Date Original
1896-1959
Description
This collection contains Lola Dunnavant's typed and handwritten account of the Little Rock, Arkansas Central High School integration crisis of 1957. Also included are land records of the Dunnavant family in Prairie County, Arkansas, legal documents, bank statements, bills, tax records, college degrees, other writings by Lola Dunnavant, correspondence, teaching materials when she was a teacher and librarian, and photographs.
Biographical/Historical Note
Lola Alice Dunnavant was born October 27, 1900, in Des Arc, Arkansas. She was the daughter of James U. Dunnavant and Helen May Johnson Dunnavant. James U. Dunnavant was born about 1862 and died March 2, 1934. Helen May Johnson was born about 1872 and died in 1947.Lola Dunnavant received her B.A. at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas; her B.S. in Library Science at Louisiana State University in 1951, and her Masters in Library Science at the University of Michigan in 1955. She was the school librarian at Little Rock Central High School during the integration crisis of1957 and wrote an eye-witness account of her experience during that time. She died in February of 1980.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Des Arc, Prairie County (Ark.); Little Rock, Pulaski County (Ark.); Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000115
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Lola Dunnavant papers, MS.000115
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Lola Dunnavant papers, 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
