The Special Collections Department of the University Libraries at the University of Arkansas has created an archive of collections related to Fayetteville and to the university itself. Manuscript collections and publications of faculty and administrators are listed below by institutional unit followed by the name of the collection, its call number and a link to … More University Archives
Honorees named Distinguished Citizens by the Washington County Historical Society: 2012—Susan Chadick 2012—Tony Wappel 2011—DeeDee Lamb 2011—A.D. Poole 2010—Velda Brotherton 2010—Hugh Kincaid 2009—None 2008—Henrietta Holcomb 2007—Jessie Bryant 2007—Sheriff Kenneth McKee 2006—Dr. Joe B. Hall 2005—Phillip W. Steele 2005—Ann Webb 2005—C. W. Webb 2004—Robert E. L. Bearden 2003—John Miles Lewis 2003—Jean Newhouse 2003—Keith Newhouse 2002—"Arlie" Pennington … More Distinguished Citizens of Washington County
Alison, Charles Y. and Ellen K. Compton. Fayetteville (Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S.C., 2011). Produced for the Washington County Historical Society, this book is part of Arcadia's Images of America series, which includes communities across the United States. It relies on historic photographs from the Washington County Historical Society Collection at the Shiloh Museum of the … More Fayetteville
The two letters below were sent by Matilda Tebbetts, nee Winlock (1830-1892) to her sister, Louisa Ann Winlock Durrett (1822-1874), in 1846 and 1847. The first was written while both Matilda and Louisa were still single. Matilda was attending the Fayetteville Female Seminary at the time. Prior to moving to Fayetteville for schooling, though, she … More Two Letters from Matilda Winlock Tebbetts
The following Fayetteville women have served on the Washington County Quorum Court: Peg Anderson, 1977-1986 Edna Baker, 1968 Pearl Blye, 1973-1976 Kay Brown, 1973-1976 Jessie Bryant, 1993-2008 Anita F. Bukey, 1973-1974 Barbara Carl, 1960-1976 Joan Duc Chapman, 1991-1992 Candy Clark, 2009-present Theresa Davis, 1973-1976 Barbara Fitzpatrick, 2009-present Peggy Frizzell, 1977-1980 Lois M. Fry, 1973-1976 Vera … More Fayetteville Women Who Have Served on the Washington County Quorum Court
2006 — Anna Terry 1985 — Eric Wear 1957 — William Huff 1935 — Gaston Williamson 1925 — J. William Fulbright 1913 — Phillip H. Brodie 1911 — John Shipley 1908 — Grover Cleveland Morris 1907 — Charles A. Keith 1904 — Neil Carothers
Occasionally, historical researchers will come across the names of streets in Fayetteville that no longer exist on the maps. Streets that are platted are not necessarily built; when two streets align, often one name is extended and the other is lost. And occasionally, the city council changes the name of a street. This list includes … More Fayetteville’s Lost Streets
Below are a variety of bibliographical sources for researching the history of Fayetteville. The best repositories for those sources are the special collections of the University of Arkansas Libraries and the special collections of Fayetteville’s Blair Library.
Stuck, Dorothy D. and Nan Snow. Roberta, a Most Remarkable Fulbright (University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, 1997). This biography of Roberta Waught Fulbright captures the intensity and breadth of work that she pursued after her husband, Jay Fulbright, died in 1923, work that was central to the growth of Fayetteville during that time period. Roberta … More Roberta, a Most Remarkable Fulbright
Bishop, Albert Webb. Loyalty on the Frontier, or, Sketches of Union Men of the South-west; with incidents and adventures in rebellion on the border (R.P. Studley and Co. printers: St. Louis, 1863) While serving as provost marshall of Fayetteville during the Civil War, Albert W. Bishop wrote a book about various Union officers and soldiers … More Loyalty on the Frontier