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D.P. Upham Research Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1548

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes correspondence, biographical sketch draft, and research materials regarding D. P. Upham collected and generated by historian Blake Wintory.

Dates

  • 1868-2004

Creator

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

Daniel Phillips Upham was born in Dudley, Massachusetts on December 30, 1832. Upham was educated in the Massachusetts public school system, and married a Massachusetts local named Lizzie. In April 1865, Upham left Massachusetts and arrived in Arkansas. Upham settled in Augusta, Woodruff County, Arkansas where he owned a flourishing store and a cotton plantation. A Republican, he was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1867. Upham and his family moved to Little Rock in 1869 due to Ku Klux Klan attacks, which plagued much of Eastern Arkansas during Reconstruction. While he was in Little Rock he was a clerk in the Pulaski County Chancery Court, a brigadier general in command of the Seventh District in central Arkansas, and was appointed U.S. marshal for the Western U.S. District Court.

Upham died of Tuberculosis on November 18, 1882, in Dudley, Massachusetts. He is buried in Little Rock's Oakland Cemetery.

Upham was an active politician, businessman, plantation owner, and Arkansas state militia commander during the civil war. He is best remembered for his campaign against the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction and the Militia War from 1868-1869.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by topic.

Acquisition Information

The D.P. Upham Research Materials were donated to the Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries, on July 13, 2004 by Blake Wintory

Processing Information

Processed by Kristie Flynn; completed in October 2008

Creator

Source

Title
D.P. Upham Research Materials
Status
Completed
Author
Kristie Flynn
Date
2008
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444