Date Original
1876-1893
Description
This collection consists of post office records and school records. The post office records contain official and personal accounts, records of box rental income, and description of livestock. The school records contain attendance records and school accounts.
Biographical/Historical Note
Amity, Arkansas, is a small town in the northern part of Clark County, Arkansas. Its post office was established in 1848 north of the Caddo River. It moved to its present location shortly after the Civil War. Early in the 1870s, a new schoolhouse was built in Amity to replace the one operated before the war by Captain Robert S. Burke. One of its first teachers was Richard Melancthon Burke, son of Captain Burke, who operated the Amity Male and Female Academy from 1877 until his death in 1883. His successor was Samuel M. Samson, who arrived in Amity in 1888 and spent the next twenty years as head of the Amity High School, a private boarding school.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Amity, Clark County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
MG.00030
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Amity, Arkansas, school and post office records, MG.00030
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Amity, Arkansas, School and Post Office 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
