Isabel France Papers Addendum

Collection

Identifier: MC 1407a

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Scope and Content Note

Materials consist of certificates, membership cards, and photocopies of France’s will, obituary, and early writings. This addendum to the Isabel France Papers (MC 1407) also includes manuscripts of Frances’ writings, photographs documenting her personal life, and newspaper clippings.

Dates

1914-1978

Creator

France, Isabel, 1898-1963 (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 Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

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

Biographical Note

Isabel Huckleberry was born in 1898 in Crawford County, Arkansas. In 1915 she graduated from Van Buren, Arkansas, High School, obtained a teaching certificate, and taught in the Van Buren public school system. Huckleberry later attended the University of Arkansas. Known as the "writing woman of the Ozarks," Huckleberry authored the Hills of Home column in the Arkansas Gazette for 25 years. On December 23, 1933, she married Owen W. France, a stock man from Mountainburg. Together the couple had two daughters. Isabel Huckleberry France died, in Fort Smith, at the age of sixty-five on February 22, 1963.

Extent

.5 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 OV folder)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by topic.

Acquisition Information

The Isabel France Papers Addendum was donated to Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, in 2004 by Vicki Huckleberry of Fullerton, California.