March 26
March 26, 2007
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Month: March 2007
“The University of Arkansas’s ‘Old Main,’”
March 25, 2007
Rothrock, Thomas. “The University of Arkansas’s ‘Old Main,’” Arkansas Historical Quarterly (Arkansas Historical Association, Fayetteville), Spring 1971. Rothrock's history of Old Main on the University of Arkansas campus was subsequently published as a small book as well, copies of which are available at Mullins Library under the call number D235.U5 R6.
Historic Buildings [of the University of Arkansas]
March 25, 2007
Historic Buildings (University of Arkansas Facilities Management: 2003). This document, available as a PDF from the Department of Facilities Management at University of Arkansas, gives some historical information about the buildings on the UA campus that have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
“History of University of Arkansas Buildings”
March 25, 2007
Schaefer, Don. "History of University of Arkansas Buildings" (Unpublished manuscript, most recently updated April 29, 2003). Schaefer, a retired staff member the University of Arkansas Division of Information, began bringing this list of the histories of each building on campus together as part of a renewed effort to document the university's history. It includes historical … More “History of University of Arkansas Buildings”
Old Main: A Symbol of Higher Education
March 25, 2007
The staff of the Fayetteville City Government Channel, led by manager Fritz Gisler, produce short videos about the history of Fayetteville, called Faytteville History Minute, which air on the government channel. An 1890 engraving of the University of Arkansas campus shows University Hall, now known as Old Main, at the center of campus. Other … More Old Main: A Symbol of Higher Education
Old High School
March 25, 2007
Designed by architect Herbert H. Hewlett and built by Byrnes & McCauley contractors, Fayetteville High School was built in 1908 at a cost of $35,000. The school was built on School Avenue between Center and Meadow on land where the first brick home in Fayetteville was built in 1836 by Lodowic Brodie and A.B. Anthony. … More Old High School
Campus View
March 18, 2007
The surviving half of a panoramic view of the University of Arkansas campus, this scene shows the engineering shop at the lower left and elegant Buchanan Hall, built in 1888, to the right. Photographed by Burch Grabill from the roof of Old Main’s south wing, the card also shows the university’s old football field and … More Campus View
March 14
March 14, 2007
1956 Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed a concert in the University of Arkansas fieldhouse this day. 1979 Edwin Newman, the NBC news commentator, spoke at the University of Arkansas on this day. Talking with Bob Douglas, chair of the Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism,
March 13
March 13, 2007
1951 The first television show to be filmed in Fayetteville occurred on this day. The nationally shown Horace Heidt show was filmed at the University of Arkansas fieldhouse for later broadcast. 1968 John Ciardi, the poetry editor of the Saturday Review and distinguished literary critic, gave a lecture about Dante to University of Arkansas students … More March 13
First Baptist Church
March 4, 2007
This real-photo post card of the First Baptist Church illustrates the ending of one era and the beginning of another. Two horses and carriage carry a family up Dickson Street while a horseless carriage carries two men along College Avenue. The church stood until 1958, when it was razed to make way for a new … More First Baptist Church