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The UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) has debuted its virtual exhibit of the life of Winthrop Rockefeller. The exhibit’s digitized collection includes photographs, documents, and audio and video clips related to his entire life, including his governorship, …

The experience of African Americans and Latina/os in Arkansas is the subject of a conference Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12, sponsored by UALR’s Department of History and its Center for Arkansas History and Culture, the Central Arkansas Library …

He was the personification of the emerging politics of progressive moderation in the South in the 1960s following the bitter end of Jim Crow segregation, and his legislative successes ushered in a wave of modernity unknown in Arkansas legislative history. …

The UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture  joins institutions from around the state in commemorating the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.  In the UALR’s archival holdings, the Civil War collection is the largest holding of historical documents. This digital …

The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission will kick off a five-year-long, statewide, 150-year commemoration of the Civil War from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Old State House Museum in downtown Little Rock. The …

Deborah Baldwin, dean of UALR’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, has added to her portfolio supervision of UALR’s Arkansas Studies Institute, a partnership with the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS). The institute, located in Little Rock’s River Market …

The Central Arkansas Library System and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have entered a partnership in creation of an invaluable repository of Arkansas history. The Arkansas Studies Institute, located in Little Rock’s River Market, is built around the …