies and digital images on discs.
Biographical/Historical Note
This collection is comprised of images from 1949 - 1980 depicting students and educators of the Compton School in Newton County, Arkansas. The students and educators have largely been identified through an accompanying identifier key. The digital images are not entirely reflected by the identifier key. The dates are not sequential and the students are not all identified. Among the students depicted, some are descendants of families who lived in Newton County, Arkansas, since the mid-19th century, such as the Villines and the Farmer families. One notable figure from these long established families in Newton County is James Albert Villines, known as “Beaver Jim”. Beaver Jim was a respected trapper and outdoorsman whose home has become a tourist attraction under the National Park Service at the Buffalo National River. Established in December 1842 and named after Arkansas Congressman Thomas W. Newton, Newton County is known for its rural, mountainous scenery and its Civil War divisive history where families and neighbors were split between Union and Confederate sympathies.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Compton, Newton County, (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000668
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Compton School, Newton County image collection, MS.000668
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Compton School, Newton County image 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
