Carol Griffee Materials

Collection

Identifier: MC 1179

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Scope and Content Note

Materials include correspondence and manuscript drafts for for A History of Arkansas Wildlife, which was published by the University of Arkansas Press in 1998 under the title Arkansas Wildlife: A History. Due to disagreements over the manuscript, Griffee's name was not listed as author.

Please note that an extensive Griffee collection is held by the University of Central Arkansas Archives & Special Collections.

Dates

1985-1986

Creator

Griffee, Carol (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restictions Apply

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Carol Griffee was born in December 1937 in Washington D.C. to John F. and Leda Mae Woodruff Griffee. After the death of her father in 1945, Griffee, her mother and brother moved to Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas to be with other family members. Griffee graduated high school in Fort Smith in 1955 and in 1959 graduated from the University of Tulsa with honors in Journalism, History and Political Science. She subsequently earned both her master's and Ph.D. degrees from the same institution.

Griffee moved to Washington D.C. in 1961, and worked as a reporter, photographer, and editor for two Fairfax County, Virginia weekly newspapers. From 1963-1966, Griffee worked for the Washington Star until she became executive editor of the Arlington-based Sun Daily. In 1972 Griffee moved to Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas and worked as a reporter for the Arkansas Gazette. In 1985, she resigned from the paper to become an independent journalist.

Griffee was known for her work on the Arkansas environment, and politics, and she was a fierce protector of the Freedom of Information Act. In 1985 Griffee was named "Conservationist of the Year" by the Arkansas Wildlife Federation and was inducted into the Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame in 1999. Griffee served as president of the Arkansas Press Woman Association and was a former board member of the National Federation of Press Women.

Griffee died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease January 24, 2011, in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Extent

.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by topic.

Acquisition Information

The Carol Griffee Materials were donated to the Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries on April 20, 1992, by Dr. Duncan Martin of Fayetteville, Arkansas.