Maud Dunlap Duncan Materials
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Scope and Content Note
Materials include correspondence, deeds, mortgages, financial papers, artifacts, and photographs.
Dates
- 1886-1954, undated
Creator
- Duncan, Maud Dunlap, 1873-1958 (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
Maud Dunlap Duncan was born the daughter of Clinton and Katherine Hewitt Dunlap of Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1873. Katherine died when Maud was an infant, and she then came under the care of her father's brother and his wife, Albert and Virginia Dunlap. In 1894, she married Hallam Pearce of Winslow, although the marriage was annulled in 1901. In 1908, she married Gilbert N. Duncan, owner of The Winslow American; she subsequently became editor of the newspaper. Her husband died in November 1918, and she never remarried. Duncan was elected mayor of Winslow in 1925, serving through 1927. She is known nationally for her work as a journalist and her civic leadership. She died in 1958.
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (2 boxes and 1 oversized folder)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged by topic and format.
Acquisition Information
The Maud Dunlap Duncan Materials was donated to the Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries, on August 23, 2004 by Frederick Harper of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Processing Information
Processed by Gentry Collier and Krista Jones; completed in May 2010.
Updated by Katrina Windon in September 2019 to incorporate objects (Box 2) that had been separated during initial processing.
- Title
- Maud Dunlap Duncan Materials
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Gentry Collier and Krista Jones
- Date
- May 2010
- 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
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu